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Reviews of Gasthof zur Schweiz

Quergasse 15, 07743 Jena, Germany

#5 of 5 B&Bs and inns in Jena

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 54 hotel reviews

6.9

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    7.6

  • Comfort

    7.0

  • Location

    9.1

  • Facilities

    6.7

  • Staff

    7.4

  • Value for money

    7.4

  • Free Wifi

    7.3

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  • Reviewed: April 3, 2025

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    You pick up your key from a box and fill in a form saying what you want for breakfast. You put the form in a box, although I didn't think the location of this box was obvious. The hotel is unstaffed after breakfast. There's a landline number, although I didn't get a reply when I used it. The mobile number appeared to be out of service. I'm not saying I didn't 'like' any of this, although some people might think it's a bit of a palaver. (No lift, although this didn't bother me.) The place would look more attractive if there were no graffiti on the walls (although graffiti is a general problem everywhere in Germany).

    Large well-furnished room. Quiet but handy location. Good value for money.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: August 5, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Solid - good money for value, meeting expectations. good location

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: December 4, 2023

    7.0
    Overall ok
    • With a pet
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Apartment (1-3 Adults)
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Sad too notice that the bathroom could have been cleaner

    Big cozy room and great location

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: October 16, 2023

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Family Apartment (1-4 people)
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Complicated navigation along many stairs and corridors between some rooms and the restaurant & reception.

    Very central location. Comfortable bed although the room doesn't look great.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: August 20, 2023

    8.0
    Nice older hotel in the heart of Jena
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The hotel is a bit older, so expect that. Parts of the carpet are visibly worn and I could feel every spring in my bed. But the staff was nice and I enjoyed my experience

    Good location in a very cool city. 10-15 minute walk from the station right next to a large number of restaurants. Easy check-in and nice breakfast

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: June 22, 2023

    8.0
    nice stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The greeting getting in the property was difficult, would have liked coffee facilities in the room

    when we arrived we had to knock/ring several times before someone came, no staff about. but apart from that all is good

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: June 17, 2023

    7.0
    Old school hotel in a nice part of town
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Minimal service, also it is visible that the hotel has been renovated in the 90s and not much has been done since. The wifi is so slow it is basically non-existent.

    Very spacious rooms, great location, nice old school feel.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: May 28, 2023

    8.0
    Very noce, I'm thinking of coming back one more time ;)
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 5 nights

    The lighting in the room is quite poor. Especially in the hall, where there's a mirror. You have almost a zero chance to understand how you look in the daylight if you check it there. The quality of towels - they were clean, but too old or tired, so there's a feeling that they're not fresh. Bed was too soft for me.

    Location is superb! Everything at hand! I like the interior and spacious room. It was also very convenient to receive the key along with instructions from the keybox. I would like to thank you for a warm duvet - although it was almost summer the nights were cool.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: July 10, 2022

    7.0
    Cozy and spacious room
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Poor wifi and water pressure.

    Very comfortable and spacious room, easy self-checkin, very comfortable location

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: June 5, 2022

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    excellent location. Polite staff. Very quiet room (facing courtyard).

    Stayed in May 2022

  • Reviewed: December 13, 2024

    3.0
    A hotel on the way downhill
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    I've stayed at this hotel a few times over the past 15 years. Unfortunately, it has been going downhill, the carpets are torn (and probably more than 20 years old), the bed was squeaking, the TV guide shows station that went out of business more than 5 years ago, the wifi is of pre-Youtube standard. The service is minimal and unhelpful, it is the first hotel I've encountered that refused to store luggage for an afternoon. It is sad to see this place going downhill.

