Hotel Pyramida, which people used to walk past, is now Riverside
The 1904 apartment building at Zahradnická 19 in Brno had served as a hotel since the 1990s, for years without any major investment. In May 2025 we bought it, renovated it and set up the whole hotel anew. Today we run it ourselves as Hotel Riverside.
The building at a glance
- Address
- Zahradnická 19, Brno
- Majordo and the building
- we have owned it since May 2025
- What we have done
- hotel renovation and a new café
- In the building today
- Hotel Riverside, 30 rooms
A building with three lives
When we viewed the building in March 2025, it was beautiful but neglected. Over its history it had lived three lives.
- 1904The apartment building is completed on a new street laid out where gardens used to be. Its first owners are Mr and Mrs Caesar.
- 1920sThe building is used as housing. Its residents include the sculptor Jan Laušman and the doctor Karel Kahn.
- After 1989A new owner bought the building. For a year or two, the owner’s company had its offices there.
- From the 1990s to 2025The owner converted the building into Hotel Pyramida. It took in guests for about thirty years.
- Since May 2025We bought the building, renovated it and run Hotel Riverside in it.
For years Hotel Pyramida had a poor reputation, with a Booking.com rating of around 5.8 out of 10. Guests chose it mainly for the price, on business trips. When we took over the building, a red runner still lay on the main staircase.
March 2025 – room with damaged wallpaper
March 2025 – room with purple wallpaper
March 2025 – the original breakfast room
April 2025 – a worn-out roof window
April 2025 – the passageway
May 2025 – the staircase without its carpet
May 2025 – work in the passageway
June 2025 – the original reception
June 2025 – pink disappears under white
June 2025 – hanging new wallpaper
June 2025 – attic room after painting
June 2025 – original tiles under the carpet
July 2025 – furnishing the rooms
July 2025 – room with yellow wallpaper
July 2025 – room in blue and white
July 2025 – narrow room with blue wallpaper
July 2025 – view of Petrov
April 2026 – breakfast buffet
April 2026 – the passageway today
June 2026 – parking in the courtyard
Replacing the furniture was not enough
The hotel had to be set up anew – from the rooms and furnishings to day-to-day operations. We went about it in this order.
- May 2025
Buying the building
We bought the building together with the hotel, which had been operating since the 1990s. We also took over running it.
- Summer 2025
Rooms first
It was the turn of the rooms and corridors, the building’s technical condition and the basic furnishings. The pink corridors are now white and the old carpet has gone from the staircase.
- Next
Common areas
We renovated the common areas, the cellar spaces and the hotel’s service areas. A new breakfast café was also created.
- Now
Hotel Riverside
The hotel has a new name. At the start we got 25 rooms ready; today it has 30. We run it ourselves and have set up its day-to-day operation anew.
How the building has changed
Drag the yellow line with your mouse or finger to compare the same spot before the renovation and today.
Attic room
Street facade
Breakfast room
Reception, now a lounge
What changed at the hotel
- Booking.com guest rating (out of 10): from 5.8 to 8.6
- rooms, with 25 ready at the start: 30
- occupancy in the first year of operation: 85%
| Area | Then | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Hotel Pyramida | Hotel Riverside |
| Guests | mainly for the price, on business trips | business trips, weekends and longer stays |
| Rooms and spaces | years without major investment | renovated rooms, corridors and service areas, a breakfast café |
| Operation and yield | for years the property yielded a bare minimum | a hotel with a clear system that works very well |
Booking.com guest rating, summer 2026.
Do you have a building or a hotel that has been earning little for years? We’ll take a look at it
Between the city centre and the exhibition grounds
Today we run Hotel Riverside ourselves. The building stands on a quiet street a short distance from the Svratka, just a few minutes from the centre of Brno. At the end of the street, you can see Špilberk. The Brno Exhibition Centre is also close by. There are 8 parking spaces at the building. In the morning, breakfast is served in the new café. Our guests come from the Czech Republic and abroad – on business trips, for a weekend or for longer stays.
What does this mean for a building owner? Even a building that has earned little for years can work well again – when the whole operation is set up, not just the furnishings. We see it every day at Zahradnická 19.
The whole story in under two minutes
Our short video shows how Hotel Pyramida became Riverside.
The video plays from YouTube when you click it. Subtitles are part of the picture.
For years, Hotel Pyramida had a poor reputation and a Booking.com rating of around 5.8 out of 10. In 2025, Majordo took over its operation.
The work went step by step: first the rooms, corridors, technical condition and basic furnishings. Today the hotel is called Riverside and has 30 rooms and a rating of 8.6. In its first year of operation, its occupancy was 85%.
Who transformed the hotel with us
Hotel Pyramida did not become Riverside through a change of furniture. The transformation was led by Ing. arch. Petr Klaška of the Brno-based studio AAYE – first the rooms and corridors, then the common and service areas. The former reception is now a lounge and the old breakfast room is a new café. We also worked with Petr Klaška at Starobrněnská and Hlinky.
- Architecture and interiors
- AAYE architecture studio, Ing. arch. Petr Klaška
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