Are you in search of great (Michelin) gourmet restaurants to go in Europe? Here you find fine dining places worth the expenditure. For Switzerland, go to the separate category!

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Buergenstock Resort, a staycation in Switzerland’s most prestigious resort

The latest masterstroke of the Swiss hotel industry: The most talked about hotel (re-)opening in Switzerland of last year – and still holding a strong appeal – is by no doubt the one of Buergenstock Resort, 500 meters (1,640 feet) above…
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Review of Restaurant Tao’s, Zurich, Switzerland

Upmarket Euro-Asian cuisine at a stylish place in the middle of the city: After reviewing a restaurant for meat lovers in the heart of Zurich here a recommendation for a well-established, upscale Euro-Asian dining spot, Tao’s Restaurant,…
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Review of Restaurant Baerengasse, Zurich, Switzerland

The place to savor top quality meat in a stylish brasserie ambiance: When being in Zurich as a meat lover, a good place to go is Restaurant Baerengasse. If you are a fan of well-made electronic music, all the better. One of the dining spot’s…
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Review of Restaurant Chez Donati, Basel, Switzerland

An institution of old school fine Italian dining since 1950: After several visits to Chez Donati in the 1990s my husband and I dined here yet again and imagine, nothing has changed in the meantime! The place is an institution in Basel, for…
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Review of Restaurant Einstein Gourmet, Saint Gallen, Switzerland

Fabulous meal in one of the best dining-spots in east Switzerland: Saint Gallen in the northeastern part of Switzerland may not be one of the first towns that crosses your mind when it comes to well-known places in my beautiful home country.…
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Review of Restaurant zum Schuetzen, Aarau, Switzerland

Popular, longstanding place offering Swiss classics: My recent review about a restaurant in my home region was about a country inn, now I am assessing an inn in a more urban area, Restaurant Zum Schuetzen in Aarau. In contrast to its surroundings…
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Review of Restaurant Bad Eptingen, Eptingen, Switzerland

Classic-elegant country inn with regional & Mediterranean food: I thought I knew all the places in my home region of Olten for lovers of fine dining, but I was wrong. There is one that I only discovered a few months ago, Restaurant Bad…
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Review of Restaurant Differente, Zurich, Switzerland:

Fine dining in rustic ambiance offering value for money Zurich, one of Switzerland’s few cosmopolitan cities has a huge selection of dining-spots for every taste and you can almost always be certain of one thing: it surely costs you a…
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Review of Restaurant Mediterrane Leckereien, Solothurn, Switzerland

Mediterranean delicacies in the tiniest eatery in town: When eating out in my home region my husband and I opt in most cases for places around Olten (my home town) or Aarau (the nearest town), but sometimes we venture a bit further. This time,…