Spa hotel set in a lovely location in northern Gallillee. At a basic special offer off season price of IS1500 (about $400) half board for 2 including 2 treatments, it is reasonable value, but it is not by a long way anything luxurious. Our room was a good size but really rather tatty, and it is this theme of tattiness that pervades throughout the property. It's well past it's refurbishment due date and it shows.

Good points: the spa treatments were good, though not worth the $100 that non inclusive treatments ran to. indoor pool is also reasonable though I wonder how it copes at peak times. Staff generally helpful but in that very Israeli way of communication glitches and non delivery of promised service. Can't comment on the evening meal (see below), and breakfast is the traditional Israeli breakfast buffet fare, lacking in some of the more interesting dishes, Awfull coffee.

And now for the (really) bad! The Muscat Restaurant . A non kosher alacarte option instead of the standard restaurant with a credit for the inclusive meal of the daily package with high pretentions of haute cusine (the best restaurant in Israel stuff...) As so often the case charming staff but not professional, attentive but then it was only 10% full. Food; the odd pleasant dish ruined buy being served straight out of the fridge and frigid. The dish spoilt by inappropriate finishing (cured salmon smothered in sesame oil!). The badly cooked (fish overcooked to oblivion.... Very Israeli),. And the fundamentally disgraceful; a slow cooked lamb dish which was a pile of wafer thin slices of tasteless lamb "pastrami" as you would get from a packet in a supermarket with a brown sauce gravy and tasteless overooked sparse vegetables. It should have gone back but didn't for the usual reasons. And why oh why is the wine list so defficient in provision of what are now a wide range of excellent Israeli wines. The mark up on wine is about average. The prices for the dishes if they had been on the mark was very high, for what we got, exorbitant. Perhaps the chef was on "miluim" - military service, as there was little evidence of a chefs presence at our sitting.

Overall if you Keep your expectations in check it's ok for a day or 2 if you avoid the Muscat restaurant and your companions are the main event. The whole propery now really needs shutting down and a complete "chiputz" (refurbishment). I went to the Carmel Forrest spa a couple of years ago and my recollection of that was far superior.

On amazing spot just nearby Rosh Pina with spectacular location and super green agenda this is my favorite hotel in Israel. From entering the lobby with the fireplace and traditional European decor through the mobile and children free environment and the splendid food (mostly based on self growth in their organic farm).
The mini-suite worth the upgrade, especially rooms number 401 to 404 above the gallery which have huge balcony.

We got there on a winter rainy day and it just made more amazing. When we entered the lobby the was fire in a fireplace and people are sitting on the couches, very welcoming.
Our mini-suite was huge and very clean.
The food is fantastic, even for my husbands taste, who was very suspicious about spending 3 days with no meat.

cons: the pillows.

I only wish I had had more time to spend here. The hotel is beautifully furnished with antiques and comfortable beds. The grounds are lovely and there is a farm on site which produces all the fabulous food that is served at the hotel. Everything is fresh, organic, and delicious (and it is included in the price of the stay.) They even make their own cheeses and butter. There are many places to walk with lovely vistas. We were so busy with the available tours near-by, that we were not able to take advantage of all the spa treatments that were offered. I would love to come back for a week of relaxation in the gardens, the pool and the spa treatments. Another reviewer said in was children-free, but we had teen-agers with us and they were welcomed. I did not see any young children, however.