Pension fürDich, Zurich
Expert reviews
“Crawling distance from the pubs and clubs of sleazy-cool Langstrasse, Pension Für Dich is a popular cafe and concert venue with an 18-room pension. Most rooms have parquet floors, vintage furniture and flamboyant wallpapers.”
Featured in 36 Hours in Zurich by The New York Times.
What guests liked
- Top location
- Excellent service
- Free Wifi
- Private parking
All you need to know
Pension furDich is located in Zurich’s fourth district, near Backeranalage Park. This hotel houses 26 rooms integrated into six different apartments, accommodating between one to three guests: Balcony Room, Room forYou, Family Room with Balcony, Logia Room, Single Room, and Family Room. Two of these rooms have balconies, and all of them share two bathrooms on the fourth and fifth floors. Balconies overlook a quiet street with lots of trees and picturesque architecture. Another room, the Logia Room Plus, is located on two different floors and includes a private bathroom.
This historic building offers guest rooms with bold-patterned wallpaper, bright colors, and wooden floors, creating a quirky and artistic atmosphere. The hotel café serves breakfast, pastries, and weekend brunch, along with fish, salad, paninis, and pasta. Amenities include Wi-Fi, complimentary toiletries, and onsite dining options.
While Pension furDich is located in a central area, the neighborhood is situated away from the main tourist hub, allowing you to experience Zurich as a local. Within a mile of this hotel, you will find Bahnhofstrasse, Prime Tower, the Christmas Market, and the Swiss National Museum. The Backeranlage Tram Stop is 350 feet away from the hotel so that you will have easy access to the rest of the city. Pension furDich is a charming hotel for your next Zurich getaway, offering friendly service, a laid-back atmosphere, and cozy rooms.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
18 August 2024
Very pleasant stay with good people running it
Friendly accommodating stuff. Great location
No A/C
16 August 2024
Beautiful guesthouse! Wish we could have stayed longer!
We stayed at Guesthouse fürDich on our last night in Switzerland before flying out of Zurich early in the morning. I wish we would have stayed longer! It was such a beautiful and charming hotel! The shared bathrooms were not a problem - I didn't hear or see anyone else during our stay. We opted to get a hotel with a balcony which was the move. A thunderstorm rolled in and we sat outside and watched the lightning before the rain came down. The owner spoke English and check-in was super easy. He also helped recommend some places to go! Overall great stay and would highly recommend!
We loved our room so much at Guesthouse fürDich. The only thing that was bothersome was the creaky floors. They woke up my partner in the middle of the night when I tried to sneak to the bathroom. It wasn't a big deal, however.
13 August 2024
Average. It was only for two nights. Good cafe but lack conditioning
Location was good. Restaurants near by. Proximity to downtown.
Room did not had air conditioning. Shared bathroom. Big room but lack of good fans and air conditioning
10 August 2024
Fabulous
Very spacious, everything clean, bathroom was clean, comfortable beds. Staff was very friendly and attentive.
The unit does not have AC which it's not really necessary because temperature is nice at night, but I do recommend maybe leave two fans since there are two beds. Other than that everything was perfect.
6 August 2024
Great
Great spacious clean room and bathroom
Not sure if sheets were replaced! Seemed reused and not changed from previous guest
5 August 2024
Nice stay in Zürich
Loved the vibe in the cafe, good breakfast and the beds were comfy and family room on top floor was large and clean.
Beware the low beams on top floor, including in the loo - couple of serious head cracks, they need to be highlighted a different colour for safety. No air con... a good fan for one of the beds but not both.
2 August 2024
Excellent, affordable place to stay.
Fabulous place to stay. Very easy to get to from the airport by public transport. Very friendly welcome. Family of four stayed in the room together with shared bathroom (shared with one other room but never encountered them).
30 July 2024
Very nice staff, very helpfull, great location.
Location
You can‘t have a drink after 20 /21 hours because they close the cafe a bit early. No airconditioning in the rooms.
29 July 2024
Great stay in Zürich
We were in a family suite on the second floor and it was gorgeous! Very clean and comfortable. The bathroom is also clean and well cared for. The location is about a 30 minute walk from the main sights but there are some cute areas to eat and drink right around the hotel. We stayed twice here and the second time we were on the first floor family suite and is not as nice as the second floor.
Of course it’s not convenient to have to share the bathroom, especially if you have a flight to catch and are waiting for someone to finish! But we accepted this as Zürich is so incredibly expensive and this was more affordable. Also, there’s some sketchy people that hang out in the park across the street and play loud techno music into the night. We stayed twice at this hotel and both times this was going on.
29 July 2024
Brilliant place would highly recommend if you don’t mind sharing a bathroom with 3 other rooms . V friendly, helpful sta
Great rooms, comfortable and v stylish
26 July 2024
Pleasant
Good location. Friendly staff. Clean facilities
The shower wasn't working properly. Shared with 3 other rooms. No AC and fridge in the room.
