We had our second honeymoon here - stayed in a lovely room with a kitchenette. The maid service was superb! The entire place was very well maintained, clean and neat. This hotel is a true gem. Many thanks for the warm and kind touches at the reception desk, for the attentive service at breakfast and not the least - for this great place we called home for six happy days at Sagitta. We will be back.

For very-expensive Geneva, this isnt exactly a steal, but it isnt too bad. Paid 189 CHF / night, during a business trip. Found out later frm colleauges that the 4 star Warwick was 190 CHF/night... Probably should have gone there. Anyway. This is a very very small hotel, most people in the city including taxi drivers have no idea where it is. Its on a small side street close to the downtown core, which is its biggest asset. You can walk to the river/lake easily, and transit/trams are right next door (but arent loud). There are 8 floors, 7 of which are serviced by the tiniest elevator that ive seen in a hotel... we had three people in there and we were nice and cozy! Small breakfast room, continental style, but I didnt find much of the bread/croissants appealing and/or fresh. Laundry service is quick and efficient (drycleaning), but EXTREMELY expensive (16 CHF for a light pullover/longsleeve shirt). No other room service/restaurant/food of any kind (not even a vending machine or ice machine) other than breakfast... and in Geneva where even McDonalds closes at 12 on weekdays, 2 on weekends, you better not be thirsty/hungry at night. Maid service was average. I had a large room, with a balcony (7th floor), due to the length of my stay, and a kitchenette... The dishes were washed for me, which was nice, but somewhere along the way a cup got lost? The bathroom was quite clean, probably cleaner than my own back home, but under the coffee table/bed/etc wasnt so great. The bed was actually seperated when I arrived into two sort of day beds. Very small singles. I pushed them together, but its still not the same with a crack in the middle. The maid didnt even bother trying to make the bed as one, only one of the day beds was made up, even though they were pushed together. The view is mediocre at best. Its on a sidestreet, so you just see other local buildings. Service was poor, I believe it is family owned, as there is a "head receptionist" and near everything has to be cleared through her/done through her.. Check out, etc is all her. When I called down once to see if local calls were free or what the rate was, the attendant said he had no clue, and told me to call back. TV service is mediocre, but for a "Value" hotel, I guess it was adequate. Al Jazeera is definitely not something we have in Canada :) The rooms all have old fashioned keys (as compared to keycards) and as such apparently most people are asked to turn in their keys upon leaving and to ask for them back when coming back in. I never did this as they never asked me, but other colleagues told me this was their experience. I presume it is to avoid lost keys/lock change costs. It is by far not in the most action packed location, but its relatively near to everything youd want, and far away from the "quality hotels" of the red light district (though there are no red lights) around Gare Cornavin (the train station).

Sagitta hotel has staff attitude problems. Stayed here for 4 nights just before Xmas 2004, room clean and tidy, location fairly good, would recommend to others if not bothered about breakfast and staff attitudes. At breakfast I asked for sliced bread to make toast with, ( they provide a toaster and usually have sliced bread, but did not have the bread on this occasion), and was told by the rude spanish breakfast attendant that they had "no bread for toast and that I should eat what I am given"!! I complained to the manager, who said that they were low on bread because Xmas was 2 days away. I told her that there were two supermarkets within a 2 minute walk from the hotel that were open and that sold bread. Suddenly she lost her ability to speak fluent English, trying to explain to me in French that she didn't understand. This incident seems relatively petty, yet this attitude was pervasive throughout our stay. A South African family breakfasting next to us complained that it was the worst service they had encountered on their 3 week tour of France, Italy and Switzerland. Geneva, by the way, has a pleasant old town that will keep you occupied for half a day. After that, I suggest going to another country, or at least into the Alps to ski because Geneva nightlife is about as buzzing as tuesday night in Kabul.