Hotel Deutsches Haus

We spent 3 nights at the Hotel Deutsches Haus during our recent hike of the Rheinsteig/RheinBurgenWeg (or, as we call it, "The Rhine Roam". Our room was modest but clean...no air. But the owner, Edgar, was simply the best. His service was fantastic and we enjoyed his sense of humor. His brother (Willi) is the chef and a damned good one. We will never forget our dinners on their outdoor deck...wonderful meals coupled with a bottle of GB Sauvage Riesling (2012). Great memories! The breakfasts were wonderful and we were encouraged to pack anything extra for lunch....which we dutifuly did each day. While there might be more comfortable rooms elsewhere in town, the experience of the Deutsches Haus was one of the highlights of our trip. We'd do it again tomorrow. Thank you Edgar! John & Pam

Hostile Host The comfort, location, and facilities of the hotel were a good value and would normally deserve a higher rating. In fact, dinner that night in the restaurant was excellent. We graded it down because of the unfriendliness of Edgar, the owner. When we first walked in, he greeted us with a hostile attitude that gave the impression that we were bothering him. At dinner, there was a misunderstanding about my wife’s order and rude and insulting before he corrected the order. The way he treated us was in marked contrast to the friendly, laughing way he treated his German guests. We didn’t know what we had done to upset him and concluded that maybe he just didn’t like Americans. That impression was confirmed at breakfast the next morning when he made a cutting remark about how things are done in America as compared to Germany. On this trip we were in Germany and Switzerland for the entire month of September and had uniformly friendly and courteous interactions with the staffs of all of other hotels.

A three night stay, we could not have enjoyed our experience any better due to the kindness, and humor, of our host - Edgar Kirdorf. Extremely proactive in helping us navigate the local attractions, he even booked our itinerary and tickets for a round trip tour of the Rhine castles between St Goar and Rüdesheim (and return by train to Kaub). A quaint hotel in a quaint locale, we will always look back on our stay with fondness. Thank you Edgar!