AHORN Berghotel Friedrichroda

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Great breakfast and the location is good . One guy at the reception was very smart , very friendly and asked if we wanted to use English or German to communicate, had great customer skills . He made us feel welcome at the hotel .
  : The hotel should provide affordable evening meals so we can choose to eat in the hotel.. We came back late from our hiking and got ourselves ready . At 8 pm the restaurant in the hotel was closing because of the evenings program so we had to search for restaurants at 8:30pm outside for a take away . At the bar in the evening, we were unhappy with our cocktails. We were impressed with the hotel facilities but these were a couple of the downsides.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Business Traveler

Fair
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Breakfast was good. They served freshly made waffles , eggs, etc. Its a huge property and very kids friendly. My son enjoyed the most . There is a pool with 30 degree warm water which was really nice.
  : Location is good but the rooms are very small especially the bathroom. It was so small and did not even have a bath tub . The door of the bathroom could not open because there was no space. There was sauna which was on additional charges.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Business Traveler
  : Berghotel is located at the top of a small mountain in a heavily forested area. It is a 15 minute walk up a hill from the main tiny Friedrichroda Train Station up a winding road that passes the town cemetery. Or at the prior stop northwest of the hotel at the bottom of a ravine is the Reinhardsbrunn-Friedrichroda tiny Train Station (more like a train stop but the S-Bahn #4 and several city buses also leave from near there), and it's a 15 minute walk starting up a dirt road to get to the Berghotel. There is also a bus that runs up to the Berghotel, but it comes only a few times a day. The staff in the hotel were excellent and there was always one at the reception desk or the visitors aid desk who spoke excellent English. The room was clean and spacious enough, and my window faced northwest overlooking the forest from which small deer would sometimes emerge to chew on the grass or other herbaceous vegetation when it was dark. This is a very large hotel with the capacity for hundreds, and from the outside looks like something very blockish from the East German era. The dining area is huge, and the morning breakfasts are well supplied. The S4 tram (every 30 minutes) at the Reinhardsbrunn-Friedrichroda stop takes you to Gotha Train Station in about 40 minutes at first wandering through the forest and then through farmland and past little villages. If flying into Frankfurt, this would be a better choice to get to Friedrichroda with just the change onto the S4 (separate ticket, Euro 3.90) than the Deutsche Bahn choice of two changes (in Eisenach and then Frottstadt). With my 6 night stay at the hotel, they also gave me a "Thuringer Wald Card" that entitles the traveller to get on just about any bus/train/tram that is in Friedrichroda, including the S4 which as mentioned goes to Gotha (which itself is well worth a visit).

Poor
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : It appears to be a place where parents and grandparents take their kids which is great as the location has lots of things to offer for the kids.Unfortunately there are also lots of kids (6-15 years) running around terrorizing everyone else while their accompanied grown ups stay at the bar area drinking and smoking despite illegal per hotel policy.Hotel staff does not really seem to bother and when questioned the answer was thats how we make money....If you plan to bring kids below age of 4, reconsider something else.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : We lived on the 9th floor and the view was spectacular! The breakfast was great. Delicious coffee and lots of options for breakfast.
  : Bathroom was not clean:( Dirty mirror and hairs on the floor. Bathrobes and towels look old.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The food was average. Problem with communication in English.