Hotel D – Basel

The staff was very accommodating and they did everything they could to make my 10 day stay go well. The hotel is clean, in great shape and very modern. The location was great and located close to the Rhein River. The workout facility had one of everything you need. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because I am from the U.S. and I am used to more accommodations such as room service and in room movies. I would definitely stay there again on my next trip to Basel.

Very nice small hotel in Basel. Only stayed here one night but enjoyed the very clean, but small, modern room. Close to the river and shopping areas. I would gladly stay here again on our return. Very helpful front desk staff as well.

This is one of the nicest small hotel in Basel. Yes, if you want to have a grand hotel with grand entrance and grand pool etc to impress your in-​laws, this hotel is not for you.
But, for business traveller or family, this hotel is very nice. Service is great. They always smile. The room is not big but elegant and modern. The shower … ahhh the best.

I booked Hotel D because it is a convenient location for the meetings I have set up in Basel. I usually stay in the Ramada. Hotel D is a small, boutique style hotel. The kind I would normally not think about for business. In fact, the hotel is delightful and in the heart of the city. My room is spacious by European standards, well equipped, and has a view from the window of a nice higgle-​dee-​piggle-​dee side road. There’s no restaurant at the hotel but an excellent restaurant across the road with fine food and a lovely view over the river. There is also a variety of restaurant in walking distance. The hotel staff are casual, professional, and friendly. I arrived a little late, but the check in was quick & easy, and I got excellent advice for dinner. I came down late for breakfast, but they accommodated me cheerfully. I made my booking the same day and took a discounted «special». The discounted price was low for European cities.

One might want to mute the sound on the computer before opening the hotel link, or be faced with some hideous musak. That aside it is truly a non-​cheesy experience staying at the Hotel D. HD calls itself a ‘design hotel’, and that would seem to be accurate. The lounge adjacent to check-​in is all clean lines and tasteful yet cheerful colors. I enjoyed an espresso while leafing through a copy of Gala after a long afternoon of hoofing around town. (Did you know that Seal has moved on from Heidi and that Prince Albert of Monaco is being upstaged in the ‘class’ department by his nephew? It’s all there in Gala!)
I absolutely loved the standard-​sized room we stayed in facing the back of the hotel (read: no street noise). The room was ‘klein aber fein’. The bed was firm, the shower was like a water fall pouring from the ceiling, and all was tastefully decorated. The hubs felt like he was wasting water using the shower, and took the shortest showers possible out of guilt. The TV had, as one could imagine, German, Swiss, French, and Italian channels. The BBC was also available, and I think we were able to catch a re-​run of Graham Norton.
The gym, tidy yet small, has one stationary bike, one stair machine, and one treadmill. I went early enough in the morning to do a little sweating, so I didn’t not have any competition for the machine I wanted to use.
We skipped breakfast (not included), and braved the streets for our fare. I’ll share a pretty rockin’ brunch spot we found out toward the German border in a soon-​to-​be-​written post.
On both check-​in and check-​out we dealt with the same young woman who was friendly yet professional.
I forgot to mention that Hotel D is located approx. one street over from the Rhein, and, on a sunny day, that’s right where one wants to be!