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Restaurants in Zurich

Zurich's restaurants cater to every palate and budget. Eating out in Zurich is a positive treat, offering traditional Swiss cuisine to global fare.

The Zurich restaurants below have been grouped into three pricing categories:
Expensive (over SFr120)
Moderate (SFr50 to SFr120)
Cheap (up to SFr50)
These prices are for a three-course meal for one , including half a bottle of house wine or equivalent, tax and service charge. Besides VAT, a compulsory 15% service charge is included in the cost of all restaurant bills. Diners also tend to round the bill up to the nearest SFr10.

Kronenhalle

Price: Expensive

Some of the 20th century's greatest artists (including Stravinsky, Brecht and Joyce) have frequented the Kronenhalle. Its fin de siècle décor is well suited to its wonderful collection of 20th-century art, which includes works by Giacometti, Picasso, Miro, Chagall and Matisse. The menu attracts many regular diners, who enjoy the excellently prepared local and international dishes on the menu. Service is first-rate and the ambience more laid-back than formal, despite the price.

Address: Rämistrasse 4, Zurich, Switzerland
Telephone: (044) 262 9900
http://www.kronenhalle.com

Petermann's Kunststuben

Price: Expensive

The Kunststuben, 6km (4 miles) south of the city centre on Lake Zurich's eastern shore (the 'Gold Coast'), counts among the nation's finest restaurants, thanks to Hamburg-born Michelin-starred Horst Petermann, one of Switzerland's greatest chefs. The intimate restaurant (a former art gallery) boasts an exceptional wine cellar and a daily changing menu which leans heavily on French cuisine. It has welcomed various heads of state. Reservations essential.

Address: Seestrasse 160, Zurich, Switzerland
Telephone: (044) 910 0715
http://www.kunststuben.com

Sein Zurich

Price: Expensive

Sein's casual approach to gourmet dining has made it a favourite on the Zurich culinary scene, its well crafted menu incorporating a mixture of classic recipes, fusion offerings and creative vegetarian dishes. Sample menu items include quail risotto with sundried tomatoes and marinated duck liver, and thinly sliced raw sturgeon on mashed potatoes with caviar and sour cream sauce. The restaurant has received numerous industry awards in the last decade.

Address: Schützengasse 5, Zurich, Switzerland
Telephone: (044) 221 1065
http://www.zuerichsein.ch

Veltliner Keller

Price: Moderate

The Veltliner Keller has been a restaurant since 1551 (and a wine cellar for 200 years before that, storing the Italian-Swiss Valtellina wines carried over the Alps to Zurich). The ancient carved wood interior is typical of the Graubünden region, with panelling made from arve, a mountain pine unique to Switzerland. The seasonal menu includes both Swiss and Italian classic dishes, including the celebrated Zurich-style kalbsgeschnetzeltes (sliced veal and mushrooms in a white wine sauce).

Address: Schlüsselgasse 8, Zurich, Switzerland
Telephone: (044) 225 4040
http://www.veltlinerkeller.ch

Lily's Stomach Supply

Price: Moderate

Interesting name, interesting place. The menu at Lily's draws on recipes and ingredients from Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan, and is every bit as eyebrow-raising as its component parts suggest. It's a trendy joint, as evidenced by the numbers it invariably draws, but it's well worth the wait to get a spot at a table. You'll find yourself sharing a long table with other diners, guaranteeing a convivial atmosphere.

Address: Langstrasse 197, Zurich, Switzerland
Telephone: (044) 440 1885
http://www.lilys.ch

Blindekuh

Price: Moderate

An interesting concept in novelty dining that's sprung up successfully in various corners of Europe, Blindekuh is run by blind and visually impaired staff. Diners eat in pitch-blackness to simulate the experience of being blind. With the senses of taste, smell and touch accentuated, the experience is enlightening. The blind waiters and waitresses guide customers to their seats and no one ever sees the interior of the restaurant - or even their own food. There's usually a long waiting list.

Address: Muhlebachstrasse 148, Zurich, Switzerland
Telephone: (044) 421 5050
http://www.blindekuh.ch

Crazy Cow

Price: Cheap

This friendly and eccentric restaurant adjoining Hotel Leoneck draws a young and lively crowd and is decorated with cows, Heidi, edelweiss, giant Toblerones and a variety of other witty Swiss stereotypes. The food is wholly Swiss too, including various hearty rösti dishes and the house speciality, Alpen macaroni. Even the menu is written in Swiss dialect - ask for a translated version. There's a good range of cocktails on offer.

Address: Leonhardstrasse 1, Zurich, Switzerland
Telephone: (044) 261 4055
http://www.crazycow.ch

Restaurant Hiltl

Price: Cheap

The Bavarian Ambrosius Hiltl purchased the Vegetarierheim und Abstinez-Café (Vegetarians' Home and Teetotallers' Café) in 1907 and turned it into the hugely successful vegetarian restaurant Hiltl. Now run by Hiltl's great-grandson Rolf, it is especially popular for its lunch menu, which always includes 50 salads (to eat in or take away) and its Indian and Thai buffet of around 30 different dishes in the evening, all priced by weight.

Address: Sihlstrasse 28, Zurich, Switzerland
Telephone: (044) 227 7000
http://www.hiltl.ch

Zeughauskeller

Price: Cheap

Built on the remains of a 15th-century armoury, the Zeughauskeller opened in 1927, when a new owner converted the building into a beer hall. Large stone pillars hold up the ornamental wooden-beamed ceiling, and portraits of noblemen and weaponry are displayed. As with all beer cellars, lengthy tables are shared. Classic Zurich cuisine dominates the menu, including at least 12 varieties of sausage.

Address: Bahnhofstrasse 28A, Zurich, Switzerland
Telephone: (044) 211 2690
http://www.zeughauskeller.ch
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