Grand Hotel Tremezzo

The hotel provides exceptional amenities, stunning lake views, and friendly, attentive staff. Guests appreciate the comfortable beds, spacious rooms, and extensive breakfast buffet, but some may find it too secluded.

This is a stunning grand hotel, with amazing views, friendly staff, and very comfortable beds. I loved the various areas of the hotel to enjoy either a cocktail or a drink. There are two things that prevented our stay from being 5 star. The first is the use of cologne perfume throughout the hotel. I understand that Italy has a culture of heavy personal fragrances, but the entire hotel had a strong scent (I believe a signature perfume created just for the hotel), that permeated everything. My spouse and I both work in super high level restaurants in which the staff is forbidden to wear personal fragrance in an effort to ensure that the food & wine experience is experienced as intended. We went to the lakeside restaurant to grab a bite, and I ordered a bottle of water, and the water glass that was brought by the server wreaked of the cologne that the server was wearing. I had to request another glass. Also, the small face towels in the bathroom were also spritzed with cologne, so when I washed my face at night and tried to dry off with the towel, I was confronted with a face full of perfume. The other issue was the food quality. I would describe it as barely edible. Keep in mind, this is coming from someone who has experienced the highest level of Michelin dining for an entire career so I really have high standards for cuisine, but still. Nothing tasted fresh or of high quality. The breakfast had a beautiful presentation, but again the product was generally subpar. Just to be clear on my priorities, while I enjoy the luxe life, I will always take a monastic hotel with excellent food over a posh hotel with average or below average food. I imagine there are tremendous logistical challenges that this area faces (most likely no nearby farmer's market that the Chef's can visit every morning), but I am always bummed when traveling not to be able to get a decent meal.

It is the one of the best hotels ever. Lake view is stunning. Hotel room and services are perfect. Bed and linens, bathroom are all very much comfortable and absolutely well-prepared. In addition, the breakfast buffet is the best of best. Highly recommend to all including honeymooners even.