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Reviews of Hotel Calvy

3 out of 5
Hotel Calvy
Ruelle de Midi 5, Geneva, Geneva

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 8 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 49 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 49 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Patricia F

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
We wanted a hotel in Old Town so we booked The Calvy. It looks much better in photos than it actually is. It's older and kind of worn. But the staff was amazing! Let us store our luggage when we arrived then let us check in at noon. The room was large with 5 twin beds which fit our needs. I'd book it again but not in the summer. No AC. We did have two portable fans but the night we stayed it was very warm ... well hot. I can't say enough about the amazing, friendly, helpful staff. When they learned we needed a taxi at 7:00 am they prepared breakfast 30 minutes early so we could eat. Great breakfast. So yes, I'd stay at The Calvy again but not during the summer.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff are excellent but this hotel is a bit tired. Our room had no functioning air conditioning and was too hot for comfort, even when it wasn’t that hot outside.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Well located, helpful staff, but hotel is looking a bit tired.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

bruce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The staff at Hotel Calvy are super.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad price-to-quality ratio
My primary concern is the cigarette smoke odor in the hotel, and the breakfast provided was inadequate, consisting of only bread, a banana, and coffee. the price-to-quality ratio of the hotel is poor.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sajid

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice property great location. The hotel is more outdated than in the pictures but is functional and close to main attractions
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place and location
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022
Response from Youssef on Dec 11, 2022
Cher Monsieur, nous vous remercions d'avoir pris le temps d'évaluer votre séjour dans notre établissement, et nous nous réjouissons que vous ayez vécu une bonne expérience.Meilleures salutations,

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Location is very good. It is clean. Rooms are spacious but old dated, small bathroom. Good breakfast. Restaurant is nice.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Stephanie

Travelled with family
Just a place to sleep
It’s not like what’s advertised but it’s alright as we are out the whole day. We were not informed about small details like free transportation and the free breakfast. Hopefully they can improve on their hospitality and customer service.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Gordon

Travelled with family
Nothing like the picture!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice reception staff but poorly maintained
The staff at the reception was very nice but the hotel in general was poorly maintained. The door of our room was broken, a lot of hair on the linen, strong smell of cigarettes in corridor and hotel room, knocking on the door at 10am before normal check out time, poor breakfast options...
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
Response from Youcef on Sep 29, 2019
Thank you for your stay with us and for sharing your experience with other travelers! Thank you for the kind words regarding the reception Staff. We were pleased to read you but we are sorry to hear there were some issues with your room, We are continually trying to improve the variety and quality of food items that we offer. Thank you for staying at the Calvy and we hope that you will consider us for your next trip! Sincerely, Youcef Reception Hôtel Calvy

8/10 Good

marco

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
For me these is a 2⭐️ Hotel The beds where not good at all and there was no AC in the room.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Stefan Ivan, Manager on Sep 14, 2019
Dear Sir, Madam, Thank you for taking your time to give us a brief review. Beliving strongly that feedback from our Guests always helps us improving, we highly appreciate your feedback. Absolutely all our beds are brand new. they were installed on Thursday September 12th. All of them are high end, French-made beds. As per the AC, we do have mobile AC equipment, to be installed on request, and for a small extra charge. At you entire disposal for any other demand,

4/10 Poor

Reza

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities
Staff was friendly. Breakfast was ok. NO air conditioning. The sign at the front desk says that we can get a portable AC unit for extra 10 francs per night. We agreed and asked for it to be installed. It was never installed even when we asked for it multiple times. It was extremely hot and very difficult to sleep at night when you are soaked in sweat
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect place for a family of 5. Walking distance to downtown and Old Town. Would stay there again!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities
We stayed in a room that could sleep 5 people comfortable size wise. However the beds were awful and the air unit was sub par by far. Especially because it was so nice outside but we couldn’t open the windows because of the bugs. The bathroom was quite small and almost didn’t feel clean. The staff was OK but not welcoming. Language was a barrier for sure. Also it was a good location close to many things to see/do.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Breakfast and bar was quite good. Very friendly. Although I was on a non-smoking floor, there was smoking elsewhere that seemed to come through into my room.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Naida

