Adonis

“Great and affordable hotel”

Good hotel! Little dated but it’s one of the few affordable hotels in Zermatt as everything is pretty overpriced there, but the location was very good. About a 10 min walk from Zermatt train station, and an 8 minute walk to the gondola station to go to the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise. The single ro… more

Good hotel! Little dated but it’s one of the few affordable hotels in Zermatt as everything is pretty overpriced there, but the location was very good. About a 10 min walk from Zermatt train station, and an 8 minute walk to the gondola station to go to the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise. The single room on the 5th floor was perfect for a solo traveler. The bed was actually very comfortable. I can tell there was a nice mattress pad. I would definitely stay here again.

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“Hotel Adonis Zermatt.”

Hotel was clean and tidy,breakfast was good,centrally located, would of given 5 stars, but were snowed in for 3 days, no electric,hot food or water, not hotels fault their was a major electrical outage,we had to stay extra day,hotel charged us, and yet other hotels did not charge,we were informed b… more

Hotel was clean and tidy,breakfast was good,centrally located, would of given 5 stars, but were snowed in for 3 days, no electric,hot food or water, not hotels fault their was a major electrical outage,we had to stay extra day,hotel charged us, and yet other hotels did not charge,we were informed by other tourists queuing for trains, hotel would not respond to emails when love holidays attempted to contact on my behalf.

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“Nice beds, but expensive, cramped, and full of rude signs”

We stayed at Hotel Adonis on our second trip to Zermatt. On our first trip, we stayed at a different, similarly priced hotel, so we have a small amount of experience on what's available. Overall, Adonis's great features like excellent beds and clean rooms are weighed down by the bad, listed below,… more

We stayed at Hotel Adonis on our second trip to Zermatt. On our first trip, we stayed at a different, similarly priced hotel, so we have a small amount of experience on what's available. Overall, Adonis's great features like excellent beds and clean rooms are weighed down by the bad, listed below, and at this price, I'd call it an overall unremarkable and average experience, thus 3 out of 5 stars. When we return to Zermatt, we will find different accommodations. The good * The beds are wonderfully comfortable as side sleepers and the pillows are great * The linens were clean and the rooms were too * The heating works well and the room is well insulated * The staff is generally friendly and is responsive to email * The bathrooms are clean and reasonably sized (but not luxurious by any means) * The elevator is fast * We were able to get a table at breakfast all the way up until 10am * The cleaning staff and service are excellent The bad * Their "budget double twin" room is uncomfortably small for two adults. The pictures don't really do it justice, it's about half as large as you might think based on the pictures. There's barely any room to put anything, especially if you're traveling with ski gear. We're not even that tall -- if you're over 6 feet you're going to be unhappy. * The location is far enough away from everything that you've got an uphill hike. * No shuttle is offered, so that uphill hike is inevitable. * Unlike most other hotels in Zermatt, which generally have stunning views, this hotel has no real view of anything aside from courtyards and sidewalks. Contrast this with several other hotels which give you a view of the Matterhorn either from one of the hotel rooms or from the dining room. * The breakfast is ~CHF17 per person, so roughly USD20, which is not overly expensive for Zermatt. Unfortunately, you're not getting much for that $20. What you do get are patently terrible, likely boxed eggs, served nice and wet (swimming in water, to be clear). The bacon is edible, but questionable (it looks slimy). * The dining room itself is, like the rooms, uncomfortably tiny. To make matters worse, it's crammed full of tables so you can barely navigate when there are others in the dining room. * They don't accept American Express, even if you book the hotel via American Express's travel site. * The night access code never worked. Luckily someone was available to let us in after hours (11pm-7am). The ugly * They've hung insane, rude signs all around the room warning about steam from the showers. They say it will set off the smoke and fire alarm, and if that happens, they say they'll fine you CHF500 🙄🤮 There's even signs that say "no showering after 10PM" -- excuse me? At their prices they're going to tell me when I can't shower? Rude.

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