Our review is from the perspective of three women from out of the country:
Our expectations were not met as the listing’s Space section specifically mentioned that the space provides a “touch of luxury”. If this was meant to describe the neighborhood and not “The Space” I would agree about the luxury, but the space itself gives more of a hostel-shared hotel type of environment.
To note for future guests, the shower and restroom for guests is located in the bar’s administration office which is right next to the bar’s men’s restroom. We didn’t feel comfortable showering on busy bar nights for this reason. Granted, one of the nights we stayed was for Carnival and all of Zürich was very lively.
On that note, the noise both nights was very loud but on the night of the Carnival Festival, the noise was impossible to sleep through until 3am and unfortunately we had to leave for our next flight at 4am. We didn’t know this holiday was happening when we made this booking or otherwise would have better planned. We have videos of incredibly loud drums playing at 2am, as an example. Do not stay here if you are hoping for quiet nights even on weekdays. But—If you want a lively middle aged bar scene, this is perfect.
There was helpful information located on the welcome brochure that I think should have been in the listing, which are the following two excerpts:
“Zurich had a high standard in the hotel industry; we will never be able to compete. Therefore, we highly recommend foreign guests to indulge in one if you can afford to.”
“If you have a hard time sleeping before midnight because of the music playing downstairs, make sure not to feel molested but instead to join in on the party and buy yourself a drink.”
I hope this is helpful! If the listing had included these details, we probably would have gone elsewhere as this wasn’t the experience we wanted before a big flight and, at the very least, our expectations would have been better managed.