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Bar The Great Escape

4.5 (29 reviews)
ModerateBars, Burgers
Open • 12:00 pm - 1:00 am (Next day)

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Casual
Outdoor seating
Good for groups

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TC Emir S.

We were just too hungry after visiting the Museum next to this place on a Sunday. Firstly, it was not easy to find because the restaurant sits on a terrace which you reach after taking more than 50 stairs. Some serious effort with a stroller. This place is actually a sports bar where you can eat different type of burgers. We ate one LA and one CBO burger, which were quite delicious. The plate comes with sliced fried potatoes, mayonaise and ketchup. Indeed, they charge 2CHF per plate (guess some people steal them?!) and return you at check-out. It has a nice terrace as well which I am sure guests would enjoy on a sunny day.

Herbed potatoes and 3 Franc wine

One of my favorite bars in the world. Great beer and wine selection, and genuinely friendly bartenders. Lots of seating-really fun to come here with a large group of friends. There is a pleasant outdoor area too with twinkle lights and a nice view of the Lausanne cathedral. I personally come here for the 3 Franc wine and herbed potato appetizer. It's 8 francs, but ridiculously delicious, and large enough to share with 2 or 3 friends. Located right in the middle of the city center, next to the metro. If you are in Lausanne, you must come here.

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Great escape for foreigners! Always crowded with many nationalities, great place to have a beer with your friends.

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12 years ago

Great place to hang out especially on sunny evenings... The best terrace in Lausanne :)

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10 years ago

Nice selection of beers. Crowded and noisy - a fun place to go with a "great" group, but not for a quiet "escape".

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11 years ago

Very good ambiance! Especially during the summer on their terrace! You should really try it! Lots of students there

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“It is conveniently located near the Lausanne Cathedral, and the terrace provides a fantastic view of the city.”

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Les Gosses Du Québec

Les Gosses Du Québec

3.6(11 reviews)
0.6 km
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Expensive, loud, poor selection of beers. We came to this bar with a group of colleagues around…read more10pm and had to have drinks in the cold while waiting for a table to free up (that did happen around 12am). With a Carlsberg at 7CHF per pint on tap and any decent beer rapidly raising up in price up to 10-15; pretty aggressive costumers; loud, poorly chosen music without really a place to dance or an intention of customers dancing, I am not sure what is the deal of this place is, but I don't think I will be returning there.

Very close to the gare, so when we had an hour and a half to kill between trains, we stopped for a…read morebite. Inexpensive food, and average priced beer, the bartender was friendly, attentive, and managed to understand our broken French like a champ. Even though it was the beginning of happy hour, the noise level wasn't out of control, and the place looked pretty clean. We initially sat at a table, but when a large group came in we moved to the bar. Again though, no one was overly loud or discourteous. I'd certainly stop there again on my way through Lausanne. Half a liter of beer from the tap ran around 5 to 8 francs, and the hot dog I had was 2. My wife had some OJ (she's preggers) for 3.50 and a grilled ham and cheese for about 7. There was a popcorn machine running in the back for tables, and they had a pretty decent beer selection from some US and Canadian imports to normal Western European standards like Hoegaarden, and even some stout which I appeared to be the only one in the bar drinking.

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Bulldog Bar & Resto - Bacon Cheeseburger.  I do not recommend it.

Bulldog Bar & Resto

4.0(3 reviews)
0.5 km

Bulldog is a recently opened bar and restaurant, with several large projection screens to watch…read moresports, as well as a couple pool tables and other bar games. As a place to watch sports, the atmosphere is pretty good. There is a decent amount of seating inside with views of the screens, but depending on where you're sitting relative to support columns and how many people are standing, views can be obstructed. It would be helpful if they had additional TVs attached to the columns so there'd be more angles to clearly view matches. There's also an outdoor area with another large projection screen, but I didn't sit outside so can't speak to the experience. There's a good selection of beers on draft that can also be ordered by the pitcher; prices are fair for Lausanne. For food there's a selection of typical bar snacks, such as nachos and wings, as well as pizzas, salads, and burgers. My friend ordered the nachos, which were pretty good. I had a burger which was ok. The meat was kind of dry and instead of using "real" cheese, there was a cheese sauce that wasn't that good. At least the bread was nice as were the potato wedges, so while it's not the best burger ever, it's ok and will satisfy your hunger. Service here is at the bar, and overall it's friendly and efficient, though there was once when we had a long wait to get another round, and the employees seemed to move at a glacial pace. A flaw of this place is the restrooms are too small for such a large bar/restaurant: only one urinal and toilet for the guys, and I think two toilets for the ladies. When we were there the ladies room apparently flooded, so they had to use the one handicapped toilet, and as you can imagine there were long waits. When there aren't sports on, they played a mix of pop and rap. Despite some issues, Bulldog is a solid choice to go watch a match, though I'm not sure I would visit otherwise.

This is the Bacon Cheeseburger. I tired to eat it. It was really bad. Fries were bland. Huge bar…read morewith only one tequila option but at least they had tequila.

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