The Dolder Grand

Big and complete: 4,000 m², open daily from 6am to 10pm, with treatments from 9am to 9pm and the gym open round the clock to hotel guests. The Aqua Zone, where swimwear is worn, has a 25-metre pool at about 28°C, an indoor whirlpool at 36°C, a sanarium, a “snow paradise”, a steam bath and a terrace with 3 outdoor whirlpools at 15, 36 and 39°C. The Ladies’ Spa and the Gentlemen’s Spa, separate and swimwear-free, each have a sauna, a steam bath, a foot bath, an aroma pool, a plunge pool and a solarium. Then come the surprises: a meditation room under a mirror-mosaic dome, a Japanese sunaburo of warm pebbles, 2 private 70 m² Spa Suites, the Spa Café, open from 10am to 8pm, and a shop. Children aged 12 and over may use the Aqua Zone and have treatments with an adult; the swimwear-free areas are for those aged 16 and over. Booking.com’s listing describes a “13 ft² spa” and “4,000 square yards”: it is 4,000 square metres, as the hotel says.

Yes, for hotel guests, on the day of arrival and the day of departure too, and group fitness classes are free; the rooms Hotels.com sells on Google even carry “Spa Access (12 years+)” in their names. Non-residents come in on a Day Spa pass: CHF 290 a person Monday to Thursday and CHF 460 Friday to Sunday and on public holidays, the whole sum redeemable against treatments, though not at the Spa Café or the shop. The Spa Lunch Break costs CHF 230, Monday to Friday from 11am to 2pm, with CHF 210 of treatment included; the Beauty, Vitality, Relax and Detox days cost from CHF 460 to CHF 550. A 2019 press sheet, still online, gives CHF 260 and CHF 420: those prices are out of date, and the ones on the website apply. The spa also has club members, kept few by the hotel, which does not publish the fee.

Online through the hotel’s shop or by calling the spa on +41 44 456 64 00, and cancellation is free up to 24 hours ahead; after that the treatment is charged in full. The Spa Lunch Break is booked by email to spa@thedoldergrand.com, the Day Spa through the form on the spa page. A 60-minute massage costs from CHF 210 and a 90-minute La Prairie facial CHF 450; a Spa Suite costs CHF 350 for 2 hours, or CHF 450 for the Deluxe, without treatments. The hotel asks you to arrive 30 minutes before a body treatment; robe, slippers and a locker are provided. On public holidays the Day Spa costs the same as from Friday to Sunday: CHF 460 instead of CHF 290.

4, plus a bar. The Restaurant, with 2 Michelin stars and 19 GaultMillau points, serves dinner Wednesday to Saturday from 7pm to 10pm and lunch on Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 2pm. Saltz, with 15 points, is open every day: breakfast from 7am to 10.30am, lunch from noon to 2pm, snacks from 2pm to 5pm, dinner from 5pm to 10pm and, on Saturdays and Sundays, brunch from noon to 3pm. Mikuriya, a Japanese counter on the fourth floor with 17 points, opens Wednesday to Saturday from 6.30pm. blooms, the open-air vegetarian garden restaurant with 16 points, ends its season at the close of September. The Canvas Bar & Lounge is open from 10am to midnight, until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays, when there is live music from 7pm; until the end of October there is also the Le Club Riviera pop-up, and room service runs day and night. Google Hotels and Tripadvisor mention “two restaurants”: there are 4.

CHF 340 for the 7-course dinner, or CHF 300 in its vegetarian version, to be requested when you book; at lunch the 5-course menu costs CHF 150. Tables for up to 4 are booked online through Tock; for 5 or more you send an enquiry, and the last dinner table is at 7.45pm. Cancellation is free up to 72 hours ahead, after which CHF 100 a person is charged; the dress code is elegant or business casual. The Chef’s Table, inside the kitchen, seats 4 to 5 on the same menu at the same prices, and the private dining room takes up to 12. The wine list runs to more than 800 wines.

Not in the basic rate, and the hotel does not publish the price: CHF 55 a person and CHF 27.50 for children aged 4 to 11 according to Trip.com, “from CHF 65” according to The Telegraph in June 2025. On the hotel’s booking page, rates with and without breakfast appear for the dates you choose. It is served at Saltz from 7am to 10.30am, from a buffet and to order. Saltz’s brunch, on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 3pm, costs CHF 128, or CHF 186 with free-flowing champagne. And from 30 October to 28 February, Friday to Sunday, afternoon tea is served in the historic lobby: CHF 119 a person, at 1pm or 3.30pm.

Recommended at Saltz, required at Mikuriya, and not possible at the Canvas Bar. Saltz is booked online through Tock; cancellation is free up to 24 hours ahead, after which CHF 50 a person is charged. At Mikuriya the menu costs CHF 330, cancellation must reach the hotel 72 hours ahead or CHF 100 a person is charged, and guests must be 12 or over. The counter has 7 seats according to the restaurant’s own page and 8 according to the hotel’s dining page: very few, either way. Guests meet in the lobby and are taken up to the fourth floor.

Indoors: 25 metres long, about 28°C, in the spa’s Aqua Zone, for children aged 12 and over with an adult. Outdoors, on the spa terrace, there are only 3 whirlpools, at about 15, 36 and 39°C: the hotel says so in its FAQ, and Google, which lists an outdoor pool, and Forbes, which describes indoor and outdoor pools, are wrong. For an outdoor swim there is the Freibad Dolder, the 50-metre public pool 8 minutes’ walk away and free for hotel guests: it reopened in June 2026 after restoration, closed for the season on 13 September, and its wave machine returns from summer 2027.

