Wörners Schloss Wellnesshotel & Restaurant — Restaurant in Prichsenstadt

This mini-campus was build several hundred years ago as a large fortified farmhouse and courtyard with a mote - enough to be called a castle. A couple of other buildings have since been added along the inside protective walls and the mote is gone. It has about 10 rooms or suites, with variations in style to fit within the shape of the castle. I stayed in the "ancestry room" with a bedroom, small living room, and the bathroom laid out along the "wall" side of the third floor.||||The two best things about this hotel are Harold and Herbert. Harold is a winemaker and the owner of this castle. He is VERY accommodating. The breakfast that comes with the room is served around 7am. But because this was a business trip, that was too late for me. So Harold offered to pack me a breakfast for each morning - customized to my tastes. I accepted, it was great!||||If Harold was only half as accommodating, I would still rate this place 5 stars.||||Now the place has a restaurant, and my first thought was "Isn't that convenient, if I don't want to hunt around there's a place right here". But this restaurant has Herbert who is a master in his art - and being at a winery in the middle of Bavaria, he is in his element. He also has an apprentice who is very good - but give that one another decade - I figure Herbert has that much to show.|||| Over the course of my 10-night stay, I took advantage of this restaurant on 5 nights. I looked at the menu a couple of times, but I really depended on Harold to translate. I explained to him that I am pre-diabetic and needed to avoid starches - bread, rice, corn, potatoes, etc. He and Herbert then considered the problem and on those five nights came up with a variety of solutions that made full and expert use of the local Bavarian resources (wine, venison, crops, cattle) that were new (to me anyway), varied, delicious, and very well presented. I would say the soups were particularly good. Try the Paprika soup and the Red Wine soup!||||About eight months before leaving for this business trip, I had started walking to try to loose weight and recover some of my health. And I had some concerns about whether I was going to be able to sustain that during this trip. The geography of this place is farmlands laced with tractor/bicycle paths with villages every two or three miles. There are also roadways, but you can stay off them (and the associated traffic) most of the time. Prichsenstadt is a large village with quintessential Bavarian architecture - like something out of Disneyland. It's about 2 miles to the South. Neudorf is a small farming village, very quaint, a bit over a mile to the East. Between them, the farm road is marked where "Kleinschonbach" was stood, destroyed 400 years ago in an attack.||||The bottom line for me: With many pleasant walking trails and chef willing to customize meals for my, I lost 6 or 7 pounds.||||If you're not into walking they have other stuff there. Bikes,...

This mini-campus was build several hundred years ago as a large fortified farmhouse and courtyard with a mote - enough to be called a castle. A couple of other buildings have since been added along the inside protective walls and the mote is gone. It has about 10 rooms or suites, with variations in style to fit within the shape of the castle. I stayed in the "ancestry room" with a bedroom, small living room, and the bathroom laid out along the "wall" side of the third floor.||||The two best things about this hotel are Harold and Herbert. Harold is a winemaker and the owner of this castle. He is VERY accommodating. The breakfast that comes with the room is served around 7am. But because this was a business trip, that was too late for me. So Harold offered to pack me a breakfast for each morning - customized to my tastes. I accepted, it was great!||||If Harold was only half as accommodating, I would still rate this place 5 stars.||||Now the place has a restaurant, and my first thought was "Isn't that convenient, if I don't want to hunt around there's a place right here". But this restaurant has Herbert who is a master in his art - and being at a winery in the middle of Bavaria, he is in his element. He also has an apprentice who is very good - but give that one another decade - I figure Herbert has that much to show.|||| Over the course of my 10-night stay, I took advantage of this restaurant on 5 nights. I looked at the menu a couple of times, but I really depended on Harold to translate. I explained to him that I am pre-diabetic and needed to avoid starches - bread, rice, corn, potatoes, etc. He and Herbert then considered the problem and on those five nights came up with a variety of solutions that made full and expert use of the local Bavarian resources (wine, venison, crops, cattle) that were new (to me anyway), varied, delicious, and very well presented. I would say the soups were particularly good. Try the Paprika soup and the Red Wine soup!||||About eight months before leaving for this business trip, I had started walking to try to loose weight and recover some of my health. And I had some concerns about whether I was going to be able to sustain that during this trip. The geography of this place is farmlands laced with tractor/bicycle paths with villages every two or three miles. There are also roadways, but you can stay off them (and the associated traffic) most of the time. Prichsenstadt is a large village with quintessential Bavarian architecture - like something out of Disneyland. It's about 2 miles to the South. Neudorf is a small farming village, very quaint, a bit over a mile to the East. Between them, the farm road is marked where "Kleinschonbach" was stood, destroyed 400 years ago in an attack.||||The bottom line for me: With many pleasant walking trails and chef willing to customize meals for my, I lost 6 or 7 pounds.||||If you're not into walking they have other stuff there. Bikes,...

