Expert reviews
“Boasting an evocative setting where the Rhône meets Lake Geneva and offering exceptional views across the lake to the Swiss Alps, the Beau-Rivage is a 19th-century jewel.”
“Founded in 1865, Beau-Rivage Genève is one of the rare luxury hotels in Switzerland that’s managed by the direct descendants of its founder. History and innovation run deep here — the hotel has hosted a long line of royals in the 19th century and also debuted Switzerland’s first elevator in 1873.”
What guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Memorable stay
- Top location
- Excellent Wifi
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
This five-star hotel is located on 13 Quai du Mont-Blanc in the Paquis area of the city; it offers guests stylish and luxury accommodation options such as Duplex Apartment, Romantic Suite with Terrace, Prestige Double Room, and Historic Suite. These rooms and suites options give guests the chance to make a choice that suits their desire.
The hotel is excellently located in the heart of the city, and it offers a closeness to some of Geneva’s most famous attractions and places of interest. The hotel also offers a great view of the beautiful scenery of the city from its rooms.
Guests can enjoy a luxury lifestyle with the modern hospitality amenities and facilities fitted into the hotel and its rooms.
The business and shopping district of the city is located at only a short 5-minute walk away from the Hotel Beau Rivage while Lake Geneva is right in front of the hotel. The widely used Cornavin Train Station located at a 5-minute walk away from the hotel while the UN’s Palais des Nations is situated near the hotel premises.
The hotel’s restaurant, Le Chat Botte, provides the best of French cuisines, deliciously and carefully prepared by the Michelin-star chef in the restaurant. Another restaurant in the hotel, Le Patara offers a wide variety of Thai cuisines for the enjoyment of guests.
The atrium in the hotel is the ideal spot to relax and enjoy the quiet of the neighborhood while the lakeside provides the best summer relaxation venue.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
15 July 2024
Passable
The breakfast was a normal breakfast , nothing special but fresh and tasty, the balcony where you have breakfast looking at the lake and the staff is very nice and friendly. Most staff is very professional and friendly.
I travelled from abu dhabi to geneva and chose this hotel due to the reviews. The breakfast reviews said that it was the best breakfast they had. My room was a lake view room. It was extremely hot when we were handed the room. I am not exaggerating but outside was cooler. I came at a morning flight so i wanted to stay and relax a little before i went out but i had to wait for the room to cool but it was only to find out acs were not working. I checked in morning at 10, i stayed a little, left the room to allow cooling. i came back afternooon to charge my phone but i heard ac made loud noise and did not cool. So i called reception and they said we will send someone twice but no one came so i left to go out again. I messaged through booking.com and requested an explanation. I told them i will check out tomorrow and they changed my booking immediately but did not reply my messages asking for an explanation. I checked other hotels for the next day. Because i was so tired it was a two night stay all together so i thought i will stay one night and move out to another hotel the next day. But i came back to the hotel to find the ac noise very disturbing and the room didn't cool, it was hot outside, hot humid in the room it was a horrible experience and i was very very tired, i dont know why but extremely tired. I wanted to relax but unfortunately i had to call reception because my messages was ignored on booking.com After arguament they sent a technician who came in listened to ac and said we need to change your room. Something that could have been done since check in was not done. Messages and phone calls ignored? This is very very very wrong. Problems happen but you need to solve them immediately! I regreted choosing this hotel over four season. I cancelled my reservation there. But they dont have a spa or a proper gym here also. They said maybe in two years. Hopefully. You need to have it. So overall price wise i find others much better.
13 June 2024
Not coming back
Location , great room , reception was wonderful
Breakfast was bad , not worth the value Fruit salad smells onions, services really bad
23 January 2024
The maid stole $3,000 from our nightstand. Hotel of thieves, never stay there!
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The maid stole $3,000 from our nightstand. Hotel of thieves, never stay there!
30 December 2023
Bad
I was not expecting such unprofessional and borderline trashy behavior of staff from one of Genève’s most prestigious hotels. It seems like the housekeeping staff specializes in theft rather than cleanliness. To begin with, my friend and I found a piece of black lingerie underneath the sink of the bathroom in our room upon arrival. The piece of clothing was forgotten by a previous guest, and was clearly ignored by the housekeeper who took care of the room (proof of their inability to properly complete their job). That is just a minor detail, since the real problem occurred when I got robbed of 3,000 US Dollars by a housekeeper. When the management found out about the missing money, they stated that they are investigating it and that they “trust their housekeeping staff” claiming, that housekeeping couldn’t possibly do such thing. We soon learned that the situation was not being investigated whatsoever, as the management simply shifted the blame on us, claiming that we should’ve placed the money in the safe instead of the drawer (contradicting their own statement regarding “trust”). After a few hours of uselessly going back and forth, the concierge offered to take us to the police station. I found this to be suspicious, as the incident occurred at the hotel, which obligates the staff to call the police into the hotel (instead of suggesting we go to the station). Eventually, I had the police come into the hotel and I then filed a report. Being placed in a dirty room for CHF1200 a night and getting robbed was not what I expected. The staff members not only failed to compensate in any way, I did not hear a single apology for what had happened. I am never the one to write reviews, or, especially, involve authorities in disputes or such matters. However, this particular incident could not be resolved in a polite manner due to the staff’s inability to cooperate. Therefore, it cannot be ignored. Below I’ve attached parts of the police report.
19 December 2023
Pleasant surprise
The room was spacious, clean, and breathtaking. The staff were accommodating and eager to help. The food is the best in Lausanne.
Nothing
16 December 2023
Exceptional
Everything
Nothing
14 November 2023
Elegant and luxurious
Elegant, sophisticated, historic, professional service standards yet warm, welcoming ambience
17 October 2023
Exceptional!
