Sieben Schwaben

We were just passing through Friedrichshafen where my son was going to school so found this hotel at a reasonable price. I am rating it very good from an economic hotel in Europe standpoint. As someone stated, the front desk closed early (we got there just before 10PM) which unfortunately meant we had to use our phone to call (information on the outside of hotel) but they came quite quickly and the checkin was painless. I quite loved that it was 2 bedroom with a Jack and Jill bathroom in between. Both had TVs. Our "double bed" was really 2 beds pushed together but this happened to us a number of times. The breakfast was quite good. My son was thrilled to get bacon which he hadn't had for some time and found the orange juice much better than what they had at the school. Overall I would recommend to pass through.

The rooms were very nice and we had two connecting rooms with a bathroom in between for our family of 5. Plenty of space and the kids really enjoyed the led lightning that colored the bathroom (one of many quirky artistic additions to the rooms). However, the hotel closed the front desk early the night we arrived. Before we found our keys in a box outside the front door, someone began to help us check in. After 10 minutes of them searching the front desk area for our information, I realized through my broken German that he was only another guest trying to help. Very friendly, but the stay started odd to say the least. We found the keys and the rest of the stay was rather uneventful after that. The breakfast was pretty good with more selection than a typical continental breakfast (good sausages, eggs, etc.) The only problem we faced in the morning was checking out. It was slow because the front desk was also helping at the breakfast. Not a bad hotel, but could have been run a little smoother. Seemed understaffed a bit.

It was a pleasant stay, clean hotel, but our double beds turned out to be kind of two single beds put together...this was not the most comfortable bed... The breakfast lady was very helpful and nice. The breakfast was very good. Unfortunately, the restaurant was closed whilst we stayed there...