    The rooms are still spacious and have a nice homelike atmosphere to them. The location is great, the room was still very quiet.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: November 30, 2024

    3.0
    Overpriced and unsafe
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    - the reception is closed the whole day except breakfast - When I arrived and couldn’t find the key box (hidden in some backyard behind a sketchy metal gate) I had to call many different numbers because the number give by message wasn’t available. The building looked almost abandoned so that I thought I’d been scammed until finally someone called me back and very unfriendly told me how to get the keys - the building is a series of complex corridors with no light that made it frankly quite scary for a woman traveling alone knowing that the reception was not open… - one has to book the breakfast and set the time in advance and then walk through the named corridors to put the list into a box. It makes it all very stressful and plus the list was only given on the first day, so no option to change afterwards - the breakfast itself is ok but some items seemed to have been there for several days so that on the second day of my stay the milk tasted a bit sour… - the internet was barely working which was a problem for me since I was planning to have some online meetings from there, so that I had to find an alternative on the fly - the room was freezing cold and I had to sleep with my clothes on in the first night because no one had bothered to pre-heat the room to a livable minimum - all of this for 80eur per night, is clearly overpriced

    The location is very close to the city center, with restaurants and the university nearby

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: November 27, 2024

    4.0
    I had a good experience with the Man responsible for keys , but the woman war very cold and impolite and no patience. Ro
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    I had a good experience with the Man responsible for keys , but the woman war very cold and impolite and no patience. Room was cold and not clean, old bed cover , dust all around . I was not happy with room and stay . Only good thing was the man responsible who helped me.

    I had a good experience with the Man responsible for keys , but the woman war very cold and impolite and no patience. Room was cold and not clean, old bed cover , dust all around . I was not happy with room and stay . Only good thing was the man responsible who helped me.

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: August 13, 2024

    3.0
    Not good for the money value as it is close to some hotels prices
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The altitude of the lady manager.

    location only

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: May 26, 2024

    2.0
    Very Poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    No reception, not easy to find keys or entrance, room was very basic. Real problem was the smell in the room. Damp or sweaty maybe? Smell came from the bedsheets. Shower gel was in ketchup-like satchels. Had to bite it open. Mattress was old, used, not comfortable.

    Good location in the center

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: February 28, 2024

    4.0
    It waa okay. Not very pleasant. As compared to the facility this is expensive.
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The first thing I was so disappointed , there was no elevator, my room was at 4 th floor. I was sick but the staff helped me out. Thats very thankful

    Breakfast was okay but.there was no many option. Fried egg was not as expected as it was become hard.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: December 22, 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    no claims for it's price

    clean an cozy apartment, good location.

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: October 24, 2023

    5.0
    The hotel is very old...the lighting is bad and there is a smell of dampness
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The hotel is very old...the lighting is bad and there is a smell of dampness

    The location is very great and close to most areas

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: October 22, 2023

    10
    Excellent room with excellent hosts.
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Apartment (1-3 Adults)
    • Stayed 1 night

    The hosts were extremely understanding and went beyond their duties to help me with some formalities.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: August 5, 2023

    4.0
    Simple hotel and so 90 Euro is overpriced
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    TV didn't work, no A/C, hot rooms no drinking water in the room

    Breakfast

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: July 22, 2023

    5.0
    Dated hotel with poor facilities, redeemed by central location
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Apartment (1-3 Adults)
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The ‘car park’ is a building site with space for three cars maximum. Rooms and furnishings are dingy and shabby. Cot provided was not safe or suitable for baby. Breakfast was good but limited and expensive. No lift and unmanned reception.

    Central location, apartments designed with two rooms which is helpful for putting babies down.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: June 17, 2023

    10
    Great place to stay when visiting Jena. Just a short walk into the main town
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Given information of where to collect keys but a little confusing. Eventually found someone to help. Separate building adjacent to hotel where we had breakfast. Breakfast choices to be made the night before. Again a little confusing but all sorted in the morning.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: October 27, 2022

    1.0
    Very Poor
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    No heating in the cold night, called hotel stuff, hotel stuff didnt offer any help, called again, hotel stuff just dont pick up phone call, it is 100%not recommended, super bad service,0 serverice

    location

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: October 16, 2022

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Single Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Relaxed. great location for walking and Kneipen

    Stayed in October 2022

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