Stopped by here on a Wednesday afternoon. They have a lot of pastry options and drink options. The…read morecoffee was deliciously strong and had good flavor. The pastries options were good, I had a danish type pastry and it was good. The service was great and the workers were all really nice and welcoming.

I can't count how many times we picked up some quick breakfasts on the way to catch a tour or catch…read morea train. The croissants were extremely flaky with just the right amount of chew. The dark chocolate perfectly compliments the flaky pastry. Service was always good, selection was good first thing in the morning but limited later in the day. It's definitely a good, quick bit of sweet yummy baked goods.

We loved this gelato shop so much that we came back a second time. The gelato is incredibly creamy,…read morerich, and full of flavor. The vanilla was one of the best I've had, and the cherry paired perfectly with it. The Malaga flavor was another surprise favorite and definitely worth trying. If you're walking around Lucerne and craving something sweet, this is an easy stop to recommend. Great gelato, friendly service, and one of our favorite treats of the trip.

Some of the best pastries and coffee I had my entire trip. Friendly service. Nice quiet atmosphere.read more

Great local bar, incredibly friendly and knowledgeable bartender, cozy feel. Smoking bar, so be…read moreaware of you go on a weekend that it may get smoky indoors, but outdoor space in warmer months is great.

We came for lunch - service was very friendly. We got sat in the back room (we didn't know there…read morewas a different seating area) - sit up front as it had a much nicer ambience than the back room where we sat - was very stale. I think the breakfast looks better (than the lunch); the bakery connected to the restaurant looked fabulous! Ya, just wasn't impressed with the "Classic Burger" @ 9.50 (fries are extra @ 5.50); cheese board @ 15.00 and bruschetta @ 8.00 (see my pic's). I would try breakfast but wouldn't return for lunch.

Delicious coffee and breakfast. Service was great and friendly! They offer an English menu but the…read moredaily specials are in German only. The servers can translate when requested. Very comfortable ambiance with views of the street.

Two Hands Restaurant is now in the location the Dr. Oetker Cafe Gugelhupf used to be in…read more It was pretty confusing for us tourists. Seems like the former Cafe should close their YELP account. In any event, we had a delightful al fresco breakfast. The service was unhurried, just what is needed while on vacation.

Service was very good! Suggest a reservation for breakfast on Sunday, as there are very few places…read moreopen. Our 3 pancakes were well prepared and delicious, however, by American standards small. Mimosa's are available!

Yelp Review 2026 #91:…read more Heini Conditorei is Luzern's very own. I've loved all the conditoreis I've been to in Switzerland. But Heini did not deliver. I had breakfast here which was my first meal in Luzern and it was not a great start but it wasn't terrible either. There wasn't very many places open before 7am in the area. So, Heini it is! Many locals come here reading the newspaper while drinking coffee before going to work - like people still read actual newspaper! I love that for them! The ladies behind the counter were pretty friendly. After looking at the options behind the glass case, we made our selections. Shepherd's Pie: The crust was thick, dense and dry. It was more like a savory tart. I ate the middle part and left the pie crust part. 2/5 Chicken Champignon Pie: This was also mostly crust but it wasn't as hard and thick as the shepherd's pie. 3/5 Luzerner Festtagstorte/ Luzern Festive Cake: From their website: "A delicious chocolate biscuit, filled with a truffle cream, delicately sweet raspberry jam, and nougat flakes". It wasn't too sweet. The flavors were very mild. I didn't get much of a chocolate taste that I assumed this cake would have. 3/5 I should have just stayed with the quiche. I went to another Heini location to get chocolates. They have them here too but I didn't want to start my day lugging chocolates all the way to the end of the day.

We were looking for a small cafe for a quick coffee and snack near the river. Stumbled on this…read moreplace and found it quite decent. Her - my Latte Machiato was good. Not too sweet (even though it had caramel), good quantity and great coffee! The pesto flat bread and croissant was good too, but I expected more from the fresh bakery looking place. His - Found this local cafe shop Heini where the lady barely spoke English but we were still able to easily order croissant and a pizza kinda thing. Coffee Capuccino was great!! You can pay by Visa card. [Category: Her Rating] Taste: 7 Ambience: 6 Service: 7 Value for money: 8 [Category: His Rating] Taste: 5 Ambience: 6 Service: 8 Value for money: 8

Convenient spot to the train/bus station with an outside patio and friendly service. We stopped on…read morea Sunday for a quick bit to eat before getting to Mt Pilatus. My bride ordered the avocado toast with egg and I went with the same thing with ham instead. They met expectations.

English: The pizza I ordered tasted awful! Even school pizza in USA tastes better than that. There…read morewere also a lot of flies surrounding the people while they eat. The only thing good was the friendly waiter. Deutsche: Die Pizza, die ich bestellt habe, hat schrecklich geschmeckt! Sogar Schulpizza in den USA schmeckt besser als das. Es gab auch viele Fliegen, die die Menschen umgaben, während sie aßen. Das einzig Gute war der freundliche Kellner. Français: La pizza que j'ai commandée avait un goût horrible ! Même la pizza scolaire aux États-Unis a meilleur goût que ça. Il y avait aussi beaucoup de mouches qui entouraient les gens pendant qu'ils mangeaient. La seule bonne chose était le serveur sympathique.

