We assumed because there was a fan in the room, there is no air conditioning.

The bad news: The really disappointing part of our stay is the fact the kitchen exhaust vent is located nearly right under room #104.

Lucked out with the temperature, as there is no AC.

One of the reasons is that no one should expect A/C anywhere else in Hallstatt.

We stayed in June the temperatures were high 36,37 or 38 degrees, there is no air conditioning.

The ONLY negative with this hotel is no AC.

The only downside for me is that the hotel does not have airconditioning in their rooms.

The second reason is that the rooms are quite stuffy and there was no aircon.

No air conditioning, so the hot July & August months are not ideal times to stay.

I am not a big fan of seafood so I opted for the Chicken Schnitzel deep fried in

The hotel does not have air conditioning.

The bad part was only that there is no air conditioning.

Only one thing negative was the airconditioning.

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This hotel and its location is amazing, everything is very close by, loads of shops, bar and restaurants, plus a slow walk to the funicular to the observation point high up in the mountains.

Robes and slippers, a multi-charging station for tablets and phones, high end toiletries, coffee and tea station with small assortment of coffee & teas, and mini bar / fridge.

They have complimentary breakfast from the package I booked, which includes fruit section, yogurt, bread and pastries section, up to 4 juices, coffee bar which is my favorite, and hot dishes.

Just in that moment, she was coming to the bar and we haerd Mario calling her July, I think that's the nickname of Julia.

One evening we wanted to sit in the bar and enjoy a drink,

the bar area and outside patio on the lake are a must do for happy hour.

The room also had  a kettle with a good selection of tea and coffee, and a fridge and mini bar.

Hotel: oozes old school charm, nice restaurant, patio, bar and indoor smoking room.

Seehotel Gruener Baum offers a cozy bar which was perfect for relaxing with a cocktail in the evening and their Continental breakfast buffet was rich with fresh breads, cheeses, meat, yogurt and fruit.

With a full-service dining room, the Gruener Baum offers all meals (although I also recommend eating at some of the other bars, imbisses, and restaurants in town).

Restaurant and bar service staff, professional, approachable and friendly, nice people.

The hotel has a wonderful outdoor eating a bar area right on the Hallstaettersee, which we only used once because the weather was too cold.

Although the hotel itself was exceptional there was very little connection between 'us' guests the evening bar staff, they were uninterested in serving and knew very little about customer service.

The back of the hotel - has lake views - which can be enjoyed from the bar terrace which is basically on the short of the lake.

Bar area, restaurant, and patio area were very nice.

kitchen, bar and toilets were very clean and illuminated. Wow!!

They also give you various chocolate bars, nuts, teas, coffee, etc.

We walked over to Heritage House Hotel who did have employees manning the desk and the manager called the shuttle for us which saved our evening plans in Venice.

The waterfront restaurant is very nice and the staffs are good .

The hotel is very close to the pier and postcard view point, you won't walk far.

It also looks the goods when crossing the lake with the balconies and and waterfront restaurant in full view.

This is one of the best accommodation in Hallstatt due to the closeness to the ferry pier.

This hotel is quite close to pier cross the lake from Hallstatt train station.

The hotel is a 2 minute walk from the pier where the ferry from the train station drops off and picks up.

The hotel is located in the town centre and next to ferry pier.

Immediately on the shore of the Halllstsatter See, at a place called Hallstatt, sits a landmark in her own right, the Seehotel Grüner Baum.

Firstly hotel's location is perfect, a v short walk from the pier.

The hotel location was excellent, just 1 min walk to the pier.

the hotel location is great, just 3mins walk from ferry pier!

The breakfast buffet offerings were the most expansive and abundant we encountered on a trip that included stays in Venice, Salzburg, and Munich.

Only 2 minutes walk from the pier and located right in front of the Marktplatz.

Perfect location on the shore of one of the most beautiful town.

This very charming hotel is a short walk from the pier and located righ5 besie the lake and the market square.

The waterfront restaurant in the hotel is one of the best places to eat in town.

One gets the sense that the owners have taken immense pride in restoring this beautiful lake shore hotel.

