Frequently Asked Questions

Unfortunately, we cannot offer breakfast yet (until our café opens). If you’ve booked a room without its own kitchen, the following option might work well for you:
Our not-yet-opened café can be used free of charge by our guests. You’ll find a coffee machine, a kettle, a microwave, a fridge, plates, cups – everything you need for a simple, cozy breakfast.
If this sounds good to you, just let us know and we’ll gladly show you the space!

If you prefer having breakfast elsewhere, there are several nice places nearby:

• Bäckerei & Konditorei Nöbauer (1.5 km): Fresh pastries, coffee, classic Austrian breakfast.

• Parkhotel Hirschwang: • Bäckerei & Konditorei Nöbauer (1.5 km): Fresh pastries, coffee, classic Austrian breakfast.

• Park Café: Atmospheric café right by the pond, with a small outdoor playground – ideal in summer! UPDATE from 2025 November: closed

• Café Alber in Payerbach: Cozy, classic breakfast café, 5 minutes by car.

• Café Konditorei Reichenau

Within a radius of about 2 km, you’ll find several restaurants:

• Schloss Stuben

• Restaurant Payerbacherhof

• La Torre : Italian restaurant run by a Hungarian team

• Reichenauerhof (currently temporarily closed)

For special occasions, we highly recommend Looshaus am Kreuzberg: Looshaus am Kreuzberg

More restaurant tips – especially for gluten-free options – can be found in our blog post:

👉Gluten-Free Adventures – Recommendations Around Waldschlössl

Yes, several! Besides the cafés already mentioned in the breakfast section, one in particular deserves special attention:

• Le petit Pâtisserie

A small, exquisite patisserie in Reichenau, where the owner works with incredible care and taste. If you find it open, it’s absolutely worth a visit!

You can also find delicious pastries and coffee here:

• Bäckerei & Konditorei Nöbauer

• Café Alber 

• Park Café (from 2025 November currently closed)

• Café Konditorei Reichenau 

• Check-in: from 3:00 pm

• Check-out: by 10:00 am at the latest

If you would like to arrive earlier or leave later, just let us know – we’re flexible whenever possible!

There isn’t a fully equipped shared kitchen, but in the not-yet-open café, there is a seating area available where you can prepare simple meals – especially breakfast – on your own.

You’ll find the following available for your use: microwave, refrigerator, freezer, electric kettle, dishes, and a coffee machine.

In the Reichenau an der Rax region, tap water is perfectly safe to drink. It comes mainly from the pristine springs of the Rax and Schneeberg mountains and is considered some of the highest-quality drinking water in Austria. It tastes fresh, is strictly monitored, and flows straight from nature into your home – a real treat after a hike or anytime during the day. If you’re visiting the area, you can skip the bottled water and simply refill your bottle from the tap.

We cannot predict whether there will be snow here, or how much. Waldschlössl is located at about 580 meters above sea level, so nothing can be guaranteed. In recent years, there have been times when we already had 20 cm of snow at the beginning of December, but it completely melted by Christmas. Other times, it snowed exactly at Christmas, we even went on a snowy hike on March 31. Last year, however, there was so little precipitation that the Rax could practically be climbed snow-free on January 1.

What’s certain is that there are sledding tracks on Semmering, on Stuhleck and on St. Corona am Wechsel. These usually open on the first or second weekend of December, depending on the weather. You can also ski there, and they are only 20–35 minutes away from us by car.

On the Rax, once the first major snowfall arrives, you can go snowshoe hiking.

f enough snow falls on the Rax (which didn’t happen last year, but in all years before that), there is a natural sledding track where you can sled all winter long: We Found Winter – with Kids, a Sled, and a Backpack on the Rax.