I'm trying to be as generous as I can and the only conclusion I can come to is that Ibis is knowingly misrepresenting their hotel as wheelchair accessible. Even for non-wheelchair users, I'd say probably skip it, the hotel is very far out of the way of the center of the city (a taxi ride from HBF is about 50 francs), and although the bus and tram systems are nice, you can probably find a nicer place closer to where you want to be for a similar price. There are few restaurants or activities in this area and you're basically just on a commuter road.
This hotel is not accessible. My experience leads me to believe the hotel knows it is not accessible and is still continuing to list it as so on the website. Specifically, we requested a wheelchair accessible room and were told they would let me know in advance whether it was possible. They never did. We called to ask on the day of and they assured us the room was accessible. When we arrived, we found that there are stairs and no ramp to the main entrance and no signage for an accessible entrance. We were shown the room and it was pointed out that the "accessible" room has a step into the room and into the bathroom. The only accessibility feature is a grab bar in the shower. We were asked if it was okay (it absolutely is not) but only after they had lied to us on the phone about the accessibility and we'd spent 50 francs to get there, not to mention our nonrefundable stay. We would have had to pay several hundred francs to back out at this point, and there didn't seem to be anywhere else with availablity. Again, we chose to stay there because the hotel misrepresents its facilities both online and by phone and only tells the truth once you arrive. While Switzerland has few accessibility standards, there is no reasonable definition under which this room was accessible, and again, the fact that the person at the front desk showed us all the ways it is inaccessible demonstrates that they are aware of the issue and are choosing to misrepresent the facility as accessible. In my case, I managed, but many other disabled people would not have been able to. read more