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Pavillon
We’re reopening
Pavillon is ready to welcome you back. Join us as we step into a new summer season filled with delicious food, refreshing drinks, and the warm, relaxed atmosphere you’ve come to love.
Whether it’s a sunny afternoon with friends or a cozy evening under the stars, we’re here to make your summer unforgettable.
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Connoisseur Circle - Design & Boutique Hotels Award
We are delighted to announce that the Unique Hotel Post has been named one of the best hotels in Switzerland in the category "design & boutique hotel" in 2024 by the Connoisseur Circle. This honor is awarded by respected experts in recognition of outstanding hospitality services in cooperation with TrustYou.
FALSTAFF RESTAURANT & BEIZEN GUIDE 2025
the best 1300 restaurants and pubs in Switzerland
We are pleased to announce that our restaurant “Vivanda” has received a rating of 85 out of 100 points in the Falstaff Restaurant and Pickling Guide 2025 for Switzerland. It is a great honor for us to be recognized by the Falstaff community.
Further information:
Vivanda | Unique Hotel Post in Zermatt - Falstaff
25 BEST WINTERHOTELS
The Unique Hotel Post was again represented in the renowned Swiss hotel rating this year. We are delighted to have achieved 18th place in the Sonntagszeitung's ranking of the 25 best winter hotels in Switzerland.
Die 75 besten Winterhotels der Schweiz | Tages-Anzeiger
WE ARE SWISSTAINABLE
We proudly participate in the Swisstainable sustainability program, classified at levels I – committed. This initiative brings together businesses and organizations across the entire Swiss tourism sector. By joining this program, we dedicate ourselves to ongoing sustainable business development, implement measures related to sustainability, and contribute positively to a sustainable Swiss tourism industry.
Learn more about Swisstainable:
Swisstainable – sustainable travel in Switzerland. | Switzerland Tourism
101 BESTE BARS DER SCHWEIZ
We are pleased to be part of the selection of the 101 best bars in Switzerland again this year.
TRIP ADVISOR BEST OF THE BEST 2024
The coveted Travelers' Choice Awards Best of the Best celebrates the best of the best in the travel industry. This award is given to businesses that have received numerous outstanding reviews and opinions from the Tripadvisor community over a twelve-month period. Less than 1% of the eight million entries on Tripadvisor make it into this select circle.
The Unique Hotel Post is represented in the “Small and Boutique Hotels” category this year.
We would like to thank our employees and guests for their loyalty!
SHL BEST CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
We are very pleased to announce that we have received the certificate for the best customer experience 2024 with the result “excellent” from SHL after successful participation in the mystery hotel tester test recognized by Hotellerie-Suisse.
SWISS LOCATION AWARD 2024
The Unique Hotel Post is officially one of the most beautiful bars & clubs in Switzerland
We are extremely pleased that the Unique Hotel Post has received 8.4 out of 10 points at the Swiss Location Award 2024. "The award shows us that our work is appreciated by event organizers and visitors. This motivates us to continue to give our best at every event so that our guests can experience an unforgettable stay with us," says Marloes Nijhof, our Front Office and Events Manager.
About the Swiss Location Award®
The Swiss Location Award® has been the most important seal of quality in the event industry since 2016. The award recognizes the most beautiful and best locations in Switzerland in 10 different categories. The Swiss Location Award® is organized and run by eventlokale.ch, the largest event portal in Switzerland. eventlokale.ch brings event organizers and locations together in one place and simplifies the planning and organization of events.
NICE-PRICE HOLIDAY HOTELS OF SWITZERLAND
Once again we have made it into the top 30 in all of Switzerland
VIVANDA SUMMER EDITION
Between May and November our VIVANDA restaurant will be open in a reduced form and at a different location.
During the spring and summer season, we look forward to treating you to culinary delights on the first floor of the Unique Hotel Post in our VIVANDA SUMMER EDITION restaurant. Come and enjoy your dinner on our terrace!
BEST PUB & BAR 2024 - RESTAURANT GURU
We are pleased to announce that our Brown Cow Pub has been named the best pub in Zermatt. This is according to the ratings of visitors to Restaurant Guru, one of the most popular foodie websites in the world with over 30 million monthly users.
LIVING ROOM
We present our new bar the "Living Room" in the centre of the old town, with a garden terrace and a spectacular view of the Matterhorn. A place to meet the locals, enjoy a drink and play our arcade game or table football. Nuno looks forward to welcoming you and making you feel like home, only better!
BEST OF SWISS GASTRO
The Pöstli Stübli Team says thank you!
They have received the third place of this year's BOSG Gasto Award in the category Classic.
OUR ROOMS HAVE BEEN REFRESHED
In collaboration with the internationally renowned interior designer Federica Palacios, who was already responsible for the total renovation of the Design Hotel in 2007 and for all subsequent renovation and extension work, all rooms were refreshed and redecorated for this winter season. The layout and design convey a dignified yet trendy effect, which reflects a certain timeless ambiance through authenticity. Special emphasis is placed on sustainability and the combination of tradition and modernity.
«VIVANDA – sapori mediterranei»
The restaurant "The Factory" with Mediterranean specialties, focusing on pizza and pasta dishes, will open today with an adapted and refreshing gastronomic concept under the new name "VIVANDA - sapori mediterranei". The VIVANDA restaurant will be newly an authentic Italian ristorante with a focus on original, fresh and homemade Italian products, preparation methods and dishes. Thanks to a new charcoal grill, various special fish and meat dishes will also be offered in the future, such as an authentic Italian "bistecca alla fiorentina". A fine pasta and pizza selection from the wood-fired oven will continue to be offered, albeit in a reduced form.
«BAO BAR – asian street food»
The current restaurant P.O.S.T with its sharing food concept will undergo a concept renewal and be redesigned as the hotel's "Pop Up Restaurant". We want let our gastronomic creativity run free and respond quickly, surprisingly and innovatively to the new, constantly changing needs and wishes of our guests. At the beginning of December we will start with the new and trendy winter gastronomy concept "BAO BAR - asian street food". Various delicious and currently very trendy Bao Buns have been created.
NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF
Diogo Monteiro Correia will be at the stove from next October. He will succeed Christian Schubert as executive chef.
The 41-year-old Diogo Monteiro Correia was previously head chef at the Matterhorn Group and before that, head chef at the Chez Vrony restaurant in Findeln for nine years. After successfully completing his apprenticeship at the Grand Hotel Zermatterhof, Diogo Monteiro Correia spent his professional years in various well-known hotel and catering establishments. During his many years as head chef at "Chez Vrony", he succeeded in positioning the Zermatt restaurant as a 14-point Gault-Millau mountain restaurant with a great deal of quality awareness and innovation.
We look forward to working with Diogo and welcome him to the Pöstli team.
SPECIALISATION DESIGN & LIFESTYLE
We are very proud that this year we have been awarded the specialisation of Hotelleriesuisse as Design & Lifestyle Hotel
UNIQUE HOTEL POST 1875 - 2015
Unique, inside as outside.
Since 140 years and 5 generations people live, eat and drink behind the historical walls of the Unique Hotel Post and so we did on our birthday-party.
