restaurant review #479 – Vegan Hotel at the Moselle in Germany! We were here for a couple of nights in the Fall of 2023.

Breakfast buffet was lovely. Lots of things to choose from, cereals, fruits, jam, slices, pate, spread, …
No tofu scramble or other hot dishes, or Danish pastry, which would make it complete!

Breakfast is in 2 shifts, and you have to notify the day before if you want the early shift or the later one. A bit of a pity, one of the pleasant things of being on holiday is just waking up when you want to, no alarm clock.

Apparently some rooms in the hotel have been recently renovated, but our room clearly wasn’t. Judging by the bathroom and furniture, I think it stems from the late 1970’s? Which also means poor insulation, and you can hear traffic from the road as if the window is open.

The room was very basic, with some furniture wore down. Fridge dirty and not working (was mentioned and apologised for by the owner, but then still …), cabinets not closing properly, hairdryer not working…
Toilet of our room was dirty upon arrival, wasn’t cleaned the day after, saw housekeeping in hallway and asked to clean, which she did. Rooms aren’t serviced (no fresh towels, cleaning bathroom, …) unless one explicitly asks.

The owner is very charming and is happy to show you around and talk about the history of the hotel. Communication with staff (reception, restaurant) not always as smooth, (our German is unfortunately not very good), and that visibly seemed to lead to some frustration …

The wellness and pool (inside) area is very nice and newer.

So all in all: breakfast OK, wellness area OK, but very poor accomodation/room. We don’t mind some lesser comfort, but then that should also be reflected in a lower price, which isn’t the case at 200€ (room incl breakfast /night).

We had dinner twice at the Sonnenurh (restaurant room in hotel) (REVIEW). We also wanted to try dinner at Die Weinstube on another night (just the restaurant room next to this one inside the hotel, but more restaurant feel with table cloths etc), but that was fully booked every night with hotel guests who have half board. You can also have the 3-course menu of the Weinstube in the Sonnenuhr room, but we declined.

• From a visit in the Fall of 2023

Hotel Nicolay

Uferallee 7
54492 Zeltingen-Rachtig
Germany

website: https://www.hotel-nicolay.de/

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