Victoria

“Excellent situation a few steps from the main station”

Central located hotel in Lausanne, very and clean, rooms are spacious, clean and well decored. Very large bath room with shower and a good set of anemities. Breakfast is good and with a large variety of dishes. Personal at reception very attentive. ONLY point, with the shorte water siuation, hot w… more

Central located hotel in Lausanne, very and clean, rooms are spacious, clean and well decored. Very large bath room with shower and a good set of anemities. Breakfast is good and with a large variety of dishes. Personal at reception very attentive. ONLY point, with the shorte water siuation, hot water comes after several minutes, long time, so waste of water is a matter

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“Mostly good hotel. Didn’t like the bed”

The location of this hotel is brilliant for access to the main railway station and the metro but it’s not the old town so the restaurants are mostly fast food and no Swiss food. It doesn’t look very special from the outside and the lift is not easily accessible on arrival. The decor is old fashione… more

The location of this hotel is brilliant for access to the main railway station and the metro but it’s not the old town so the restaurants are mostly fast food and no Swiss food. It doesn’t look very special from the outside and the lift is not easily accessible on arrival. The decor is old fashioned and antique but is clean and well looked after. Our room was on the 5th floor looking over some roves and the station. As someone else pointed out in a review the aircon wasn’t working but we opened the window instead and it was nice to have fresh air as the room was very hot. The room was a reasonable size with an old fashioned desk, 3 chairs that weren’t very comfortable. However the bed was extremely soft. We only had one pillow each and that was also very soft. I woke up with bad backache. I knew as soon as I sat on the bed when it just sinker that it would be soft. There was a small entrance area in the room with plenty of wardrobe space, a safe and a mini bar/fridge. There were no tea or coffee making facilities. The bathroom was quite small but the walk in shower was efficient and spacious. There was a big mirror behind the door in the bathroom and over the sink but none in the bedroom or entrance area. There were electrical sockets by the beds but they don’t use standard European plugs. However we knew there were specific plugs for Switzerland alone so we bought one at the airport on the way out. Apparently they do loan them out from reception. Breakfast isn’t included in the price which makes the hotel not such good value for money. I had missed this in the small print when booking. It wouldn’t have stopped me booking but I would have definitely not had the breakfast and would have eaten outside the hotel instead as there were lots of places especially as I’m not a big breakfast eater. The receptionist who checked us in did not point out that their was a charge for the breakfast. It cost 20 Swiss francs per person per day and although the quality was good it was not worth that money. We kept wondering why there was hardly anyone in the breakfast room but then we realised why as people didn’t want to pay for it. The reception staff on the whole were friendly and helpful. They gave us a free metro ticket which was useful. It was a good clean hotel with nice staff but not cheap.

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“Decent for a Station hotel - 4 Stars ?”

Liked · The large room was quiet, decent bathroom. Good lighting and WiFi. Room minibar but no kettle. We had a parking place outside which was great (and free) for Geneva. There are about 6 of these only. Location is good for station and visiting new museum centre at platform 10. Steep climb t… more

Liked · The large room was quiet, decent bathroom. Good lighting and WiFi. Room minibar but no kettle. We had a parking place outside which was great (and free) for Geneva. There are about 6 of these only. Location is good for station and visiting new museum centre at platform 10. Steep climb to old town but you can take the metro with your free travel card. Disliked · Steep steps for luggage - there is a special lift but you need to ask to use it and the staff had disappeared when we tried! It goes down into a crowded basement. Breakfast is not impressive. It is arranged in the lounge, few tables, with a very modest buffet - nothing special to justify Sfr20 pp. We went out as there are many places around the station but a 4 star hotel should do better.

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