Bayerischer Hof - Munich, Germany 

Stayed here with our 2 kids, ages 5 & 7. Lovely rooms, good service, fantastic food and even bubbly at breakfast! Staff were helpful and friendly. Kids were given lots of easter goodies. The spa was a slight dissappointment. We both had excellent massage treatments, but the pool was a little chilly, the spa area was a steam room, sauna and cold plunge bath-small and with limited changing areas, so go along in your robe. All said you can laze by the pool next to an open fire and gaze accross Munich's roof tops.........

The Bayerische Hof still has an excellent reputation. I, however, found the rooms to be too small, run down and stuffy. The SPA area has been re-done and is very nice, so is the breakfast room. But in general, the atmosphere is what would be called "spiessig" in German; for example, during breakfast I saw a waitress telling off a junior employee (which is inappropriate in the presence of guests). Compared to other, newer hotels in Munich, the value is not that good. Good location though and excellent restaurants nearby and in the basement. If you belong to their long term customer base, you may love this place, but I think the quality is below "international business traveller standard". Given that there are better, newer and cheaper hotels in Munich, I would probably not recommend this place to a friend - this may change if the hotel undergoes a major makeover.