Very relaxing hotel. This was my second stay here and I really like this hotel. The rooms are very…read morebig and comfortable. The breakfast is excellent with lots of delicious options to choose from. Lots of parking is available as well. There is also a restaurant as well. I ate dinner there the first night. It was good but not great. It was a little on the expensive side as well.

The Ritz Carlton of the Epe area, Schepers enjoys a prominent and high profile location overlooking…read morethe edge of downtown Epe. Atmosphere is relaxed and wait staff were as attentive and professional as I have come to expect in this region. A dual language menu was offered immediately upon my being seated. I arrived without a reservation on a Sunday evening and was quickly seated in my requested smoking area. The smoking section looks to be comprised of the five booths in the bar area, four of which were occupied by the time I finished eating. A reservation might be required on a busier evening than Sunday to insure table availability This is my first post-Yelp member visit, though I have eaten here once before. We brought our two dogs with us on the previous visit. They were welcomed and, as is customary in all dog friendly venues here, were provided with a bowl of water. If memory serves, they were also treated to a couple doggie biscuits by the jovial German woman who seated us on that occasion. My dinner this evening consisted of a starter bowl of Tomato soup, which arrived shortly after a small basket of bread and butter were delivered to my table. It was served piping hot and made for a delicious pre-meal appetizer. My sirloin (rumpsteak) was cooked as ordered (medium). It was covered in a mustard/peppercorn sauce and set atop a bed of crisp-cooked French style green beans. The hotel/bar restaurant sits on a very pastoral and well manicured bit of land with ample parking. About the bill, and the standards of Germans in regard to tipping: Tomato soup, one beer, one Coke and one latte, along with the sirloin ordered as main course (and served with fried potatoes in a side dish) was under €34. Tipping ten percent makes you a bit prominent in an area where locals often leave half that. Tipping at a fifteen percent or more on any consistent basis as a regular customer is likely to get you treated with God status in most places by staff while saddled with lunatic American spendthrift status by the indigenous population. Being a waiter in Germany is a career path that starts late in high school and ends in a respectable job with a living wage and affordable healthcare as a minimum. In the US, the Federal Minimum wage law for waiters who receive tips is $2.13 per hour (€1.55/hour!). I'm almost certain that such a compensation system would be considered a criminal enterprise around here. When you leave a tip here, it's going to fund the waiters next travel vacation. In the US, it's something I always left a bit more of because I knew the waitstaff needed it as a large part of their basic economic survival. At the end of the day, I tip a bit less here in Germany, but I feel a whole lot better about doing it. Enjoy.

Super close to airport - easy walking distance. Rooms are for sleeping only. Very small. Clean…read more Base floor has plenty of hanging out places to chill. Beverages. Food. Souvenir stuff. The bad - no ice or fridge in rooms to chill my beverages No workout area

This new hotel was quite comfortable and convenient to the train station & central Enschede…read more Typical Dutch efficiency. Better than decent breakfast, though short of outstanding. Lots of glass in sleeping rooms lets the sun in; effective curtains keep it out. The lobby is two floors up from the street level: very hipster. But having to take two elevators every time you go in or out might just get a little old.

Wow! Went to this place for dinner and was totally blown away. Everyone was so nice and helpful…read more The beer was good and the food was amazing. I am so glad that I walked in here for dinner.

I'm nearing the end of a month-long stay at this hotel. My wife and I, along with our two dogs…read morehave enjoyed this clean, well maintained (and dog friendly!) hotel nestled in the middle of the industrial center of Gronau. This isn't a tourist's hotel so much as a business support hotel for the large industrial factories that do international business here. They often host clients from around the world. That said, I would encourage any curious traveler with a desire for a more authentic taste of local German culture to consider The Aristo Hotel as an alternative to the more upscale (and $$$$) cookie-cutter tourist hotels. The Aristo has an English friendly staff and are very responsive to guest requests. The hotel bar serves as the local watering hole for a lot of colorful and interesting German workers from the surrounding factories. They're a lively bunch of folks who thoroughly enjoy tossing back a beer or two with the assorted hotel guests who also frequent the bar. You can order dinner starting at about 6 p.m., and often as late as 10 p.m. If you plan a late night dinner, check with the hotel manager to assure the cook will still be on staff. I have a distinct memory of my wife and I ordering a nice sirloin steak dinner one night at about 10:30! Large, well appointed party room can be rented for special occasions. See the many photos I posted of the facilities here. This is a three star facility with five star service. Highly recommended.