First, we explored this hotel's descriptions and reviews and learned almost everything about it. The hotel is a bit far from the seaside and you have to go up when you come to it. But for healthy people, walking takes only 10 minutes from the center to the hotel. Facilities, quiet location, hospitality, quality of service, free parking, tasty breakfast, back yard for relaxing sitting, and many other features for this price completely make up! 100% recommendation!

Many people write about the rude character of the senior owner, but it compensates for the friendliness and courtesy of other staff. We met him a couple of times, so this is not a big deal for us.

Situated in walking distance to the waterfront, Hotel Villa Mon Toc provided free parking. As we arrived we were greeted warmly and shown to our room. The entire hotel is immaculately clean and maintained. Such friendly service throughout the property. The breakfast buffet was excellently run with exceptional efficiency by the lovely lady in charge of that breakfast room. (If she was not attending to guests, she was constantly tidying up the room. It was amazingly clean.) I would never pay the price of the resort hotels down on the waterfront when this hotel was so easily accessible just with a short walk to the center of town and waterfront. Perfect for our budget.

Spotlessly clean throughout the building, the room was comfortable and perfect for my needs, the staff I dealt with were friendly and helpful, the buffet breakfast was great. The hotel is situated in a quiet residential area a few minutes walk from the train station, the lake and centre of town are an easy ten minutes walk away. If you are looking for a peaceful few days at the lake I would highly recommend staying here.

The hotel has old world charm. While you could see that something’s were worn, it did not distract from how comfortable you felt there. We came for a wedding and it was very close to the train station and about 8 blocks from the wedding venue and water front. Everyone that worked there was extremely gracious. I was glad that my sons came to help with the luggage as we were on the 3rd floor and after a day of lugging it around, it was very heavy and there are no elevators in the older buildings.

The showers are very tiny and the pillows were too hard for me, but other than that, we had no real complaints.

Excellent welcoming staff they were always available for advice. I had a superb experience and hotel is very close to all the attractions of Stresa. As a cyclist the breakfast was outstanding with plenty of choice of foods and drinks, endless coffee. I cannot speak highly enough of the cleanliness and space in rooms and overall value for money for this hotel. I would not stay anywhere else in Stresa.

There was nothing to not like about this very friendly family run hotel. I would definitely book to stay here again

Lovely friendly helpful staff, felt really welcomed and looked after. Very clean everywhere and room serviced every day Pleasant well tended garden Outstanding choice of seeds and nuts for breakfast The balcony really made the room. Very convenient for the railway station and close to the centre of town.

Bathroom a little on the small side as it includes a bidet.

Room was fine for the value. Beautiful building not far from the old center and the lake. The young receptionist in the morning was very friendly and allowed us to extend checkout by about 45 minutes to let me friend shower. There is a great pizzeria down the block. That was amazing food.

The room was small but it was completely appropriate for the price. No elevator so keep that in mind if you're on an upper floor. The older receptionist / owner were not the most engaging people but she was fine - just don't expect American friendliness. Only odd thing was when I asked for a dinner reservation in town, she said she didn't know any (I think she wanted me to eat in the hotel restaurant but I wanted to go into town).

Staff were really nice and helpful Room was comfortable Delicious breakfast

Room was on the second floor, and no elevators. I would recommend making a paved road from the hotel outer gate to the front gate (instead of gravel) to make it easy for people with many luggage to enter the hotel

The property is a short stroll from the lakeside. it’s also walking distance to the old town where there are plenty of bars and restaurants. We had a lovely friendly welcome from the owner who provided us with covered parking for our motorbikes For a two star hotel I was very pleased with my room. The bed was comfortable and the bathroom looked like it had been recently renovated to a good standard. Breakfast was good There was a nice area outside with tables and chairs to sit and relax

The only issue I had with the property was that the full length mirror on the inside of the wardrobe door was not accessible. There was a bedside cabinet next to the wardrobe which meant you couldn’t open that wardrobe door far enough to actually look in the mirror.

A lovely friendly hotel just 10 minutes walk from the waterfront. The staff were friendly and attentive, nothing was too much trouble. The breakfast was great, with a range of sweet and savoury foods, choice of cold drinks, teas and coffees and all topped up when necessary.

Nothing that the hotel could fix but the noise from the rattling manhole in the street was annoying.