We stayed for 3 nights in a room with a lake view after seeing ratings on Tripadvisor. The hotel is small and quaint, very clean, basic and comfortable. The island is very small, it takes about 5 minutes to walk around and it does feel like you are slightly stranded – however, Stresa is also very small so you may feel like this anyway. It did feel slightly inconvenient to be on the island. Apparently the hotel can book you free transport after the public ferry stops, but I did not see this stated anywhere except in my guide book. Also I have read reviews about hot breakfast but did not see that anywhere. On the flipside, the croissants were very fresh and tasty. Be careful if you are arriving late, we had to book a different hotel the first night because of lack of transport to the island.