24 July 2024
Quirky, value property in Zurich
This place is quirky. It’s above a corner cafe. The cafe has a nice atmosphere and the food was good. The beds were comfy and the room was nice and spacious for our family of four.
The shared bathroom situation was a little weird. The bathroom was clean but it was just strange having to share with hallway neighbors. We felt like we had to rush through our bathroom routines! We had a room that opened right onto the street. It was warm, so we had to have the windows and balcony doors open. The street noise was so loud. The Euros were happening during our stay and some fans decided to drive around and honk their horns all hours of the night making it difficult to sleep. It’s a very minimalist property, so it was fine for one night. The woman that checked us in was not very friendly. Being new to the country after a long day’s travel, I wish we had been greeted by a more friendly face. The woman working the cafe the next morning was much friendlier.
23 July 2024
Charming rooms and cafe.
Nice atmosphere. Nice cafe. Funny and spacious rooms.
Squeaky floor, noise from outside (not hotels fault there was a concert).
20 July 2024
Comfortable and interesting.
Clean and comfortable
Just very expensive for shared bathroom lodging. $500 for a family of 4. But it is Switzerland.
11 July 2024
Cozy and great staff.
Cozy and clean
Shared bathrooms, but very clean!
10 July 2024
Family friendly place witj convenient cafe at the lobby in a quite neighborhood. Very nice staff!
Very nice staff and ambience. Very well decorated and great location for us.
Shared bathroom.
9 July 2024
Great location, Great Staffs!
I like the location and that the shared bathroom is super clean! The Staffs were amazing and friendly. I love their restaurant/cafe downstairs. They have amazing food; salad and coffee! You can just walk around and you'll at the center of Zurich. You can also find a lot of diverse restaurants nearby plus the nightlife area is also just few blocks away.
Well since it's an old building , you hear if someone walks and the walls seems not so isolated.
9 July 2024
Properly owner was very helpful and very kind. Location is excellent and always clean. Thanks Betty.
Location and clean
Separate rooms and common restroom
29 June 2024
Very friendly staff, nice rooms, comfortable beds.
The staff was really nice, the room was spacious, the location was fine, but not that close to the city center.
No air conditioning, only one fan for the entire 2-bed room.
29 June 2024
Fabulous
Lovely room - balcony into the courtyard, nice and quiet. Very friendly. Great breakfast.
25 June 2024
Fabulous
Great breakfast. The cafe at the ground floor is really nice, and a good place to hang out. The location is quite good with a lot of restaurants, bars and coffee shops. There is also a nice park just outside the guesthouse. The staff is nice and willing to help, and the room is spacy and clean with a cute balcony.
The is no air conditioning in the room, and in summer it could get hot. There is no fridge. Though the location is good in terms of what can be found out side the guest-house, most of the point of interest in Zurich, are found near the old town, which is about 20 minutes walk, or a few minutes by public transportations.
24 June 2024
A great quirky and unique guesthouse.
The size and decor of the room. The divided nature of the set up is great so you actually have limited sharing of facilities. The staff were excellent. The park across the street is gorgeous and we had a lovely meal not far from the guesthouse. We would definitely stay again.
17 June 2024
Nice enough to remind for a future stay
The terrace outside and the bar below
The layout of the rooms is a little off given that these are appartements divided in rooms. I think my bathroom was once the kitchen :-)
16 June 2024
A decent choice near the city center…
I very much liked the cleanliness and comfort of my room. I also appreciated the fact that they changed my sheets every day. (Since there is no AC, people may swear badly.) The city center is only 12-15 min walk from the hotel and it’s in a very safe neighborhood!
Please start offering FREE BREAKFAST! Also, there should be a separate front desk person rather than having the restaurant servers to take care of the guests. (Although they do an awesome job, I still think there is a need for an official front desk staff.) And finally, please consider getting the shared bathrooms cleaned twice a day. (Toward the evening, they may no longer in a quite good shape.)
6 June 2024
Good deal for the price /good location
Location/ room size good with sofa big TV bed comfy light blanket would be nice
Need air conditioner in room/ shower floor very slippery
31 May 2024
Overall, we would stay here again, but would request another room that had curtains/shades.
The room was in a funky old building above a cafe, which was fun. It was convenient to public transportation and local shopping (groceries, etc.). The room was clean and beds were comfy. The bathroom was remodeled and fairly large. Not a lot of amenities or towels, however.
Unfortunately, we felt very uncomfortable during our stay in the room. Although the bathroom had large, sunny windows, they were incompletely frosted and overlooked a small inner courtyard surrounded by multi-level apt. buildings. There were no shades or curtains on the windows and the frosted parts afforded little privacy. I could look out the glass shower and into the apts. across the courtyard, and assume the inhabitants could do the same. In fact, we observed an opposite neighbor as he watched us in the bathroom one evening, so we ended up hanging towels over the exposed window. Not sure if this was a 'funky' bathroom design of the remodel but it was disappointing.
