PENSIUNEA GENTIANA BRAN — Hotel in Bran

We booked 2 rooms for the night as a stop over in Brân for 3 adults and 2 children. I had emailed the hotel before arrival to check we could get the extra bed in one of the rooms. Once we checked in the lady advised us that her manager had said we could have an extra room for the additional person for the cost of the extra bed. The lady in reception was lovely and welcoming.|The hotel is lovely - the rooms have an old feel to them with dark wood furniture and white walls. Our room had a view out to Brân castle which was lit up at night.|The hotel has a pool but we didn’t have time to use this, we did however use the games room facilities downstairs. There is a pool table, darts, air hockey and ping pong. |Breakfast was included in the price and was nice. |The fact we were the only guests in the hotel in a Tuesday night added to the atmosphere of being in Brân. |I would definitely stay here again if I came back and would hope to stay more than 1 night.|There is also a lovely old Dog called Max who just chills around the hotel which we made...

If you are going there for a teambuilding, you might want to think twice, because of the following aspects:|- unfriendly staff ( after 10PM they are beginning to invite you to sleep; after 11 PM they are looking at you angry that you are still in the lobby, laughing and feeling good, eventhough you are not drunk or having unsuitable behavior other than laughing). After demanding us to stop our game and laughter, they had to be rude, saying that they are having a certain working schedule and they have to stay up for us, although we didn’t need their assistance at all. |- you must ask them to turn on the heating, even though you are staying with your winter jacket on, inside the training room; |-the lobby and restaurant are very cold and also windy, because not all the dors or windows are closing hermetically. |- if you are having special dietary needs, they are forgetting what or how many portions you have asked for;|- the cleanliness is questionable...for example, in my room I felt disgusted when I saw how the radiator...

Old-school lodging, lots of wood and stone and bricks and while that may sound good in theory, here is why I will never come back to this location:|- double room, with double beds... THE SMALLEST beds I have seen since going to camp as a child, almost fell out of it 3 times during the night|- the heat was a curious thing, rather chilly in the room, but the bathroom was like a sauna, so hot it would literally make me sick|- location is fairly close to the Bran Castle, but it does not help, you are better off staying somewhere more central; the view is ok|- the food can be very good sometimes.. stayed here for 2 nights, in the first day the food was great, asked for seconds, the next day the food was awful, went hungry rather than eating cardboard flavoured food| Positives|- pool and sauna- did not check it out, can't say more|- massage - really good feedback here|- food? Maybe...|All in all, the place has some redeeming qualities, but will I come back to a place where I can't get a good sleep?!...