Schützen Steffisburg

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : We were there for 5 nights. Very modern hotel. The room with the balcony was nice, quiet with very comfortable beds; there is an air con which was much needed after the long hikes in the sun; the staff were very polite, hospitable and informative; the self check-in procedure was simple and straight forward (except that you had to look for the self check in location); the restaurant attached to the hotel was good (but quite expensive). They did leave us 2 tokens to get a discount for one visit to the restaurant. Parking is in the basement, CHF 10 per day and has points for eclectic cars (did not use but saw them). There is a bus stop right outside the hotel where one can get a bus to Thun riverside and station (15min). The Thun Visitor Card provided by the hotel can be used for free travel in the bus. This visitor card does not offer as many freebees as compared to the the Lucern Visitor Card.
  : There are no coffee / tea machines, refrigerator or glasses in the room - these are located in the communal area near the reception. One had to dress up and walk there to get a beverage (hoping that no one sees you in poor attire first thing in the morning!) and get it back to your room. Besides, if I picked a nice bottle of wine to sit in the balcony there was no way to keep it chilled except for going to the restaurant and asking for an ice bucket and glasses. I did go and ask for a glass though to mix my med that need to be diluted. The bathroom is bizzare - it's 'open plan'. Walk in to a doorless bathroom space that has a long counter with the basin in the centre and hand wash pinned to the wall at a stretchable distance! The WC and the shower are partitioned are located behind the basin with a half, semi frosted glass sliding door. So, either the shower remains open or the WC depending on which one is in use. This is good for a single occupant but leaves no scope for intimacy if there are 2. Needless to say, being an open plan it's disturbing (esp if sleeping) if any one of the occupants uses the bathroom. PS there are no hooks to hang towels in or outside the shower cubicle. There are no hooks at all. There are railings for the towels at one end of the bathroom. Not sure if it's just us that felt this way about this modern interior design. There are just one or two restaurants close by, none that I would ever visit (still need a car) if you don't want to eat in the hotel's restaurant and many small (at the petrol stations) and large (that close by 6pm) grocery stores. This hotel is located between a residential and industrial area very far from the main tourist attractions in and around Interlaken. It perhaps caters more to the professionals visiting the area for work reasons.

Fair
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Nice view at the lake
  : The staff at checking was not helpful at all. Waited so long for the checkin. And the process was not satisfying. The room was not the type we chose and she refused to change to the right room for us. The room had strong smell of cigarettes.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Shower
  : Large bed was in reality 2 small beds

Very Good
Traveller Type: Business Traveler

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple