Review: the Park Hyatt Zurich hotel

This is our review of the Park Hyatt Zurich hotel.

We spent last weekend in Zurich, visiting some friends who were transferred there.  We stayed at the Park Hyatt hotel in Zurich which is seen as one of the Hyatt flagship properties.  (It is one of only seven hotels to be in the new super-expensive Category 7 for Hyatt Gold Passport redemptions.)  On this basis, Park Hyatt Zurich seems worthy of a Head for Points review.

Clearly, we could have done the trip more cheaply.  In fact, we could have done it for nothing via the Crowne Plaza or Four Points on points.  However, Zurich is expensive however you do it, and the gap between the good and average came down quite a bit with Hyatt’s special family deal.

We got a second, connecting room for children for a 65% discount, plus free breakfast and a 4pm check-out on Sunday.  This deal is not available via the Hyatt website.  You need to spot it on the hotel website and then call them directly to book.  It brought the cost of the 2nd room for the kids down to CHF 245 which, for Zurich, is astonishingly reasonable.

Architecturally, there is noting clever about the building.  It is situated in the business quarter (albeit that Zurich is very small and nothing is far from anywhere).  The exterior highlights the huge windows:

and sets the scene for the spectacular lobby and lounge areas:

The bedrooms were surprisingly large for a European city centre hotel, as you can see below (these are my own pictures).  All the usual bells and whistles you would expect at this level were present and correct.   The most interesting point was the doors in the bathroom which open up – you can see the bath behind the bed in my shots.

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Little things worked well, which is a key mark of a high-end hotel.  For example, the connecting doors between our two rooms opened to 180 degrees, flat against the wall.  You wouldn’t believe how many hotels have connecting doors which do NOT open to 180 degrees, making it very difficult to manoeuvre around the room.

On the downside, the ’50 Shades of Beige’ colour scheme was muted, to say the least.  The kids room also had a definite smell of smoke in it.  All in all, the rooms worked well.  The hotel corridors were also amazingly wide and had windows on one side, making them far lighter than usual.

We only ate breakfast at the hotel, so can’t comment on the (very fancy looking) restaurant and bar.  Breakfast was not ideal, to be honest.  There is no formal dining area – seating is bar-like, with comfy chairs arranged around low tables.  Not ideal for kids, and indeed not ideal for eating certain things.  The modest size of the hotel was also reflected in the modest buffet, although cooked items were available – and were included in our ‘free breakfast’ package.

We would stay here again – it got my wife’s seal of approval.  It is not as good or as noteworthy as the Four Seasons Geneva, though, which we enjoyed a few years ago.  For a longer stay, though, I think we would try the Dolder Grand on the edge of town, which is a genuine landmark property.

Sheraton is also about to open a brand new property in Zurich, which may be worth a look.

You can find out more about the Park Hyatt, and book, on the Hyatt website here.

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