The breakfast  the next morning was beautiful.

In fairness, the staff at breakfast were very good indeed.

Room was decently sized, breakfast was sufficient for the early morning.

We went for a mid-day meal, had Aglio Olio and it tasted delicious!

The server at breakfast was so very helpful as our child has a cows milk allergy and he took time to explain everything to us.

We ate dinner outdoors and enjoyed it and the breakfast buffet is extensive.

The breakfast buffet in the morning was so large and spread out that it was hard to know what to eat!

The food was delicious, as we've come to know here in Austria.

The breakfast is the richest we have seen in the past year of travel (pandemic).

Separately, the breakfast buffet included in the room rate had a variety of cold and hot foods as well as breads and cereals and beverages.

Staff is super helpful, rooms are very stylish and breakfast is great!

The Breakfast was also great with many options.

It was amazing, the service was impeccable the food delicious and great value for such a touristy area.

There is everything; shampoo, washing cap and even a sewing set! The breakfast is great, you’ll find everything and if you want something or can’t find something the staff is very pleased (and so funny!)

but we additionally found the restrooms adjacent to the dining area were filthy and unkempt.

There was really no trash dumping noise or smell this time.

Paint smell was strong in the room, no surprise given the extensive construction work throughout the floor.

Even from inside the room assigned to us, we could clearly smell paint and its solvents.

Moreover, we had asked for a vienna schnitzel from beef whereas the schnitzel smelt pork.

Only negative is that people can smoke there, yikes, bad for breathing conditions.

but there was nowhere to go that was no smoking, so we left.The only other thing that disappointed us was that when we checked out and wanted to pay by card, we were told that we had to pay in Australian Dollars!

Full of Chinese (smoking in the restaurant) and overpriced food with bad quality.

Our bathroom had a small hole in the wall that seemed to be the cause of constant humidity and an unpleasant smell.

but the balconies were not and unfortunately they all abut each other so the smoke wafts right into the room.

Add on top the fact that room 103 smells like the kitchen (I've now read others commented on this).

I've read some users' comments saying that a few restaurant staffs were not good , and there was one staff who is a little bluff , not nasty.

Also, the area just past the bar, where you would take your drinks, appears to allow smoking, so avoid if that bothers you.

The only small negatives was the balcony was never cleaned of cigarette

although we were lucky that at the time there were no smokers present!

Tips: Please ask the unprofessional front desk staff to change to the higher floor room if you don't want to have a food smell during your stay due to the location of the kitchen and 1st floor guest rooms.

The bathrooms are tiny and a have hit of mildew smell,

The smell is all over every common area of the hotel.

We avoided this area because of the smoke, if you are a smoker it will not be a problem.

though they also have a tourism centre about 200m down the road that can offer you more in-depth details/plannings.

Luxury Hotel Grüner Baum in Hallstatt Austria - great Restaurant, very close to 
everywhere cosmopolitan, near the major Tourist spots, service is first class, 
Amazing with wonderful friendly Staff & general manager.

Maybe the Hotel management have reached that stage were they are taking guest for granted, because there is an endless stream of tourists, so they just price them out as far as they can?

The town of Hallstatt was consumed with about 90% tourists from China and Korea.

When all the day trippers had gone home about 6pm it was absolutely idyllic to be on the lake and see the sunset and wake up to an absolute calm silent lake in the morning before yet another onslaught of tourists the next day.

Due to the fantastic location of the restaurant directly located by the beautiful lake, we thought this would be for one-time only tourist visitors,

Stayed 2 nights at Hallstatt as we refuse to just make it a day trip (which most tourists does)
Seehotel Greuer Baum is awesome!

Hallstatt is like a picture book, much tourists

An Asian aspect to the breakfast for sure, and likely a nod to the many Chinese tourists

The BAD: nothing in this category for the hotel!

During the days it's very crowded and the town is full of tourists, so is the hotel restaurants..Book a restaurant in advance for lunch or dinner cause you pay a visit if you stay here.

Perfect hours to walk around Hallstatt are early morning or late afternoon because of less tourists.

perhaps they assume tourists will eat anything and be happy for it?

