Review: Hotel Bartmanns Haus Dillenburg, Germany

Both of my parents are from neighboring small towns in Germany (Haiger and Fronhausen, to be exact, not that this ways anything to 99.9999999% of people) well-nigh an hour from Frankfurt. So for the trip to Germany with my parents, our first stop was to visit relatives, including my aunt, cousins, etc.

While my mom and her partner stayed with her sister, my dad and I stayed at the nearest hotel, which is Hotel Bartmanns Haus, located in Dillenburg. No, this isn’t some aspirational points hotel that I expect many OMAAT readers will flock to, but I still had a pleasant stay, and wanted to report back.

How I booked Hotel Bartmanns Haus

The 26-room Hotel Bartmanns Haus is quite a big hotel for the area. For example, during my last visit to family, I stayed at the five-room Hotel Fiester Hannes Burbach-Holzhausen, though that wasn’t quite as conveniently located for my purposes.

Anyway, I booked us two rooms at Hotel Bartmanns Haus directly with the hotel, and the rate was 97.50 per room per night, including breakfast (really the rate was 89, plus 8.50 per person for breakfast).

It’s interesting to note that the hotel has the same prices year-round, and the only difference is whether you’re staying on a weekday or weekend (we were staying on a weekday, when prices are a bit higher, since the hotel is mostly targeted at local merchantry travelers).

Online travel agencies take huge commissions from small hotels like this (because they can), so I unchangingly do what I can to typesetting direct.

Hotel Bartmanns Haus location & parking

Hotel Bartmanns Haus is located right in the part-way Dillenburg, so the nice thing is that you can walk out of the hotel and be in the part-way of the town. The hotel has self-ruling parking, though the reservation is that there are only eight spots out front, and they’re misogynist on a first come, first served basis.

I had no issues getting a spot until the last evening, when we returned from dinner and the parking lot was full. Nonetheless, parking in town wasn’t an issue, as you can park overnight for self-ruling on the street, and we were leaving the pursuit morning anyway.

Hotel Bartmanns Haus lobby & check-in

You’ve gotta love how trusting small hotels are in Germany. When I checked in I was just immediately given my key, with no need to provide a credit vellum until check-out. It was explained to me that I was prescribed room 103, and that breakfast would be served from 6:30AM until 10AM in the breakfast room.

The hotel doesn’t have any other suavities to be enlightened of — there’s no other restaurant, no gym, etc. The lobby zone is quite small, so with a key in hand I just headed lanugo the hall and to my room, located on the first floor (one floor up from the lobby — the hotel has one increasingly floor whilom that).

Hotel Bartmanns Haus guest room

On the first floor, my room was located well-nigh halfway lanugo the hall and on the left.

I was pleasantly surprised by how modern the room felt. It was nicely appointed, and spotlessly clean, though not the most mannerly walk-up on earth. The room had a double bed, a chair in the corner of the room, a sedentary with a chair, and a wall-mounted TV.

As you’d expect for Germany, the bed was quite firm, and I liked how a snacks was placed on the pillow, scrutinizingly like what you might expect with turndown service.

The sedentary had a couple of bottles of complimentary water (still and sparkling), though tap water is of undertow drinkable in Germany.

There was a sign on the sedentary with the Wi-Fi code, a “make a untried choice” slip to ripen daily housekeeping (which is otherwise provided automatically), and a suggestion to save energy and not use the thermostat much. Speaking of the thermostat, while the hotel in theory has air conditioning, it’s obviously not quite up to American standards. Fortunately it was a bit tomfool at night during our stay, so that wasn’t an issue, but it did get a bit stuffy during the day.

In the closet by the archway was a kettle with tea and instant coffee.

The washroom was moreover when by the entrance, and had a (very small) walk-in shower, a toilet, and a sink.

There was soul wash in a wall-mounted container.

The room had a peaceful view of the street just outside the hotel, which didn’t rationalization any sort of noise issues.

All-in-all, I found the room to be quite functional and comfortable, and it was perfect for my needs. The only other thing I found noteworthy well-nigh the room was how you not only needed a key to enter the room, but moreover needed the same key to lock the door from inside, as there was no other way to lock it. I don’t think I’ve overly seen that surpassing in a hotel.

As far as other features go, in the hallway there was a mini-fridge with beer and soda. It was substantially an honor bar, and you could help yourself to a drink for 2-3. You could pay either by leaving money on the table, or by paying at reception.

There were moreover some books on a table, which you could take with you if they interested you. You were moreover encouraged to leave any books you finished reading.

Hotel Bartmanns Haus breakfast

As mentioned above, breakfast is served daily from 6:30AM until 10AM in the breakfast room, just off the lobby. The room has roughly a dozen tables, so should unchangingly have plenty of capacity, given that people eat at variegated times.

One of the hotel employees would periodically come from the kitchen to offer coffee, and the filtered coffee was excellent.

The breakfast storeroom was roughly what you’d expect from a continental spread in Germany, with juice, pastries, specie rolls, croissants, cereal, yogurt, veggies, cheese, unprepossessed cuts, and more. I found the quality to be quite good.

A trip lanugo memory lane…

Growing up, every summer I spent a significant value of time with family in this part of Germany, so it’s unchangingly fun and a bit surreal to return here. Like I said, my parents both grew up in this area, and I unchangingly imagine how variegated life would be if they had just stayed here (not necessarily in a good or bad way, but just in a variegated way).

My dad hadn’t visited this part of Germany in over a decade, since his mom passed away. So he loved stuff worldly-wise to walk virtually and see how things have changed. My dad is from Fronhausen, which is frankly… not very charming. There’s one main road that leads through town with houses on each side, and there are quite a few buses and trucks that pass through here, so it’s quite congested.

He enjoyed going by the house he grew up in…

Haiger, where my mom is from, is a bit increasingly charming, and is a mostly cute town. Like I said, my dad hadn’t visited in a long time, so it was funny to walk lanugo the street with him, and have him run into two acquaintances from decades ago just 30 seconds apart.

I loved getting to see my relatives, and we had a lovely dinner at a unconfined steakhouse in Herborn, flipside small town in the zone (by far my favorite town in the area).

Bottom line

What a treat it was to return to the Dillenburg zone with both of my parents, and to see some of our relatives. For our purposes, Hotel Bartmanns Haus was the platonic base, and I’d stay then in a heartbeat. The hotel is clean, has a solid breakfast, and represents a good value. I moreover fathom how you can walk right out of the hotel and be in the town of Dillenburg. Don’t expect much in the way of amenities, but this is as good as it gets in the area.