MarylandBeachGirl_9
August 21, 2023
We stayed here for a few days after a Viking River Cruise that came from Budapest and ended in Passau. Take this with a bit of a grain of salt, because we were at the end of a long trip, had traveled for 4 hours by train with one frantic change, both had colds at this point, it was pouring down rain, and when we arrived with heavy suitcases.... the elevator wasn't working and we were many, many levels up. So, not a great start to the stay. The hotel is very close to the train station, and the station had a shopping mall of sorts where we could get cold medicine and carry-out meals, although the food was awful. There were also other small fastfood places and food trucks in very close proximity. The room itself was spacious, had a lot of space to put out our luggage and purchases from the trip, prepare to go out the next day for a tour of wineries in the region, a big screen TV, a spacious bathroom with a very big shower (that also had a giant darkened window that looked into the bedroom, oddly), a coffee/tea station, etc. The staff were really nice; it wasn't their fault the elevator didn't work. There was a little lounge off to one side of the lobby, which we sat in with our friends to eat dinner each night from wherever we carried out. We did go one night to a good restaurant, Eisgrub Brau, a very traditional German restaurant and had a great meal, including the tasting platter and the Turkey Schnitzel, which is gigantic and yummy. (This is a bit of an Uber ride but worth it.) This was a good location for us to stay for all we wanted to do in the region, and about a 30-minute ride to the Frankfort airport. However, it is in the very urban part of Mainz, so if you are expecting to walk to quaint little taverns, this isn't the area for that. Overall, a decent place to stay, but I think we were just exhausted and not feeling well, so that is accounting for my lack of enthusiasm in this review.