Basel, Switzerland
Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois: A Rhine-side Basel grand hotel spanning historic Blumenrain 8 and new-design Blumenrain 2.
Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois is a historic Rhine-side Basel hotel at Blumenrain 8, with seven additional keys in Herzog & de Meuron’s transformed Blumenrain 2. The original hotel opened in 1844; the newer building opened in June 2025. It is a serious food-and-design address, but the building and room choice matter: Rhine versus Old Town, balcony versus no balcony, and historic versus Blumenrain 2 are all real distinctions.
Book the exact card. Blumenrain 8 ranges from a 19 m² City Business Room for one traveller to 70 m² River Suites and the Napoleon Suite; River Junior Suites, River Suites and the Napoleon Suite allow up to two additional beds on request. The 240 m² Suite des Rois in Blumenrain 2 has two king bedrooms, dining for eight, private gym, bar/lounge and a city-view balcony. Do not assume the non-balcony River Suite has a terrace: its prose conflicts with its amenity list, while a separate Balcony category exists. The former River Family Two-Bedroom is not on the current site and must not be booked as current inventory.
Reserve dining early and match it to the calendar. Cheval Blanc is open Tuesday evening and Wednesday–Saturday lunch and dinner; the house publishes stylish-attire rules and annual winter closure periods. Brasserie Les Trois Rois runs lunch Monday–Saturday and dinner daily, with final kitchen orders at 21:30. Banks is closed Monday and Tuesday; Sushi-style spontaneity is not the model here—Banks uses a sharing menu, and its live page gives last orders rather than closing times. Afternoon tea has daily 14:00–16:00 and 16:30–18:30 seatings and cannot be made vegan, lactose-free or gluten-free.
Seijaku Wellbeing is included for hotel guests during its daily 10:30–19:30 opening hours and is 16+. It has sauna, bio-sauna, steam room, rooftop cold-water plunge, relaxation spaces and a 24-hour gym; treatments are extra and need 24-hour cancellation. Sauna clothing wording conflicts on the hotel’s own terms, so confirm directly if that matters. The public onsen-style experience does not exist here: the only pool published is a cold rooftop plunge.
Book for Basel’s food, art and Rhine views; skip it if you need a guaranteed accessible-room specification, a family programme, confirmed 24-hour room service or a pool-led wellness stay. Retained traveler evidence is strong, but it does not remove the need to select a room by its individual card and reserve the restaurant that defines the visit.
First day
- Reserve the restaurant plan before arrival, especially Cheval Blanc or Banks, and use the published opening days rather than assuming every outlet operates nightly.
- Choose the exact building and room: balcony, city/Rhine view, bed type and extra-bed policy are card-specific.
- Book Seijaku treatments early if wanted; arrive 15 minutes early and note the 16+ wellness rule.
What guests say
Hotel Flock Score
Outstanding
Based on 1.6k published ratings
Category breakdown
Guests Love
Rhine-side setting
Retained guest evidence values the central river setting and the distinct character of a historic Basel hotel.
Food and service
Retained traveler evidence consistently treats dining and polished service as the central reasons to stay.
Guests Warn
Room specificity
The room programme is too varied for a generic upgrade; guests should confirm the exact view, balcony and bed configuration.
Planning required
Restaurant closures, wellness age rules and published service times reward a planned visit rather than spontaneous use.
The overall score is a review-count-weighted average of named public platforms, normalized to /10. Category scores — including cleanliness and location — are Hotel Flock editorial readings of those reviews, not a platform's private formula. Hotel Flock is not affiliated with Tripadvisor, Booking.com, Trivago, or any other review site.
Awards & Recognition
Three MICHELIN Keys
MICHELIN Guide
Cheval Blanc by Peter Knogl — three MICHELIN Stars
MICHELIN Guide
In the stay
- Room-card minibar benefits and Seijaku/wellbeing access during published opening hours are listed for hotel guests.
- Wi-Fi, Feuerstein bath amenities and gym access are listed across current room cards.
- Complimentary non-alcoholic drinks, beer and snacks are listed on the standard room and junior-suite cards.
- River Suites and the Napoleon Suite additionally list selected premium wines in their minibar benefits.
Usually extra
- –Dining, wellness treatments, valet parking and special experiences are separate charges unless a confirmed rate states otherwise.
- –No current official room-service menu or all-night service hours are published.
Good to Know
- Check-in is 15:00 and checkout noon.
- Seijaku is 16+, opens daily 10:30–19:30, and the gym is 24 hours.
- Cheval Blanc has smart-attire rules; Brasserie’s last kitchen order is 21:30.
- Banks is closed Monday and Tuesday; it publishes last-order times rather than closing times.
- The hotel participates in OK:GO, but its pages do not provide accessible-room or step-free-route specifications.
Editor's Note
Choose the building and exact room card first. Reserve Cheval Blanc, Banks or afternoon tea deliberately, and do not infer a terrace for the non-Balcony River Suite.
Reviewed by Hotel Flock · Last updated August 2026