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We had a wonderful 5-night stay here to celebrate my wife’s big birthday. The hotel is elegant with beautiful gardens and of course stunning views. A highlight was relaxing on the garden loungers and early swimming in the lake. Even in mid August it was no trouble to find a sun bed and the faultlessly charming garden/pool staff were always on hand for anything. Breakfast was amazing and so relaxing with that breathtaking view. We ate in the hotel a couple of times which was excellent but if you want to stretch your budget then there are superb (and much cheaper) restaurants nearby. Try Wimmer restaurant just 1km walk south towards Gardone Riviera. One small blip was the initial room we were given was very disappointing with a tiny old bathroom and a huge tree obscuring most of the direct lake view. However we have kept a 5 star rating as, once we complained, this was immediately resolved with a move to much nicer and higher room. Finally, thank you to concierge who arranged special dinners for us and also some excellent eMTB experiences - especially recommend the day tour with guide including wine tasting 😎 🥂 We will definitely return one day…

We stayed here for a few nights for a friend's wedding, and loved the hotel. The finishes in the rooms are very modern, including the bathrooms which were beautiful (and my wife and I are picky on this point). The pool and deck have beautiful views of the lake, as did our balcony. Most memorable, though, was the service: consistently excellent and personable, of a type difficult to find in a larger chain. The staff went above and beyond for us. On top of their consistent, professional, personable service, they ended up saving us on the way back from the wedding. We did not reserve a taxi/other car service back in advance, and asked them to do so day of. Unfortunately, (likely due to other wedding guests booking earlier/wedding ending late around 1am), the local taxis were booked up. The staff assured me they'd figure it out, and called me at the wedding to confirm they'd found a driver/give me the details. All went smoothly, and we later found out the driver was either a friend or a staff member of the hotel, who would not typically be working at that time but came to pick us up, free of charge (yes, we tipped), when we didn't have another option. Thank you so much to the staff for making our stay!

Upon our arrival we were led to a room which was stinking badly of mould. I started looking for the source and soon discovered that all walls were mouldy, some of the biggest patches covered with furniture or bed. We were shocked and immediately asked the receptionist to change our room as being in these conditions is extremely hazardous to health, even for people who are not allergic to mould (my partner is). We couldn't believe that a 4 star hotel or any kind of hotel would have rooms like that and show them to guests. These rooms should be completely torn down/renovated. Luckily we got a different room, the situation there was better. However, it was still not a 4 star hotel experience: hotel and the room smells really bad (probably old irrigation systems and old furnishings). Bathroom doors wasn't closing (would open by itself, really romantic). To get to bed you would need to climb wooden stairs which were squeeky and loud, which doesn't work for nightly toilet visits. The floors were very low so you couldn't walk straight up in the bedroom. The roof window had a broken ”curtain” so it was always closed, hence it was always dark. There was no net from insects on the window, so you would always have some mosquitos in the room or other bugs. It wasn't as quiet as expected, as the hotel is right by the busy road so you would need earplugs to sleep with a window open at night. Breakfast: good for people who eat sweet breakfast. Not so good for people who eat continental breakfast, because there was almost no choice. You had bacon, watery scrambled eggs, watery boiled eggs and some tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, ham. It would have been satisfactory had the eggs were done properly, but they were always undercooked/almost raw, so as I didn't want to get ill I chose not to eat that and survived on veggies. Staff was nice and friendly, the view from the window absolutely beautiful, but that does not really recompensate for the overall poor state of the facilities.

Having not returned to the Grand Hotel Gardone since 2019 we were keen to go before its 40 million Euro refit for the next 2 years. She was as beautiful and elegant as ever with so much character however because of closing soon some things from 5 years ago have now gone. The conceierge who would greet you when you arrived - gone, now just a bunch of young receptionists clearly only brought in when the owners hastily decided to reopen this year for the summer season. Don't get me wrong they are all lovely and very helpful but the uniform was just a polo shirt and black jeans or trousers, this is not befitting this grand and beautiful hotel, i hope when the hotel opens again the uniform will be looked at and made to be as grand as the hotel. Secondly the breakfast - once upon a time there would be a waitress waiting at the door to take your room number and take you to a table. None of that now, to be honest any tom, dick or harry could just rock up and have breakfast...no-one would have known. There are no tea cups or coffee cups on the table, you have to get those yourself along with the coffee or tea you want from a machine - yuk ! We used to be asked what we would like and it was brought to us. They used to have a chef outside on the terrace area, cooking fresh eggs, omelets and pancakes..not now. Everything was in turines with big heavy lids and the pancakes clearly out of a packet. Breakfast was aimed more at continental, with hams, salads, fish and alot of cakes. Sometimes i did wonder if it was lunch and not breakfast ! I gave up on having the scrambled eggs (very stodgy) and bacon (not grilled enough and very salty) However, our room was lovely, if a little old fashioned but then thats why the hotel will have a refit. We had one of three rooms over the lounge area that had big terraces. We had very comfy loungers and an umbrella. The pool area was as lovely as ever as was the decking near to the lake edge. The only thing i would complain about was the steps into the lake. They clearly needed cleaning on a more regular basis as they were very slippery with algae, but this was a minor thing. The gardens of the hotel and the plants going up the hotel facade were as beautiful as ever and are really well maintained. We saw the gardener every day maintaining the plants and the pathways. The location of the hotel to the ferry stop is brilliant and you can literally turn up 2 minutes before as you see the ferries coming in easily. Can't wait to see the refit on this beautiful hotel but i hope they don't kill the character of it. See you in a couple of years ❤