Hotel HelmhausvsGreulich Design & Boutique Hotel
Both hotels are rated highly by professional travelers. On balance, Hotel Helmhaus scores marginally better than Greulich Design & Lifestyle Hotel. Hotel Helmhaus ranks #10 in Zurich with endorsements from 6 reviews like Oyster, Time Out and Frommer's.
Hotel Helmhaus
Schifflaende 30, Zurich 8001, Switzerland
From $197/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
"This carefully run hotel is in the city centre near the lake. It will impress with its cosy, good val ue and up-to-date furnishings. There is a friendly and modern breakfast room."
Frommer's
"In the center of Zurich, Helmhaus is 5 minutes from Paradeplatz/Bahnhofstrasse, the opera house, major museums, and the lake." Full review
Star Service
"Quality is high at this B&B, and service cheerful, but you'll find little outside of your well-insulated contemporary room." Full review
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The Hotel Helmhaus is a upper-middle-range, family-run boutique hotel set on a cobbled square overlooking the River Limmat in Zurich's Old Town." Full review
Time Out
"Ideally located in the Niederdorf and just by the banks of the Limmat river, this four star establishment is rated amongst the best in town." Full review
Lonely Planet
"Featuring an enviable Old Town location within walking distance of everything, this four-star place on a pedestrianised street has 24 rooms spread over five floors." Full review
Greulich Design & Boutique Hotel
Herman Greulich Strasse 56, Zurich CH-8004, Switzerland
From $348/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Michelin Guide
"Smart, bright and minimalist, the rooms (which include some junior suites) are accessible from the interior courtyard with its birch trees, sound sculpture and herb garden."
Concierge
"This is half-Zen, half-Brothers Grimm, with its fairy groves of slim-trunked silver birches and its reflecting pools with floating flower heads."
Lonely Planet
"The curving blue-grey walls lend this designer digs in a quieter part of Kreis 4 a retro art-deco touch." Full review
Frommer's
"This sleek boutique hotel is a hidden gem in a quiet but trendy part of town, and it's just five minutes by tram from the city center." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"Greulich is Zurich’s original design hotel. It has a crisp, arty aesthetic, daily yoga classes overlooking a grove of silver birches and a cosy ‘living room’." Full review
Afar Magazine
"The curving navy-blue Greulich packs a dollop of high intensity design on an otherwise quiet, residential stretch of trendy Kreis 4." Full review
Time Out
"The rooms are contemporary, spacious and bright, and the restaurant and bar are popular with locals." Full review