Great location with awesome service. Great breakfast buffet and dinner at the restaurant is nice and relaxing. Staff goes out of their way to accommodate you and the views are beautiful.

Our family of 4 loved it here! Our only regret is that we couldn't stay longer and take advantage of the sauna and spa on the property. Our dinner was delicious, as was breakfast. Beautiful grounds and inn, neatly tucked away. My boys raved about the Ettal Dunkle they drank, only to find it was made in the nearby monastery brewery. We left with 2 kegs! Again, we wish we could have stayed longer but enjoyed the scenery, the ambience, the beer, the service and the old world, heavy-beamed style of the restaurant.

Misleading website. To be avoided at all costs. Majority of hotel rooms are not in the nice main building that is shown on the website, but in an annex above the restaurant and kitchen. The rooms are tiny. The windows too. The view is over the hill and the kitchen courtyards. The location also means noise from the kitchen. No blackout curtains provided. No coffee or tea making facilities. No elevator. Constant banging from doors in the hallway. Worst experience I have had in a long time. Hotel also unable to change room as allegedly fully booked. Probably by other poor travellers who were misled by the nice homepage and bizarrely positive reviews.

Off the beaten path - at least during the off season. Rooms vary in sizes and configuration, but are quite large, especially for EU. The decor is "quaint"... The bacony may face "the city" or "the mountain". In the latter case, you will be right up against it - not some distant vistas. Things around the hotel close on the early side, so plan your day accordingly

We had a a lovely stay at the Blaue Gams this October. Ettal is a favorite spot for us and the hotel's location provides a stunning view of the town and the monastery. The hotel itself is very beautiful and the staff were very friendly and helpful. The rooms were lovely and very roomy. They were kept very clean and the beds were very comfortable. Our rooms were the floor above the reception desk and there was a small, but convenient elevator to get you to that level. Breakfast was top notch and the restaurant at the hotel was superior - we actually opted for dinner at the hotel both nights we stayed there! Parking is convenient and very close. Even with being a small hotel, the services offered were amazing - including having laundry services available for us at a critical point in our trip. We will not hesitate staying here again on our next visit to Ettal.