Room is good size with beautiful balcony that is overlooking the whole like you see in all the tourist pictures for Hallstatt.

As an interesting aside, China has built a recreation of Hallstatt, so this location is extremely popular with Chinese tourists who wish to see the real thing.

Beautiful quaint town overrun with tourists and the wait staff seem tired, literally.

The big tourist groups left at about 4-5pm and Hallstatt was super beautiful when it was quiet.

My husband and I stopped here for one night to celebrate his birthday and didn’t realize it would be us with hundreds of Asian tourists!!

Many of the stores are really set up to accommodate the tourists.

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The breakfasts were just fabulous with everything from hot to cold items that made a proper feast!!

Breakfast was buffet style in the dining room with all the usual bacon, eggs, bread,ham and cheeses all done very nicely

One of best Breakfast I've ever had in a hotel,.

It was great staying at Gruner Anger, breakfast was an amazing buffet, also the room was very nice and we had a balcony with a great view of the houses and the nature.

Comfortable rooms and bathroom, a good breakfast.

Besure to book the delicious 3 course dinner for only EUR14, perfect for winter months where every restaurants are fully booked.

Breakfast was really good and a great start to the day.

Our room had a balcony with a great view of the mountains, the bed was comfortable, everything was clean, the breakfast was yummy, and WiFi was reliable.

In addition, Gruner Anger offers a nice breakfast buffet.

The hotel has parking if you're driving a car (which we did) and quaint, comfortable rooms with free breakfast included.

The room was simple-comfortable bed, clean bathroom, kettle for tea and the breakfast was delicious.

The rooms are nice and clean and the breakfast is good aswell.

The entire guesthouse is run by a husband and wife team, you can imagine how busy they will be, handling reservations, check ins, taking orders for breakfast and dinner etc etc,

Check-out time was before our time of departure from Hallstaat,

Granted, the website does indicate that check-in begins at 2:00PM; I arrived about 11:00AM intending to simply leave my suitcase and toddle off.

After reading Happy_HEX's comments, I must agreed with my fellow Singaporean about a few issues : 

(1) Strict check in time from 2pm to 8pm.

Some points to note:
Check in is 2pm to 8pm.

We arrived early (check in started at 2..check out by 10:30) and left the car while we went out sight seeing.

The owner would come by to check and have a little chit chat with the guests.

As I reached Hallstatt before the check-in time, and when the owner picked me up from the pier, the first thing he told me was 'Its too early to check-in now' which I didn't expect to check-in too.

But you might want to check with them to make sure.

main door closes at 8pm and you will need to go to the side door to enter/exit.

There are two small sections of Hallstatt - the old historic center and the newer (suburbs) right next door.

There is the hall door which opens to an entry fourier and  then another door to the room.

We were relieved that the shower doors actually provided full coverage (we can't understand why so many European showers have half- or quarter-coverage doors!).

The main door is not opened before 7.30 am.

Finally the front door opened and the host appeared, angry and yelling something at me about reading the sign.

Due to the small set up, owners take a break around noon to 2pm so front door may b locked and u cant expect early check in.

Gruner Anger

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We were fortunate to get a room in the main building with a balcony overlooking the lake.

The hotel gave us an upgrade and the room was superb with excellent views of the lake and snow clad mountains from the balcony.

Amazing room with balcony to overlooks lake Hallstatt, million dollar view.

We got the updated rooms with  lake facing balcony, gorgeous rooms.

We stayed in a superior room with a nice balcony/terrace overlooking where the ferry departs.

There is a balcony which has great view of the mountains and lake.

Starting with the hotel, the reception staff was very friendly, our room was great with a balcony overlooking the water.

From our room (junior suite) we had an incredible view from the balcony across the lake and room was very spacious, modernly decorated- words cannot describe it.

Oh well, the view from the balcony was really wonderful though.

The pics I added are views from the balcony.

Since this room has incredible lake view and a balcony, I put my camera and tripod to film some fine 4k videos and it worked well.

Nice and spacious room with little balcony overlooking lake.

We were in the Kainz building with balconies overlooking the lake--definitely reserve and request the balcony.

