Keith Anderson wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:14:42 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>To tell the truth, I've found Ibis breakfasts pretty good everywhere,
>>and while the basic formula is the same (cereal, fruit, yogurt, bread,
>>pastries, cold cuts) they have local variations- so, local smoked cheese
>>and pickled vegetables in Krakow, custard tarts (pasteis de nata) in
>>Lisbon.
>
>
> Ibis Germany - the same. Boiled ham, raw-cure ham, different types of
> wurst.
>>The only thing that I've found uniformally disappointing is
>>their insistence on coffee machines.
>
>
> Hmm - some machines are better than others. At the Ibis at
> Berlin-Ostbahnhof it was OK. Not brilliant but OK.
>>I've not stayed in an Ibis in
>>Germany- only Etap- so I'm not sure about the coffee in those ones! This
>>is something a lot of other hotels do though- I guess it's easier.
> 'fraid so.
>
>>(At a hotel in Treviso recently, they had filter coffee put out, but it
>>tasted just as bad... I usually have to wash my mouth out with a good
>>coffee later in the morning.)
>>
>>I've generally had very good luck with non-chains in Germany too- they
>>seem to just have a good standard of room and services there. I imagine
>>Germans are quite unhappy with the sheer variation in hotel quality in
>>the UK- where prices are not necessarily reflective of quality.
>
>
> Haven't really found a poor hotel or B + B in Germany.
>
>>Paid around £32 for single rooms recently at the Flandrischer Hof in
>>Cologne and were very happy- good (included) breakfast too!
>
>
>>(At Ibis,
>>breakfast is usually an extra.)
> Possibly because it's a French-owned chain? And French people (maybe)
> prefer to buy a bag of croissants and pain au chocolat at the local
> bakery and make their own breakfast?
> Keith, Bristol, UK
The Paris Sofitel by CDG had a very nice breakfast buffet. |