Fischer Hotel

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Booked a week break with my wife through Crystal (who I can highly recommend), on the back of these reviews so I felt compelled to add my opinions on this wonderfully run hotel. Read all reviews on this hotel and you will get a fair idea whether it is for you or not.
As with most reviews you need to give an unbiased opinion with negatives and positives. To find negatives with this hotel, you would need to pick holes...so here goes. The rooms I would say could benefit from a modernisation. That was painful to state as I feel like I am betraying the welcoming family Grander and his helpful staff, including the lovely cleaner who kept our room and the rest of the hotel spotless. Also, not sure if it was because we were tired from skiing but the beds felt extra comfortable!
I'll keep the rest brief. Food was great. Simplicity of the meals made them all the better. Sitting at the same table everyday also meant we got to know everybody in the dining room. St Johann itself is not the liveliest of resorts, mainly confined to a handful of busy bars. The hotel's bar was one of the busiest which made it all the easier to have a few then stumble back up to the room. A few people we met stayed at the Park which they say was also a brilliant experience but most nights they were at our bar. Many of the locals and ski instructors choose the Fischer's bar as their preferred evening out.
We were lucky enough to stay on the 3rd floor (room 306) which had the biggest balcony with dual aspect views of the mountains and the square with the lovely church. Please note that you can hear the church bells every hour which I actually found soothing, others may not find them as tranquil.
Location was perfect as it was nearer the square than its sister hotel Park, with shops and a bit of life rather than bang on the slopes. You may think this is a negative when skiing but the fact you can store your equipment at the Park and then take a short walk (only 5 mins) back through the town is great.
I have been on many holidays and many hotels, most have been a lot more modern and better finished but, for the first time I felt obliged to write a review. I think the whole experience of St Johann helped. My wife and I met some great people in the hotel and the ski school that we were going out with every night. By the end of the week I felt I had been living in the town for years as we knew almost everyone in the hotel and the resort!
Would definitely recommend, especially for the price and would also recommend the resort as a whole. The runs were not as challenging to the advance skiers but the nearby train and ski gondolas open up a wider range of runs. The nearby Kitzbuhl makes for a great day out.