Michels Wellnesshotel

"In 2015, my husband and I visited the “Wohlfühlhotel Michels” for lunch. We felt very comfortable and also lunch tasted very good. We tried to book the Michels spontaneously a few times in the meantime – but it was always booked out in the short term. My aunt came to an open ear with the proposal to spend our planned "family time" in the Michels with an overnight stay. And nicely, this was the invitation of the aunt to her and my corona-related “lost” birthday. And my brother was also allowed to go. You booked (approx. € 103.00 person, for my brother still with single supplement): 1 x overnight stay in our lovingly furnished guest rooms rich Eifeler breakfast buffet our 4-course Schlemmer meal incl. Eifeler Natural Kitchen and Vital-Gericht Sauna Bag incl. bathrobe, sauna towels and slippers for use 2 days Relaxation in our Wellness Landscape VitalQuell on 2,000 m2 Michel's Active Services for Wellness, Health Experience Tours 360 degree NATUR PUR in the Maar landscape of the UNESCO Global Geopark Vulkaneifel That our rooms would not be finished on our arrival in Schalkenmoreen was known to us. We bridged the time with a nice walk around the maar and a shared lunch in the place. In the afternoon our beautiful and spacious rooms were finished with a balcony and we were allowed to check in with routined ladies. My aunt and I met little later in the beautiful garden area with (to) small indoor and outdoor pools. Outdoor Outdoor loungers were not easy to find, the “towel reservationers” are simply everywhere. Gentlemen stopped a nap. On time for dinner we found ourselves in the beautiful and pleasantly divided restaurant area. A service lady received us and brought us to our reserved table with the hint that this is also our breakfast table. She was gone. The menu of our evening feel-good menu (for reading please click) was already at the table. Why a rather late morning menu was offered here in July, I'm completely obscure. The autumn menu and we sat there. Very many guests were not yet in the restaurant, service staff were constantly seeing and seemed not too little. After 30 minutes we were finally allowed to give up our drinks order. Winzersekt zum Aperitif and two bottles of mineral water. I was very thirsty, over the afternoon the supply of liquid had been significantly too short. That's what I said to the serviceman. After another quarter of an hour, a young employee served our champagne. Not suitable for thirst distillation and I asked for the mineral water. The answer was right: “I couldn’t carry it too.” Sorry. In the meantime, I was thinking of looking for a tap, I would have done better. Because the waiting time for the mineral water lasted again. We gave up our menu requests. Salad, soup and dessert were set by the kitchen. Only at the main course were four dishes available. At the appetizer salad, my husband and I order the bacon. For dinner we chose a bottle of 2020 Grauburgunder, trocken, Weingut Frieden-Berg, Nittel (Mosel) to € 19,90 0.75 l. There were served two kinds of ordinary baguette and butter seasoned butter. Not very creative. 5 persons, 4 letters of bread each. Not thoughtful. Bread Two butter Our wine was opened, sample swallow offered and the 4 white wine drinkers gifted. My uncle chose an open red wine. And the autumn starter salad was already served: field salad with sherry walnut dressing, roasted bacon or without bacon and bread croutons. Field salad, on request without bacon Very simple, very small, very little dressing with very little taste. More greedy than in the beverage order went on with beef-force broth with herbal teas. The broth was not strong, even here very discreet spices. Inlay with delicate carrots and celery. The herbal teas very fine and of pleasant consistency. Meanwhile our wine glasses were empty, the wine in the cooler 3 meters from our table, service out of sight. So wine gets and presents itself. This initiative was required until the bottle was finally empty. The main foods were served again after a short waiting period. Duck lobe with orange sauce, honey tubes and potato carp for my aunt. The duck was gently swollen, this was to be seen and my aunt also praised the meat. There are a couple of small tubes and the fried claws. My uncle had chosen the duet of swollen pork cheek and pork fillet on spicy vegetables and potato cookies. Pig cake, pork fillet, potato cookies The pork cheek gently swollen, the fillet bit too dry. It tasted him. But his often shown enthusiasm in a meal remained. My husband, my brother and I chose the only not quite so autumnal dish: roasted noble fish with chimichurri and Mediterranean vegetable potato marsh. Edelfische It went through the evening that the surely trained service personnel were very behavior and little communicative. The first time, since the end of the lockdown, that so no joy or openness came to us guests. We tried with a few friendly sayings, unfortunately there was nothing to do. So this dish was also served and we asked what was hidden among the announced noble fish: salmon, nautical and butter mackerel. Not the mariners that I would call noble fish. Expectations were also more likely to be met by seaweed, seaweed, stone butter... And unfortunately only the piece of buttermackers could score with juice. The salmon fillet still went, the nautical was dead. For this, coarse potato stump without vegetables. The vegetable supplement is more of a finely diced ratatouille. The gang was just prepared and kept warm. Chimichurri, the Argentine sauce, did not fit me with Mediterranean vegetables. It was my first chimichurri, but I would have imagined it more spicy. I would have been interested to see if the 3 different potato supplements were made from the same potato base. The waiting time for the dessert then actually a little longer. The best course of the evening was served. A successful caramel crème brûlée. To this end, slightly caramelized, still bite-resistant apricot columns. Karamell Crème brûlée In fact, we forgot the offer to serve on the cheese board in the lobby. Of course, the service no longer pointed out during the adoption. For me again the confirmation: half board is kitchen-friendly but not guest-oriented. One-liter family conclusion: The day before, it tasted better at Hotel Schneider on Maar. It took us to the fresh air. In the beautiful garden area there was now a free place to find. Fresh air in the evening And a very nice, attentive Mr. Müller who finally offered us the feel-good factor in the wellness hotel. He even brought another tablecloth for our table. We ordered the Grauburgunder which we had already drank to the menu. He had met our taste. A digestif and espresso. Mr. MÃ1⁄4ller worries us with the best mood and also gave wine. Maybe it was because he was allowed to work on the fresh air? Anyway, he saves the service points. Just for breakfast the next morning. The rich breakfast buffet went through several rooms. Possibly to create a little more space for the guests due to corona. Nevertheless, it was quite a mess until you had his breakfast at the table. Filter coffee was served at the table. At the hot drink machine, the guests stood in line, so I forgot a tea. Unique family breakfast: On the day before we enjoyed the Hotel Schneider on Maar."