Your hosts, the Barth family
What once began with a manageable gastronomic offering has become a successful and traditional family business in Mainz and the highest-grossing private hotel in all of Rhineland-Palatinate:
Fifty years ago, on April 15, 1971 to be precise, the restaurateur couple Eberhard and Kristina Barth took over the then-named "Favorite" city park restaurant as tenants from Allianz, which had built the Favorite in the 1960s. In the following years, the establishment grew steadily. The grand visions and ideas of Anja and Christian Barth continue to shape the Favorite of today.
The two of them put an incredible amount of courage, ambition and above all, passion into their beautiful house – with success!
For this, they were honored with the "Hotelier of the Year" award in 2019.
And the success story continues! The third generation has arrived at Favorite. The two daughters, Julia and Anna, are now both part of the management team.
We look forward to your visit to our location in Mainz!
Those who work hard,
should rest properly!
As early as 1792, after the imperial coronation of Franz Joseph Karl at the Princes' Day in Frankfurt, the route then led to the Favorite pleasure palace.
1700
Elector Franz Lothar von Schönborn chose the banks of the Rhine as the location for his pleasure palace "Favorite".
1971
City Park Restaurant: Kristina and Eberhard Barth – The couple had leased Favorite from Allianz at that time.
1978
FAVORITE becomes property: The Barths buy the city park restaurant and expand it to include the sun terrace and event rooms.
1983
Hotel extension in the Rhine wing – 43 rooms were built.
1990
A new banquet area was built.
1998
Construction of the swimming pool area.
2000
Anja and Christian Barth lease “The restaurant at the Parkhotel”
2004
Purchase and takeover of the company by Anja and Christian Barth
2005
Construction of the park wing and 80 new rooms. Total of 123 rooms.
2007
Hotel dog Don came to live with the family.
2010
construction of Hofgut Laubenheimer Höhe.
2014
The number of rooms has been increased by 21, and the conference center has been renovated. There are now a total of 144 rooms.
since 2017
The two daughters, Anna and Julia Barth, are joining the business from different locations.
Behind the scenes, you work from home in various locations.
2019
Award for "Hotelier of the Year".
2020
Complete renovation of the hotel lobby, the rooms in the Rhine wing and the kitchen
Julia Barth joins the company permanently as Sales & Marketing Manager.
2020
Hotel dog Mogli joins the family.
