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X-TRA Hotel vs Boutique Hotel Helvetia

Both properties are rated very highly by writers. Overall, X-TRA Hotel ranks slightly better than Hotel Helvetia. X-TRA Hotel comes in at 71 with positive reviews from 3 publications including Lonely Planet, DK Eyewitness and Frommer's.

X-TRA Hotel
X-TRA Hotel
7 / 10
Limmatstrasse 118, Zurich 8005, Switzerland
From $237 /night
  • Pet Friendly
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Free Breakfast
  • Shuttle Bus
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Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"A top choice, X-tra is a satisfying combo of exceptionally good value for money and style." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"One of Switzerland’s best-known budget hotels, with an eye and ear for youth culture. Music events are regularly scheduled and rooms feature abstract paintings in bright colours."
Time Out Time Out
"Located on Limmatplatz, this hotel in the multi-purpose X-Tra venue has a bar, club, event hall and vegan restaurant." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"This hostel will appeal primarily to those on a tight budget and those who want to be close to the party. It shares its austere Bauhaus building with the city’s largest nightclub" Full review
Boutique Hotel Helvetia
Boutique Hotel Helvetia
7 / 10
Stauffacherquai 1, Zurich 8004, Switzerland
From $144 /night
  • Pet Friendly
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
"Your host at the Helvetia is relaxed and friendly, just like his hotel where you will quickly feel at home."
Concierge Concierge
"Perched on the banks of the Sihl River in the hip Kreis 4 neighborhood, the 16-room Hotel Helvetia has become a hub for the city's edgy art community."
Afar Magazine Afar Magazine
"Occupying a stately green building on the banks of the Sihl River, this intimate 16-room hotel straddles the border between the moneyed Altstadt (Old Town) and hipper Kreis 4." Full review
The Telegraph The Telegraph
8.0
"This boutique hotel on the River Sihl in central Zurich combines Art Nouveau good looks with design-led charisma." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Rooms are compact but it's a small price to pay when it comes to accessing affordable luxury in an ideal city centre location. " Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
"Built on the banks of the Sihl River in the hip Creis 4 neighborhood, the 16-room Hotel Helvetia has become a hub for the city’s edgy art community, many of whose members have made the cozy street-level café-bar cum lobby their preferred hangout and also pack the hotel’s candlelit restaurant, reached via a sturdy oak staircase, for the comfort food of Zurich native chef Françoise Wicki, a rising culinary star" Full review