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    Desperado Wiedikon

    3.3 (9 reviews)
    ModerateMexican

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    El Maiz

    El Maiz

    4.1(14 reviews)
    1.6 kmKreis 5
    $$

    -authentic Mexican food and drink so far from North America? Well, shucks, that's just great!…read more I found a decent assortment of tequilas and mescal. 'Abuelita' chocolate, and, oh, um, CORN TORTILLAS handmade in CH really caught both my eye and pocket book. Aside from consumables, El Mais sells festive pinatas of various shapes and sizes, earthen ware, arty and funky Frieda Kahlo themed hand bags, and much more! Unable to go into the shop and purchase directly? Well, El M have a website set up for your buying pleasure! Don't forget to check out the band, too. :)

    So, I stumbled upon El Maiz as I was walking through the neighborhood looking for something else…read more Luckily, I'd previously read about the store here on Yelp. So, when I was done doing my other errand, I popped in and was pleasantly surprised. I was immediately greeted warmly and asked if I needed any help. I told them that I'd just like to look around. The shop is split into the grocery side and the gift/decor side. I happened to be much more interested in the grocery side. It's small but it has a lot... a lot more than I'd found anywhere in Europe in the almost 9 years I've been here. Tomatillos (almost impossible to find in my searches)... fresh and canned, some good quality tequilas, hand/homemade goodies of all sorts. I bought some chips and tamales and I'm really looking forward to trying them. My wife is jealous that I got to go but she didn't... therefore, I know that we'll be back soon.

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    Hiltl - Hitl kebab

    Hiltl

    4.3(377 reviews)
    1.2 kmKreis 1
    $$

    Excellent! My favorite restaurant so far on our trip. I would like to come again many times. The…read morerösti was particularly delicious and the tea was excellent, too! The interior of the restaurant is very beautiful and the server was very friendly.

    Yelp Review 2026 #64:…read more I'm not vegetarian and definitely not vegan. But I will dabble with the veg from time to time. Hiltl is popular for being the world's oldest vegetarian restaurant in the world. Here's information I will share that I wish was available before planning to come here. You must make a reservation for lunch/ dinner because that's when they're busy. Breakfast is for walk-ins and they don't do reservations. Hop on their website and be sure you're on the right location because they have several within a 2-mile radius...some on the same street. I went here to try their breakfast buffet. I wasn't sure how busy they got for breakfast so, I got here at 6:30am because I got the wrong information online! They open at 7am. Different locations have different hours. Check their website for actual hours and don't trust review site information because it's wrong! They're not busy for breakfast at all. There's 2 ways to do their buffet. You can pay a fixed price and fill your plate multiple times or go and fill your plate once and pay based on the weight of your food - you get free bread. I did the pay-by-weight option. I have a whole day of eating planned so, I wasn't about to fill up for breakfast. When they opened at 7am, they were still putting the food out one by one. By 7:20, all the food was out which was fine. I was in no rush. The spread includes fresh fruits, cheeses, butter, margarine, cheesecake, chocolate mousse, mango mousse, mango chia pudding, banana chocolate brownie crumble, a pear dessert (with cream, vanilla and orange), rosti, scrambled eggs, potato salad, tomato and mozzarella salad, beets, chickpeas, olives, couscous, corn salad, olives, asparagus, green peas, feta cheese, hardboiled eggs, curry salad, dolmades, broccoli and edamame, artichoke salad, bulgur salad, tabbouleh, orecchiette tofu salad, Thai salad, hummus, guacamole, muhammara, etc. They have 6 types of bread. Slice a piece and toast it yourself. Vegan and vegetarian food tend to taste strongly of coconut/ coconut milk and I don't like that. My favorites from the buffet include chocolate mousse, mango mousse, banana chocolate brownie crumble, dolmades, asparagus, orecchiette tofu salad, and Thai salad. I got a mango lassi to drink which I didn't like. It had curry powder. Service was pleasant. The restaurant was clean.

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    El Alebrije - Elmimo cocktail

    El Alebrije

    4.2(5 reviews)
    2.4 kmKreis 6

    I've spent months in Switzerland now and one thing that's been lacking was not just good Mexican,…read morebut even elevated Mexican. El Alebrije does both, and the passion is seen everywhere. Their menu is smaller, but it has the necessities and you can't go wrong. The drink menu is top notch and the cocktails are amazing. I was also fortunate to a stop by and an odd slow night and had some time with Miguel, the owner, and got to hear the story of how the place came to be and got a tour as well. It's going to. E a regular stop when we're in town for sure.

    El Alebrije is in a lovely spot because all I have to do is jump on the 7 tram and, shazam, here I…read moream! Woop! I like how sort of tucked away this place is. I like the location. The people working here are very friendly and attentive. The cocktails are fantastic. I was really impressed with them! And the jalapeño margarita is freaking spicy, but yummy. So, the food was good, but I wasn't completely blown away. We ordered the vegetarian tacos, and the stuffed poblano pepper with vegetarian filling. We came here with some good friends and they ordered the same, except with meat. Funnily enough, my husband accidentally got the poblano pepper with meat, and didn't realise it until he ate half and I had a taste. What an absolute goob... some "vegetarian". But I digress. I really appreciate how much care they give to their customers and I do love their cocktails. Their food is very expensive for what we ate. Yes, we only had vegetarian (sort of... haha) so maybe the meat options are a bit tastier. In the end, we had a lovely evening.

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