We stayed in this hotel for 6 nights in november and loved it! It's not a very big hotel and that's what we like.
Yes, you do need to follow a gravelroad and it's a bit further from the center of El Calafate, but taxis are cheap (and 5-10 min. max.) and walking is only about 20 minutes.
We did't have dinner in the hotel, but is does provide it. The breakfast was okay, nothing special but enough as it is in almost everywhere we've stayed in Argentina.
The hotel is decorated with old antique furniture and we liked that very much. The hotel has a very good feel.
The rooms were absolutely great: we had a double with lakeview. It was very big and very clean. Enough space to put your belongings. The bed was also very big and slept great. The bathroom was a bit smal, but very clean, No sticky showercurtain here, but a sliding glass door. The light in the shower itself was a bit dark. In the rest of the bathroom it was fine.
The only 2 cons of the room were the showerlight and also the heating. The heating is arranged centrally, so you can not put the heating in your room down or up if you wish. The first 2 nights the room was quit warm and we only had 2 small windows we could open and this wasn't enough to drop the temperature a bit and make it more pleasant. The other 4 nights the heating was just fine.`
We heard some noises from other guests, but it wasn't very loud or annoying.
We also absolutely loved the dog Negrita who came running everytime we called her and lay down on her back to let you pet her belly.
The service in the hotel was great: the owner as well as the 3 female staffmembers (Magdalena, Natalie and ?) were very friendly and helpfull, They booked us every tour and restaurant we wanted and didn't have to arrange anything ourselves.
This hotel absolutely deservers a much higher place on Tripadvisor than where it's at right now!

Nos alojarmos Agrado alli, la habitacion nep resultó Muy encantadora.La Hostería El trato y un su Especialista de personal, fué ideal párr estudio ESE destino.Superó Las Expectativas.

this small hotel is outside of the city, by the Argentino lake, where you can see, from time to time, some small glaciers floating until they melt completely. The hotel is cute, clean and the personnel is very friendly and helping. The breakfast is not very rich, but I noted it's the same everywhere in Argentina. They arrange a shuttle to take you to the center, but you could also go by taxi, is not very expensive. They also bring you back in the evening.

The room and the hotel are ok for me, but there are 2 rather bad things I would like to mention.
First : the location is at least 20 minutes on foot out of town and only accessible through a dirt road. It overlooks the argentino-lake and the lagune with flamingo's.
Second : I tried eating in the restaurant one evening. After ordering one of the menu's, I had to wait more than 1 hour to get the soup. The main course I ordered was brought after more than 2 hours of waiting and it was lamb instead of chikken. The waitress kept on arguing she was right and I was wrong, So I left the restaurant without further delay.

Personally, I would suggest staying in town and hire a taxi to see the flamingo's in the lagune.