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Reviews of Hotel du Commerce

3 out of 5
Hotel du Commerce
Riehenring 91, Basel, BS

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 134 out of 489 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 236 out of 489 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 86 out of 489 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 20 out of 489 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 13 out of 489 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Argyrios

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel room was spacious and very clean. The bathroom was at a really high quality (in terms of facilities and cleanliness). Customer service provided was outstanding. The hotel is located at a good location... a few minutes away from the city center with the tram.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

LIOR

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
The hotel it's great the stuff and service good. The room very clean well maintained. But the charger for my electric car doesn't work and this delayed me.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Salvir

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Gutes Hotel in der nähe der Messe.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Response from thank you very much on 17 Jul 2023
Guten Tag Salvir,Vielen Dank, dass Sie sich für Ihren Basel-Aufenthalt für unser Hotel entschieden und sich die Zeit für diese positive Bewertung genommen haben. Wir wissen beides sehr zu schätzen. Wir freuen uns zu hören, dass es Ihnen bei uns gut gefallen hat und Sie von unserer praktischen Lage direkt neben der Basler Messe profitieren konnten. Gerne haben wir auch Ihr Lob für unser Team weitergeleitet und hoffen, Sie bei Ihrem nächsten Besuch in der Stadt wieder bei uns begrüssen zu dürfen. Freundlichst Ihre GastgeberRaffaella Pedrazzetti und Patrik Bucher

10/10 Excellent

Linos

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff friendly. Comfortable rooms. Tram stop close by for travel. Walking distance to convention centre
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from thank you very much on 22 May 2023
Dear Linos,Thanks for staying at the Hotel du Commerce while you were in Basel.We are pleased you found your room to be comfortable and clean. It is also great to hear that our staff left a positive impression. It is a pleasure for us to attend to our guests and make sure you have an enjoyable stay. As you say, we are ideally situated within walking distance of the Congress Center Basel. Our hotel also has easy access to public transport, which allows our guests to conveniently travel around the city.We look forward to having you as our guest again when you are next in the city. Kind regards,Raffaella Pedrazzetti and Patrik Bucher, Hosts

10/10 Excellent

Edward

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly reception. Provided us with free tram tickets and suggested tourist sites. Flexible in accommodating our extended booking due to rain in Basel. Great job!
Response from thank you very much on 24 Mar 2023
Dear Edward,Thank you for taking the time to leave this review for us.We are delighted that you enjoyed a pleasant stay with us. Our team proudly presents fully-equipped spaces directly at the Basel exhibition center. It is lovely that you found our hotel clean and enjoyed our modern amenities. It was a joy to welcome you.We are pleased that you appreciated Basel's Mobility Ticket. Guests who spend a night at one of Basel City's hotels automatically receive a pass that lets them use all public transport free of charge during their stay. This is an excellent incentive offered by the city of Basel, and we are proud to pass these benefits on to our guests.We hope you will consider staying with us again next time in Basel. Our friendly team looks forward to welcoming you back once again.Kind regards,Raffaella Pedrazzetti and Patrik Bucher, Hosts

10/10 Excellent

Roderick

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable bed, cool air-conditioning, good wifi, simple but good breakfasts, helpful staff. The one problem was the automatic late check-in. I found the instructions difficult to follow, but a manager answered the phone quickly and let me in. However, that didn't detract from an excellent stay. The hotel was everything I wanted it to be, and more.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Raffaella Pedrazzetti und Patrik Bucher on 25 Oct 2022
Dear Roderick,Thank you for choosing to stay at Hotel du Commerce and for your great review. We are happy to read you had an excellent stay, and that we even exceeded your expectations. For the comfort of our guests, our rooms are equipped with everything you need for a pleasant stay. It's nice to hear you liked the comfy bed and the cooling air conditioning. We are glad you liked our breakfast. Our breakfast buffet is packed with organic products of the region, so you get to taste the delicious local flavors. We are sorry that you found the instructions for the automatic late check-in a bit difficult to follow. Thank you for making us aware of this, as we will analyze your valuable feedback to see how we can improve these. It would be a pleasure to welcome you back again soon.Kind regards,Raffaella Pedrazzetti and Patrik Bucher, Hosts

