Widder Hotel - Zurich, Switzerland 

The design and decoration of the hotel feels forced and the room service and cleaning service is overly zealous, constantly calling and entering the room despite being asked to come back later. The food (room service) is only average and it is impossible to find anything (minibar or safe) in the room since everything has been cleverly hidden in odd places. The lift is lovely, though, and so is the location.

Located in the center of Zurich (1 km from train station), this really beautiful hotel does everything well : 1. A wonderful design, mixing traditionnal and contemporary styles with elegance. The hotel was built in the middle of the 90's, and it still looks very modern and clean 2. Every room is specific, and mine (room 308) was really pleasant : nice leather furnitures, B&O equipment (2 flat screens and 1 hi-fi), ... I just consider the bathroom to be a bit "old-fashioned". 3. The service meets every expectation : "clés d'or" concierge, experienced staff, ... this is even the first time I was offered a set of business cards with my name and my room phone number when arriving at the hotel ! 4. The jazz bar is very famous and hosted a lot of celebrities. Furthermore, they have an incredible choice of Whiskeys. I got only 1 concern : the breakfast. Atlhough the service was still excellent, there is no "buffet-style" breakfast and you have to pay 25 CHF for an orange juice, a coffee and a set of "vienoiseries"... It could have been more sexy.