Hotel Victoria - Basel (Sep 08)
Nicely located close to the main railway station in basel looking out across a pedestrianised area right in front of the station.
you enter the hotel into a very modern and spartan entrance hall. Very cold looking, not very welcoming, but better
... than some. The staff were attentive and smiling.
i stayed in the la residence, a modern annex at the rear of the hotel. Rooms are very similar to the holiday inn style rooms with the usual amenities.
some of the amenities are rather old looking; the tv for example.
there was also a dehumidifier or air conditioning unit in the room, which has been added as an extra, as a free standing unit. I suspect that during the summer months the room maybe too hot for some and this unit had been installed to prevent complaints.
the room was quiet, but the ventilator in the bathroom was a bit noisy.
the restaurant was excellent with some great food. The maize soup was especially good. Nice cosy atmosphere (strangely different to rest of the hotel). The bar was also nice and cosy. I took a coffee there at 10. 00am the next morning and it was busy, apparently with local people. So it's quite popular.
one thing i've not seen at anyother hotel, was the menu for different steak tartares (i think assuming i translated the menu correctly). A bit like the variations you see in german restaurants for asperagus dishes during spring.
all in all a pleasant hotel, lacking a bit of warmth in the main part of the hotel, but friendly staff and nice food served in a cosy restaurant/bar.
