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3.0 of 5
Terassenweg, Grindelwald 3818, Switzerland
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Hotel Bodmi
Ranked #14 of 38 hotels in Grindelwald
4.5 of 5 stars 33 Reviews
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“Great location but very smoky restaurant”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 November 2007
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We went there for our ski holidays for two years in a row. The greatest thing about Bodmi is its being on the ground of the ski school and the beginners' disc lift. Our kids really loved it. To ski up in the mountains though, you would have to take a bus or ski on a steep slope (if there is sufficient snow) down to Firstbahn. There are great touches to their new sauna and the chill-out showers and areas.

The down-sides include the small and stinky ski storage room that is not so conveniently located in the garage with the slippery sloping entrance. And the very smoky restaurant/bar made enjoying meals a chore, even though we were in the non-smoking area (which is connected to the smoking area). The junior suit is rather tight when the sofa bed is opened up.

  • Liked — Ski school on the ground
  • Disliked — smoking restaurant and smoky non-smoking areas
  • Stayed March 2006, travelled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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London, United Kingdom
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23 reviews 23 reviews
Reviews in 19 cities Reviews in 19 cities
86 helpful votes 86 helpful votes
“Cannot understand the rave reviews, okay place.”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 August 2007
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Whilst the hotel provides terrific views of Grindelwald and the mountains (weather permitting) the junior suite room was nothing to write home about. I would say it is a decent 3 star but as someone had mentioned before, the rooms are pretty much dated (but clean!) and the duvet was too light and squashed. Very basic bathroom amenities. One of those push type shampoos attached on a wall you see in gyms.

The breakfast was quite good and the dinner was okay but considering the price I would not say it is the best choice in Grindelwald....

Try the Chinese restaurant (Jasmine Garden )in town which we found totally by chance, it was awesome!!

We have no complaints about the location of the hotel, a tiring but lovely 10 minute walk up the hill, but do take a torch or something if you plan to have dinner at night in the village, it is pitch black when you get back. (No lights up that road)

  • Liked — Location
  • Disliked — Basic accommodation, okay food
  • Stayed September 2006, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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11 reviews 11 reviews
Reviews in 9 cities Reviews in 9 cities
30 helpful votes 30 helpful votes
“Excellent stay”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 August 2007

We stayed in an apartment at the Hotel Bodmi for a week in August after having read the rave reviews on Tripadvisor. Our apartment could not be faulted. It was very clean, nicely furnished, was well-appointed and had fantastic views.

If we were looking for faults, I agree with the last post that the towels and some of the bedding is probably due to be replaced.

We found all of the staff to be very efficient and very friendly. We ate in the hotel more than we expected to as the weather wasn't that great and we didn't fancy the steep walk up from the village with the possibility of getting drenched after a nice meal.

We would definitely stay at the Bodmi again!

  • Stayed August 2007
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Exeter, NH
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“Loved the Bodmi!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 August 2007

We just returned from a wonderful 9-night stay at the Hotel Bodmi. Of the 3 hotels we have stayed at over the years in Grindelwald, this is by far our favorite. Our room was immaculate with a lovely view of the Eiger and lower glacial gorge, and the food on our half-board plan was absolutely fantastic! Best of all, the staff is warm and friendly and really makes you feel at home. Suffice it to say, we can't wait to make a return visit to Grindelwald and the Bodmi in a few years.

Stayed August 2007
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Paris, France
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36 reviews 36 reviews
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33 helpful votes 33 helpful votes
“The views are great, but...”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 August 2007

After having read the enthusiastic reviews about Hotel Bodmi, we decided to stay in August for one week in a junior suite with our one year old daughter. Yes, it is true that the views are great, the location superb and the rooms big.

But, the interior design of the rooms was very old fashioned, the carpet and the towels (strange pink-red mix...) could be renewed. Same is true for the tablecloth on the restaurant terrace and our balcony chairs; the wholes in it kept our daughter busy. With few exceptions, the staff was everything else but heartly. As a German I sometimes felt directed as by the former East German army or a Swiss female regiment. I did also not understand why the onwers let the staff sit around in the restaurant when not working and, worst of all, smoking like hell.

The food comes in large portions, but is not what one could describe as elaborate Swiss mountain cooking, it is more solid. When we were eating on the restaurant terrace, we had to sit in the last corner (which I can understand because of our the small daughter), but no one of the service had the idea to bring, at least the food for her, with some kind of urgency (Living in Italy that is one of the things I love the Italians for....) Breakfast was good, even so the focus lay more on cheese than on the ham part of the buffet.

If you want to sit outside and see the mountains, you can either do it on your balcony or the restaurant terrace where you have to consume - quite a pitty for this lovely green in front of the hotel. Parking is kind of tricky as you risk every time to grate your car at the wall of the stall.

The owners where kind of friendly, but not so nice not to increase our room rate from the '7-night-stay rate' to the '6-night-stay-rate' - after it had rained heavily for three days without stopping (we had bought a six-day mountain railway pass which we could use two!) and we had decided to leave the hotel one night earlier (still don't understand why the owner had to increase the price while explaining me that it would be "just some ten Swiss Francs per person per night"...).

Would we go back to the Bodmi? No. Having paid more than 200 Euro per night (including only breakfast), I think that what this 3+ star hotel is offering, it is overpriced, might the views also be fabulous. And the cordiality and friendliness of the Bodmi had nothing to do with holidays we had lately passed in Austria and Turkey.

  • Liked — View of the mountains
  • Disliked — Not the right value for the money
  • Stayed August 2007, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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  • Bodmi Hotel Grindelwald
Address: Terassenweg, Grindelwald 3818, Switzerland
Price range (per night):* INR11,982 - 18,112

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