We had a lovely spacious, excruciatingly clean room with a balcony with a great shower that would empty the Mosel. Breakfasts are good with fruit yogurt and muesli as well as the usual fare. The sauna and fitness suite is great.
However there are some things that may make a stay here not as relaxing as you might hope. The best rooms only are available if you book evening meals. The meals are only available between 6-30 and 7-30. (We didn’t arrive at the station until 7 and were told we had to get a taxi so we wouldn’t miss our meal!)
The hotel is locked at 10 o’clock, (night keys were provided) The lights are switched off on the terrace and balcony at the same time. There is no bar – drinks are available before and for a while after dinner then only an ‘honesty fridge’ on the landing with a few beers and wine (and cctv!)
At breakfast there is a menu on the table listing the (two) choices for dinner. You are expected to choose your main course and the time you want to eat whilst eating breakfast.
Evening meals aren’t that great. The starters definitely were the best bits, tomato based sauces over some sort of meat seems to dominate on main courses and very small dollops of cheap ice cream featured for sweet on two nights. They aren’t huge either, I’m a very small eater so larger appetites would be disappointed.
And then there’s a very annoying ‘naf’ china clock in the dining room that very loudly whistles a tune every hour….probably so you don’t linger too long…..
It’s a reasonably good hotel, but unfortunately some aspects seem to be designed for the convenience of the family who own and run it rather than the guests. However there are lots of returning guests so the regime must suit some people. If you don’t have evening meals and want to walk down-and up again- to the village (which is a bit of a ghost town after 7o’clock) for a drink and a meal or if you like early nights it’s OK.
- Thul Hotel Cochem
