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Rocco Forte The Charles Hotel: Traveler Reviews

5.0 of 5
Sophienstrasse 28, 80333 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Rating summary
  • Sleep Quality
    4.5 of 5 stars
  • Location
    4.5 of 5 stars
  • Rooms
    4.5 of 5 stars
  • Service
    4.5 of 5 stars
  • Value
    4 of 5 stars
  • Cleanliness
    5 of 5 stars
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“Fantastic service and amenities”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 20, 2013

The staff here are welcoming and made us feel at home. I loved the breakfast buffet with cava on ice. I also liked that there was a family breakfast so no kids underfoot. There was a good selection of pastries and cold meats on the breakfast bar and a varied selection of juices and teas.

The rooms were spacious and loved the pillow menu I always have problems with hotel pillows but found the perfect one for me. Nice chocolates welcome gift and good turn down service every night.

It is good that they do not admit children to the pool during certain times as it gave us grown ups some peace. The spa was good but the mixed spa is not a great idea as too many men were parading about naked in the showers of the mixed area (maybe i am just a prude Brit).

The only downside is the location while it is easy to get about it just felt a bit of an industrial area and maybe a bit close to rough areas where i would not want to go after dark.

  • Stayed December 2012, traveled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Direktionsbuero, Manager at Rocco Forte The Charles Hotel, responded to this review
January 25, 2013
Dear guest,

Thank you very much for your review and the time you took to share your impressions on tripadvisor.com.

It is great to hear that you had a pleasant stay at The Charles Hotel in Munich and that you had the time to enjoy some of our hotel facilities as our The Charles SPA . Your entire satisfaction is exactly what we are working for and our main aim is to offer an excellent but also individual service to our guests.

Another big advantage of The Charles Hotel is that it is perfectly located near the Munich Central Station with connection to underground and suburban trains. So our guests can discover Munich and its surroundings in a really comfortable way.

Hopefully you will visit the most beautiful city of Bavaria and The Charles Hotel soon again. If there is anything to make your next stay even more enjoyable please do not hesitate to contact us personally at anytime (muin-executive@roccofortehotels.com).

With best regards,



Lena Spitaler
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“Great breakfasts, kids not welcome”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed January 10, 2013

We were greeted with hot towels when arriving at the front desk. The hotel focuses on attentive service -- everyone greets you and tries to be friendly. Somehow this creates an artificial impression, more fuss than substance.
Our room was spacious, bright, overlooking the garden. The hotel is not very close to the main shopping street -- about 15-20 minutes to walk.

The kingsize bed was big and good for sleep. They offer a pillows menu. Room was cleaned efficiently. Overall, very clean hotel with nice rooms and equipment. Breakfasts are fantastic -- excellent choice of everything, fresh juices, nice pastry, cheeses, bavarian sausages, salmon, champagne, a selection of leaf teas, even honeycomb.
I was visiting with my wife and a 5-year old, and did not look up the hotel's site which says that children can only use the pool from 11 am to 4 pm. Booking.com did not mention this. Unfortunately, this made it impossible for us to use the pool and the spa facilities, when we wanted. For me this spoiled the entire stay, and taught me to check websites of hotels more attentively before booking.

  • Stayed January 2013, traveled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Direktionsbuero, Manager at Rocco Forte The Charles Hotel, responded to this review
January 25, 2013
Dear guest,

We would like to thank your for your feedback and the time you took to share your impressions on tripadvisor.com.

We are very delighted to hear that our spacious rooms met your expectations. We are very proud of our standard rooms - as they are due to their size of 43 m2 unique in Munich - and this exceptional design of Ms. Olga Polizzi – the sister of Sir Rocco Forte.
Besides perfection, the main aim of our hotel is to ensure that our guests feel both, comfortable and familiar! From the moment you make your reservation to the time of your departure we will provide warm, courteous and cordial services. Therefore we deeply regret that this created an artificial impression from your point of view and that we did not meet your expectations.

Part of our philosophy is that children are also VIP guests at The Charles Hotel. It is very important to us that even the youngest guests enjoy their stay at our property. Therefore we offer special amenities as well as our kids’ club on Sundays and holidays. Furthermore we have those special kids’ hours in the spa so that all children have the chance to play in the pool to their heart’s delight. On the other hand we have to take care of those guests who want to recover and indulge. So we hope for your understanding in this point.

Nevertheless we would be delighted to welcome you and your family at The Charles Hotel soon again. If there is anything to make your next stay even more enjoyable please do not hesitate to contact us personally at anytime (mun-executive@roccofortehotels.com).

With best regards,



Lena Spitaler
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“Very Nice Hotel”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 8, 2013

We stayed here just before Christmas and enjoyed it very much. Our room was lovely and the staff couldn't have been more pleasant. The young woman who check us in even walked us to our room and showed us how everything worked and the doorman recognized us and said "welcome back" when we returned from a walk. There were just a couple of discordant notes. We were really surprised that the carpet in front of the elevator was stained. It was not something we expected in a topnotch hotel. Also, when we first checked into our room, I noticed a smell but didn't pay attention to it. After sitting in the room for a while, I realized that the smell was of smoke. Though the hotel is a non-smoking establishment, someone had clearly smoked in our room before we took occupancy. When I called about the smell, housekeeping acted right away and made it better, though the smell still lingered somewhat. Again, I 'm surprised that in an establishment of this level that the housekeeping staff hadn't picked up on the smell while cleaning the room. Still, aside from these minor things, we had a good stay with a lovely Christmas dinner and a fantastic breakfast buffet the next morning.

