Hotel Salzburger Hof Bad Gastein

Lovely old fashioned hotel. Bar area looks great but staff not good at cocktails. Restaurant food excellent with meat fish and veggie choices every night. Very substantial starter buffet as well. Puddings a bit varied though, and no choice. Spa area has lovely views but jacuzzi too cold to spend long in there! Rooms are a decent size and comfortable.

We stayed as a family ( teens) to ski. Good points - it’s close to the main lift ( 4/5mins walk ). You can also rent ski lockers at the lift ( the hotel storage is not very secure as it’s just a big room that anyone can access with any room key). Food for adults was really exceptional. Rooms were like a thousand Austrian/ German hotel rooms anywhere ( do they come as a prefab with carpets included ??). But they were fine. Spa was nice and never seemed too busy. Bar was nice and service very good. Games room for kids was a hit although you can imagine how busy it was in half term week. Bad points- it was extremely noisy at night with a nightclub basically next door and people yelling outside until the early hours. Bring earplugs and resign yourself to sleeping with the window closed or ask for a room away from the Silver Bullet. Towels were tiny and housekeeping a bit random although rooms were initially clean. There was a no shorts dress code in the evening, which annoyed my son intensely as he only wears shorts ( and I had only packed shorts and ski trousers) so the overly officious hotel restaurant maitre d’ who tried to send him back to his room to change had to content himself with disapproving looks all week - after I refused to spend my skiing holiday shopping for some trousers for him so he could attend dinner, as was requested. Bare legs for girls were fine apparently, but not for boys🤷‍♀️. Gym ( as so many hotel gyms ) was poor. One treadmill and a queue of people waiting to use it. Parking - the hotel says it has parking, but it has 5/6 spaces total. So no chance you will be get one unless you arrive at lunchtime! However you can park for free at the ski lift. Would be nice if the hotel told you this up front, rather than just say vaguely ‘ parking is first come first served but there is plenty around’. There is if you know where to look but when you turn up late in the evening, you don’t really want to drive around for an hour looking!!

We went here for dinner with a family. 40 euros per person and little kids for free. For a 5 course dinner, with a great buffet and several main courses to choose from. Besides very friendly service l. The hotel has a great atmosphere with live music and a playing corner for kids with loads of toys. A special experience in a special place.