Name: Hotel Klein
Address: 44, rue de la Vallée, 68570 Soultzmatt, France, Soultzmatt, Soultzmatt, Soultzmatt, 68570, France
Rating: 6

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Le Paradis des Sources

Parc du Champ de Mars

Bartholdi Museum

The Dominican Church

House of the Heads

Collegiale St-Martin

Theater Colmar

Saint-Matthews Protestant Church

Unterlinden Museum

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Hotel Klein

Soultzmatt

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Yes it is a little quirky and so much the better for all of that.
It has been three years since I last reviewed this place and for me it is still magic and full of character, not the sanitised "Euro boxes" that sadly are spreading across the continent. This place has Alsace written all over it, the old Alsace with just enough updates to keep up with the 21st century.
The rooms vary in sizes but all I have stayed in are comfortable and pleasant. 
 Monsieur Kleins (The owner) ability to speak fluent English is of great help to many people from around Europe (including me) as it can really help out with some of the jargon words that seldom appear in phrase books etc.
Restaurant Klein is generally thought of in the village as "the best in town" its dark panelled atmospheric dining rooms point to a wonderful bygone age.
The food however is by no means bygone, it really is excellent, a mixture of traditional Alsatian, Germanic and French all with a touch of Klein magic. 
I will be quite honest, I absolutely love the food here for I always know that it will be prepared with ingredients as fresh as possible and by a cook who works from the heart.
So negative things: wi-fi is only in reception and in the bar restaurant, but it is quite fast.
There is no air conditioning and in those few summer months when it can get pretty hot in Alsace you can really wish there was. In fairness the building is very old and the thick stone walls do keep the place cool in all but the longest hot spells.
To sum up, A place of character, with a great restaurant, and an owner who actually likes the British. A place that is a little quirky and if you can live with its foibles a wonderful and unique place to visit.
There is after all a saying that "The unique find the unique," maybe that is why we like it so.

Still a lovely place.

Forty years ago or so there were small rural hotels in almost every village in France. As time went by, new safety rules etc. were introduced and many of these places could not afford to update and fell by the wayside. 
Fortunately Hotel Restaurant Klein did manage to move with the times and somehow  retain the old French charm and quirkiness associated with these all but vanished businesses.
Credit for this must go to the owner Michel Klein a man as unique as his hotel. He takes great pride in running a hands on management style, is a first class chef in his own right and has taken time to employ staff that really care about the job they do. (Many of the staff have worked for him for donkeys years) Being multi lingual Monsieur Klein is able to address guests and diners questions fluently in there own language. 
So much for my overview dear reader.
Now for a little more detail. The Rooms: Each room is unique, no euro boxes here, they are all of different sizes and shapes some with four poster beds, all with TV, French and German channels only. Room seven my favorite, though a little on the small side, has a balcony that over looks the courtyard area away from the road, very pleasant to sit out on after a long afternoon walk.
All the rooms I have stayed in have been clean and comfortable though rooms adjacent to the road can be a little noisy if you leave the double glazed windows open. Please bear in mind that        none of the rooms have air con so on hot summer nights you will need the windows open.
Remember also, this is rural France and many people keep chickens so don't be surprised if the sound of a cock crowing drifts through your open window in the early hours of the morning.
The hotel also has an annex around 250 meters away at the bottom of the vineyards, it is a very pretty building in a quiet place,though it does seem a long walk from the hotels restaurant on a wet night. As it has been more than six years since I stayed in it, I don't feel qualified to review this part of the hotel.  
The hotels restaurant is exceptional with a wide ranging menu and a wine list with over fifteen hundred different types of wine. 
Even though the restaurant is used extensively by the local wine producers and their families,tourists are not forgotten, as the menu has been written in several languages including English. Please be aware this restaurant is closed on mondays.
While I have been writing this review I have realized that I have been visiting Hotel Klein for more than ten years, usually two sometimes three times a year and that I will be staying here again in the autumn when I shall be buying wine from the local producers. 
I was inspired to do this review having read sunshineman7s opinion of this place, there is nothing in his review that I disagree with, you must read it.
In conclusion, I have had good food and happy times at Hotel Restaurant Klein, I am sure you will too.

A unique experience.

small hotel with fantastic food. very special room without AC. Breakfast not so very spacious, but OK. Hotel situated in the central area of Soultzmatt.
Soultzmatt is a very small village in the central of Alsace wineyards, and can easily been reached if you have a good map.

genuine french hotel in a very small pitoresque village

The hotel has some rooms in the main building and some in an annex building to the back. This has an ugly view to a court with animals.

The rooms are ok, bed and shower and bath is not new but correct.
Owner is very friendly !

Very old hotel but ok for a short stay

Stayed here for one night on the way through the Route des Vins in  Alsace as Soultzmatt is pretty much as far south as it goes.
Room was reasonably comfortable and quiet ( it was at the back of a courtyard).
No wifi in the rooms. When I asked why I was told because it was "annoying". Not sure for whom but certainly for  the guests.
Only available in reception , which might have been partially acceptable if there actually was a reception area.
Got a phone call in my room at 9.45 pm asking when I wanted breakfast as there was no one available before 8 am.
I said that would be fine.
 Breakfast was not very much for 8 euros.
Bill was 78 euros ( I ate next door the evening before-Restaurant Better. Typical Alsace fare and lots of it-eat there not here).
I gave the lady at reception 80 euros. She said she hadn't got any change and would have to wake the boss up to get it.
I suggested she did and finally some time later I was let out ( the boss had got up but had forgotten that the front door was still  locked-not sure how that fits in with health and safety regulations).
In short Alsace has got some great places to stay but on this occasion this wasn't one of them

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