Stayed December 2012, traveled as a couple
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Direktionsbuero, Manager at Rocco Forte The Charles Hotel, responded to this review
January 11, 2013
Dear Guest,

Above all we would like to thank you for taking the time to share your impressions with other travelers here on tripadvisor.com.

We are very delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay at our property and that our cordial and individual service truly met your expectations. Of course we forwarded your kind words immediately to our employees, which is much appreciated. It is great to hear, that you enjoyed our luxurious breakfast buffet as well as the fine selected meals at our Mediterranean Restaurant DAVVERO.

On the other hand we deeply regret the discordant notes you mentioned and we would like to apologize for the caused inconvenience. Please be informed that we are offering smoking rooms as well on a certain floor. Nevertheless, unfortunately we cannot avoid that non-smoking rooms are used as smoking rooms. For this reason our housekeeping team arranges a special cleaning for those rooms. Therefore we feel very sorry that you did not get an odor-free room.

We would be very delighted to welcome you to The Charles Hotel soon again. If there is anything to make your next stay even more enjoyable, please do not hesitate to contact us personally at anytime (mun-executive@roccofortehotels.com).
We wish you a pleasant year 2013!

With kindest regards,



Lena Spitaler
Personal Assistant to the General Manager
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“Awful”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed January 5, 2013

We arrived around 1PM... we had to wait until 3PM to check-in: "The suite is not ready"... We entered the room we noticed that mosquitos have chosen the same room. At 9PM, the door rang twice: "Do you need something?" asked the room service. The room service personnel should know that we have 2 kids sleeping in our room. They shouldn't disturb us for no reason. Laundry was sent back twice since clothes were not clean. Internet is very expensive. We have used on the first day the swimming pool, it was OK. The second day, the girl told us that kids are not allowed to access the swimming pool: this was not mentioned before and besides, a german kid was playing inside with a ball: racists!!! Picnic basket is too heavy: glasses, plates and cuttlery should be made of plastic! We had in the basket the remaining cheese of the breakfast, 5 apples and a blanket... I will never come back to this hotel...

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  • Stayed August 2012, traveled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Direktionsbuero, Manager at Rocco Forte The Charles Hotel, responded to this review
January 10, 2013
Dear Guest,

Thank you for your honest feedback on the online portal Tripadvisor.
We are glad that we had the possibility to clear the mentioned points at your stay in August 2012 as we are taking each feedback very seriously.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at anytime if there are still some points, which are causing a bad taste in regards to your recent stay. Mr. Heller, our General Manager, would appreciate to get in contact with you again.

With best regards,



Lena Spitaler
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“too much pretending”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 4, 2013

first of all this hotel is really gorgeous, loved the heated bath room floor, products and the breakfast buffet with silver cuttlery etc. however, some staff members are really snotty or extremely artificial and more polite to men since they seem to hold the check book, so that was annoying. charging € 20 for internet per day - also annoying, so was the poor mattress and a water kettle from china that was a real safety hazard. good location, beautiful spa but not very functional. if you look for a place that makes you feel posh this is the place to be, otherwise you could do better

  • Stayed December 2012, traveled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Direktionsbuero, Manager at Rocco Forte The Charles Hotel, responded to this review
January 11, 2013
Dear Guest,

First of all we would like to thank you for your honest feedback and the time you took to share your impressions on tripadvisor.com.

It is nice to hear that you loved our focus on high quality design and products as well as our fine selected variety of our breakfast buffet. We are also glad, that you could enjoy some of our hotel facilities such as our 800 m² The Charles SPA with its 5 treatment rooms, sauna, steam bath, 15 meter pool and well-equipped gym. However it is a pity that our individual and cordial service did not meet your expectations. Usually we provide the same attention to detail, exceptional levels of comfort and personal service for which the Rocco Forte Hotels and “the art of simple luxury” have become so well known. We would be more than delighted to convince you at future stays!

We understand your wish to have free internet access, but currently we are working with a very good external company, which guarantees us a safe and quick internet and a 24 hours support for all our guests. Please be ensured that we are trying to find a solution for the future and in the meanwhile I really do hope for your understanding in this point.

We wish you a pleasant year 2013 and we would be very delighted to welcome you to
The Charles Hotel soon again.


If there is anything to make your next stay even more enjoyable, please do not hesitate to contact us personally at anytime (mun-executive@roccofortehotels.com).

With kindest regards,



Lena Spitaler
Personal Assistant to the General Manager
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Also Known As:
Forte Munich
Munich Forte
Address: Sophienstrasse 28, 80333 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Region: Germany > Bavaria > Munich
Amenities:
Bar/Lounge Business Center Fitness Center Restaurant Room Service Shuttle Bus service Suites Swimming Pool Wheelchair access
Hotel Style:
#2 Business Hotels in Munich
#4 Luxury Hotels in Munich
#6 Family Hotels in Munich
Price Range: $$$
Hotel Class:5 star (5*)
Official Description (provided by the hotel):
The hotel is situated near the Old Botanical Garden, close to exclusive shopping areas,such as Theatinerstrasse and Maximilianstrasse. All 160 rooms and suites are bright and appointed with a large bathroom decorated with original Nymphenburg porcelain. Enjoy original Italian treats in the restaurant with sun terrace. Our SPA & Wellness Club and fitness room with state-of-the-art equipment is another highlight for your well-being. ... more   less 
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