Café Tacuba opened its doors very recently, and has no less ambitious goal than letting everyone…read morehave the best coffee possible, whether it be in the public café itself, or at home. And that ambition covers the whole process from sourcing the beans to the way they're put in the cup. Beans are bought directly from selected farms, roasted in small batches in the roaster that stands decoratively in the café itself, and customers don't just buy the coffee, they also get background information and helpful tips on how to best prepare it at home. Co-founder Manolo is a former coffee farmer from El Salvador, and much off the coffee roasted, served and sold at Tacuba is actually purchased from friends and relatives of his. There is a lot of emphasis on the fact that the farms are paid above average prices. Apparently, the few francs a kilo that Tacuba's coffee costs more than supermarket roasts allow them to pay the farmers around double the usual wages. They also explain that they don't only buy when the harvest has been big and successful, which gives a much higher financial security to smaller farms. It's a very worthy cause. Fittingly, all single origin coffee is described in detail, including name and location of the farm, variety of coffee plant, and treatment method. (They also offer some blends at lower prices, though.) From the moment you're greeted in the café, it's obvious how dedicated the staff is to coffee. They are keen on telling you why their coffee is so much different and better, explaining what you're tasting when you take a sip, and why. They also tell you how to best treat the beans you purchase for preparation at home (some coffee-making equipment is for sale.) And the coffee is really absolutely delicious! If you're used to the hereabouts much more common, Italian style of coffee, you might be in for a surprise. It's a much more fruity, "lively" drink, that actually tastes a lot more like what you'd expect from something prepared from a berry. Without trying to start sounding too much like a wine guide, there's sweetness, there's a sourness - not the acidic kind of a lot of espresso, but a citric, fruity kind - and hints of spices. I was very pleasantly surprised at how different this coffee, prepared through a filter - an often unjustly dismissed method - was from what I was used to. Because of the small batches they buy and roast, staff told me that the selection of coffee they offer will be constantly changing. And because they don't roast the beans to death like so many other roasteries do until everything tastes the same, but try to keep as much of the original flavour as possible intact, it's really amazing to taste how coffee can be so much more varied than the usual offers. The café has seating for about a dozen people and, what's very cool, staff gives you the choice on how you want your coffee to be prepared, whether through the espresso machine or one of several filter methods. The common coffee drinks are also offered - yes, you can get your latte or cappuccino here, as well as some pastries to go with it. I would already describe Café Tacuba as a must-visit for anyone who likes coffee, with an open mind to maybe discover new aspects of a drink they thought they knew, and learn something in the process. I'm sure I will be back here many times in the future, drinking coffee and knowledge at the same time :)

We grabbed a coffee here during our stay in Luzern. This is a cozy, charming, and quiet cafe. We…read morewere able to talk to the owner who told us his story, it was a pleasant exchange. The coffee was strong, as coffee should be. They have lots of seating are which is nice.

On a day trip to Lucerne, we stopped by Restaurant Schwanen/Cafe De Ville for a coffee and pastry…read more The restaurant is second floor upstairs, the cafe is in the square outside the front door. Beautiful city, beautiful weather. Outside was crowded so we opted for the restaurant. Gorgeous inside, old school European hotel flair. Great views from windows on the second floor! The coffees and pastry (chocolate croissant) were good. Service was a bit hurried, likely because we were having coffee not eating lunch. Still, a nice experience. We'd go back!

Stopped by here on a Wednesday morning and it was pretty busy. The service was great and the…read moreemployees were all very welcoming and attentive. As in all of Switzerland, it is a bit pricey. The bacon was cooked to perfection and the eggs were fried in butter. The bread was soft and fresh. The latte au lait was strong and freshly made. The views from the restaurant are the best.

Super friendly service from the gentleman that served me. Unfortunately they do not carry egg bites…read morelike North American locations. We bought the round croissant bacon egg and cheese sandwich and it was absolutely delicious. There is seating outside (6 tables). The blonde roast coffee was perfect. No Stevia here either. Half and half you pour yourself.

I came inside here on 01/04/2025 at 6:05PM because I saw there was a Starbucks inside the hotel,…read moreand also a restaurant, and asked a man with dark hair and dark eyebrows (a barista) where the restaurant was. He was extremely rude and unhelpful and told me to go ask the hotel. I proceeded to go to the lobby to ask where the restaurant was, and my brother stayed behind with my parents. My brother witnessed this employee making fun of me with the other employees, mocking me asking where the restaurant was. This type of behavior is rather juvenile and extremely unacceptable. I highly recommend extra training for your employees, since they cannot treat people with human decency and respect. Is this really the kind of employees that Starbucks employs? Disgusting and abhorrent behavior, absolutely inexcusable. So glad I never spent money at this establishment.