Sometimes you know you’re getting scammed the minute you walk into a place. The Moenchhof am See was just such a venue. It’s located right on the shore of the lake of Zurich and it shows pretty clearly that their read more…
It’s getting harder and harder to find restaurants which don’t have a website – it seems that my beloved salesman of 1212.ch is slowing down. The Hirsladnerhof is a small restaurant led by a guy from Appenzell. So after a read more…
A comment asked for some good ideas for low-cost dining out in Zurich. I gave it some thought and racked my brains for restaurants which serve you food at a proper table for a sit-down meal. I’ve ruled out any read more…
I was thrown out of a restaurant of the Suan Long chain a couple of years back, frankly speaking not something which I’ve been regretting a lot. So when I was near the Bahnhof Altstetten I headed for lunch to read more…
Sometimes things are too weird to be true. I once witnessed how the slimy owner of the renowned Restaurant Portal 1212.ch tried to convince a russian female bar owner of the great marketing potential of his website. Apparently the owner read more…
The Zueritipp and assorted friends of mine spoke favourably of the Restaurant zum goldenen Fass. With a group of friends we sat down for dinner. When we ordered two plates of Tapas as an appetizer, the lady told us that read more…
I wanted to go to a french bistro and landed on this page. Sankt Meinrad had changed concepts and owners in close succession and for the first time after the overhyped predecessors – Gault Millau likes places frequented by old read more…
So one of the places I was very pleasantly surprised is under new management – the Drei Stuben is run by a trendy young man, who has had previous successes at other places. Now while I cringe when the popular read more…
The Real Picky Gourmet’s Top 5 Zurich Restaurants:: The Restaurant – Dolder – quite frankly the best dining experience – one of the very few places where the elegance, sophistication and classiness of the dining room is met by the read more…
Zurich has a couple of 5 star hotels. One of the oldest and most traditional is the Eden au Lac. One of the things I’ve always been meaning to try was their Hors d’oeuvre chaudes menu which they’ve been serving read more…