Hotel Hofgut Sternen

Very quiet. A good getaway. Breakfast simply excellent.

沒有暖氣和熱水，服務員也沒有表現任何歉意

The location is fabulous right in the middle of the Black Forest and right next to the beautiful Ravennaschluct Christmas Market. We booked our room 8 months in advance so that we could be their during Christmas time to enjoy the beauty of the Market. Since it was a popular time, the hotel required that we stay two nights at 250 Euros a night. We thought why not, let’s treat ourselves. It would have been totally worth it had we a nice updated room but our room was so disappointing. Everything in the room was old. It’s seemed like it had not been updated in 40 years. The rug was so old that I kept my shoes on and my 8 year old son,being an explorer,found underwear and an empty bottle of water behind the sofa. The bathroom was too was never updated. For this price it is absolutely not worth it! You don’t even want to stay in the room because there is nothing in the room to even enjoy. The good thing was that the breakfast was plentiful. The Service was not great but eventually someone came around once! In closing, The highlights of our stay was of course the Christmas Market and also the hotel opened a new Fondue restaurant across the path and it was fabulous in every way- decor, food and service, all top notch! We will be back to the area but not to sleep at the hotel unless it’s in a renovated room!

I have very mixed reviews on staying at this hotel. First off, we stayed at the new building not the old building. The new building was clean, updated, and had a nice bathroom. The downside to staying there in the room was that it was up against the woods and it’s the summertime with no air-conditioning, so the windows had to be open. Every bug came in from the outside. There were no screens in the windows. If you shut the window, there was no sufficient airflow to keep you comfortable in the room. I have multiple bites on my legs from the window being open. This was an unwelcome part of my stay. You truly felt like you were staying on a compound there were gates to get in and out. A house-sized cuckoo clock is on the grounds. There was an on-site gift shop and glass blowing center, along with hikes that you could take around the property. There were goats fenced in when you walked up one of the paths. Going along with the compound feel, there was an on-site restaurant and breakfast provided in the morning breakfast was OK. Dinner was forgettable. We did try Black Forest cake though. The best part of staying here was the overhead train track that ran through the property. I will say that there is an on-site outdoor bar and our bartender was friendly/attentive. The drinks were very pricey. Some of them were close to €20 each.

Two adults spent 2 nights here in early May and enjoyed ourselves. An absolutely beautiful hotel with all the natural wood, very friendly/helpful staff and great food onsite. We had 2 breakfasts and 1 dinner here and all were excellent. We were in the modern Ravenna building and had a large bedroom and bath with a very large stand-alone shower, a heated towel rack and great lighting everywhere. The grounds are really pretty and we walked down a lane through the woods to the local chapel for exercise. A cuckoo clock shop is located on the grounds and we attended a short presentation on them. Would definitely stay here again if we come back to the area.

I would highly discourage from booking the hotel. The whole Hofgut Sternen complex is made as a tourist attraction site, making profit from the lost Schwarzwald's past.