Falkensteiner Montafon (AT)

 Time from Zürich - 2 hours drive, not easy to get to by public transport because it’s not really in Schruns (nearest train station)


https://www.falkensteiner.com/hotel-montafon


Food

  • Quality was fine, but they have “live cooking stations” for the buffet in the evening (no table service other than drinks) and it’s slow and you can end up spending ages in a queue, your
    partner will have already got their dish and is waiting for you back at the table, or one of you has to sit at the table with the kids whilst the other goes and waits 15 minutes for a steak. It just doesn’t work and the hotel can’t deal with the number of guests. 

  • Breakfast very good, but see above. Probably wouldn’t go back because the evening buffet just wasn’t the type of evening meal we enjoy


Kids Club 

  • This was okay, although both the baby and kids room had adults with their kids in them as well as kids being watched by the staff. 


Pool & Amenities

  • Very nice family pool with outdoor area. Also a baby pool that Xavi loved. Cool water slide. 

  • Sauna infusions for adults

  • Fun play area for kids in the main part of the hotel with a tree-type thing they can climb and a bouldering wall. Parts of the hotel were really nicely done, just felt like the restaurant and the overall busy-ness of the place let it down. 


Other notes

  • It’s a huge hotel and it really felt it - just sort of busy everywhere all the time. The rooms are also v small compared to other family hotels. Could have been on a cruise ship. For the price, won’t be going back. 

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