Pension Aloisia Hotel

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My partner and I are always very wary of visiting new places and thus make sure we read reviews from people that have stayed in places before. The old saying goes for one piece of positive feedback there's always 10 others that are willing to give negative feedback because people are far more likely to complain about something than they are to sing it's praises.
Well on this occasion Pension Aloisia gets some well deserved praise. When we arrived at the hotel, weary after a 3am start, transfer bus etc, Aloisia greeted us warmly but without much fuss and showed us our rooms, (after all we were tired and probably not the best conversationalists. The rooms were large, impeccably clean, had a lovely 15ft long balcony, piping hot showers and an immaculately clean bathroom, a TV, more plug sockets than you could want, a sizeable wardrobe, VERY comfortable beds, a desk, and a programmable safe to put all your belongings in.
There was a polite notice on the door to the communal breakfast/dining room that dinner was served at 6.30pm and breakfast was between 7 and 9am. Some people have complained about Frau Aloisia's timings and how strict they are, but you have to remember that she and a small number of kitchen staff have to cater for up to 40 people in what is essentially her home, and that's how it felt;- homely. If you want to eat later then there were plenty of restaurants but it's half board and you wouldn't expect a relative to accept it if you tuned up late and expected dinner to be cooked to your timetable?
The breakfast was a typical continental one, a range of different fresh bread rolls cooked daily, delicious smoked and unsmoked cheeses, hams and salamis that made a savory lover's mouth water, cereals, fruit, yoghurt, cheese, coffee, tea, juice, eggs boiled to perfection.. a really great start to the day when you have 7 hours of calorie burning slopes ahead and you could fill your boots.
Aloisia also set us at the same table each day and placed a menu on the table in the morning of two choices of which we were to mark who wanted what on the menu. There were vegetarian choices and thank god that the meals weren't all traditional English fare (as so many hotels pander to)far from it. We got to taste some proper home cooked Austrian cuisine, Schnitzel, strudel, soup and fish, all cooked from scratch and all delicious.
Aloisia is also understanding that if you request for something in the morning (say, you don't like peppercorn sauce etc) you can ask for it to not be included and she will kindly ensure that the meal in the evening is served at your request (however don't argue the menu entirely, we had a 7 year old with us who tried everything and liked pretty much all of it!). I would say that if you have children that you ask for a child's portion as she will serve an adult portion to all regardless of age.
I have to say that after skiing some of the 270k of slopes of the Tirol you're pretty beat at the end of the day, and to come home to an immaculately made up room, SPOTLESS bathroom and a bed as comfortable as that, it's a crime that she charges the rate she does.
The Ski lift is all of a 5 minute walk (in ski boots!) and so why she hasn't capitalised on this is a mystery. Pension Aloisia does exactly what it says on the tin. It's not a fancy hotel, it's a home and you make your own entertainment. There's a full bar with very competitively priced drinks (unlike English hotels who mark up ridiculously) which you can add to your tab (when we went a pint of Stiegl was the equivalent of about £3) and she understands that if you want to go to the local Spar (supermarket) and buy food and drinks to have in your room, she's even got recycling bins on the first floor for you to recycle your beer bottles and food cartons!
All in all I would give Pension Aloisia a massive thumbs up, if you're in to clean comfortable digs with good hearty homely food and a friendly family atmosphere this is the place for you.
We booked with Thomas Cook holidays and Nielson Reps