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St Gotthard Hotel
Zurich, Switzerland · Independent · Near Luxury
The St. Gotthard still tells a wartime story: in 1942 Eisenhower and Montgomery met in the house for secret talks. Caspar Manz had opened the hotel in 1889, when Bahnhofstrasse 87 was the edge of town, and his son Ernst opened the Hummerbar in 1935, the first room in Zurich to put oysters on the table. The 1930s interior is still there, the Manz family still runs the 139 rooms, and an 85-square-metre suite opens three balconies over the street.
- 139 rooms
- Opened 1889
- Neighborhood: Bahnhofstrasse
- Rooms from 258 sq ft (24 m²)
About St Gotthard Hotel
- On Friday the 13th in 1973 Ljuba Manz-Lurje walked into the Hummerbar to sell Caspar E. Manz oysters. They married on 14 August 1974, and she took over the company in 1987.
- By 1907 Caspar Manz had joined five buildings into one hotel, including the old Hotel de l'Europe at Schützengasse 17.
- The hotel's own guest list includes Maria Callas, Orson Welles, the Dalai Lama, and Migros founder Gottlieb Duttweiler, a regular at the lobster bar.
- Entry-level rooms start at 258 sq ft (24 m²).
History
Caspar Manz opened the Hotel St. Gotthard in 1889 on Bahnhofstrasse, then the edge of the city, and kept buying the neighbors until five buildings made one hotel by 1907. His son Ernst took sole ownership in 1910 and in 1935 created the Hummerbar, which the hotel calls the first oyster room in Zurich. The 1930s decoration is still in that room. The hotel's history says Eisenhower and Montgomery met here for secret talks in 1942. Caspar E. Manz managed the house from 1951. Ljuba Manz-Lurje, whom he married in 1974, ran the group from 1987. The family still operates it, now with 139 rooms.
The setting
Bahnhofstrasse 87, 8001 Zurich, at the station end of the shopping street, with a terrace the hotel calls the Piazzetta looking onto the pavement. The filed neighborhood Seefeld was wrong. This is Bahnhofstrasse.
Restaurants and bars
- Lobster bar — Bar
- Italianita Manzoni Bar — Restaurant · Italian
- Lobster Bar (Hummerbar) — Restaurant · lobster and oysters, French cuisine
- St. Gotthard Wienercafé — Restaurant
- Boulevardcafé — Restaurant
- Bouillabaisse — Restaurant · fish
Amenities
- Soundproofed, air-conditioned rooms with Wi-Fi
- 360° conference camera with integrated microphone for hybrid meetings
- Advisory service by phone and e-mail
- Request a quote for meetings or events
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