We stayed at the hotel for 3 nights, and we only did it out of absolute necessity. We’d been traveling already for a week and were exhausted by the time we were trying to get a hotel near Interlaken. It was extremely hard to find a place that had availability, so we settled for Indian Village. But it is a complete ripoff.

SERVICE: I would rate higher if not for everything else, and the fact that the prices were EXUBERANT for the quality of the hotel, even being that it is in Interlaken. I had asked if there was a store he recommended nearby to buy phone chargers because I thought mine was broken, and the owner helped me confirm my charger was the problem and then lent me a cable for the night. He also gave us free passes for transportation around the city, but it would’ve been nice to have something directly from the hotel.

LOCATION: There are a lot of reviews saying the location is “amazing”. If you only plan to stay for a night and aren’t going to be doing a lot of activities, the location is fine. The view from our hotel room was very pretty and right at the river. It is a 15 minute walk to virtually everything that is in the main part of town. If you don’t have luggage and you’re just going out for the day, the gravel path along the river IS beautiful and a nice little walk. After a few days though, it gets to be inconvenient. There is no dedicated transport to and from the hotel. Taxis are already nearly impossible to get in Interlaken. No busses go to Indian Village. When we first arrived we were able to get a taxi there from the OST Train Station because it was late at night, and the driver said that he was a friend of the owner and did “all of the taxi driving for the hotel”. But we never saw any vehicles available to take us in and out of the city after that. This is especially a nuisance with luggage, as gravel is hard to pull suitcases on and the road you can walk has a lot of blind spots for drivers, so it’s somewhat hazardous.

ROOMS AND CLEANLINESS: The rooms are big and offered various seating aside from the bed, and the bathroom was decent. There was also a fan which came in handy. But it never felt or looked completely clean. They have air freshener wall plug-in’s that are super intense. We had to leave ours outside the entire stay. All the rooms are at ground level, and if we wanted to open our windows (because it was often stuffy inside), it seemed like someone was always smoking a cigarette right outside. The biggest ick is that our original room had dark brown stains (that were not dry, they were fresh) on the sheets, AND there were BOOGERS on the pillow cases. I can’t make this up. The bedding had obviously not been changed. When we told the owner, he said he was going to come change them for us “right away”. After waiting 20 minutes, we took the pillow case to him to show him how disgusting the situation was. Only then did he decide to move us to a different room. Trying to sleep at night was difficult because the doors to the room are blurred glass and there are bright lights outside of each door, so it was never really dark enough to sleep.

BATHROOMS: You do need to be aware that the bathroom and showers are COMMUNAL/SHARED unless you pay an extra 90€ to have a room with a private bathroom. They do not tell you this when you book your room.

FOOD: There is no breakfast, which is another inconvenience considering, again, it’s a 15+ minute walk to everything. There IS a restaurant attached to the hotel, which we never ate at but it seems to have good reviews.

Overall, I would not stay here unless you’re in a pinch and there are no other options.