I treated my parents to a weeklong vacation at Biolandhaus Arche. They advertise being a veg hotel. Throughout the week my parents kept smelling meat being cooked. One day there was a particular strong smell of beef bouillon, so they inquired, and one of the owners told my parents that they are not vegetarian themselves. Thats ridiculous imho - cooking animals at a veg hotel. So they are just making money off us, they don't even believe in vegetarianism. Thats unethical. And, they might even cook our food in the same dishes they use to cook dead animals. I will never spend my money there again.
Very nice place!
Visited this place last year. We booked using travelbird and it was not presented the way it really is. I would not recomment it if you are looking for a normal romantic place in Austria.
Let me start with the positive point (the reason for one star) the location is beautiful and the scenery is nice. The breakfast is also ok.
The rest of our visit was NOT as we expected. You are not visiting in a hotel but it feels like you are visiting at a home. The rooms were old (no tv and old bathroom) and not according to hotel/guest house standards.
The family has a special view on "what good is for you".. so no meat at all. and "bio" food at the proposed times. They ring a bell and then you need to come for dinner. The dishes come extremely fast and were not according to the austrian standards that i experienced all over the country. Their employees (or interns?) Looked unhappy.
To make it worse (and better) our room was overbooked and we were transferred to a cottage. We were happy to leave.
Glück ist käuflich. Wir haben uns sehr sehr wohl gefühlt. Traumhafte Lage, also der Ausblick ist sein Geld wert, haben vor allem natürlich die liebevoll und vor allem geschmackvolle Küche genossen. echt klass. Auch sonst das ganze Haus mit so vielen Kleinigkeiten liebevoll eingerichtet, wir empfehlen die Bio Arche gerne weiter und kommen wieder
Das Biolandhaus Arche ist ein urgemütlicher Rückzugsort vor dem Alltagsstress. Familie Tessmann ist authentisch und sehr freundlich, man fühlt sich sofort wohl und gut aufgehoben. Das Essen ist hervorragend und die Auswahl der Getränke sehr ansprechend. Die Umgebung bietet viele Wanderrouten und man wird bei der Wahl gut beraten. Alles in Allem ist die Arche ein wunderbarer Ort, der vor allem Menschen ansprechen dürfte, die einen ehrlichen und behagliche Bleibe zum Verweilen suchen.
Dear Rosalinde
Thank you for wonderful experience at the Biolandhaus arche.
Its been 10 years since my visit in 2001, but i still think fondly of my time in Eberstein - the walks in the mountain paths, the woods behind your place..more so the sense of family.
I got to meet your sons Noe and Ilmar..and your late husband.
I was privy to see a family at work that enjoys entertaining guests from all parts of the world. I got to see a proud father announce a pizza Noe..his sons take on a pizza margharita..the austrian hat dance evenings with the Tessmann family.
In india we use a term "athithi devo bhava" (a guest is god in human form)
I saw this in practice.
You went to great lengths to make a full indian menu of Tadka Dal, Channa Masala, Rice and to finish it off a raitha(cucumber,onion and yoghurt garnished with coriander leaves).And i was made to feel special when I got to approve the dishes and ilmar made me announce the full indian dinner menu to the other guests.
As a newcomer in europe, i felt included in your family and probably one of the many things i have and will talk about for years to come.
Hope i can get my daughter and wife along with my family from India to come visit this summer of 2012
Nice family-run hotel in beautiful landscape. Really enjoyed the food.
Thanks for a perfect holiday