Toledo Inn — Hotel in Samosir Island

We have been staying there with a large family group of total 16 person.||The Hotel was for me a real disappointed.||Build on a steep hill but waterfront makes you all day long going up or down the Stairs. ||||We came in two batches. 2 Ferries been broken down so we had to wait until it was our turn.||Quickly we decided to send the children and women separate with a smaller Ferry carrying only passengers. 3 of us remained with the cars. We arrived in Parapat by car at 2pm and been able after 13 hours waiting in line and another 1 hour Ferry ride to arrive at the Hotel at 4am the other day. ||We went after meeting the rest of the family tiered in bed.||Breakfast is served from 6am to 9am and we came at 9.05am after a 3 hour rest.||The Staff was looking at us like from another Planet and to let us know breakfast is already closed.||However one waiter been able to bring us something. 🤣. ||We got 2 Bananas, 4 slices of toast with butter and marmalade as well as a 1 egg so called omelette.||Thinking that was an emergency breakfast I was looking forward to get the real deal the next morning.||Unfortunately the breakfast variety is limited to||Fried Rice||Fried Noodles ||Sliced Tomato||Sliced cucumber||A egg so called omelet done in a pancake mold kinda frittata style||With something colorful inside but it was so little that I couldn't identify.||Toast ||Homemade Marmalade which was so awful so I couldn't eat.||Don't even think about fruits||||On the other side was a Table with juice, better call it chemical water with orange flavor, coffee, tea, water accompanied by a huge variety on coffee and tea cups, either they took their cup collection out of the cupboard or they buy 2nd hand at a garage sale as not many looked the same.||||On the Tables are former white looking cheap Table cloth which now are aged gray.||No cutlery set up, you can have cutlery at the so called Buffet table, fork, knife and spoon thrown on a tablet with no need to arrange.||Menages with salt, and pepper been available but extremely dirty.||||In my 40 years working in the Hospitality industry in several Management positions, that was by far the worse Breakfast variety, set up I have experienced. ||||The rooms looked clean the other day, until I saw our Room Steward cleaning it.||No comments on the cleaning procedures, but maybe the Hotel Management could provide Uniforms so they don't need to wear their privat cloth which included jeans which for sure didn't saw a washing for a month.||||Some Staff seemed to be friendly others not.||||That was also my 5th or 6th time visiting Samosir and Tuk Tuk staying at different places but there are for sure much, much better options in the same price range or even lower than the Toledo Inn.||It has a beautiful view as many other reviews also mention, but all the Sea side located Accommodations have that view as well.||I honestly and with my best will I can't...

We have been staying there with a large family group of total 16 person.||The Hotel was for me a real disappointed.||Build on a steep hill but waterfront makes you all day long going up or down the Stairs. ||||We came in two batches. 2 Ferries been broken down so we had to wait until it was our turn.||Quickly we decided to send the children and women separate with a smaller Ferry carrying only passengers. 3 of us remained with the cars. We arrived in Parapat by car at 2pm and been able after 13 hours waiting in line and another 1 hour Ferry ride to arrive at the Hotel at 4am the other day. ||We went after meeting the rest of the family tiered in bed.||Breakfast is served from 6am to 9am and we came at 9.05am after a 3 hour rest.||The Staff was looking at us like from another Planet and to let us know breakfast is already closed.||However one waiter been able to bring us something. 🤣. ||We got 2 Bananas, 4 slices of toast with butter and marmalade as well as a 1 egg so called omelette.||Thinking that was an emergency breakfast I was looking forward to get the real deal the next morning.||Unfortunately the breakfast variety is limited to||Fried Rice||Fried Noodles ||Sliced Tomato||Sliced cucumber||A egg so called omelet done in a pancake mold kinda frittata style||With something colorful inside but it was so little that I couldn't identify.||Toast ||Homemade Marmalade which was so awful so I couldn't eat.||Don't even think about fruits||||On the other side was a Table with juice, better call it chemical water with orange flavor, coffee, tea, water accompanied by a huge variety on coffee and tea cups, either they took their cup collection out of the cupboard or they buy 2nd hand at a garage sale as not many looked the same.||||On the Tables are former white looking cheap Table cloth which now are aged gray.||No cutlery set up, you can have cutlery at the so called Buffet table, fork, knife and spoon thrown on a tablet with no need to arrange.||Menages with salt, and pepper been available but extremely dirty.||||In my 40 years working in the Hospitality industry in several Management positions, that was by far the worse Breakfast variety, set up I have experienced. ||||The rooms looked clean the other day, until I saw our Room Steward cleaning it.||No comments on the cleaning procedures, but maybe the Hotel Management could provide Uniforms so they don't need to wear their privat cloth which included jeans which for sure didn't saw a washing for a month.||||Some Staff seemed to be friendly others not.||||That was also my 5th or 6th time visiting Samosir and Tuk Tuk staying at different places but there are for sure much, much better options in the same price range or even lower than the Toledo Inn.||It has a beautiful view as many other reviews also mention, but all the Sea side located Accommodations have that view as well.||I honestly and with my best will I can't...

Located in the north of a peninsula on the northeastern coast of Samosir Island, we can easily find the lakeside Toledo Inn. From Prapat City to this destination, there are two routes to reach this inn. One is to drive (private car or coach) onto the ferry and cross to the Tomok Pier on the other side, and then drive towards the inn by land. The other way is to cross the lake on ferry by water without car or coach driven onto ferry. If you are a group of tourists, you can charter a ferry or yacht to cross the other side. This 2 stars inn is an old inn that opened decades ago. There was a period of slow business. It may be that the inn was in disrepair and lost the favor of visitors. At present, the condition of the inn seems to have gone through some necessary painting and repairs, and I feel moderately comfortable with the inn. The mattresses and sheets are neat, clean and smell-free. Everything in the room feels generally good. It’s just that the lighting in the room was a bit dim, the furniture was a bit aged, but the bathroom has the comfort of a three-star hotel 🤭. The TV didn’t have many interesting programs. I could only watch a single channel that night! Anyway, it was not bad for me to have a sweet sleep here! 🤭🤭🤭 The guest rooms are available in villa type and dormitory type. They are located according to the undulating terrain of the inn and the lake shoreline. Anyhow, everyone has their own needs! If you like water activities, it is not difficult to satisfy your personal desires here. We come in group of about 35, and our breakfast was a buffet breakfast, which was above average. A la carte dinner served in group menu is good anyway. Room charged all-in is affordable. For tourists who like to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, this is the best...