Switzerland gourmet restaurants archives: where to dine by region

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)!

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,…

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Review of Restaurant Storchen LA CUISINE, Schoenenwerd, between Olten & Aarau, Switzerland

French cuisine with a twist – a retro approach: Under new management Restaurant la cuisine is the place at Hotel Storchen in the Swiss Mittelland where upscale French food, modernly inspired, is on offer. In the following, I will go into…

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Riffelalp Resort 2222 m, skiing in style in Zermatt Switzerland

Ski-in/ski-out in one of the best & biggest ski resorts worldwide: The annual ski vacation has been an important marker in my family as long as I can think of. When I was a child, we used to go into the mountains to spend a week skiing…