It was a last minute getaway and the Hotel Merloni was one of the few hotels with availability. Based on the good reviews, we booked for 4 nights. The staff at the front desk was super friendly but when we saw our room, we were so disappointed! It was clean but so old fashioned and drab with a satin navy bedspread and a yellowed light fixture on the ceiling. The bathroom was very basic as well. By changing out the light fixtures and switching to duvets, like most other hotels these days, the room would be so much nicer. The breakfast buffet had all prepackaged items, there were only a few fresh items. The coffee was awful and the waiter on the surly side. We actually left early because the hotel was so bad and also it rained every day except one. That day, we golfed at a lovely established golf course in Menaggio, overlooking the lake.