I have been here a couple of times. The place has an almost "dive bar" feel without your feet…read moresticking to the floor or having unidentifiable odors....it is in Switzerland after all. The patrons are a mix of tourists and locals. The staff speaks English...in fact one woman told me prefers to so she can practice. I have had a burger and chicken Tandoori salad, both excellent. Full bar, lots of beer and espresso for after. They have live music sometimes, but right now Johnny Winter's "Stone Cold Boogie" is playing on the sound system. I am from Austin Texas and this bar could be located on South Congress....except folks speak French.

An oasis for the expats…read more Spanish soccer playing on the walls, British beer on tap, and burgers as the main fare. This place is distinctively not Swiss, but quite homey and delicious for travelers.

Ugh. The fries are thick and bland. I got an avocado, chicken, & bbq burger, which was alright but…read moremessy to eat since it felt like 80% liquid-y sauce. So expensive!

Having lived in the USA for several years, I was very disappointed when I started eating my burger!…read more The meat is totally flavorless and the guacamole I had on my burger was definitely not fresh. It was grey and had that horrible taste of over ripped avocado. And the bacon... Bacon should be crispy! Mine was gummy. Sat in the "cave" part and the music was so loud I couldn't hear what my friends at the table were saying. A good burger starts with a good tasty patty, not with what is around it!

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.

To find a place in Sunday morning and early in Lausanne is a challenge. But blackbird is the place…read moreto try - multiple options for American style breakfast and long coffees like latte. I have tested today the pancakes and they were great. Perfectly cooked! I will be back!

As I prefer to have breakfast outside instead of in a hotel me and my wife ended up at Blackbird…read more We were luckily on time as after us the place got packed... therefore we have to wait a bit longer for our meal but it was no issue for us (sunday morning vibe ). I can definitly recommend the place: Nice atmosphere, good food (take the pancakes!) and friendly staff. Bon appetit!

In a town with plenty of Italians this place stands out, not only because it offers non Neapolitan…read morepizza, but also because they make their own beer. and they are quite good at both of these jobs. The pizza is unique, unfortunately I dont know enough to say which style of pizza it is closest to, but it is certainly lacks the characteristics of the Neapolitan style. The pizza is basically what Americans call "thin crust", but the dough is somewhere between "New York" style and Neapolitan. The quality and selection of toppings are very high. And given the nature of the cost of food in this town, this place is really quite reasonably priced. The beer was also very good. I had a "Belgian style" white, and they also had an excellent IPA. The food came out quickly and the staff were pleasant to interact with. I think that if I lived in Lausanne, I would return often. Im glad I tried this place out. FYI: There are two floors. The upstairs was closed when we came in at 3pm in the afternoon.

Great Pizza and Brewery located in the heart of Lausanne, minutes away from the Cathedral of…read moreLausanne. This place is mainly a student hang out but the beers are the best. Pizzas are also unique and might be a little bit greasy, but they taste good! Atmosphere 5/5: Nothing to say about the atmosphere. You're in Brewery restaurant so the place is casual and friendly. Usually busy during the evenings on the 2nd floor on Fridays and Saturdays. Food 4/5: Food is good. Yes the Pizzas are a little bit greasy but they surely taste good! Definitely a good place to try a Beer and a Pizza with friends. Price are between 10 CHF to 20 CHF for a Pizza. I had a 4 Cheese Pizza. Service 3/5: Service might be a little bit slow but I usually take my pizza to go as well. Just call 15-20 minutes before and you can go pick it up. Parking might be a little bit hard to find as well despite the number of street parking. Overall, I would say it's a good place to chill with friends on a Friday evening.

Service was horrible, Menu was limited, and menus were dirty. Not a great place if your looking…read morefor good food. Drinks maybe, but not food.

We arrived early at 5:40 and were told dinner didn't start until 6:30, but we could be seated for…read moredrinks. We were placed at the only unset table. We had 2 rounds of drinks and then ordered our food. Other people were being seated, but it was by no means busy. We noticed other tables getting bread and then their food. We had to ask several times just for bread. 3 of our dinners arrived after quite a long time. The 4th dinner of spaghetti came out when the rest of us were nearly finished. The food was very good, but the service was terrible. My husband overheard the staff talking about "the Americans ". I believe they don't like Americans, hence the poor service. We were patient to a point and hated to be rude, but it was ridiculous. If you are American and don't mind being ignored, this is the place for you. I hope as very disappointed.

