Looking for Switzerland gourmet restaurants? Here you find where to go for high end dining-spots. These are often – but not always – restaurants awarded by the Michelin & Gault Millau restaurants guides. The fine dining outlets are listed by following regions: my home regions of Olten and Aarau plus Basel, Bern, Zurich and other ones. Also have a look at my fine dining directory Switzerland (part one/part two)!

Restaurant Zollhaus Verena Olten
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New management for Restaurant Zollhaus aka Verena, Olten/Switzerland

UPDATE: out of business end of January 2026 Dave Waelti is now in charge of one of Olten's best restaurants: NOTE:  This post is in German as it concerns a local dining spot in my home town of Olten in Switzerland's northwest. Only the following…
clockwise from top left: Olten-Goesgen, Eptingen, Baden, Langenthal - fine dining restaurants Olten-Aarau
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Fine dining restaurants in the OLTEN-AARAU REGION, northwestern Switzerland

Update to what is still good & what is new: If you want to know where to head for great fine dining restaurants in the Olten-Aarau region outside of these two towns, then stay tuned. There are nine dining-spots you do want to miss if…
Aarau, Switzerland - fine dining restaurants Aarau
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Fine dining restaurants in the town of AARAU, northwestern Switzerland

Update to what is still good & what is new: Now it is up to Aarau's (casual) fine dining scene, after providing an overview of the whole region Olten-Aarau and looking into the one of the neighboring town of Olten. And again I will create…
Olten, Switzerland - fine dining restaurants Olten
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Fine dining restaurants in the town of OLTEN, northwestern Switzerland

Update to what is still good & what is new: After presenting an overview of where to dine in style in the Olten-Aarau region in Switzerland's northwest in my last post, I want to break this list down in three parts of this area. The start…
left Olten, right Aarau / Switzerland - fine dining Olten-Aarau
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Overview fine dining scene in Switzerland’s Olten-Aarau region

Update to what is still good & what is new: I am painfully aware that I have not written about the Olten-Aarau region's fine dining scene for ages. And this despite the fact that it is where I come from. Hence, I want to catch up on this…
gourmet Hotel Mammertsberg/Switzerland
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A weekend at the gourmet Hotel Mammertsberg in the Lake Constance area, Switzerland

A luxury boutique hotel with Michelin starred cuisine & lake view near Saint Gallen: UPDATE: new management as from fall 2022 (boutique collection by Andreas Caminada, 2-star Michelin chef Silvio Germann) Only recently I came across…
The Chedi Hotel Andermatt Alps Switzerland
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A short stay at the ultra-luxury The Chedi Hotel in Andermatt, Switzerland

Pure luxe at the one-of-a-kind The Chedi Andermatt in an unglamorous Alpine village: The news about The Chedi Andermatt Hotel coming to a fairly untouched village in the Swiss Alps was as a total surprise! Without exaggeration, almost everyone…
private beach at Hotel Castello del Sole Ascona Ticino Switzerland
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5-star Hotel Castello del Sole, an oasis of calm in Ascona, Switzerland

A 140-hectare property with private beach in Switzerland's Mediterranean like south:  If I had to make a list of my favorite luxury hotels in Switzerland, then Castello del Sole Ascona in the canton of Ticino would rank in the top positions!…
Hotel Castello del Sole Ticino Switzerland - luxury Ascona trip
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A luxury trip to Ticino, Switzerland, with Michelin dining & 2 stops en route

Where to stay & dine in style in Ascona, Andermatt & the Lake Constance area: My latest destination for my early summer vacations was once again my homeland, Switzerland - who is surprised? And Corona could still be blamed. But hey,…