I recently stayed at Waldhotel in the Burgenstock resort for 3 nights in May 2023. Let's start with the good - absolutely beautiful setting. Literally looks like a scene from the sound of music. Surrounded by views of the mountains on one side and lake Lucerne on the other. The resort property is expansive including all of the hotels, restaurants, and wellness activities. Nicely landscaped, beautiful walking paths and hiking trails. Some of the staff were excellent, especially the sommelier and a lot of the waiters in the various restaurants including Spices & the Oak Grill. Most of the food was absolutely top notch. The spa in the Waldhotel was beautiful, extremely clean, and not crowded.
Why I am rating a 4 instead of 5 - we are from America and wanted to connect our devices to the hotel room TV. Apple TV would not connect and we asked for help multiple times. We were ignored, and ended up not being able to use the TV. Not a huge deal, but expect more from a 5 star resort. Some of the restaurants are simply overpriced. The food was very good, but I have eaten at many high caliber restaurants (including Michelin star restaurants) in Paris and Zurich that rival the restaurants on the property and it just felt like they were price gouging for what we were getting. I felt the room decor of the Waldhotel could be improved, and the breakfast buffet was mediocre. And lastly, one complaint is the resort had a Disney-world esque feeling about it that we didn't love. There were buses of tourists coming up walking around to use the trails, coming in and out of the lobbies, and everything felt very commercialized at times.
Overall it was a nice stay, but think some improvements are needed to make it a true...
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Very good hotel , as for me the best from 3 hotels in Burgenstock resort. Because the hotel is new, rooms are spacious, well decorated and price is very reasonable. All rooms are facing the mountains view. Inside the Hotel few clinics and rehab center, but to be honest we didn’t see much anything related to medicine so this didn’t bother us at all. Only one thing which we strongly didn’t like is the concept of the restaurants in Burgenstock resort… you can’t visit dinner or lunch if you didn’t book in advance table … all the things related to get food for us was sometimes a real problem… room dining mesas well very complicated (food choices availability according to the timing) . As an example- you can order Cesar salad only from 8.30 pm to 7 am … This is not fine at all dear management… as well as breakfast ala carte menu… with limited choices of food and every morning same food … Food .. restaurants.. these systems has to be simplified.. as people are coming here to relax and don’t rush for a lunch or dinner because your restaurants either fully booked or doesn’t work on specific dates or don’t have available time preferred by the guest … this is really really big headache.. must...
Read moreI loved my stay at the Waldhotel. There are not enough words to describe this spectacular resort. I wish I could’ve stayed longer. Three years ago, I stayed at the Burgenstock Hotels & Resort - Palace Hotel and it was a wonderful experience as well.
The Waldhotel is a lovely wellness resort with an amazing view and really thoughtfully designed rooms which are very comfortable and beautifully put together. There are incredibly thoughtful details throughout the room that I really appreciate. The room is full of small functional gestures, not to mention beautiful pieces and accessories (Eg the curtain on the balcony) that just makes it such a pleasure to be in the rooms. The bed is also one of the most comfortable I have slept on in a hotel.
I absolutely loved the breakfast. What a view! There are a lot of options, and everything I had was incredibly delicious.
Finally, it is really the staff that makes this place so magical. A huge thank you to the team for all his efforts to make me feel welcomed and comfortable. Thank you the wonderful team at breakfast for their attention to detail and kindness.
The stay left me feeling incredibly relaxed and excited to be back...
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