Baur au Lac

On Google Hotels, read on 28 September 2026, the official site asked for a night for two €1,250 on Tuesday 13 October, €1,250 on 17 November, €1,356 on 8 December, €1,144 on 9 February, €1,356 on 20 April and €1,779 on 15 June; 31 December had no prices. The lowest seller went down to €1,212 on 13 October and €1,122 on 9 February. Breakfast is extra, CHF 52 per person; the rate includes the soft-drinks minibar, with alcohol too in suites, twice-daily housekeeping and VAT. Cancellation is free until noon the day before.

No, as the hotel itself says: no spa, sauna, steam room or pool. There is a fitness club on the fifth floor, open to guests from 6.30am to 10pm, with the lake and the Alps in its windows; the concierge arranges massages and physiotherapy. For a swim in summer, the hotel lends towels and a bag for the public lake baths: the Frauenbad is 5 minutes’ walk away, the Seebad Utoquai 14, open until 25 October 2026. The spa with a sauna and steam room that Agoda describes does not exist.

2 restaurants, Marguita and Baur’s, plus Le Hall and the bar; the Pavillon, no. It held 2 Michelin stars, closed in 2024, and Marguita took its place: Mediterranean, 15 GaultMillau points, lunch from noon to 1.45pm and dinner from 6pm to 9.45pm, closed 12 to 18 October 2026. Baur’s Brasserie, 14 points, was closed until 11 October 2026 on its own site and from 18 October serves Sunday brunch, 11am to 3pm; Baur’s bar opens every evening from 6pm on the hotel’s site, Monday to Saturday from 3pm on its own. Le Hall serves all day. Expedia still promises “a Michelin star rated meal”, and a Telegraph review still online describes the Pavillon: both describe a restaurant that is no longer there.

CHF 52 per person, on top of the room rate. Marguita serves a buffet and à la carte dishes, from 7am to 10.30am on weekdays and 7am to 11am at weekends, with honey from the park’s own bees. If you would rather eat in your room, in-room dining runs 24 hours.

12.6 km, about 15 minutes by car without traffic, and a taxi costs about CHF 65. There is no scheduled shuttle: the hotel runs private transfers, CHF 150 by day and CHF 170 at night in a Mercedes S-Class, CHF 230 and 280 in a Bentley. By train and tram it takes about 25 minutes. For the Bentley the hotel’s own pages give 2 prices: its voucher shop sells the transfer at CHF 150, while the transfer page says CHF 230 by day.

At Talstrasse 1, right in the centre, inside its park on the Schanzengraben, and quiet, especially on the park side. The lake at Bürkliplatz is 3 minutes’ walk away, Paradeplatz and Bahnhofstrasse 5, the main station 19. The park shields most rooms; those on the street hear more of the city, and Booking.com warns of building work nearby on weekdays.

119, 46 of them suites, in 8 categories: the 25 m² Single Room, the 35 m² Double Room, the 50 m² Junior Suite, the 60 m² Lakeside Junior Suite and City Suite, the 65 m² River Suite, the 70 m² Lakeside Suite and the 90 m² Lakeside Corner Suite. The lake and the park come into view from the Lakeside Junior Suite up; only some rooms have a balcony, and up to 7 rooms can be connected.

Yes, just across the road: the Baur au Lac Garage, at Glärnischstrasse 18, costs CHF 45 a day, with valet parking included for guests and EV charging. If you are only coming to eat, you will need to park elsewhere.

Yes, at CHF 45 a day per dog, with a bed bearing the hotel’s name, bowls and a dog menu. They may not enter the restaurants, except on Marguita’s terrace; for walks, the lake is 3 minutes away.

The reception, yes; the civil ceremony, no. Le Petit Palais, 206 m², takes 200 guests, or 300 with Salons I and II; hire costs CHF 1,500 against a minimum spend of CHF 8,500. Smaller rooms cost CHF 750 to 1,000, and in summer there is the Lindenplatz in the park. For the vows themselves you go to the registry office: the Baur au Lac is not among the city’s civil-wedding venues.

Yes, 4 of them, on Thursday 31 December 2026 from 7pm, drinks excluded. At Marguita, 5 courses at CHF 385; at Baur’s, 5 courses at CHF 340, or CHF 195 vegan; in the Chalet au Lac in the park, cheese fondue or fondue chinoise at CHF 295; in Le Hall, 3 courses at CHF 155. Tickets are sold in the hotel’s online shop.

Connecting rooms, yes: in some categories up to 7 connect, and a Double Room can adjoin a Junior Suite or a River Suite. From a double room upwards, an extra bed for a third guest aged 3 or over costs CHF 120 a night, with at most 3 guests a room, according to the official site, read on 15 October 2026. Cots for children up to age 3 are provided on request, according to the same page, which gives no price for them.

Check-in from 3pm, check-out by noon. Staying until 2pm costs nothing when there is room; until 6pm it is half the rate, after that the full rate. To be certain of your room before 3pm, book the night before as well. Reception and the concierge never close: they run 24 hours.