Residenz Velich
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Check in from: | 4:00 pm |
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Check out before: | 11:00 am |
Pets | Pets not allowed |
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Residenz Velich
Located in Apetlon, 19 km from Esterhazy Castle, Residenz Velich provides accommodation with a seasonal outdoor swimming pool, free private parking, a garden and a terrace.
Comment: 7 Aug 2025
Stayed in: Aug 2025
A mega experience
Comment: 13 Aug 2024
Stayed in: Aug 2024
Always happy
Great location and ideal for cycling trips on Lake Neusiedl.. the hotel and restaurant is run by Ms. Velich and her sons. We were welcomed almost family. The rooms in the former customs buildings are well equipped and very spacious, the room service is satisfactory. The grounds of the residence have a pool and are very well maintained. The location is very quiet . They tried very hard for us, whether at breakfast or for other hints and tips for the region.Since we had tickets for an event on the Seebühne in Mörbisch, even for us the evening menu was brought forward by 1 hour.
Afterwards we were organized a taxi to the ferry in Illmitz, which picked us up again on time at the jetty even after the performance.
All around a good choice and highly recommended.
A very clean and tidy “ residence ”. You can feel that the whole family is behind it. Not to forget the wines of the house.
We also had an interesting evening with the “Grandpa” who told us some anecdotes from the past about the region.
AT
Comment: 7 Aug 2020
Stayed in: Jul 2020
High quality, superb taste and ambition in a remote region
Comment: 7 Aug 2020
Stayed in: Aug 2020
A very special place
Accommodation is spread across a number of houses on a large green site with an outdoor heated swimming pool. There is ample shaded parking space and the grounds are shared with a number of ducks and chickens. In this idyllic setting, a short walk from the village of Apetlon and a short drive from the lake at Illmitz (swimming and ferry to Mörbisch), the modern, spacious rooms afford a real feeling of tranquillity and relaxation.
This is work in progress and the family are obviously aiming at high quality. At this stage they are obviously still struggling with their software and check in was a bit long-winded as they did not seem able to access the details of my booking - and gave my mother in law the impression that I had forgotten her name! But it was all very friendly and charming and we felt welcomed. These problems also meant that they had no record of my payment to the agency and this certainly made the checkout less friendly than it should have been. I did receive an automated email a few day later thanking me for my visit, hoping I had had a nice trip home etc. but this is not really a substitute for good customer relations on the day and a very sharp contrast to the way we left a south Burgenland hotel a couple of weeks earlier (see my review).
The rooms are designed to look bright and spacious even at the expense of being a bit spartan. The large bathroom seemed wasted where the vacant space could have contained a bathtub and/or bidet and a better shower – with effective drainage (the rain shower floods the floor) and somewhere to put the soap or shampoo. Minimalism can look good but isn’t always very practical. It is good to have a small sink in the WC, but there was only one piece of soap for three sinks and two persons. Our very damp towels were not changed. There was only one (very wet!) shower mat.
In the bedroom, the “seating area” of our "junior suite" contained only one seat and the desk space had no chair. There was a divan bed (not a sofa bed). The room did not in fact have air conditioning but an underfloor climate control system which we did not find very effective. I am sure that when set properly in advance it would be fine but we didn’t feel it coped with the 30+ temperatures and there is no fast cooling. The old windows are fine but there are no fly screens. However once the teething problems are addressed and the settings are right I am sure the underfloor system will be good – and better than having a jet of cold air in your face from a dusty old air con outlet! My booking gave me access to the “Executive Lounge” – I have no idea where or what that is. It seemed to be another software blip. The free Wifi was also not entirely straightforward. It seemed impossible to enter the password but then worked without it!
Breakfast is a buffet with good quality produce open to self-service (and I am afraid to flies – none of the food is covered). The staff are simply lovely; friendly but prompt and efficient. Eggs come to order – and I had speciality blue eggs with a deep and tasty yolk. The coffee is well above the usual hotel breakfast coffee standard – and there are high quality teas on offer. Breakfasting on the terrace we were visited by two inquisitive and friendly domestic fowl.
There is an exclusive restaurant on site overseen with obvious enthusiasm by the young son of the owners. We were travelling with my mother in law and planned a birthday dinner on our first night. Unfortunately it was not possible to get details of the menu (there is no a la Carte and no choice) in advance so we did not dine in. But it looked busy. Judging from the quality of the breakfast cheese and meat I would guess the dining option will be very good. There was a menu in our room the second day - a set menu at €65 per person but we had already made other arrangements. There are a number of options in the village where we were frankly surprised by how warm the welcome was and how enthusiastic the staff.
Overall, yes very lovely, and very pastoral, some wonderful young staff too. Given the prices I wonder if they need to be quite so parsimonious with the bathroom items, and whether the offer of a welcome drink might have been a nice touch. There is no complementary water in the rooms and no fruit other than the fruit salad at breakfast.
Yes I would recommend it and commend the owners for their initiative. It is not an easy time for new ventures and we ought to support any good alternatives to corporate hotels. Sadly family-run often these days means amateur and family run down; Residenz Velich is clearly on the way up. If they listen to guest feedback and not only to unalloyed praise then I am sure it will go from strength to strength.
AT
Comment: 1 Sep 2015
Stayed in: Aug 2015
Best and friendliest hosts
Excellent location
Illmitzer Straße 13, Apetlon, 7143, Austria|0.29 km from city centre
Check in and check out
Check in from:
4:00 pm
Check out before:
11:00 am
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Pets not allowed
Please contact the hotel for details about adding extra beds.