10/10 Excellent

Kin Nin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Service with Customer Intimacy
It was a very good experience for us. Though we only stayed there for one night, the two girls at the reception were very helpful and friendly. We arrived earlier than the official check-in time. Instead of asking us to pay for early check-in, they asked us to wait a bit while they clean up a better room for us. They also help checking the train service for us and were helpful on other things.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Patrik Bucher on 21 Feb 2020
Dear Kin Nin, We are delighted you had such an enjoyable stay with us at the Hotel du Commerce. Thank you for mentioning our exceptional service. Our team are there to ensure you have a comfortable and relaxing stay, to assist you with your travel plans, and to suggest places to visit, sights to see, and places to eat. We hope you tried our fabulous breakfast buffet, which serves organic and regional products. We hope to see you again when you are next in Basel. Kind regards,
 Raffaella Pedrazzetti and Patrik Bucher, Hosts

10/10 Excellent

ESTHER

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Nicolas

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

alan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Sabine

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The room was small and despite non-smoking, smelt strongly of stale smoke. Very dated.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good value
Great value hotel and very conveniently located. Especially good shower and pleasant breakfast. Only complaint was not being able to charge my phone by the bedside once the bedisde light was off.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Centrally located ... just a few steps from tram! Staff very friendly and helpful with ideas for dinner, transportation etc
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Hotel du Commerce on 28 Sept 2019
Dear Guest, thank you for your feedback. We are glad that you have enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to welcoming you in our hotel again.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness
In the room doesn't have air conditioning, should mension surely in the site. The staff work at breakfast area all of them are so rude , especially the girl with the glasses. I been watching around 1 hours. They serve well for local people but not from outsider. Are different service. I was so upsad and will not come again. The staff will ask local people do they want coffee examples but for me I need to take by myself. Bad service ever 👎 only in breakfasts area. The reception staff was nice 👍.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Hotel du Commerce on 18 Sept 2019
Dear Guest, thank you for your feedback. We have spoken to the staff member which you have described and she does not remember that there was a guest in the breakfast who has had to wait for his/her coffee for an hour. As your feedback is anonymous and we do not know when your stay with us has been, we are not able reproduce the situation. To your comment that we do treat “outsider” different than local people is not right. This is a hotel and 90% of guests are not from the local area or from Switzerland . We are well aware in which section we are working .

10/10 Excellent

Alex, Hampshire

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unusual courtyard style - it was great to sit in the courtyard after a busy day at the conference centre. Room very clean and modern style. Staff very helpful and friendly. Good breakfast.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Jeannine on 21 Sept 2019
Dear Alex We are glad to hear you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to welcome you back again in the future. Regards

6/10 Okay

Céline

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
very small rooms, small beds, some rooms have shared bathrooms.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Hotel du Commerce Team on 15 Oct 2019
Hello Thank you for your feedback. Our rooms are furnished with bath rooms. 4 rooms, they are called basic single, are with shared bathroom. The description for these rooms is on every website indicated. Please note this information, when booking next time in our hotel. We would be glad to welcome you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

David, NJ

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Got a studio for 3 persons. Location is great, right across the exhibition center and #2 tram. Very clean rooms. Staff extremely nice and helpful. Good breakfast. As any hotel within city of Basel, a free Basel Card was provided per person for free travel on any city transportation including bus #50 to airport.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Jeannine on 21 Sept 2019
Dear David we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to welcome you back again in the future.

