Brauneckbergbahn

Quaint German Hotel. Great restaurant. We had a fantastic dinner the night of check-in. Unfortunately, we did not stay as we encountered what looked like cockroaches in our room and when we approached the front desk were told "they are not cockroaches" "they are wood bugs from the garden". In this day and age with the internet giving identification capabilities instantly I read "cockroach" and was on the way out. The girl at the front desk then gave me a room in the front of the Hotel w/o a "Garden Room" window. This room had been smoked in and with my asthmatic condition I could not stay especially when I found the same bugs under my nightstand. Come to find out (when I got back stateside) these are Ectobius vittiventris. the Amber Wood Cockroach, Amber Forest Cockroach, or Garden Cockroach. Which are not a storage pest, and completely harmless to humans as they feed only on decomposing plant. Without window screens and no A/C they will be there. I went back the next morning (after finding a great clean bugless hotel at midnight a short drive away) asking for a refund and was summarily dismissed and denied. I did not stay in the Hotel nor eat the "great breakfast" I paid for. Had the management (very combatant) not been insistent the bugs were not cockroaches; and better informed me, I would have stayed and not lost close to a thousand dollars!

Its a very unique boutique hotel. The size of the rooms was generous and the staff was excellent. Were always able to get tea and coffee at no charge. Breakfast was phenomenal with a beautiful there tiered display, including smoked salmon and then able to order eggs etc. This was all included in our room rate. On the downside its very old, and looks a little tired - but thats also part of the appeal. The biggest downside is no AC, so beginning of October was fine as you can leave the windows open, but the heat of the summer might be tough. Lastly the location is excellent- some nice restaurants very close as well as the subway.