Restaurants in Geneva

This tiny, popular bistro with simple green-and-white décor and a shady pavement terrace, in an unlikely location near Geneva’s train station, serves classic cuisine with an imaginative twist, as well as superb desserts. Dishes include fillet of beef with morel mushrooms and a ginger crust or wild tuna scented with Perigordine truffle. The wine list includes some fine Genevois wines. Closed Saturday and Sunday, and there’s usually a hiatus over summer too.

Finding good-quality affordable eats in Geneva can be a fairly tricky pastime, a fact which makes Au Pied du Cochon something of a stellar find. The signature dish, as the restaurant name might suggest, is stuffed pig’s trotter, but there’s a whole smorgasbord of other roasted goodies to be washed down with wines. In short, well-above-par food in a comfortable bistro setting – and in a trendy part of town too.

Mais oui – yet another Michelin-starred restaurant. Situated in the 5-star Hôtel Beau-Rivage, Le Chat-Botté (the name means ‘Puss In Boots’) serves excellent contemporary cuisine, drawing its clientele from both the business and leisure worlds. Specialities include rack and mignon of rabbit with Taggiasche olives or king prawn and squid stuffed with riso venere (black Venus rice). Reservations are strongly recommended.

Located in a former farmhouse in the western suburb of Peney-Dessusand and surrounded by the Geneva vineyards, Châteauvieux is one of Geneva’s finest gourmet establishments. Thanks to the creative seasonal French cuisine of owner-chef Philippe Chevrier – also a pioneer on the Geneva wine scene – the restaurant is fully deserving of its two Michelin stars. It’s expensive, as you’d expect, but well worth a splurge if you can get a table.