DAS SIEBEN

Visitors from Canada, my wife and I recently (late August 2024) spent four nights at Das Sieben - and then still added on an extra night on site taking advantage of a summer special they were running. To jump straight to the summary - we had a magnificent time, that completely exceeded our expectations. For all not familiar with the concept of the Wellness Hotel, these are hotels dedicated to physical activity (indoor and outdoor), various sauna and spa activities, amazing food, and a getaway from the busy life at home with locations usually situated in quiet remote areas of the stunning Alpine Mountains - in short they cater towards your wellbeing. Das Sieben is located in the small Austrian town of Bad Häring right on the border to Germany. World famous companies like Riedel (wine glasses) and Swarovski are in the neighbouring towns and internationally renowned ski resorts like Der Wilde Kaiser just minutes away. The area is known for endless hiking, running, and biking as well as for leisurely walking in stunning scenery. Das Sieben is an adults only (16 and up) hotel that offers various packages you can book with the original reservation. We chose the base stay with half board (breakfast buffet and 5-course dinner) in a junior suite. The room was very spacious, incredibly light with floor to ceiling windows leading to a private balcony, and a mix in between cozy and modern incorporating lots of wood with all necessary modern amenities (desk, flat screen TV, closets, etc). A signature element of every Wellness Hotel is the Sauna, Spa, and Fitness area. Das Sieben has multiple different saunas indoors and outdoors, steam baths, and an indoor and an outdoor pool. The entire first floor of the hotel is dedicated to the fitness and spa areas. The fitness studio is completely equipped with modern Technogym machines and can rival a studio. The spa treatments can be booked on site or beforehand. I had a pedicure, which was done in a most professional manner. I learned from the therapist that she went to school for three years to get the training for medical pedicure and beautician. They also have physicians on site to perform gait analyses or develop diet or workout plans. Das Sieben has built all (?) guest rooms to have views and a private balcony. Water is instantly hot and the internet very fast. They offer a "pillow menu" from which you can order a pillow specifically based on what type of sleeper you are. We stayed in a Junior Suite, which was very spacious, had a king size bed (with split mattresses), a desk, a couch, separated shower/vanity from the toilet, and lots of chairs. For the hot times in the year, please North Americans be aware that Das Sieben has no air conditioning. This is in line with the town and all neighbouring communities being part of the environmental alliance and generally with hotels in the German speaking areas, but still left us hot every night with daily temperatures exceeding or around 30 Celsius. An interesting spec

I was there for business, but I´ve been there a couple of times before. Single or with familiy, also jut as a pair. Great food, nice modern hotel, clean pool areas, breathtaking landscape around the hotel. Nice little cities nearby. Some different treatments available, if you want. Beaty salon also.

I was here on a business trip - Team Meeting. The location and the building is great, the rooms are large and really clean. Internet is really fast. However the food is truly a shame: Soup was oversalted and inedible; main meat course was max. 50g of meat of mediocre quality - and overall the food only reached the level of a normal canteen. The only good thing were the fresh sweet pastries at breakfast - obviously from a local bakery. So if you like good food - search elsewhere. Apart from this, really nice.

This review is from our last visit to the hotel in September 2023 but we were also in the hotel 4 years ago, so we can compare. Unfortunately, after KOVID a lot has changed in the hotel (also according to the confirmation of the staff I spoke with). Unfortunately everything for the worse. The worst thing about the accommodation is the food in the hotel restaurant. For dinner (unless you are a vegetarian) there are only two dishes. One of which is always fish. Dinner does have 4 courses, but again, it's all just a big absurd theater. The food is always well decorated but everything is more of a parody. Example of dinner during our stay. Soup: broth with 20 noodles in a quantity of 1dcl. Starter: 4 slices of tomato about 2mm thick and some foam of unknown origin. Main course: 2 slices of beef 3mm thick, size 6x8cm + 2 potato pancakes, diameter 5cm. Sweet spot at the end - about 1dcl of yoghurt sprinkled with cane sugar (the menu says créme brulee = total travesty!!) Even though we had paid for our dinners, we ate elsewhere. Everywhere in the other restaurants around here the cooking is perfect (I especially recommend the Tennen Wirt restaurant in Söll). For breakfast, the offer is very limited. The service staff making food from eggs on demand was as dirty as a garbage man. The hotel is still occupied by workers who have been trained here. There are still hundreds of people down in the lobby. Quiet during the day = zero. The total offer (towels, pool slippers, cosmetics, etc.) is limited and only available on request. A big difference from previous years. Tourists mostly Germans probably on discount vouchers. There's not much more to add.....

