We were sending our relatives to the Airport that day and spent a few hours in Zürich. Dining options are plenty, but many of the price tags quite hefty...even for Switzerland. Zürich is just a quite expensive place (and that's coming from me, being Swiss myself).
One of the more affordable options is this restaurant / Café on a sub-level in the Zurich Train Station. There are some nice seats and tables, but also some massive wodden tables with benches. It was quite packed that day, so the bench it was. Not too comfortable if you stay a while.
The menu was quite interesting (all-day breakfast) and in the end we went for one Prosciutto Panini (Ham), a Pastrami Panini, scrambled eggs with bacon and toast and a Beef Burger with fries. Some water and beer with. The panini set us back 10 CHF and 12 CHF (for a small one), the eggs with sides 10 CHF and the Burger 17 CHF PLUS 5 CHF for the fries.
The Panini were a bit of a disappointment. Quite small (even for a small serving) and there wasn't really any meat inside. The Pastrami got nothing to do with the true original american Pastrami. The eggs with bacon were fine...but 10 bucks for a small bowl of breakfast. Oh well. The Burger was quite good. Patty had a nice flavour, good meat quality, a bit small though. The Burger itself was a bit of a dry affair. But the fries were nice, hot and crispy. A decent meal. But - together with fries - 22 bucks is on the top end. Beer was nice and cold, 7 bucks for half a litre...that's fine.
Food-wise not a great spot. The best was definitely the Burger, presentation was nice as well. The other items we wouldn't order again. Service was very friendly though and our dog was welcome as well. All in all it's still an ok place to grab a quick bite...other places even cost more. There's always the big chains of course (the King and the Clown....), but sometimes you wanna try something else. And for that, this place was ok. But just. read more