Ambassador Hotel ZurichvsGreulich Design & Boutique Hotel
Both properties are praised by professional travelers. Overall, Small Luxury Hotel Ambassador a l’Opera scores slightly better than Greulich Design & Lifestyle Hotel. Small Luxury Hotel Ambassador a l’Opera ranks #8 in Zurich with praise from 6 publications like The Telegraph, Travel + Leisure and Star Service.
Ambassador Hotel Zurich
Falkenstrasse 6, Zurich 8008, Switzerland
From $353/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Michelin Guide
"This former patrician's house is right next to the opera house. As an extra in the rooms: electrically adjustable beds and espresso machines."
Frommer's
"One of our favorite hotels in Zurich is a small-scale gem with a lot of charm and pizzazz." Full review
Oyster
Upscale
"The Ambassador à l’Opéra is an upscale, boutique property across the street from the Opera House and just a block from Lake Zurich." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"This exceptional property, with 45 rooms and one suite, is located inside a former castle directly across from the opera house." Full review
Star Service
"This well-run hotel fits comfortably into the boutique category and delivers some serious competition to the more straightforward Eden Au Lac." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"Ambassador à l’Opéra cuts a fine neo-Baroque figure beside Zurich Opera House. A good price to comfort ratio plays out in feather-soft beds, shiny bathrooms with natural toiletries and relative quiet." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"Ambassador Hotel pairs neo-Baroque exteriors with sophisticated design to suit its handsome neighbour, Zurich Opera House" 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