Stayed one night at this hotel. It's older and you could call it 'dated'. However, it's fairly typical for a German (Bavarian) hotel. There's the good and the bad - the good first -

Very close to downtown and local sights. Wuerzburg has a tremendous shopping zone with reasonably priced stores, boutiques, day spa services - check out "wax your body", cafes, etc. So it's nice to have a hotel close enough that you can walk to everything worth doing in Wuerzburg. One side of the hotel has nice view of the Schloss, unfortunately, we weren't on that side Shower heads in the bath are very nice, water can get very hot and that's a plus in my book. Small room, but had a small table and 2 chairs, mini bar, water, smallish balcony (but we looked into some type of business across the courtyard and a kitchen??), older fixtures in the bath. When we went out for a walk, we came back and there was a nice table set up with fruit and water waiting for us. The hotel is right on the river which is nice for strolling if the weather is nice and it's close to the boat loading ramps.

Mixed comments but mostly good ones...

The buffet breakfast is extensive. Only problem or complaint I had was that the cucumbers (Gerkins) were so dried out that they were inedible. On the positive side, there is every kind of fruit you can imagine other than bananas. You'll enjo, hot breads, salmon, wurst, cheeses, dozens of cereals and every imaginable topping for your cereal, English breakfast items and more. I read there is an even larger breakfast on Sundays for brunch.

The Italian restaurant is very expensive by Germany Italian restaurant comparison and the Wine Cellar was closed. You can find more reasonably priced restaurants, guesthouses in town and enjoy the locals.

On the negative side...you get the feeling they nickel and dime you to death. Internet is not free although there is a note that you can use the business center to check email if you don't want to pay 8 Euros for 1 hour of connectivity in your room. That was great on Thursday night but Friday morning I had to sign a sheet stating that if I used the business center computer (& there is only one) for more than 30 min, they would charge me 2,50 Euro per hour. OK, that's not expensive but come on... This hotel tries to hang with the big-boys and internet or WIFI shouldn't cost anything. Parking is not free either but you can get a reduced rate if you present your parking ticket at the desk when you check out.

The beds were not comfortable, the pillows definitely weren't and there was a brochure telling us how wonderful the pillows were and apparently you can buy them - Don't. Everything was very clean but it's time to redo the furnishings and decor. Our bathtub had been patched, patched well, but still patched. A hotel of this standard shouldn't have patched up bath tubs. The furniture was scratched. No complimentary lotion was in the room but if you call the front desk, they will bring you some. A word to those who might care - we happened to see the maid at her maid's cart and she was combining partially used shampoo & shower gel bottles. Don't know if those went back into the rooms or not, maybe they don't, maybe she took them home, but it's not something most guests would want to see in my opinion.

The fitness facility is in the basement and is a room about the size or smaller of an American walk-in closet. Only an elliptical machine, stationary bike, and a universal gym (which is pretty nice). It's very claustrophobic.

We'd probably stay there again, but we'd ask for a renovated room, we understand there are some.

We found this hotel genuinely underwhelming. It was located in a poor part of town - to get to the Town Centre, one walked past tired shops, including the odd XXX type, and few good restaraunts. The parking and meals were well overpriced and while the rooms were fine (do remember to specifically ask for a non-smoking room), they were by no means impressive. THe hotel looks and feels like it dates from the 70s and was impressive then.

A basic hotel in an OK part of town. I suppose it would be OK if you were visiting someone at the University nearby or going to the Congress Centrum for business. It was quite close to everything but walking from our hotel to the Old Main Bridge and the Town Center was filled with closed shops and the street was a little seedy. This is your basic businessperson hotel. Basic and no nonsense. The front desk staff was really helpful and friendly though.

We chose this hotel as a journey breaker on our way home from Bavaria and also as a taster should we like Wurzburg and wish to visit again. On Wurzburg, the limited time we had showed it to be a culture buffs paradise and we will definitely be visiting again. We arrived late in the afternoon around 16.00, the receptionist was pleasant and booking in was quickly done. We had booked a non-smoking, superior room on the fourth floor with views over the river. On entering the room the first thing that hit you was the smell of stale cigarette smoke, opening the window unfortunately did not clear this. The room at best was a 3*** and in no way superior, in fact of the 4 hotels we stayed in during this holiday this was by far the worst. The view of the river was mostly obscured by a large old building to the front left side and by trees to the right leaving a view about 20m wide of the actual river itself. Before depression really set in we decided to have a quick wander around town and get something to eat. The first Restaurant we went in, and I really wish I could remember its name, as it would get a review of its own, was just off the market square had an appealing menu and was in typical German style. There were people seated at 2 of the tables and the others with the exception of the one we sat at were all reserved. The waitress came from behind the bar, looked at us and went back, assuming to pick up menu’s, she then came back out and went to talk for a considerable time to customers at another table, ignoring us completely before disappearing again behind the bar. After 10 minutes we got up and left, which was indeed to our benefit as we found a small Italian place where the waiter insisted on speaking in Italian even though we were speaking English or German. The ambiance was good the food was excellent and we left with a feeling that we had eaten far too much. Back to the hotel and shower then TV in bed. We slept ‘ for a short time’ with the window open until we were woken by people partying outside the building that obscured the river view (the cellar was a night club/bar, in the English sense not the German) eventually I closed the window and turned on the AC which provided either warm air or hot air! After a few hours restless sleep and insect bites in a stuffy room I got up and opened the window to let more air in (5 am) another hours rest followed before being woken by the normal city traffic.
Breakfast was average with well over 150 people, all deciding to eat at the same time. After breakfast we paid our bill and left, surprisingly we weren’t asked if we had enjoyed our stay. Because we were both so tired, Instead of spending the day exploring as we had planned we drove straight home. Whilst we will visit Wurzburg again, I will never again stay in a Novotel hotel.