4/10 Poor
Dinakaran
Travelled with family
26 Aug 2025
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We had booked 2 night stay at Placid Hotel. The only positive features that I can recommend is that
a) It's located in non crowded area and has good connections to the city centre.
b) The rooms were big enough and the breakfast was good.
However I would not book the hotel again for the following reason
a) We have to change twice from Zurich HB Station, once by train and again by bus to avoid using a taxi or walking with our luggages
b) The hotel room lacks Wifi and we were without Wifi for 2 days. When checked at reception, we were told that there was a fault that they will fix it but later i realised that the rooms were far away from the router.
c) The hotel room is ultra modern but who will put a big mirror in the toilet? there were big enough wardrobes that could fit many mirrors! the shower was open without privacy and it's not suitable if you want to stay with a family including young persons.
d) There was no airconditioner and we couldn't sleep the last night as it was hot and we were scare to open the window from the 10th floor as it open vertically leaving a big opening.
e) Most importantly there was a fire alarm on the 24th august and all guests had to run down the stairs at 5am from the top floors and be at the open ground with scanty clothes for 45 minutes. We were told that the hot shower triggered the alarm that the fire brigade had to come and close the incident. We then had to climb 10 floor as lifts were not be used. Our sleep was disturbed and so had to ca
Dinakaran
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025