Hotel Stadthof

I popped into the downstairs restaurant/bar late on a Sunday evening hoping to get something to eat and couldn’t have felt more welcomed into such a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Whilst it is dated everything was spotlessly clean, the food was excellent and the service couldn’t have been better. Freshly cooked traditional food. 100 X better than the food and service at the much fancier hotel I was staying at across the square.

The staff and the food is generally good. They do however smoke inside which I find unpleasant, especially in the restaurant. Unfortunately this is often how it is in Switzerland. If you don't like the stench of cigarettes stay at home.

Very good location, central. In front of the hotel is a tram station with good connection for the central railway station and any other parts of the town. Clean room, clean (shared) bathroom. Good Wi-Fi in the room. In December, there is a big Christmas Market in the square in the front of the hotel. Many restaurants and bars at walking distance.||Pretty cold in the room, especially in the morning. Not working TV (not quite a minus, for me, though). Every morning, at 7:00 you will be awakened by the bells of a church in the immediate vicinity, which ring continuously for about 2-3 minutes. Old furniture. Without an elevator, the hotel is on the 3rd floor, above a restaurant. Quite a lot of noise, produced by the restaurant's employees, until around 00:00. Actually, there is no a reception open 24 hours, check-in and check-out are done in the pizza restaurant from the 1st floor.

The staff were really friendly in this place. It is a beautiful old building in the heart of a historic part of the city. Some facilities are shared with other guests but everything was clean and the room was comfortable. The bar/restaurant under the hotel was a good place to people watch and the food was great. The hotel can't be blamed for the terrifying Swiss thunder storm which raged through the night! So, all in all, a great place to stay.

I stayed for one night. Location is great, right in the center. It’s in the same building as a restaurant, and you go to the restaurant to check in. The man who greeted me was very nice, gave me the keys, WiFi, and BaselCity card for transit. Check out is quite early at 10 AM, wish they would move it to 11 AM at least (since I had nowhere to store bags until my next check in location). Other reviews complained of noise, but I did not have any noise, it was actually rather peaceful and quiet. I had room #3. It was very clean. The shared shower and toilet was also surprisingly very clean. You need a key to use them, but not a big deal. They provided 3 towels (small, medium, and full size), shampoo, body bar, your room has its own sink, they also provided slippers which was great. The bed was comfortable and the comforters were very warm. Paid 65 CHF for the one Tuesday evening. Could’ve been cheaper, but it is Switzerland. Overall, very pleasant.

The other reviews are accurate. It's simply not work CHF 60 per night. It's clean and in a great location. But there are 9 rooms sharing one toilet and one shower. ||Also, there's a terrible smell coming up from the kitchen. And the cooks stand in the hall smoking cigarettes all day. ||The wifi also didn't work great.

The waiter made us feel rushed and belittled. Had we not booked the previous evening and had an event to go to would have left. Everyone and everywhere else we have been in Basel have been wonderful and have made our short break most memorable.

First of all the room was very hot, like crazy hot and it stank. It was due to high temperature outside as well as lots of refrigerators which were placed on the staircase and produced a lot of heat. The second thing was a heat exchanger also situated on the staircase from a cold room. So imagine how hot it was! Also 4 or 5 fridges on the staircase caused a real danger and inconvenience, because it was very hard and danger to walk between them. So no, it is not a hotel, it’s not even a guest house. It is a restaurant with a few rooms placed above kitchen and staff rooms. Where the smell came from? From the restaurant of course and I don’t mean nice smell of food. No it was the kitchen and waste smell. This place should be closed.