Still a great place to stay on our way to Italy - the lake view is overwhelmingly beautiful. Rooms with lake view are recommended as you have a nice view over the lake and towards Chillon Castle. Prices are the average nightly price provided by our partners and may not include all taxes and fees. Prices are the average nightly price provided by our partners and may not include all taxes and fees. 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For Deep Purple fans: this is not the hotel where they recorded the Machine Head album with Smoke on the Water on it. To my question at the arrival what restaurants he could recommend gor dinner - he said that I can just walk towards the centre of the city and I will find something. Very very old and dated with old soft springy beds. Maybe that's my problem - I'm a private person and prefer sitting outside in a private area outside my room. The hotel shows a few age marks, but what you see from your balcony is so amazing that you immediately forget about that. I'm sure back in the day this was a really grand place. We thought it would be cool to stay in the hotel where Deep Purple recorded Smoke on the Water without thinking it through. Review of Hotel du Grand Lac Excelsior Reviewed January 12, 2014 We thought it would be cool to stay in the hotel where Deep Purple recorded Smoke on the Water without thinking it through. Maybe has to do with connection to clinic.3 lobby very old and dated. Hotel con vista al lago Geneva la que motivó a la creación del legendario tema Smoke on the water de Deep Purple. The hotel was obviously very chic at some point in it's past but was now a little tired, there were very other guests. Also only a short walk from the station and promenade/shops/restaurants. Wellness treatments are available. It marks the culmination of a couple of year’s work begun by Simon and Stephen, and then helped along by Yvon Welt, Jean Paul Marquis and others in Montreux. The front desk staff was definitely a mix - several were very nice and helpful, but a couple of young women found it a chore to answer questions and obviously wished you would just leave them alone.However, I cannot stress this more strongly: DO NOT EAT IN THE RESTAURANT. We got very little sleep.The hotel also appears to be some sort of hospital, which we discovered when we got out of the lift on the wrong floor, a little macabre perhaps? The room was very nice with some absolutely fantastic views. Lock in the lowest price from these sites. Review tags are currently only available for English language reviews. The upsetting part was a concierge who was mostly on duty - he wasn't helpful and even wasn't trying to be helpful. Room were nice. Given so few guests we though it would be quiet, however, all the guests who did stay were clumped together and the walls are very thin! Was a little disappointed as our room was on the first floor lake side, and the deck area was not private but a promenade for all lake side 1st floor rooms. Wellness offers are otherwise quite expensive. Recently stayed with family. It has been upgraded to air conditioned which is not always easy to find in Europe, so that's a plus. 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