Ich hatte Wörners Schloss über das Internet entdeckt und als "perfekten" Wochenendausflug nach unserer standesamtlichen Hochzeit auserkoren. Als wir ankamen, war ich leicht enttäuscht, weil das Anwesen in der Realität kleiner aussieht, als es auf den Bildern wirkt. Es ist aber sehr, sehr niedlich! Wir wurden sehr freundlich empfangen und in das gebuchte Turmzimmer gebracht. Das Zimmer war schön urig und sauber.||||Für abends hatte ich ein 3-Gänge Candle Light Dinner reserviert, es wurde uns jedoch ungefragt ein 4-Gänge Menü serviert! (ca. 7 Euro mehr pro Person). Wir haben das hingenommen, da das Essen sehr lecker war (auch per E-Mail wurde mir übrigens mehrmals ein 4-Gänge Menü vorgeschlagen, was ich etwa 2x in ein 3-Gänge-Menü geändert hatte). Leider hat die Bedienung aus Versehen Rotwein auf das weiße Hochzeitshemd meines Mannes verschüttet. Wir sollten es am Morgen den Reinigungsfrauen zum Waschen geben, die Flecken würden auf jeden Fall raus gehen. ||||Das Frühstück ist gigantisch uns so wie von meinen Vorrednern beschrieben. Der gesamte nächste Tag war sehr schön, man kann in der Umgebung gut spazieren gehen, wir haben viele Vögel und sogar Rehe beobachtet. Auch Prichsenstadt ist wunderschön. Nachmittags haben wir uns eine Massage gegönnt, die uns sehr gut getan hat. Die Masseurin war freundlich und der Wellnessbereich ist sehr gepflegt. Leider ist die finnische Sauna am Samstag erst ab 18 Uhr in Betrieb. Das Essen an diesem Abend war nicht mehr so gut wie am ersten Abend, aber Durchschnitt. Die Weine bei der Weinprobe waren ausnahmslos lecker!||||Beim Auschecken am Sonntag machten wir dann Bekanntschaft mit dem Besitzer. Als ich erzählte, wir hätten statt dem -mehrmals per E-Mail angeforderten- 3-Gänge-Menü ein 4-Gänge-Menü erhalten, gab er mir von sich aus eine Flasche Wein als Entschädigung, was wir sehr zuvorkommend fanden. Ein Disput kam allerdings seinerseits auf, als wir eine Entschädigung für das Hemd mit den Rotweinflecken forderten. Diese waren nämlich beim Waschen nicht raus gegangen. Er wollte es reinigen lassen und uns zusenden, was wir akzeptierten. Dass wir 10 Euro als Pfand einbehalten wollten, falls die Flecken doch nicht heraus gingen (das Hemd war erst 3x getragen und 50 Euro wert), hat er uns angeschrien. Wir waren ziemlich verwundert, da wir während der ganzen Sache ruhig und sachlich geblieben waren und ihm das Geld bei Ankunft des sauberen Hemdes sofort überwiesen hätten. Er zog den Vergleich, man würde eine Flasche Wein oder eine Tafel Schokolade ja auch nicht erst probieren und dann entscheiden, ob man bezahle. Wir haben das nicht verstanden und auch nicht mehr klären können, da er wütend davon gestapft ist, nachdem er uns mehrmals beleidigt hat. Andere Gäste, die dies mitbekommen haben, haben auch mehr als verwundert zugesehen. Dieser letzte Eindruck lässt uns leider insgesamt nur 2 Sterne vergeben, wir würden das Hotel Freunden deshalb auch nicht weiterempfehlen. Wir finden diese Art der Gästebehandlung nicht akzeptabel, zumal wir über 500 Euro dort ausgegeben hatten und die Rotweinflecken ja nicht unsere Schuld waren. Dabei soll jedoch noch erwähnt werden, dass das restliche Personal absolut zuvorkommend und freundlich war und, wie gesagt, Zimmer, Umgebung, Frühstück und Weine schön bzw....