Welcome to the first Boutique-Hotel in Central Switzerland

Your hosts at the Schlussel

The hosts met in a kitchen at the Hotel Belvédère in Hergiswil. Both were doing their apprenticeship. After finishing their training they worked at different restaurants and hotels to gain experience and know-how. Dani always knew that he wanted to be have his own place and be his own boss. While traveling through America they worked on a concept – not having a restaurant in sight. Becoming hosts of the Schlussel was pure luck – it was carneval time and the present tenants of the Schlussel told Dani they are looking for new tenants. Dani did not hesitate, he accepted even though many friends dissuaded him on his decision.  At that time the Schlussel had a call of a down to earth pub… expressing this in a diplomatic way!

When Gabrielle and Daniel took over the Schlussel, they first threw out the plastic floors and the orange curtains. After many years of passionate renovations the Schlussel has become a fourstarboutiquehotel on a fivestarlevel, which attracts locals, guests from Switzerland and from New York to Hong Kong in its easy-going ambience.
And still: In the cosy restaurant you can still feel the warmth of the original pub.

• You, our dear guests, we treat as our personal visitors. Therefore we introduce ourselves with our first names and not with our surname.
• We compensate your journey to the Schlüssel with our joy of being your hosts and with a lot of time to be at your service.
• To our motivated employees we grant a personal platform and give them the possibility to work in professional surrounding.
• A cultivated service is very important to us, but with an individual note and informal attitude.
• Top quality products are a matter of course for us, if possible we prefer to use local products.
• The guest rooms are a symbiosis of moderne and exclusive comfort as well as troves from long gone times.
• We recognize our business partners as competent partners and maintain a friendly and fair contact with them.
• Ecology and sustainability is what we live and believe for in the boutique-hotel Schlüssel
• With respect and the due consideration we treat our close neighbours, they contribute a lot to our business and its success.
• Be our guest-friend, we and our employees and looking forward to it!