Best restaurants Wengen, Montreux, Zurich, Luzern
A traveler is planning a 16-day trip to Switzerland in October, visiting several cities including Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, and Zurich. They want to know about affordable dining options and are looking for recommendations on cheese fondue, rösti, and unique local dishes, while budgeting around 50CHF per person for meals.
- Budgeting 50CHF per person for meals is usually sufficient, as main courses can start around 25CHF.
- For traditional Swiss food, don't miss Zürcher Geschnetzeltes and local fondue dishes, particularly at places like Swiss Chuchi and Chäsalp.
- Visit Sprüngli cafe in Zurich for excellent coffee and cake, especially the chocolate.
- Look for “open” wines available by the deciliter at restaurants to manage alcohol costs effectively.
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Hi!
My family will be in Switzerland for 16 days in October and will be visiting Lauterbrunnen, Wengen, Bern, Vevey, Montreux, Lucerne and Zurich. We will be staying in apartments and will be preparing our meals most of the time. For the times that we are eating out, we would love a good meal and I would appreciate any advice! I know eating out is super expensive in Switzerland. So I guess I’ll be budgeting around 50CHF per pax. That’s sufficient right?
For the places that I will be visiting,
Where’s the best cheese fondue and rosti?
Any must-haves dishes that are unique to Switzerland?
Any local snacks/chocolates that are highly recommended (e.g. Licorice in Iceland, though we are honestly not fans of them)
I did some research and have some places in mind to try in Wengen (Hotel Schoenegg and the pizza place from Kim’s report!!) and Lucerne (Wirtshaus Taube and Pfistern).
I would love any other recommendations! Thanks in advance!
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In Zurich I recommend Vulcan for outstanding Indian food. It is located near the train station. Of course check TripAdvisor as well.
Hi Slothrabbit,
I can give you some tips for Zurich – 50chf per person would be fine most of the time. Main courses at restaurants tend to start around 25chf and go up from there.
I haven’t had a fondue or rösti I haven’t liked yet! But try out these places if you can: Chäsalp or the Swiss Chuchi at the Hotel Adler.
The local specialty in Zurich is Zürcher Geschnetzeltes: Thin strips of veal with a mushroom cream sauce, often served with rösti. Also, most Italien restaurants serve great Risotto as well.Head to Paradaplatz in Zurich and grab coffee and cake/chocolate at the Sprüngli cafe as well.
Lucas
Thank you Lucas!
Zürcher Geschnetzeltes looks AMAZING. I will definitely try that.
For the Jungfraregion-
http://www.myswissalps.com/fo rum/topic/tips-about-wengen-and-the-jungfrau-region-by-kim
Lucas has given good information about the food costs. If you wish to have some wine, it is common to for restaurants to have a few “open” wines available by the deciliter ( 100 ml, about 3.3 fluid ounces if you are from the USA) at prices ranging from about 5 to as much a 10 CHF ( for better wines) per deci.
Alcohol in the form of wine can add substantially to the cost of a meal; beer is a less costly approach.
Slowpoke
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