Hotels near Mémorial du Major Davel, Lausanne

This was a very surprising experience because ALL of the other hotels we have been were so clean and great in every way. Switzerland is a very clean country even the railway stations are clean not to mention the train carriages and all the other hotels we have seen, and on this trip we visited by now 7 other similar category ones all spotless. So if I wanted to be kind I would say it’s all run down and the owner has a terminal disease whereby he would not care for the property anymore.., but if I want to be realistic it was downright dirty and disgusting. The room was large with old style furniture probably furnished twenty years ago and never cleaned the upholstery. There were dark spots on the little sofa and chairs most likely from someone’s shoes. The wall paper was all faded and also dirty. There was a note on the night stand to say they only change the linen every three days due to being “greens” so when I checked a pillow and seen a huge dark stain poking out from under the sham we just did not use that.. next to the bed there was a sticky spot on the blue carpet and in a good case scenario it must have been hair gel..(?) whatever it was they just ignored it. The shutters on the windows were half way broken off their rails.. the wood of the furniture was so scuffed I could not tell if it was a dark or a light stain originally ( ?!!) It is a 4 star hotel?!)? OMG And in Switzerland where even the WC / toilet is sanitary and clean.. I have to make a distinction though, the junior stuff was extremely nice and helpful at the reception and a test it is the fault of the manager or owner or both, not the employees. They were very great. The manager ( who seemed like the boss ) was giving them all instructions when we got in the door and proceeded to tell us that our accommodations are ready and since it’s a mini suite it will be phenomenal. The location is amazing right across the station so it suited us. And other then the horrible grunginess and dirty conditions it would have been fine. The bathroom was fine but the room really made me write this bad review. It is a shame to have a hotel saying they have four star rating and not clean up their act ( in this case literally). Mitzi

Not in Geneva, but driving is also more convenient to reach, convenient for travelers on business trips nearby. The front desk was warm and thoughtful, the room was clean, the facilities were new, the decoration was modern, and free parking was available.

Good hotel with close proximity to the train station and city centre. Rooms were great, we stayed in a sailing theme room on the first floor, room was very spacious with queen bed, two balconies and lake view. Windows had electronic shutters for complete comfort and to avoid early morning awakening. Breakfast had good choices of food and beverages.

The location is amazing - literally right above the metro station and arrive at the front door in less than 30 seconds. We’ve stayed here for 4 nights and the receptionist we have met are super nice - one of them even guided us to the kitchen to microwave our dinner. Two things we wanted to point out - 1) We had some formal clothes that required ironing, however, the ironing board in room is stored beneath the table and obviously gets super dirty and dusty. At the end we had to iron on the table with a towel on. 2) The housekeeping lady would come knock on our room every morning at 10 to check if we need cleaning or not. One day we told them yes we do need cleaning and would be leaving the room in 30mins. At 3:30pm when we got back to our room, no cleaning was done and yet the cleaning lady came and said either cleaning now or not. We found it quite confusing and disorganised.

Excellent location, beautiful hotel, clean, large rooms with all the comforts. nice staff. Good breakfast buffet. Recommended by location and for the structure. Accompanying a great shop of handicrafted chocolate. 2 steps from the lake.

Nice hotel, good location

I was running a two day workshop in the conference facilities here and staying. Isabelle was super helpful with all my last minute requirements. The hotel was quiet and comfortable. The restaurant was a little slow on service (lunch was +1.5 hours even when we said we were on a tight schedule) but that might just be me needing to slow down! The rooms are quiet (despite a railway right next door) with the front facing having an epic view of lake Geneva.

Great views from all over the place over the lake and mountains. Friendly staff. Good choice at breakfast. Dinner was excellent. We had the alpine salmon & the chefs ravioli. Good service. Reception gave us a tourist card for discounts on several attractions. Parking free & in front of the entrance. The rooms are partly in need of refurbishment but for the price thats what we expected. Its difficult to sleep with open windows as they close from the wind. We placed a shoe like that it worked out. The floor in both rooms had gaps.. why does the hotel accept this. The floors dont look to old. Windows are old. We had some smashed moskitos on the sealing. Was difficult to shower without making the hair wet as there is always coming some water out of the rainbow shower even when using the hand shower head. The kids loved to watch the animals in the parc. Overall a good experience.

The hotel modern design rooms are regular size furniture nice just one thing they don't have AC air condition its just looks like AC but actually its A Fan i requested 2 time to fix it as it wasn't working and i had to open window all night which noisy as location next to highway, about restaurant breakfast was good multi choices but i feel kind of expensive, mostly who stay in this hotel groups, there is parking infornt of hotel private for hotel, if i wanna recommend this hotel for who just want to spend night in as location is good near by highway you can access in out to hotel easier for any trip also near by Montreux abd Vevey Blonay. So nothing near by hotel supermarket cafe resturant that you have to keep in mind to get your things as swiss close 7 pm, also discovering vaud area that much better than staying in montreux down near by lake as road tiny and takes time toreach.