When I was trying to book a room in Leavenworth for Mother's Day weekend for a mother- daughter get away, all of the reasonably priced rooms were already reserved. Some of the reviews on the net made me nervous to stay at this place. The net said all rooms were sold out, but I called anyways. From my first contact the receptionist was so friendly and helpful!! She even gave me the internet special food drive rate. We requested an early check-in so that we could watch the Kentucky Derby, no problem says she. Our room was spotlessly clean and very comfortable. Linens were of good quality, though there was a small tear on the seam of the bedspread. Microwave and fridge worked well. Continental bkfst was light but that was perfect for us. My only suggestion is that a coffee pot in the room would be nice as I'm not comfortable going to the lobby in pj's. We will certainly stay here on our next trip to Leavenworth! Way better than the Evergreen at comparable rates. Great job staff of derRitterhoff!!!

For the past 13 years my family has been coming to Leavenworth in January for their Bavarian Ice Festival. We normally stay at another hotel but attempted to make reservations too late and our normal accommidations were booked. We found this place last minute and we were very satisfied. The main reason I can sum it up in one word: Debbie. The lady at the front desk was so helpful and went out of her way to make us comfortable. We had to change rooms around a few times because of my picky father and younger sister who didn't want to sleep with her parents, but Debbie helped us out willingly every time. The hotel rooms were simple, clean, and all we needed when we spent most our time outside exploring the town. I would without a doubt come back here again.

We stayed at this place right after Christmas 2010 for 3 nights. We had a large group/extended family with both young children and teens. (4 rooms between 4 families) This place was all we could find at the time in Leavenworth for skiing trip. Next time we will start our search earlier, so that we would not get stuck in a place like this.
The PROs: walking distance to Front Street/Bavarian Village, and that is about it!
The CONs: let's see... One of our rooms had a kitchen that had lots of pots and pans and utencils but NO cups, plates or bowls. the lack/inconvinient placement of electrical outlets was very annoying - something (TV, lamp, microwave, fridge, alarmclock) has to be unplugged in order to charge even one phone. The bathrooms are tiny and pretty gross, the kind when you want to take a shower after getting out of one. No handtowel hooks over the sink. Some people complain about beds being too hard, I believe that is a matter of preference. I like my mattress harder, so for me it was fine. , However they are rather hard for those who care. When we were there, it was raining, but then it froze, with no sand/salt in sight. My toddler slipped quite a few times on a sheet of ice right in front of the door, which is covered area (the dripping from the roof froze on the cement pathway under the balcony). Had NO luck with the hot-tub - it was lukewarm, and the temperature outside was aroung 30-35 dergrees (c'mon, we Alaskans manage to keep our jacuzzi at 104 even when it is in the teens outside!) All 3 nights the place ran out of hot water... Overall, I would not stay at this place again.

The only reason we stayed here was because they had some dog-friendly rooms available. Next time, we'll leave the dog at home and seek out better accomidations. Among the problems were: the slidng door that wouldn't lock, loud neighbors upstairs (partying late into the night), wet carpeting from a plumbing leak in the wall, rickety wooden stand that housed the microwave and refrigerator was about to collapse, mold on bathroom ceiling, no room service, etc, etc, etc. The place needs an infusion of capital to bring it out of the 1970's.