There are 175 rooms and suites, and for the lake you want a Double Room Deluxe or a Grand Junior Suite. The Single Rooms Superior, 25–30 m² in the historic building, have a queen-size bed and look onto the forest, the garden or the courtyard; the Double Rooms Superior, 34–46 m², have balconies in the new wings only. The Double Rooms Deluxe, 35–46 m², face south, with a balcony and a view of the city, the lake or the Alps; 6 of them, in the historic building, are listed rooms restored to their original state. The 44 junior suites measure 53 to 64 m², all with a whirlpool bath; the Grand ones look over the city, the lake and the mountains. The suites, from 83 to 220 m², have fireplaces, a sauna in the bathroom and a butler; the presidential suites range from 120 to 400 m². Google, Trip.com and Agoda list air conditioning; the official room descriptions do not.

On Google Hotels, read on 27 September 2026, the official site asked €918 for a night for 2 on Wednesday 14 October, Saturday 17 October and Saturday 7 November, €823 on Saturdays 14 and 21 November, €956 on Saturday 5 December and €1,336 on New Year’s Eve. The cheapest sellers went down to €752 on 14 October, €681 on 21 November and €999 on New Year’s Eve. On its own website the hotel publishes rates from CHF 540 for a Single Room Superior, CHF 740 for a Double Room Superior and CHF 940 for a Double Room Deluxe. Breakfast is extra, the spa and the shuttle into town are included, and a room can be cancelled free of charge until 3pm on the day before arrival.

Yes, at the Dolder Golfclub, a 9-hole course opened in 1907 on the slope just below the hotel. The hotel sells no golf package, but its guests pay a reduced green fee: CHF 70 for 9 holes and CHF 100 for 18, against CHF 80 and CHF 120 for members of other Swiss clubs. The club asks for a handicap of 36 or better and registration the day before, and takes 12 visitors a day, on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays until 2pm, 3 times a season; the 2026 season runs from March to the end of October. The club’s table lists hotel guests as a price category and does not say whether these limits apply to them.

At Kurhausstrasse 65, in District 7, on the wooded Adlisberg hill above the city, and yes, it is quiet: the hotel describes a peaceful area, and The Telegraph, in June 2025, a stay set to the birdsong and owls of the forest. Bürkliplatz, on the lake, is 4 km away, 8 minutes by car without traffic. Beyond the hotel, no restaurant is within walking distance: for dinner in town you go down on the Dolderbahn, which leaves a few steps from the entrance and runs back up until 11.30pm; the hotel’s shuttle makes its last return at 6pm.

Very well. On 27 September 2026 the scores were 4.7 out of 5 on Google, from 4,138 reviews, 4.6 on Tripadvisor, where it ranks ninth of 140 hotels in Zurich and holds the Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best 2026, 9.1 on Booking.com and 9.6 on Expedia. Guests praise the spa, the staff, the view and the forest. The reviews also come back to the hours when the spa is full and to waits for a table at breakfast. For value for money Tripadvisor gives 4.2 out of 5 and Booking.com 8.4. The basic rate leaves breakfast out and includes the spa and the shuttle into town, so check what the rate you book includes.

Yes, as 4 packages for 31 December 2026, each for at least 2 nights with breakfast: the 8-course dinner at The Restaurant, CHF 200 a person to spend at Saltz, a 4-course dinner in the Garden Salons, or CHF 200 at the winter pop-up. All include the brunch on 1 January, live music, champagne at midnight, the spa and a DJ from 12.30am to 3am. Prices appear only when you book, and the music programme has not been published yet; Falstaff reported in December 2025 that that year’s packages had sold out.

Yes, beneath the hotel: an underground garage with 240 spaces and direct access, at CHF 4 an hour and at most CHF 40 for 24 hours, with no reservation needed. Valet parking is guaranteed for hotel guests and, when the hotel is full, kept for them alone; Google also lists electric-car charging. And for getting about, the hotel lends its guests an electric BMW i4 and e-bikes, free of charge.

Yes: CHF 50 a night for each pet, and the hotel wants the breed and name in advance. Trip.com, in one summary, converts the CHF 50 into “approx. $7”: it is about $60, as the same page says further down. Dogs get a bed, a bowl, treats and their own menu at Saltz and from room service, and a dog-sitter can be booked. They may go into every restaurant, but only one at a time, announced in advance, at The Restaurant; at the Spa Café only assistance dogs. Housekeeping comes in only when the dog is out or supervised.

Check-in is from 3pm and check-out by noon; staying on until 6pm costs half the room rate, if there is room, and luggage is stored free before and after. Connecting rooms are available on request. Children aged 3 to 12 have a free Kids Room, staffed on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 6pm; outside those hours a babysitter costs CHF 54 an hour, for 3 hours at least. In winter the Dolder ice rink is free for hotel guests, while the spa admits children from 12. According to Booking.com an extra bed costs CHF 100 a night for ages 4 to 11 and CHF 250 from 12.

Yes, civil ceremony included. The wedding package starts at CHF 348 a person for at least 40 guests and includes a champagne reception, a 4-course dinner or a buffet, soft drinks until 2am, table flowers, the room with a dance floor and stage, and the wedding night in a suite. The rooms hold up to 600: the Gallery seats 400 for dinner and 600 standing, the Ballroom 270 for dinner. The Dolder is also an official civil-wedding venue of the City of Zurich: you marry in the Libraries, on selected Fridays and Saturdays at 3.15pm, 4pm or 4.45pm, with up to 30 people, at CHF 1,535 on a Friday and CHF 1,860 on a Saturday, booked through the registry office up to 12 months ahead. Bookings are made on the city’s wedding portal.