Take some warm clothes and you'll have a terrific time for the money!
Their people are delightful. Nothing is ever too much trouble and just about everyone speaks excellent English., so I wasn't able to practise my German to the extent I might have liked. But, after three days, I just want to go back and see them again!
I loved the all-you-can-eat refectory-style breakfast. The presentation, range and choice are superb. Waiting staff give first-class service.
I hugely enjoyed the one dinner I ate in the hotel, not least because the staff in the café/diner are so witty! The food was really tasty, too.
The location is close to a remarkable network of useful bus and trolleybus services. Trolleybus route 2, every 15 minutes or so, will take you from the airport to the main station (Hauptbahnhof), with many of the announcements in English! It takes about 30 minutes, is a fraction of the cost of a taxi and just about as fast. There's plenty of luggage space at the rear of the bus, even for skis or cycles! From the station you can almost see the hotel.
Or take Route 1 from the station to many of the sites of interest in the town. I recommend getting off at the Markatplatz and walking through the Mirabel Garten to set you on your way.
I rarely say this, but I feel the rates are very reasonable for the quality of this hotel.
Bad: It has to be admitted that the nearby station and the hotel itself are easily the best parts or the area. Don't expect anything picturesque about the built environment (there are nonetheless occasional mountain glimpses) when you step outside!
How a hotel of this size and quality can be unable to provide dinner on a Sunday perhaps takes some understanding: the answer, of course, is that different countries have their own way of doing things. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When in Saltzburg on a Sunday, I recommend dining in the very friendly station café/bistrot, "Johann's". Or walk along the Reinerstrasse to an excellent-looking hotel just beyond a railway bridge over the road. A local recommended it to me. I didn't eat there, but I shall next time.
My only serious gripe is that although we had snow during my stay, we didn't have any heat in the deep of the night. I solved the problem to my own satisfaction by taking the bedding from an unused bed in my room and adding it to mine. I witnessed another guest asking reception to organise more blankets for her room. Crazy! The plus points of the place are so strong that I can't wait to return, but if anything dissuaded me, it would be this.
Oh yes, and please could the list of television stations in the room have some sort of connection with reality? English and other languages are catered for, but not where indicated on the list!
Bryan Hotel ratings Booking.com, 31.01.2023
