Fantastic service, very clean and basic rooms with a bit of space. Great balcony with plenty of room to take in the wonderful view of Ravello and surrounding beauty. The restaurant oftens very nice home-style room!! The people are lovely and will do just about anything to please. Lovely pool although a little chilly.

The food was better than I expected after reading last year's reviews. There is now a breakfast buffet which gives a reasonable choice. At dinner there are 2 alternative first and second courses, with no choice for dessert. The first course was always excellent, the main course less good. Some vegetables are usually provided with the main course, although sometimes you get chips. I ate the fish dishes as they generally seemed more interesting. Swordfish and langoustines were both on the menu, which I imagine are not the cheapest ingredients. Dessert was a dish of ice cream, or slice of cake or some fruit.

We very much enjoyed our stay at the hotel.

No complaints regarding hotel, lovely and clean, views stunning, we watched the sun rise from our bedroom window, the only thing we struggled with was the food, breakfast was so boring, I like continental breakfasts but after the 3rd day I longed for cheese or ham, and maybe choice of fruit and yogurts, dinner for that night was chosen at breakfast, but there was only 2 choices for the main course and one night dessert was a bunch of grapes. There was no salads or veg after all isn't Italy renowned for its tomatoes etc, I have to say I felt the food was done on the cheap, as if it was the last week in the month before pay day and you were raiding the cupboards. The guy waiting was super, he did offer to replace the one meal I couldn't eat, but it was a bit disapointing the lack of choice, apart from that, every thing was great,

We found the views from the room absolutely stunning. The rooms were spacious and very clean with lovely big balconies overlooking Ravello in the distance. However we didn't get a change of bath towels the whole week we were there - (not sure whether we were supposed to leave them on the floor as an indication that they needed changing).

There were some lovely walks directly from Scala - one in particular which shouldn't be missed is the Valle delle Ferriere. Unfortunately most iof the walks nvolved many steps (as the name suggests) so after several days of spending hours walking up and down steps we took to using the bus which ran quite frequently.

Our only criticism of the hotel was that we found the food extremely boring - breakfast was the same each morning. Dinner was pasta, followed by either fish or meat (usually veal). There was very little in the way of fresh vegetables, potatoes or salad. We also got the impression that they were trying to cater to a very tight budget. For those with a hearty appetite the portions were a bit on the small side. We also found that on a number of days the bread was stale (probably having been left out from lunch). However, the service was very efficient and friendly.

Although generally there was very little in the way of nightlife in Scala, it was an easy 30 minutes walk to Ravello if you wanted a change of scenery. We were lucky as we just happened to chance on a week where there were 2 free concerts in the square in Scala but I assume this was an exception rather than the norm. Both Scala and Ravello are quiet in the evenings - which suited us fine .

All in all we enjoyed our week here - but were glad to get home to some fresh vegetables and salad.