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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Review of Restaurant Beluga, Aarau, Switzerland

UPDATE: out of business in 2021 Good dining experience in the gourmet part, but some points need improvement: Restaurant Beluga is housed in a building in Aarau’s old town, which accommodated quite a few fine dining spots in the last decades.…
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Review of Imada Restaurant, Aarau, Switzerland

UPDATE: out of business in August 2022 Top quality Japanese food in modernist setting: For several years now, Restaurant Imada has been offering Japanese cuisine in the old town of Aarau’s old town worth visiting. Our family visits…
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Review of Restaurant Fluegelrad, Olten, Switzerland

Unpretentious eatery with simple yet tasty food: The tavern Fluegelrad, more than 130 years old, had been closed for some time when a few years ago three Olten personalities – two writers and a journalist – bought and rebuilt it. Ever…
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Review of Muerset Restaurant, Aarau, Switzerland

A safe bet for seriously good food in pleasant ambiance: This restaurant with classic Swiss and French cuisine is one of our family’s favorites in Aarau, and this for years! The small town in the Swiss Mittelland is unfortunately not known…
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Review of Chao-Wang Thai Restaurant, Olten, Switzerland

Good enough Thai food, but not a memorable experience: There are quite a few Thai restaurants in the region of Olten. When my family is in the mood for Thai food, we normally go to Goldener Lo(e)wen Lanna Thai in Olten, which serves quality…
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Review of Restaurant Mille Sens, Bern, Switzerland

Good, Asian inspired cuisine in a prime location: My husband and I were looking for a pre-concert dining venue in Bern’s old town. We wanted to have dinner in a not too elegant restaurant with fine cuisine near the main station as we were…
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Review of Restaurant Salzhaus, Solothurn, Switzerland

Fine European-Asian fusion cuisine in hip setting: This is certainly the most stylish and trendiest place of Solothurn’s fine dining scene. The restaurant is – as its name suggests – an ancient salt house and is situated directly on the…
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Review of Restaurant Bruecke, Niedergoesgen between Olten and Aarau, Switzerland

Classic dishes and new taste experiences likewise in a beautiful river setting: This wonderfully located restaurant on the Aare between the two towns of Olten and Aarau in the Swiss Mittelland is worth a culinary trip! Not only is this…
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Review of Restaurant Karma, Trimbach near Olten, Switzerland

UPDATE: out of business Good or bad Karma? This small Italian restaurant in a neighboring village of Olten has been open for a bit more than a year. This summer, I visited Restaurant Karma twice and I have to admit that I do not know what…