Stayed 1 night in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Location is great - jet d’eau is only about 12 min walk (caution on windy days it will not be functioning!). For UN/Red Cross/broken chair - all about 25 mins by public transport but this is very close to the hotel (they also give you a free travel card for your stay). The room is basic and clean, but the walls are paper thin - I could hear the guy snoring in the next room! And the beds are rock hard - deff not a comfortable nights rest! Also a double room is 2 single beds pushed together which will slowly start to move apart whilst you lie on them!
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location, nice staff but disappointing room
* Location is quite central and convenient * Staff was very friendly * Room was a bit disappointing given the price - very average quality, poor bathroom
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old, dated, uninspiring. Breakfast minimal, not worth considering unless there is no where else!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a dump of a hotel - $300 a night for a room that stank of cigarettes, awful uncomfortable beds and lights didn’t work. I would never stay here again. Total joke.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly and helpful staff. It’s a good experience!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Stefan Ivan, Manager on Jan 17, 2019
Dear Sir, Madam, Thank you very much for your feedback. On behalf of my colleagues, I would like to thank you for your stay with us and we do hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you at the Calvy again soon. Kind regards,

8/10 Good

Xinyi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Albert

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A not good hotel
The wifi internet did not work in my first night. The condition of the room facilities is not justified to ask +200 CHF per night. It was a very bad experience to stay in this hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel is in the middle of the city, but the room was uncomfortable, hot, muggy, and not secure.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Nanna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enklare hotell med bra läge
Mysigt, lite äldre hotell med bra läge i stan. Vi fick ett mycket fint familjerum med snedtak, kylskåp, vattenkokare, mikro och badkar. Mycket nöjda med rummet. Frukosten var ganska enkel och bestod främst av bröd och några pålägg.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rene

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Muy recomendable
Muy atentos y amables, gracias por su hospitalidad
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Nicole

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

CHENCHEN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
還不錯的住宿點
整體不錯，但房間在頂樓有點熱（六月），設備較舊，早餐還ok! 離公車站不遠
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Viviana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Alles bestens!
Wir waren mit unseren drei Kindern hier, es hat gepasst und hat unseren Erwartungen entsprochen. Nette und hilfsbereite Reception!
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very old furniture and some smell in the room, too expensive for what you get.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

JuHyeong

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
가성비는 괜찮은 호텔 그러나 전시장과는 거리가 멀다
방도 넓고 깨끗하고 냉장고에 전자렌지가 있기 때문에 간단한 음식을 저장하거나 조리할 수도 있어서 좋았습니다. 아침 조식이 단조롭기는 하지만 제네바 물가를 생각하면 괜찮은 수준이었으며 생각보다 크루아상이 매우 맛있었습니다! 한국인 종업원분도 친절하셨고, 대표로 추정되시는 분도 친절했습니다. 호텔 가격도 제네바치고는 저렴한 편이었습니다. 다만, 단점을 얘기하자면 전시회장을 방문하기 위해 예약한 숙소치고는 Palexpo에서 멀었고 (대중교통 이용 40-45분 정도), 시설이 약간 오래 되었습니다
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Olivier

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Rickard

Inte som utlovat.
Vårt bokade rum skulle vara 2 kvm och ja 2 separata sängar. Vi fick ett minimalt rum på ca 11 kvm med dubbelsäng. Natten därpå fick vi ett större rum, som luktade rök och va väldigt slitet. Frukosten va inte mycket att hurra över. Men trevlig personal och bra läge. Kommer dock inte bo här igen.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The biggest issue with our hotel room was the fact that it was somehow connected to other room(s) in the hotel, ensuring that we got cigarette smoke coming into our hotel room. Our nighties smelled of cigarette smoke the next day although none of us ever smoked before. The hotel room was also about 6 degrees too hot (despite the fact that it was 0 degrees outside and despite asking to reduce the room temperature at the reception). We could not open the window as that caused more smoke to come into the hotel room. I could not use my medical device I require to use at night because there was too much smoke in the room. Additionally, all the water taps were loose. Nevertheless, the breakfast was adequate, the room was spacious (for a family of 4) and well laid out.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Diego

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Una piacevole scoperta
Personale cortesissimo alla reception è posizione centrale e strategica ne fanno base ideale per brevi soggiorni a Ginevra Ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Helio Takahiro Nakae

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Teodora

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bra läge
Allt var bra, bra läge
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Teodora

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Centralt!
Centralt och bra för affärsresa!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

thomas

Hôtel propre et bien tenue
Séjour bref, arrive le soir et reparti le lendemain. L hotel est convenable, propre et bien tenu. Le vitrage permet de ne pas entendre le bruit dans la rue. Le personnel est sympathique.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Claudio

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018