Cascada Boutique Hotel, LucerneCascada Boutique Hotel in Lucerne, Switzerland has a corrected score of 3.8 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), ranked 5 of 47 hotels we score in Lucerne. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 3.9 before correction: Booking.com 3.8, Tripadvisor 4.1. Rooms from about $370 a night (cached, not a live quote).Cascada Boutique Hotel is a four-star, seven-storey hotel with 74 individually designed rooms, each named after a Swiss waterfall. It sits in Lucerne's Neustadt district, a five to ten minute walk from the train station, Lake Lucerne, the old town and Chapel Bridge. Facilities include a gym, sauna, restaurant, bar, meeting rooms, parking and pet-friendly rooms, with breakfast served at the Bolero Restaurante. Guests report comfortable rooms, good dining and friendly service, though some mention noise at night. Rates start around $370 per night, so it suits travellers wanting a central, well-equipped base in Lucerne who are less sensitive to price.What stands out

Clean, comfortable rooms

Friendly, helpful staff

Varied breakfast options

Central Lucerne location

Watch out for

Noise noticeable at night

Occasional unhelpful front desk staff

Better-scored in Lucerne

Burgenstock Hotel, Lucerne: 4.0 ± 0.4 (thin evidence, 1 of 4 platforms). The Bürgenstock Hotel is a five-star property within the Bürgenstock Resort, sitting roughly 500 metres above Lake Lucerne near Obbürgen in the canton of Nidwalden.

Seehotel Hermitag, Lucerne: 3.9 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $596 a night. Seehotel Hermitage is a small luxury hotel on the shores of Lake Lucerne, about 4 km from the city centre, with lake and Mount Pilatus views.

Waldhotel Buergenstock, Lucerne: 3.8 ± 0.3 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms). The Waldhotel Bürgenstock is a five-star hotel standing around 500 metres above Lake Lucerne on the Bürgenberg mountain, within the wider Bürgenstock Resort.