4/10 Poor

Jale

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There was too many bad points about this hotel! There was no air conditioning in my room in 39 degree temperature. This information was not available when we booked the hotel. I got locked out of hotel one time at 12:30 AM and my card weirdly did not have access to unlock the room and there was no staff to let me in!!!! I was lucky at the end that one of the hotel guests arrived by chance and let me in! I explained this to the staff in the next morning and they were too rude to even apologize!!! I asked for more tea bags once and the hotel staffs refused to provide. They told me it get charged every day but they did not charge next day neither!!! I have never been in a hotel with this poor service! It was very disappointing! Another point was that I was not careful when I booked the hotel and I did not notice that the room I booked did not have dedicated bathroom and I had to use the shared bathroom. It was kind of annoying but not the hotel problem! At first I thought that would the most annoying part of my stay but yeah the rest happened and I was amazed by my choice of hotel!!!!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Hotel du Commerce on 8 Aug 2019
Dear Jale, thank you for your feedback regarding your stay in our hotel. We would like to respond to your points as follows: Upon check in, we informed you, that you have booked a room with shared bathroom, as it is indicated online. Since we were fully booked on your check-in day, we were not able to grant you an upgrade to make your stay more comfortable. It is correct that this budget room does not have an air condition. It is not correct that we do not communicate about this topic. While booking, you were able to choose whether you wished to booke a standard, a superior or a budget room. Moreover, you had to click on the bottom, for choosing the room you wished to book. At the day you booked, all our superior rooms, whitch dispose of air condition, have already been sold. Our rooms without air condition dispose of a fan. Our night audit was on duty on the night your key-card did not work. Thanks to you, reporting this matter next morning at front desk, we found out, that there was an electronic conection problem between the night bell and the telephone of our night auditor's telephone. We are sorry for this inconvenience and are glad, we had been able to solve this problem the same day. We did not know that still there weren’t tea bags provided. We were unaware that they were not replenished. We apologize for that. To help us as well in this matter, you may ring at reception at night for this matter too. We are sorry that your stay with us did not meet your expectations and would be happy to welcome you another time in our hotel to prove our hospitality to you. For any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

8/10 Good

Marios

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spacious room.
Convenient location just off the centre of Basel. Very comfortable and spacious room. The fridge in the room was very handy as I had an eye infection during my stay and needed if fot the eye drops.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Jeannine, Reception on 21 Sept 2019
Dear Marios we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and would be happy to welcome you back as our guest.

10/10 Excellent

Clare

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect hotel
I stayed at Hotel du Commerce for five nights while attending a conference. The location is perfect for the conference centre, the river, and the trams. My room was spacious and spotless, and had a mini fridge which was useful for this long stay. The beds were extremely comfortable and the air con was appreciated due to the extremely hot weather. Breakfast was fresh and varied (especially the fruit!) I emailed at around 6am requesting an early check in that morning, and the staff managed it, even though they were very busy. My last night’s stay was a separate booking and the hotel arranged for me to stay in the same room without me even asking. I was really grateful for this great service. Thank you for a lovely stay!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019
Response from Jeannine, Reception on 21 Sept 2019
Dear Clare we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and would be happy to welcome you back again in the future.

8/10 Good

Gordon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent place: service, location, room, vue from the room, silence.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
location is ideal for the messe and exhibition center
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely little hotel for business trips
Helpful staff, lovely breakfast, good location, does the job nicely Nice place to stay with good access to all of Basel Just don't forget to bring a Swiss plug adapter if travelling from outside Switzerland
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Philip

Very basic and nothing like the photos
Very basic apart from the bathroom that has recently been renovated and despite poor water pressure it is a small saving grace. The rest of the hotel is as basic as it comes, an EasyHotel is a few doors up and it is probably more luxurious! The room looks nothing like the one advertised - its more like a cross between a prison dorm and a youth hostel. Tiny TV that only has a few channels working. Basic bed - although the mattress is comfy... shame that they follow the standard Swiss thing of giving you just one pillow that collapses to a sheet of paper once you put your head on it! Hotel amenities are non existent - the bar is never open and staff are really indifferent to you being in the hotel. Coffee glass also hasn't been changed since I arrived 4 days ago and no free water bottles. Furthermore, curtains are not black out curtains - not so bad in winter but I would hate the 5 am wake up in the summer here. Oh and the heating doesn't work. WiFi was incredibly poor. It is a shame as I expected basic but paid a little more for a better room - unfortunately in Switzerland like everywhere - you get what you pay for and here it is expensive. So if you want just a place to crash and an average shower it is probably ok - just not for me.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice modern clean bathroom. Breakfast was OK, the usual continental style.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Marion

