DAS SIEBEN

Visitors from Canada, my wife and I recently (late August 2024) spent four nights at Das Sieben - and then still added on an extra night on site taking advantage of a summer special they were running. To jump straight to the summary - we had a magnificent time, that completely exceeded our expectations. For all not familiar with the concept of the Wellness Hotel, these are hotels dedicated to physical activity (indoor and outdoor), various sauna and spa activities, amazing food, and a getaway from the busy life at home with locations usually situated in quiet remote areas of the stunning Alpine Mountains - in short they cater towards your wellbeing. Das Sieben is located in the small Austrian town of Bad Häring right on the border to Germany. World famous companies like Riedel (wine glasses) and Swarovski are in the neighbouring towns and internationally renowned ski resorts like Der Wilde Kaiser just minutes away. The area is known for endless hiking, running, and biking as well as for leisurely walking in stunning scenery. Das Sieben is an adults only (16 and up) hotel that offers various packages you can book with the original reservation. We chose the base stay with half board (breakfast buffet and 5-course dinner) in a junior suite. The room was very spacious, incredibly light with floor to ceiling windows leading to a private balcony, and a mix in between cozy and modern incorporating lots of wood with all necessary modern amenities (desk, flat screen TV, closets, etc). A signature element of every Wellness Hotel is the Sauna, Spa, and Fitness area. Das Sieben has multiple different saunas indoors and outdoors, steam baths, and an indoor and an outdoor pool. The entire first floor of the hotel is dedicated to the fitness and spa areas. The fitness studio is completely equipped with modern Technogym machines and can rival a studio. The spa treatments can be booked on site or beforehand. I had a pedicure, which was done in a most professional manner. I learned from the therapist that she went to school for three years to get the training for medical pedicure and beautician. They also have physicians on site to perform gait analyses or develop diet or workout plans. Das Sieben has built all (?) guest rooms to have views and a private balcony. Water is instantly hot and the internet very fast. They offer a "pillow menu" from which you can order a pillow specifically based on what type of sleeper you are. We stayed in a Junior Suite, which was very spacious, had a king size bed (with split mattresses), a desk, a couch, separated shower/vanity from the toilet, and lots of chairs. For the hot times in the year, please North Americans be aware that Das Sieben has no air conditioning. This is in line with the town and all neighbouring communities being part of the environmental alliance and generally with hotels in the German speaking areas, but still left us hot every night with daily temperatures exceeding or around 30 Celsius. An interesting spec

This review is from our last visit to the hotel in September 2023 but we were also in the hotel 4 years ago, so we can compare. Unfortunately, after KOVID a lot has changed in the hotel (also according to the confirmation of the staff I spoke with). Unfortunately everything for the worse. The worst thing about the accommodation is the food in the hotel restaurant. For dinner (unless you are a vegetarian) there are only two dishes. One of which is always fish. Dinner does have 4 courses, but again, it's all just a big absurd theater. The food is always well decorated but everything is more of a parody. Example of dinner during our stay. Soup: broth with 20 noodles in a quantity of 1dcl. Starter: 4 slices of tomato about 2mm thick and some foam of unknown origin. Main course: 2 slices of beef 3mm thick, size 6x8cm + 2 potato pancakes, diameter 5cm. Sweet spot at the end - about 1dcl of yoghurt sprinkled with cane sugar (the menu says créme brulee = total travesty!!) Even though we had paid for our dinners, we ate elsewhere. Everywhere in the other restaurants around here the cooking is perfect (I especially recommend the Tennen Wirt restaurant in Söll). For breakfast, the offer is very limited. The service staff making food from eggs on demand was as dirty as a garbage man. The hotel is still occupied by workers who have been trained here. There are still hundreds of people down in the lobby. Quiet during the day = zero. The total offer (towels, pool slippers, cosmetics, etc.) is limited and only available on request. A big difference from previous years. Tourists mostly Germans probably on discount vouchers. There's not much more to add.....

Vom ersten Kontakt bei der Buchung bis zum Bezug unseres Zimmers wurden wir freundlich beraten und empfangen. Sehr schönes großes Zimmer mit hervorragenden Betten und mit wunderbarer Aussicht auf die grandiose Umgebung, in der man viel unternehmen oder einfach nur die Seele baumeln lassen kann. Der Bad- und Wellnessbereich bietet jedem etwas. Garage ist geräumig, auch ein geschlossener Raum für Bikes inkl. Lademöglichkeit ist vorhanden. Die Freundlichkeit und das Bemühen aller Mitarbeiter:innen um das Wohl der Gäste ist beispielhaft. Frühstück ist ausgezeichnet, leider erfüllt die Küche am Abend die Erwartungen nicht, die man an ein Hotel dieser Kategorie stellt. Hier bestünde Handlungsbedarf, auch wenn viele Gäste trotz dieser Schwäche immer wieder kommen.