Good hotel for a short time. Breakfast was very good, however would prefer if the menu was bigger and not set daily. Pool is very big and nice heated pool. Beds were small but very comfortable and nice shower. Not sure if I would stay longer than a couple of days but good for a week away

Das war wieder „unser altes gewohntes Sieben“. Im Oktober/2023 waren wir erstmals sehr unzufrieden mit dem Essen. Jetzt war auch das Essen wieder absolut Top. Unsere Junior-Suite war gross und sehr schön. Das Hotel ist sehr ruhig gelegen. Wir kommen sehr gerne wieder.

Wunderschöne Lage des Hotels, erstklassiger Wellnessbereich, Zimmer schön, sauber und geräumig. Das Personal durchgehend freundlich, es wäre alles perfekt wenn da nicht das Abendmenü wäre, auch die Preise für die Getränke waren im hohen Niveau. Leider hat das Essen am Abend unseren Geschmack verfehlt, daher keine vollen Punkte in obiger Gesamtbewertung. Es war lieblos und einfallslos angerichtet, die Qualität entsprach nicht der Klasse des Hotels. Würde das Hotel nur mehr mit Frühstück buchen, wenn die Lage nicht so exponiert wäre. Es gibt im Nahbereich keine Alternativen, man müsste mit dem Auto wegfahren um wo anders zu speisen. Sehr schade!

Lassen wir einmal die (durchaus stimmigen) Metaphern vom „Siebten Himmel“ und dem „Traumurlaub auf Wolke 7“ weg. Und verzichten wir auf Superlativen - denn beides braucht „Das Sieben“ nicht. Wir sind seit der Eröffnung 2015 Stammgäste, weil in diesem Adults-Only-Hotel aus vielen unspektakulären Kleinigkeiten immer wieder ein großartiges “Ganzes” wird. Das (echte) Lächeln und die selbstverständliche Hilfsbereitschaft der Mitarbeiterinnen an der Rezeption und im Wellnessbereich, zum Beispiel. Oder das unwahrscheinliche Erinnerungsvermögen der Damen und Herren im Service, was besondere Wünsche der Gäste betrifft. Zu unseren Highlights zählt das frühmorgendliche Kneippen (dann schmeckt das üppige Buffet-Frühstück gleich noch besser) und am Abend eine letzte Schwimm-Runde im gewärmten Outdoor-Pool mit Blick in den Sternenhimmel. Untertags die (erfreuliche) Qual der Wahl zwischen Genuss im großzügigen Sauna- und SPA-Bereich, Ruhestunden im duftenden Heubad, medizinischen Kur-Anwendungen oder einer „Auszeit mit Aussicht“ auf die Gipfel des wilden Kaisers am eigenen Balkon. Dass die Anwendungen top sind und das Küchenteam ambitioniert, versteht sich in diesem 4Sterne* -Haus von selbst. Dass trotzdem eine fast familiäre Atmosphäre herrscht, macht Das Sieben zu einem besonderen Urlaubsort - und uns zu überzeugten Stammgästen. PS: Auch das Day-SPA ist eine absolute Empfehlung!

Das Personal ist sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit. Die Junior Suite sehr gross, sauber und die Betten sind sehr angenehm. Etwas zu warm im Zimmer. Haben die Heizung zurück gedreht. Der Wellnessbereich ist schön und sauber. Etwas klein, wenn das Hotel ausgebucht ist. Es waren viel zu wenig Liegen im Schwimmbad und in den Ruhezonen vorhanden. Das einzige Manko ist das Abendessen. Die Menüauswahl ist zwar sehr gut (Fisch, Fleisch, Vegetarisch und Vegan), aber leider an beiden Abenden war nichts aus der Auswahl wirklich gut. Viele Fertigprodukte, geschmacklos. Die Rindssuppe war ein dunkelbraunes geschmackloses lauwarmes Etwas. Der Fisch war kaum gewürzt, die Sosse ließ ich übrig. Der Kaiserschmarren war sehr fettig und pampige Klumpen. Das vegane Essen (Reis mit Gemüse) war trocken, geschmacklos einfach einfallslos. Das Fleischgericht war soweit ok. Wurzelgemüse war wahrscheinlich ein Fertigprodukt ohne weitere Zubereitung und Würzung. Wir waren 9 Personen und keinem hat es gemundet. Wir waren sehr enttäuscht. Das Salatbüfee war unsere Rettung! Das Brot war sehr gut.