Top 10 Rufus Hotels

We are experienced in traveling both for business and pleasure! The location is exellent for shopping but nothing more! We got the most out of the experience, had a good time together, spend a lot less time and money at the hotel than usually, as I must say this was a quite disappointing experience and an expensive one too. On the good side: The hotel is located close to the shops and hotel has free parking. The late arrival with no staff works great! The ugly: Usually I would give the hotel a chance to comment before a review, but during the stay we gave the hotel several chances to fix for the many mistakes. We had specifically asked and paid for an Atelier room in our booking and one of the several phone calls and dialogue we had prior to arrival was to make sure we got the right room. We got an old studio located on the first floor, no openness to fix this at front desk at all so we put on a smile and got the best out of it. We booked a dinner reservation weeks ago for 7pm, the front desk did not know about it, but apparently fixed this! When we got to the restaurant, we got the same table as another family with kids and with no social distancing. Asked for a different table, plenty free, or to sit at the bar, come back later, but no! The cozy romantic dinner turned into rushing through courses with kids at the table meals arriving before drinks etc. And the 4 course meal with welcome drink turned into 3 course meal without! The compensation of free limocellos (which we was not asked if we would like) did not add up for it. And with hair in main course we just wanted the dinner to end sooner than later! Next time we will go for the half price options and other hotels in the area located just as good or simply choose to stay at the excellent 3 and 4 star hotels at Stuttgart! We will absolutely not be back. And why is that: we felt that if you are a non German, you will be treated 2. And the attitudes of some staff members are not for the service business.

Super central location especially if you want to go shopping at the Outletcity Center, 100 metres from Mc Donald's, nearby there is also a great restaurant. The beds and kitchens are comfortable and the shower is accessible. Breakfast costs per person 15.90€. Beside the hotel a VIP garage costs the night 12 euros, as a tip I would park in parking 1, because there it costs €9 and if you have the outlet app even $1 a fewer. From 22Uhr nobody is at the reception but you come in with the key to the room. On Sunday the church sounds very loud, as it is near.

We booked the eighth for two nights to be close to outlet city. Thanks to Corona, we were able to check in via an automatic key safe on Sunday. The room was the ”hawk's nest”, not particularly large, but sufficient for two nights. The facilities were good and it was clean. In the house itself we had a good breakfast in a cozy restaurant. We got the booked 3-course menu for the evening on the great terrace. The attentive staff was very nice and rounded off this pleasant evening with delicious food and good wine. Too bad we couldn't use the beer garden due to the weather. As Metzingen obviously has more to offer than the outlet, we would love to come back and check in at the Achtender for sure.

The rooms are sufficiently large, modernly furnished and were absolutely clean. The beds are ok, we have very well sleeped. The service staff was very friendly, the settlement was completely smooth. The only shortage is the parking facilities. To unload and load the vehicle we had to park in the stop inside the entrance because the only hotel own parking inside the entrance was already loaded. Our vehicle had to be placed at a parking place 300 m away in a side street in the night, reserved for hotel guests. Coffee is available for guests around the hour free. We had booked without breakfast, so we can't say anything about other services.

(+) It is a perfect hotel if you come to the Technical Academy of Esslingen (TAE) for business trip. TAE is just 5 min walk away. It an old style hotel but maintained very well, clean and tidy. My compliments to the breakfast options offered. Small various buns are freshly made each morning. If you like sweet pastry, you have to be fast, otherwise you won't get any if the hotel is full. Free entry tickets to public pool are offered at the reception. Personnel is very friendly. (-) The blankets were short. I am not a tall person but even for me the blankets were not enough to cover myself. The hotel does not have restaurant onsite. Wi fi is free of charge and of a good speed. However, it requires a password and you have to confirm it every time when you login.

The hotel is very close to the Metzingen outlet, the room is large and clean, there is a parking lot in the hotel, the tenant is 10 Euro/day (paying at the front desk after check-out), and there is a coffee reception next to the hotel reception, which is really great!