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:

2025

  • Honored 'The 101 best hotels in Switzerland 2025' in the category Luxury Alpine Resorts
  • Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice 2025
  • falstaff Hotel Guide 2025 with the rating 'outstanding'
  • Swiss Wine Gourmet 2025: 'Three glasses'
  • 7th place of the 20 best Wellness hotels of «Karl Wild & Andrin Willi Hotelrating Schweiz 2025/2026»


2024

  • falstaff SPA Awards 2024 with the rating 'Excellent' and 93 points
  • falstaff Restaurant- und Beizenguide 2025: The restaurant «Spettacolo» obtains 92 points
  • 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
  • 18th place in Karl Wild's ranking 'of the 25 best winter hotels with 5 stars'
  • 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'
  • Honoured by the connoisseur circle as one of the 10 best gourmet hotels in Switzerland

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)