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

BENJAMIN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff & Room very good !.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice room comfy bed However bed was rather low Booked a double superier room however on check in was given a twin, then had to request the appropriate room again which was 2 twins separated but put togther to make a double. This did not meet the criteria of a superior double as I easily sunk through the gap between the beds
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable and accessible.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

K, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Functional if small.
Expedia says 550m from Station but it's not the point of entry station. Nearly 2km from station for airport or other cities. no. 2 tram stops close to hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Hotel du Commerce on 6 Oct 2018
Thank you for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Excellent hotel
very good, perfect for a business traveler
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Hotel du Commerce on 6 Oct 2018
Thank you for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback.

8/10 Good

Milos, UK

Nice hotel at good location. Room didn't look as on the picture but was nice. Good breakfast. Staff very pleasant. I've been given a free transportation and wifi in the city during my stay in Basel which was amazing. Breakfast was ok, nothing special but enough to start the day. And the price was very affordable.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Hotel du Commerce on 6 Oct 2018
Thank you for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback.

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel for business travel
Good location for the Congress centre, basic room facilities but very nice bathroom, pleasant continental breakfast available and also well located for quick travel to other areas of the city by tram
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ibrahim, Slough, United Kingdom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location, easy to find on the tram route. Staff were helpful. Room was comfortable and modern.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet neighborhood
Not the most convenient place to stay but friendly staffs. Can be a little quiet during no event periods due to its location next to the congression centre. The Thai food near the hotel was really nice.

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great stay for Fasnacht!
This hotel is modern and quaint. Breakfast is awesome and a great way to start the day. The location is steps away from Messeplatz so the tram is the best way to travel. The Basel Card gives you free access to the entire network of trans which is amazing. We had a great time and enjoyed the hotel! The staff was very friendly.

10/10 Excellent

kathleen, manchester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
football in basel
went for football very convenient tram 14 stopped outside hotel that takes you straight to jakob park and hotel gave us free voucher to travel on public transport during our stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

June, Manchester

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
convenient location
The hotel is in a convenient location near to several tram stops to access a number of locations in the city, the staff are very friendly and helpful, breakfast is provided but no restaurant, but there are many nearby.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

2/10 Terrible

Glenn

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Bad Experience in Basel
Nice apartment but not a great location and the hotel staff are terrible! On the 2nd night we were locked out of our room when we returned at approx midnight, I called reception and they had to make a phonecall to the manager so the keycard could be re-activated to gain accress to our room. The reason of blocking our keycard was due to "damage" to a lamp shade in our bedroom apparently occured the evening before. Anyway, the re-activation took about an hour by which stage I was glad to see my bed! The next morning was checkout and that's when I found out the hotel had charged me (without my authorisation) for the damage to the lamp. I wouldn't have minded paying IF we had caused any damage but we were barely in our room and when we were it was to sleep so it couldn't have possibly been us. The crack in the lamp must have been done previously. After some minutes of arguing with hotel staff I departed under the assumption that I wouldn't be billed... but after landing home and calling my bank I found my bank balance to be shy of £175!! This was one expensive lamp shade and as you can imagine I was not happy, I have since contacted the fraud team in Santander and I hope this will help.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Irina

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel
This hotel was excellent. The service was great and the staff very courteous. Breakfast was outstanding. The location was goos, on the 14 bus route.

8/10 Good

Steve, Albuquerque

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean/quaint/staff/breakfast/location.
This hotel has a number of very nearby locations to the main hotel. I was in an apartment a couple of doors down. The bed was small but comfortable. Clean, and all the necessary comforts of home. The location is excellent, within easy walking distance of old town and lots of shops and restaurants as well as the convention center. The included breakfast was very nice and just what I needed to get going every day. The area felt very safe, especially walking back in the dark in the evenings. I had no concerns. The staff was excellent; friendly and helpful. I would definitely stay there again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Average hotel
Normal experience for me i don't mind to stay their if necessary