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Hotel zum Storchen
Am Weinplatz 2
CH-8001 Zürich 22
Switzerland
GPS: Storchengasse 16
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Guest Book
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December 2, 2009 |
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Frisco, USA |
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My husband and I had the opportunity to spend one night at your lovely hotel lasty week while on Holiday. It was splendid - - our room was beautiful, the staff was courteous, the location was perfect and breakfast the next day was outstanding! In fact, the "Birchermuesli" prepared by your kitchen staff was the best I have ever eaten. The fresh blackberries and currants made it extra special. To that end, I wondered if you would be willing to share your recipe with me? We have nothing like that here in the states, but as an avid cook, I am more than willing to try my hand at making it myself! Thank you!! Sers Molly
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October, 2009 |
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Raphael Saginur, Ottawa Canada |
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Dear Mr. Arnold
My wife and I stayed in the Hotel Zum Storchen October 2 and 3. It was an absolute delight and I want to thank you. The hotel is beautiful and exquisitely maintained. The setting, the food, the professional and attentive staff all enhanced our experience. We appreciated the note of greeting from you and the champagne, which we used for a toast of welcome with our friends in the city.
I have already taken advantage of the opportunity to recommend the hotel to a friend in Shanghai, who shall be visiting Zurich,
In short, we had a wonderful albeit brief stay and we look forward to returning to the wonderful Hotel Zum Storchen.
Sincerely, Raphael Saginur, M.D.
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Aug 1, 2006 |
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London |
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«Really spacious nice rooms»
What a splendid hotel. Not cheap, but if you fancy really feeling pampered, this is the place to be. Everything from over-eager porter taking your luggage up and demonstrating the electric beds, to being welcomed with a plate of fruit by a nervous maid ten minutes into our stay, to breakfast on the terrace overlooking the river, was simply pure joy. We ate out, at a delightfully eccentric restaurant round the corner, but the room was beautifully spacious and really a pleasure to be in. The TV channels are CNN and BBC World for the English speaker; the wifi moderately expensive from Swisscom, but if you want to pamper yourself while in this delightful city, you really can't go far wrong.
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Jun 22, 2006 |
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Port charlotte, Florida |
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«Almost perfect»
My husband and I spent two nights at the Hotel Zum Storchen in Zurich just last week. Joining us were our daughter and son-in-law and our son, so we had a total of three rooms. Rate for the double rooms (rooms 204 and 424) was 602 CHF per room and for the single room (320), 439 CHF. We had corresponded with the concierge prior to our arrival via email, requesting early checkin, airport transfer upon arrival, and a guide for a tour of Zurich the morning after our arrival.
Upon arrival at the Zurich airport, our driver was waiting in the arrivals area with a sign. Immediately upon arrival, my husband used the ATM in the airport to acquire CHF (the best way to acquire local currency without fees - check with your bank to see if this is true for your particular account). As there were 5 of us with a lot of baggage (3 would continue on to Russia for a week), the hotel sent a van with plenty of room. Transfer to the hotel was about 20 minutes. If you aren’t burdened by a lot of baggage, there is frequent train service to the Zurich HB and then about a 10 to 15 minute walk to the hotel.
The hotel is located right on the Limmat River in the Old Town. Upon arrival, about 10:00 am, two of our three rooms were available. Checkin was fast and friendly - they were expecting us and were apologetic that the third room was not not vacated. However, we all had plenty of space and access to bathrooms to freshen up and begin to explore the city. Room 204 was quite spacious for a European city hotel, overlooking a street in the Old Town. Room 320 was a single, on the small side, overlooking the river. Room 424 was also a double overlooking the river, though not as spacious as room 204. As a previous TA review reported, there is a great deal of construction along the river and, in my opinion, the rooms facing away from the river are a better bet at this time. Construction doesn’t begin until about 9:00 am each morning, but it certainly does impact the charm.
All the rooms had lovely bathrooms, though of varying size. Plenty of towels, combined shower/tubs, nice toiletries. Beds had plenty of pillows, down duvets and lovely, crisp linens. Housekeeping made sure the rooms were spotless. Our request for a blanket rather than a duvet was honored our second night there. Plenty of closet space, drawer space, hangers, etc. Oddly enough, we didn’t have an iron and ironing board (that is so common in the US), though there was a hair dryer in the bathroom. We were told at another Swiss hotel on this trip that in-room irons are considered a fire hazard in Switzerland (maybe someone knows if that is true). Housekeeping would have ironed clothing for us, but we just decided to stay a bit wrinkled. Breakfast was included in the room rate. We ate each morning on the terrace overlooking the river, off the breakfast room. The buffet was plentiful - fruit, juices, baked goods, smoked salmon, cereals, dried meats, cheese, etc. Additionally, you could order, for an additional charge, egg dishes, cooked meats, etc. We found the buffet to be more than adequate and well presented.
We didn’t eat at the hotel restaurant, though we did have drinks one evening at the restaurant on the lovely square in front of the hotel. You must linger here, day or night, if only for a cup of coffee. It’s fascinating to people watch and feel the ambience of the Old Town. Service was quite expectional from the employees. Salvatore the concierge was a real gem and the staff at the front desk always greeted us by name after the first morning. Our guided tour was quite good, though very expensive. It lasted about 3 hours, and we honestly saw more of Zurich than we expected. In retrospect, it was a little too long and involved a lot of walking. If you might be interested in a private tour, be sure to specify how long you want to tour and how much walking you are willing to undertake. We ate at two restaurants recommended by the hotel - Zeughauskeller in the Old Town (less than 2 minutes from the hotel) and Ristorante Napoli, an Italian restaurant about a 10 minute from the hotel by cab. Both were the type of restaurants we requested and we enjoyed both very much.I would have given the hotel an excellent rating except for the one problem we encountered. One of the rooms, 424, was very warm upon checkin. And yes, Zurich was very warm during our stay (in the 80’s) and we know very well that there is very little airconditioning in Europe. The room was warmer than outside. Maintenance was called and told our daughter that the airconditioning was working just fine. We knew that wasn’t true, as we had cooled our room to 72 degrees, as had our son in his room. Upon returning late in the afternoon to clean up for dinner, the room was still very hot (80 degree +) and maintenance was again called - same result. After dinner, our son-in-law went down to the front desk to complain and, lo and behold, a new maintenance person found that the vent had been stuffed/blocked with newspapers and there was no airflow - hence no airconditioning. It should never had taken more than one complaint to solve this problem and certainly after the second complaint several hours later, a room change should have been offered. By the third complaint, our opinion of the hotel had dropped a notch. Airconditioning aside, I would still highly recommend this hotel. It has a wonderful location, lovely rooms, and very attentive employees attuned to the needs and desires of their guests. Our first trip to Zurich was a treat for us all.
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