Hotel la Perla: the Leading Hotels of the World

Thanks to Nicolo and team for a wonderful experience at La Perla. We’ve stayed in many ski hotels but this is truly spectacular. Everything was perfect and we look forward to returning soon with our entire family. Grazie mille from family Rieb-Smith

Trapped at La Perla in Corvara! Please send help! I’m stunned to read the nearly uniformly positive reviews of this hotel. If zero stars were an option I would choose that. There are four restaurants available at La Perla in the winter. A half board credit is included as part of our stay so we have already paid for half the cost of our dinners. One of the restaurants is a one star Michelin restaurant and the half board credit cannot be used toward that restaurant. We didn’t consider it as we are not one star Michelin folks and it is closed till our final night here. There is one default restaurant and two others for which one needs to make a reservation ahead of time. As we arrived here at 7:30 PM on a Sunday night we figured we’d go with the default restaurant. It alternates between an à la carte menu and a fixed menu and our night of arrival was the fixed menu. It consisted of a choice of two Primi and two Secondi. My wife and I ordered each of the dishes so that we could sample the variety. To say the food was barely edible is to be kind. My wife’s order was a chicken leg and when it came, it looked so odd that she (a physician with knowledge of anatomy) asked me if the dish served to her was what she had ordered. She ate half as that was as much a she could stomach. As a result of our dining experience we had no confidence in eating more meals here and asked to check out after one night, rather than than the planned three night stay, and go on to our next destination, Bologna, where we have been several times and have a choice of restaurants. Our travel agent informed us that our stay at La Perla was nonrefundable. As this hotel is quite expensive, that was disappointing. As I explained to our travel agent, I owned a business for many years, and if I had a client who was unhappy, I apologized to them, gave them their money back, and wished them the best. Evidently, that is not the MO of La Perla. In the spirit of sandwiching in a positive comment there is a robust selection of TV channels. Avoid La Perla.

This hotel is just phenomenal. Historic decor, perfect staff, gorgeous setting. Superb service. The multi-generation family who owns and runs the hotel are present on site. The breakfast buffet is fabulous. Our room was very big and so traditional/Alpine.