Awards

Shortly after opening in December 2002 the Lenkerhof quickly received good ratings in various newspapers and journals. The most important awards of the past couple of years:

2024

  • Swiss Wine List Award 2024: Gold in the category «fine dining & upscale cuisine» for of the restaurant «Oh de Vie» 
  • 107th place of the 150 best vacation hotels in Europe and Switzerland 2024
  • Falstaff Hotel Guide 2024 with the rating «outstanding» 
  • Swiss Location Award 2024 with the rating «Outstanding» and 9.3 points for Switzerland's best culinary locations
  • 5th place of the «20 best wellness hotels» accoring to the hotel ranking of Karl Wild
  • 15th place of the «40 best wellbeing hotels in the Alps 2024» accoring to Handelszeitung
  • HolidayCheck Award «Weiterempfohlen auf HolidayCheck 2024»
  • Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice 2024
  • Honored «The 101 best hotels in Switzerland, Austria, South Tyrol and Germany 2024»

2023

  • 3rd of the «best gourmet hotels in Switzerland» connoisseur circle
  • 13th place in Karl Wild's ranking «of the 25 best winter hotels with 5 stars»
  • Falstaff Restaurant- und Beizenguide 2024: The restaurant «Spettacolo» obtains 92 points
  • BILANZ Hotel-Ranking: Rank 71 of the 150 best vacation hotels in Europe and Switzerland 2023
  • Falstaff Hotel Guide 2023 with the rating «excellent quality» 
  • Swiss Wine List Award 2023: Silver in the category «upscale cuisine» for both of the restaurants «Spettacolo» and «Oh de Vie» 
  • Swiss Location Award 2023 with the rating «Outstanding» and 9.4 points for Switzerland's best culinary locations
  • Swiss Location Award 2023 Bühlberg by Lenkerhof with the rating «Excellent» and 8.3 points for Switzerland's most beautiful wedding locations 
  • HolidayCheck Award "Weiterempfohlen auf HolidayCheck 2023"
  • Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice 2023
  • Falstaff SPA Awards 2023 with the rating "Excellent" and 92 points
  • 5th place in the rating of the best wellness hotels in Switzerland, Sonntagszeitung (Karl Wild)

2022

  • falstaff Restaurant & Beizenguide 2023
  • Gault & Millau 14 points for restaurant Oh de Vie and 17 points for restaurant Spettacolo
  • 4th place in the rating of the best wellness hotels in Switzerland, Sonntagszeitung (Karl Wild)
  • 24th place in the "BILANZ" rating in the category holiday hotels
  • Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice Award 2022 for the hotel
  • Top 4 Family Hotels of falstaff travel
  • 11th place in the rating best winter hotels 5*, Sonntagszeitung
  • 10th place of best Gourmet Hotels CONNOISSEUR CIRCLE

2021

  • Gault & Millau 14 points for the restaurant Oh de Vie and 17 points for the restaurant Spettacolo
  • Stefan Lünse Chef of the month February by Gault & Millau
  • 4th place in the rating of the best wellness hotels in Switzerland by the Sonntagszeitung
  • 16th place in the "Bilanz" rating in the category holiday hotels
  • 91 points and 3 forks from Falstaff (restaurant Spettacolo)
  • Booking.com Traveller Review Award (score 8.6)
  • Recognised by EFQM 4 Star
  • 11th place in the rating best winter hotels 5*, Sonntagszeitung
  • CONNOISSEUR CIRCLE - The best hotels of Switzerland

2020

  • Gault & Millau confirms 16 points (Restaurant Spettacolo) resp. raises to 14 points (Restaurant Oh de Vie)
  • 11th place in the rating of the best winter hotels in Switzerland by the Sonntagszeitung
  • 5th place in the rating of the best wellness hotels in Switzerland by the Sonntagszeitung
  • 17th place in the "Bilanz" rating in the category holiday hotels
  • TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Award 2020 for the hotel as well as the restaurants Spettacolo and Bühlberg

2019

  • Stefan Lünse Head Chef of the Year in the "Bilanz" Rating
  • 13th place in the rating of the best winter hotels in Switzerland by the Sonntagszeitung
  • 23rd place in the "Bilanz" rating in the category holiday hotels
  • 4th place in the rating by the Sonntagszeitung in the category "best wellness hotels in Switzerland"
  • Top10 placement in the ranking "best 60 Spa-Hotels in Switzerland and the neighboring countries" by Claus Schweitzer (Handelszeitung)
  • 7th place in the list "Hot-Ten: the most beautiful Spas in Switzerland" by Gault Millau
  • Gault & Millau confirms 16 Points (Restaurant Spettacolo) resp. newly awards 13 points (Restaurant Oh de Vie)
  • Admission to the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame for receiving the Certificate of Excellence 5 years in a row
  • Winner in the Wellness category of the "222 best hotels in Switzerland" by Connoisseur Circle
  • Admission to the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame for receiving the Certificate of Excellence 5 years in a row
  • TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Award 2019
  • TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for the Hotel and Restaurants Oh de Vie and Bühlberg
  • Swiss Wine List Award 2019 by Vinuum for the wine list at Spettacolo (4/5) and Oh de Vie (3/5)
  • National Geographic Traveller Spa and Wellness Collection Award

2018

  • Swiss Location Award Winner - Category „Best enjoyable eventlocations of Switzerland“
  • Stefan Lünse is chef of the month January by Gault Millau
  • 16 Points Gault & Millau confirmation (Restaurant Spettacolo)
  • TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Award 2018
  • 14th place in the rating by the Sonntagszeitung in the category "best holiday hotels in Switzerland"

2017

  • Rank 10. Best European SPA-Hotels (Handelszeitung)
  • Tripadvisor Travellers‘ Choice 2017 - Rank 2 “Romantic Hotels”, Rank 7 “Top Luxury hotels”, Rank 13 “Top 25 Hotels of Switzerland”
  • Rank 17 Best Swiss Holiday Hotels of Switzerland (Sonntagszeitung)
  • Swiss Location Award, Rank 3 „Best Delight Hotels of Switzerland“
  • Swiss Location Award, Rank 3 „Best Weddinglocation of Switzerland“ (Restaurant Bühlberg)
  • 16 Points Gault & Millau confirmation (Restaurant Spettacolo)
  • Best Guest Check of Switzerland (Connaisseur Circle)
  • Nomination of Jan Stiller - Top 3 "Hotelier of the Year"
  • Rank 4 "Best Swiss Holiday Hotels" (NZZ Stil)
  • Rank 15 "Best Swiss Hotels" (NZZ Stil)