30 May 2024
Lovely, comfortable accommodation
Clean and well set up. Close to the tram stop. Not far from the main train station. Staff were friendly and helpful. Room was clean and the bed very comfortable
Sharing a bathroom, but I knew that I had to do that so not really a problem
28 May 2024
Very good
The location was great. Very easy to take bus to the train station in 15 minutes. The bed were very comfortable and the room accommodates were nice. The balcony was fabulous and afforded a very nice few. It was a wonderful bonus to have a nice city park across the street. Sharing a bathroom with three other units was never a problem.
27 May 2024
It was a nice place and good location.
The food was really good!! No complaints at all about that! The room was spacious and the bathroom was clean.
The bed we slept in felt as though the feet were higher than the head. It was almost as though the room was slightly slanted. But the sheets were clean. There was also a something sticky on the floor by the French doors and it was bringing ants into the room. The cleaner that was taking care of the bathroom seemed to clean it a little but it was still sticky so we had to avoid that area. Also, an alarm started going off in the middle of the night that kept us awake for a little bit. Thankfully someone was able to get it turned off.
23 May 2024
Was a good stay, highly recommended for those who are having a short stay. Very clean and tidy
Clean and tidy, staff are very helpful and friendly
Common washroom
21 May 2024
Good location. Clean room yet needs to be updated a little. Overall, would come again.
it was near establishments snd the park
it was a shared bathroom. we booked a private room for a griup of four yet the bathroom was outside the room in the hallway to be shared with two other rooms.
20 May 2024
Zurich is a wonderful city to visit and we really enjoyed our time there
Location was excellent and the room was very comfortable. it was great to have a balcony and it was very quiet.
It wold have been great to have a kettle in the room to make a hot drink
27 April 2024
Fabulous
Clean, nice interior, nice cozy style, dark curtains and quiet.
22 April 2024
Fabulous
Nice location, interesting vibe
19 April 2024
Excellent location, excellent balcony, excellent shower
Brilliant room with a balcony overlooking the city. The rainfall shower was amazing. Helpful staff. Brilliant stay.
Had to keep asking for fresh towels.
16 April 2024
nice stay, just for relaxing and doing nothing
large room for family, with windows so great view. easy to locate
maybe my fault for not reading properly but the separate bathroom and having to share with others on the same floor. no kettle. it would be nice if there’s simple electric kettle in case get hungry late night.
6 April 2024
Pleasant
Good distance to Zurich HB. Comfortable bed. Lovely cafe on the ground floor. Food is good. They have a range of table games.
The side tables were quite dusty.
31 March 2024
Fabulous
We loved everything about FurDich! The staff were very friendly, it has a relaxed cool about it, excellent vegetarian food and only 15 minutes walk from the train station. Would definitely stay again and will be recommending it to friends.
18 March 2024
Very good
It was really clear and the staff were very nice.
14 March 2024
Pleasant
Breakfast excellent
11 March 2024
Very nice hotel.
Was a nice hotel, very comfy bed, very good location with good transport everywhere. Or easy to walk. Was near a quieter railway station than Zurich HB which was great as Zurich HB is huge and very busy. Good Products in bathroom and room was warm.
Floor a bit dusty. And a little noisy in the morning.
11 March 2024
Fabulous
Staff, cafe, rooms. All were fantastic.
Nothing
11 February 2024
Fabulous
Very cosy, large family room, with a nice cafe on the ground floor. Though shared bathroom, it is always very clean. The cafe is very family friendly, surprisingly nice atmosphere also for those who come with small children. Food is delicious, wide variety of drinks.
Could have offer discount for breakfast for those who stay there in the guest house.
22 January 2024
Very good
Zurich
Zurich
21 January 2024
Fabulous
The property was good value for money was very secure and private and comfortable. It was nicely furnished and had excellent bathroom facilities.
There was no refrigerator or microwave in the room, but that was already mentioned in the property details
13 January 2024
I was satisfied with this guesthouse after unpleasant experience with hotel Josef.
Friendly staff, calm location and spacious room with balcony.
A little bit far from the city center but it’s still okay.
4 January 2024
Family visit to Zurich
Our bedroom was very spacious and ideal for a family. The staff at reception is very friendly and helpful.
Ideally we would have appreciated an ensuite, not a shared bathroom.
4 January 2024
Very comfortable!
Funky and very friendly!
nothing!!
28 December 2023
It was good
- Spacious rooms - Good location - cafe right downstairs - good staff
- washrooms were separate
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Kid-friendly buffet
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
Outdoors
- - Terrace
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Designated smoking area
Activities
- - Children's playground
- - Live music/performance
Services
- - Luggage storage
- - Private check-in/check-out
Entertainment and family services
- - Indoor play area
Miscellaneous
- - Key access
- - Smoke alarms
- - Fire extinguishers
Reception services
- - Invoice provided
20 August 2024
Spacious and confortable room