It’s tradition and elegance .
Nothing
29 September 2023
Exceptional
Location and absolutely top quality Staff were friendly and went above and beyond in every way!!
6 September 2023
Unless the room size and location can be substantially improve we will wait another 25 years.
The Hotel is the one I have known 40 years ago, although not in the past 25 years. The public rooms, the bar, the terrace for breakfast and the staff are excellent. Ambiance quiet & discreet. Other than the staff, breakfast on the terrace on a warm summers day was the highlight.
Our room was not good. Very very small and the view described as "city" meant back, loading dock, truck parking not acceptable. No value for money.
2 September 2023
Will definitely go back
Perfect location, clean, professional staff,
2 August 2023
So so
Location
It’s outdated. The hotel needs a refurbishment
30 July 2023
Expensive, but a very pleasant stay.
The room ( A suite) the view and the fantastic beds.
I cannot tell you much more because we only spent a few hours and one night at the hotel.
23 July 2023
Comfortable but needs modernising
Good concierge
Needs refurbishing
18 July 2023
Room was terrible. The rest of the hotel was above average and so was the service
Location
The room I got 205
12 July 2023
Amazing, comfortable stay for our family
The staff, accommodations, view, proximity, everything was exceptional. We would love to visit again and were sad to leave.
5 July 2023
Good location
Prime location, helpful staff.
Long stairs at the entrance made it difficult to enter for elder people.
26 June 2023
Exceptional
Good location clean hotel
Price so high
16 June 2023
Fabulous
Breakfast is great only but it will be better if they make buffet breakfast
28 May 2023
good
location
price
26 May 2023
Exceptional
All was good
N/A
9 May 2023
not bad but not a repeat
good location welcoming staff
small room although it says size of 30mm wired unpleasant smell in room which wasn’t clear where it’s coming from
17 April 2023
Only one night but a very comfortable one at that. Well done BR
Great location and stylish presentation.
All lovely
13 April 2023
Exceptional
everything
nothing
6 April 2023
Pleasant
I liked the old character and style!
Unfortunately you will be needing a renovation soon especially with your rates.
20 March 2023
Fabulous
Location was great. Arrived in the evening and left early the next morning for the airport, so didn't spend much time at the hotel. That said, staff was friendly, the building lobby was beautiful, and the room was spacious and bed was comfortable.
There was some noise from other patrons in the hallway in the evening, but eventually quieted down. Was a bit expensive for such a short stay/not spending much time in the hotel.
11 March 2023
Exceptional
the staff, the rooms, the comfort, the convenience, the view, everything was great.
7 March 2023
Exceptional
The night cleaning, the laday obviously was trying to skip it and she actually skipped it the last night.
6 March 2023
my staying at this hotel was wonderful ❤️
every single thing ❤️
nothing at all
2 March 2023
I liked the reception stuff and the classic design of the hotel halls and room
the classic decoration and location
the gym was too small and the running machine was noisy . the reception man of the breakfast restaurant was acting in rude way when I order my special egg
28 February 2023
Pleasant
The food menu does not match the quality of the hotel
31 January 2023
Lovely old world hotel with top service.
The comfy beds and big room.
No sitting room to look over the lake.
29 December 2022
Amazing stay
everything
25 December 2022
Great Hotel. Superb service.
Too notch service, excellent location.
Can’t think of anything, which is amazing in itself.
24 December 2022
nice people ugly place
the location
very old and ugly lobby small bar
22 December 2022
Exceptional
All in all . Thanks for all staff 👍 Special thanks to Mr Quentin Hay And Mr Sasha.
Design , service , staff...really excellent 👏
30 November 2022
Exceptional
everything!!!!!!!!most beautiful place to stay in Geneve
18 November 2022
ok
Die Lage Das Restaurant Chat-Botté
Bar - Breakfast Service
5 November 2022
Passable
staff was nice and helpful
I paid an extra 25% for over time in the room while I ate in the dark for dinner and had some birds entering my room, it seems it happens often there
16 October 2022
Staff all excellent
Don’t like single beds merged into double beds.
27 August 2022
Disappointing
the breakfast was good as well as the staffs are wellcoming
The facilities are old and not renovated from long time as well as the furniture is old and not renewed.
16 August 2022
Historical value
The location is unique, and I like that it has a historical value, it tells a story.
There was no big variety in the breakfast bread.
13 August 2022
nice and friendly
everything was fine
it was overrated in room prices and the breakfast was poor in my opinion and not worth the price .
12 August 2022
Exceptional
Great location, charming hotel.
4 August 2022
Everything was just great. Couldn't recommend it enough to anyone.
Everything was just great. The view from the room, the helpfulness of the staff, the beautiful style of the room. We are very likely to come back!
21 July 2022
Very good
location
parking is not included ( not free ).
10 July 2022
Great location and staff hospitality
Location and staff
Not much facilities and room needs to be refurbished
3 July 2022
excellent service at beau rivage
friendliness and attentiveness of staff, excellent food, excellent location. room is very elegant and comfortable. hotel lobby is elegant. I loved breakfast on La terrasse
1 July 2022
The most romantic stay ever!
Great View, Amazing Staff, Classic Rooms
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Currency exchange
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
Activities
- - Fitness centre
- - Hiking
- - Fitness
- - Walking tours (additional charge)
- - Themed dinner nights (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance
Entertainment and family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Electric vehicle charging station
Transport
- - Public transport tickets
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - Key card access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Face masks for guests available
7 May 2025
Don’t go there, unless you have historical passions and ambitions to satisfy.