This place is very nice to have some mussels straight from Lake Geneva. Have been coming here for…read morethree years and never disappoints me. Waiter speaks English and so is the menu.

Hôtel Mirabeau Lausanne was the final and most swanky of the 3 hotels we tried during our whirlwind…read moretour of Switzerland in November 2017. We were in town specifically to experience the start of the Lake Geneva-area Christmas Market season and Mirabeau was a great home base for our excursions. The train station is just a couple city blocks down the street (not too steep coming back), there's a bus stop right next door, and you're a 20-minute walk away down to the shore of Lake Geneva or up to Old Town. The wonderful daytime concierge, Peter, started us off with the perfect welcome. We arrived exhausted around 17:30 after a long day of tourism in Solothurn and a rush hour train ride back down to Vaud. Unfortunately, something had gone awry on my reservation (something I suspect was entirely my own fault) and I had reserved a room with 3 beds, but only 1 guest. We were a family of 3 and the room they originally had for us would have been tight, so we were immediately upgraded to a spacious 4th-floor "family room" suite with a balcony over Avenue de la Gare and a partial lake view from the kids' room overlooking Avenue de Rosemont. We paid an additional $50 per night fee for the extra adult, which I consider entirely reasonable especially with the included the $25 daily breakfast buffet for all of us (a bargain compared to what we'd been spending on most Swiss restaurant meals). As it also happened to be the American Thanksgiving holiday, Peter also offered to make dinner reservations for us at his favorite traditional Vaudian-cuisine restaurant (Café du Grütli http://www.cafedugruetli.ch/) that would put us in the middle of the Bô Noël (Lausanne's Christmas market & light display in Old Town https://www.bo-noel.ch/en/). We had a tasty seasonal meal, drank delicious local wine, and made new friends with the friendly proprietors. I later realized that the restaurant was listed as one of the recommended favorites on Trip Advisor and in Rick Steves' book, so we were in good company. Love! Our beds were very comfortable and the soaking tub in the enormous bathroom was great for relieving the stress of the day. TV options included some BBC channels in English, so that was a relief after a week of French- and German-language everything straining our language-ignorant brains. We didn't use the contents of the refrigerated mini-bar, but I appreciated having a fridge to hold my dinner leftovers! We didn't use many amenities around the hotel, but we thoroughly enjoyed the self-served breakfast spread in the 1st-floor restaurant. Everyone (even the picky 5th grader) found something they liked. I personally gorged on lox, sausages, mushroom melange, ratatouille, assorted cheeses & bread, freshly soft-boiled eggs, fruit, and juice, plus plenty of expertly brewed coffee - all great fuel for a day of touring and travel. Reviewer W.R. was right, though. The opening/closing sounds of the doors for these rooms are very loud, and I could see being annoyed if the floor were fully rented with lots of coming & going at odd hours. I always bring heavy-duty earplugs when I travel, so noise wasn't an issue for me this time. I'd definitely return to this hotel for my next visit to Laussane, and if the season were summer, I'd ask for a room on the lakeside. Sunsets over the lake can be spectacular!

Hotel Mirabeau is an absolutely charming hotel with some of the best staff we've experienced in…read moreSwitzerland. The front desk team was so welcoming and genuinely helpful. We travel here quite a bit to visit my husband's family (usually 4-6 weeks at a time) -- we find special hotels like this are not easy to come by and this one is a stand-out! We've stayed in Ouchy at some of the "higher end" hotels and although also extremely nice, we enjoyed being a little further outside the more touristy area to absorb real life in Lausanne. If you have time, try out Le Flon, easily reached by the nearby train station if you're w/out a car. Great atmosphere for dining, shopping and people watching (modern/urban outdoor setting). Also, do not be swayed by the hotel's Best Western affiliation. This is by no means like any BW in the United States.

The Food is affordable and very tasty. They have a great selection of homemade cordon bleus with…read morefriendly staff.

Casual atmosphere and good salads! Quite various selections…read morefor the table wines(carafe)! but too loud to have the conversation:(

From the owner: The East Side offers, all-day long, an American-inspired cuisine made from local products. A tasty…read morevoyage between the Lemanic's region and Manhattan, for small appetites or big hungers, at breakfast time, lunch, aperitif or dinner. The young, dynamic team of the East Side is here to welcome you and make you discover an original and trendy menu along with its craft bakery, bowls, small dishes to share, and well-known American dishes. You can decide to eat on the spot or take it away and eat it by the lake. On the Weekend, come and discover the real New York brunch experience as you would in the Big Apple, guaranteed!