Hotel Panther'a

“Lovely hotel, disappointing dinner”

Recently returned from two enjoyable weeks at this hotel which we booked, half board, through Tui. The hotel has good facilities and lovely rooms. The breakfast buffet was good too with lots of choice. The evening meal was disappointing. The portions were generous and the food well cooked but, to … more

Recently returned from two enjoyable weeks at this hotel which we booked, half board, through Tui. The hotel has good facilities and lovely rooms. The breakfast buffet was good too with lots of choice. The evening meal was disappointing. The portions were generous and the food well cooked but, to quote another reviewer, it just wasnt four star food. For example one main course was a portion of chicken in curry sauce on a mountain of boiled rice, another, thin chilli con carne in a bowl with nothing else. There were two choices of mains each night plus good pizza. The starter was a very basic salad bar and the soup mainly consome. The desserts were mostly cakes which I think were bought in, usually served dry with no sauces or cream ( strudel had vanilla sauce). And when we asked if we could have ice cream we were told that was dessert on another night. The menu was on a one week rotation so was the same both weeks. It was such a shame on an otherwise lovely stay.

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“Good location if you don’t mind the noise! ”

The hotel is very clean and modern, rather lacking any traditional Austrian charm. I should add that this wasn’t our original choice but was provided at relatively short notice by Crystal/TUI as our chosen hotel became unavailable. Bedrooms were a good size with enough storage, very modern and wit… more

The hotel is very clean and modern, rather lacking any traditional Austrian charm. I should add that this wasn’t our original choice but was provided at relatively short notice by Crystal/TUI as our chosen hotel became unavailable. Bedrooms were a good size with enough storage, very modern and with good bathrooms. Unfortunately there weren’t any tea/coffee making facilities in the room. The Wellness centre was a little disappointing, the outside pool (with access from inside) is a nice idea but is not as pleasant as an indoor pool after skiing. The Wellness centre was otherwise fine but rather strangely, you only had one sauna towel for the whole week (none provided in the Wellness area, just one supplied at the beginning of the week) while they changed the bathroom towels daily! The ski/boot room was rather inadequate for the number of guests, too many skis just left on top of others. The dining room seemed to be always busy, another symptom of what seemed like too many guests for the facilities. Breakfast was good, with plenty of hot options, bread, meats cheese, cereals and fruit but became very crowded from about 7.40am. We were always first in as soon as it opened, with snow conditions being less than perfect we wanted to hit the slopes early and would have liked breakfast to have started at 7 rather than 7.30am. The dinners were a little disappointing, the waitress took your dinner order at breakfast (from a choice of 3 mains, meat, fish or vegetarian) however further details were always available by scanning the menu card. Portions were quite small so we had to have plenty of the salads, meanwhile the broth was worth avoiding. The real problem was not being allowed tap water, and being charged €6 for a bottle of still water. This seemed extortionate. Many Austrian hotels allow you to have jugs of tap water, especially if you are having wine/beer with the meal. The staff in the restaurant were good humoured and friendly, however, we found that the reception staff were far less so, not being at all welcoming or particularly helpful. The location of the hotel is perfect, the three main base lifts are all within a very short walk ranging from 90 seconds to about 5 minutes which meant that it was possible to choose which area you wanted to ski even at short notice , and this is a good skiing area. The hotel is kept very warm, too much for us, we needed to have a window open at night but this meant that we were subjected to quite a lot of noise from people exiting a nightclub next door in the early hours!

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