The Hotel is charm and the view from the balcony is unbreathless.

Room is clean and spacious with a beautiful view from the balcony.

There were three buildings interconnected at the waterfront with beautiful balcony views of the world famous Hallstattsee.

The room was spacious and we had a balcony view of the lake, which was great to just watch the sunset from.

I would definitely come here again, specially with the balcony view of the lake early in the morning, absolutely stunning.

We had a room with a balcony overlooking the lake.

The dinners were a three course gourmet meal and was absolutely scrumptious.

Everything in the breakfast is delicious, and the staff are diligent in refilling it.

Breakfast was perfect and had a good variety.

Breakfast is buffet style with moderate choices

Breakfast was good with regional fruits and dry fruits.

The food in the hotel restaurant is outstanding with fresh local ingredients, generous portions, and fair prices.

The continental brekkie was good, cereal, huge selection of breads, cold cuts, cheese and scramble eggs, bacons and ham too.

The same views were also there from the restaurant were the breakfast was served.

but it was free so it didn’t bother me too much as I’m not much of a breakfast person anyway.

The breakfast spread is good enough for us to savour and chill and relax on this winter mornings.

The breakfast was very varied and complete, with fruits, a variety of cheeses and breads.

The staff was super accommodating, and the restaurant was delightful from the buffet breakfast with endless choices to the wonderful dinners.

Downsides are that you have a longer walk with your luggage and to/from breakfast.

While the breakfast buffet was different, there was still plenty of options to feed our picky teenage children.

The breakfast buffet was wonderful as well as our dinner at the main hotel.

Room is mediocre at best, has a balcony with views blocked by other buildings.

but down the street in one of their outer buildings.

They have 3 different buildings and after a lot of research we chose the Kainz which is the main one with the restaurant and a lovely spa on the top floor.

It's a nice and well maintained building.

My room (1206) was on the 4th floor of the main building and overlooked the lake, though it didn’t have a balcony

Getting a room was in the main building, instead of their other location (they have a total of 3) was a plus.

While the room isn’t on a high floor as requested, on the 1st floor above the ground of the main building, it faces the lake with a ferry stop kind of in front.

This is considered the main building where the restaurant is and is right next to the ferry.

but also located (at least at the main building) right next to the boat by which most people arrive in the town.

We stayed in the main building with a very nice

My expectation was stay in main building with lake view,

They firstly assigned us to the Annex building as it is booked online with discount (their explanation).

It’s a 500 year old building, all modern inside, just lovely.

There were 3 buildings of the hotel and make sure which one you would be given!

Our room was in the main building and has a balcony facing church, jetty, picturesque lake view with mountains as a backdrop.

Beforehand we had sent an email requesting for a room in the main building and the hotel had confirmed with us promptly.

A van was required since that building was a considerable distance from the main hotel.

Over priced 
Old and out date 
Worst part was the shower 
How does a 6 foot man shower in something that is not designed to take a shower 

Don’t stay here if you want luxury or even normal 
Be warned 
Your room is not at first property 
I didn’t have problem with this

but the service is not at par with the price we paid.

The only somewhat disappointing part (considering the price) was the food (we booked half board) and the choice of the breakfast, hence only four points.

Things to improve: 1. bottled water was very expensive.

but given the amount we paid, we expected better service.

While it gets crowded with guest from the hotel at times the prices keep many away so that you can enjoy a meal without someone snapping a photo next to you

even though I had paid extra for one with a view, the resulting great difficulty I had to undergo to get to the correct room.

If not you have to pay 14€ for breakfast

Getting there by car requires some research

Very disappointed with this expensive, rather ordinary hotel after being given a ground-floor, end-of-the-corridor,  room and being told, 'first come first served'.

Ok, Menue is rather small , portions and quality are reasonable 
View on the lake is good if not disturbed by people with their selfie sticks , price level like a expected in those kind of tourist attractions

but for 15€ it is definitely not worth the price as I found the food choices very limited.

however I was a bit disappointed we did not have a balcony like some of the other rooms (maybe you need to pay a bit more for these?).

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