Lakeside dining, beautiful location: food was excellent, fennel salad, grouper and couscous,…read morespaghetti with bartogga. Service by Agni was superb.

The Chez Fritz is one of the best restaurants around the Zürisee (lake of Zurich)…read more It is opposite of the Lindt & Sprüngli Chocolate Factory in Kilchberg. So ideally located and with a magnificent view of the lake. I think, the Chez Fritz has the same owner than the Seerose, but I think at the Chez Fritz it's more sophisticated place and not as show-offy as the Seerose. It has a fine, but still cosy ambience inside. And a large terrace with a outside bar. During the summer, you can hang out it the lounge area and watch people and enjoy the drinks. The food is excellent: the food is fresh, Mediterranean, modern and yummy-ly prepared. The chef has officially 15 points in the Guide Michelin (according to the official website from Chez Fritz). Wine comes mainly from Europe, with focus on France and Italy.

Wanted to try some of the local food and stumbled on this place. Went for an early dinner and the…read moreplace was pretty quiet. Asked for a table in the main dining area, but was told no without a reservation. After dinner - main area was still not full, so that part of the experience didnt leave a positive impression. We were seated in the front area which has a few tables, with a mix of people having drinks and a couple of tables ordering the full menu. Not specific to this restaurant, but in zurich they have to list the origin of some ingredients including meats and fish. This is helpful when ordering. The pork cordon bleu was really good and I would have that again. Minus a couple if stars for the slow service and unwillingness to seat us in main area despite it being pretty empty.

I finally ate dinner here yesterday (Friday), and it was fabulous! You can make reservations via…read moretheir online system, but it only showed me the option for 8 pm, and I wanted dinner at 7 pm, so I had to call the restaurant to do that. When I arrived, the staff was really friendly and accommodating to my English-only speech skills and even gave me an English menu. They had a special daily menu that included a veal roast... with a guy wheeling a cart around that served up the veal roast with mushroom sauce, carrots, and polenta. The decor was really nice and the food was beautifully presented and tasted delicious. I ordered the veggie salad, thinking it was a garden salad, but it was actually a yummy antipasto of cooked veggies, including pumpkin, artichokes, and slices of Parmesan cheese. To try something new, I got the pumpkin strudel as my main dish. It came in a lovely flaky pastry filled with ricotta cheese, and you could really taste the amaretto in the sauce. My friend got the meatballs with rosemary gravy and leek mashed potatoes. I tried one of the meatballs, and it was tender and juicy. Prices are typical for Zürich. Dinner for two, including starters, main dishes, shared bottle of water, and 4 glasses of red wine (French Syrah Cuvée 2008, Château Haut-Blanville, Côteaux du Languedoc) came out to CHF 125.

Cutest little breakfast place we stumbled upon in Zurich! Some seating outside and even more…read moreinside. The staff was friendly and spoke English pretty well, some times that's hard to find here! My husband ordered eggs, I had a bagel with breakfast meat and tomato. Everything was very fresh, we gobbled it all up so fast! The cappuccinos were to die for, no need to add sugar. They also give you a little chocolate candy to enjoy with the cappuccino, very nice combo! The prices were a little higher than we were expecting but the food didn't disappoint.

Cute cafe with a rather limited menu. I would recommend the Zurich style sliced veal or the…read moreraclette. Skip the vegetarian plate, the fish and chips, and the jalapeno poppers.

Fantastic meal! In the old town but slightly off the main tourist zone, and they have some unique…read moreand delicious dishes. We had the Gazpacho with Scallops, the Tofu Cutlets, and the "South Tyrolean Schlutzkrapfe" -- every bite was thoroughly enjoyed and it was a good break from the usual potato & cheese swiss dishes we've been having for most of our trip. Service was excellent too, highly recommended!

The customer service is impeccable. Everything is delicious, it's worth it. Excellent foodread more

In search of a place to relax after a long and busy day touring in Zurich, my friend and I were…read morecrossing the Rudolf Brun Bridge when we first saw the patio seating area of Schipfe 16. We didn't realize we could enter the restaurant from Schipfe Street so we wound our way toward it through the narrow riverside docks. This circutions route turned out to be totally unnecessary, but we felt like triumphant adventurers when we finally arrived and were seated at a table :-) Once seated we were delighted by the attentive, helpful servers and we very much enjoyed some splendid refreshments as we sat at our table overlooked the water, which lapped just a few feet below us. The people walking by on the opposite shore added to the idlyic restaurant scene, which was optimized by the exceptional food and welcoming ambiance. Highly recommended!

We walked to Restaurant Schipfe 16 from our hotel in Zurich, about a 5 minute walk. They're right…read moreon the river - it was a cool night so we sat inside, which is a very cozy dining room with seating for perhaps 24 to 30 diners. There's a larger outside dining area if the weather is warmer. The service was very friendly- the waiter did speak English, but not fluently. It wasn't a problem, just took some rephrasing to get the info we were asking about. They do have English language menus, so ordering was easy for us (I did have one semester of German, but that was more than 40 years ago so it did us no good). The menu consists of 4 appetizers, 4 entrees, and a few desserts. There's also a healthy wine & beer list. While the choices are somewhat limited, everything we tried was perfectly cooked & seasoned. I started with the Vegetarian ravioli; wonderful cream sauce! I had a local Amboss blonde lager, and my wife had a glass of Pinot Noir Rosé, also local (I didn't get the vintner) and both were excellent. I had the beer-battered Perch, and my wife had the Thai red curry. Both were magnificent - the Thai curry was full of flavor but not at all "hot" like in USA. For dessert, I had a light-as-air coffee mousse, served on vanilla ice cream with pitted cherries. Delicious! My wife had the Vegan chocolate ice cream, which is packaged- but excellent. The coffee and espresso with dessert topped off the meal wonderfully. Cost is moderate; even with wine, beer, appetizer, and dessert only about CHF 120 (about USD 144 right now). I've paid far more for much worse food and service. Schipfe 16 is a gem; well worth a visit.

Food is very good here. Cozy feeling inside was it's quite small but surprisingly many tables were…read morewith groups. Lower level has bigger space so it feels more vibrant than upstairs. Very good wine list as well. Highly recommend 'truffle ravioli' as starter. Even as a starter, it is almost same portion as main portion at most other italian restaurants. We had Corden Blu, Prawn/squid dish with risotto and all had really great flavor. Not trendy but you see very diverse crowds and fun atmosphere. Great for date night, dinner with friends. Highly recommend. ps: make a reservation!

Stumbled across this place walking thru Zürich. Decided to give it a try the next day, and its…read moreunbelievable. Great night time atmosphere, service and food. Everything was excellent... would highly recommend this place for a great dinner. I started with a few glasses of wine, recommend by the waiter. Bone marrow for starter and the Sol with risotto for main course.

We were surprised to see how beautiful the interior of this restaurant was when we arrived…read more However, it was quite a warm day in Zurich and the service had been moved upstairs to the roof. We arrived at our appointed time, but were chagrined to hear that we were not on the reservation list. Disappointment started to set in as we could see that there were only a few seats left. I pulled out my phone and showed them the confirmation I had received - though they correctly pointed out that our reservation was for the next night! Despite the paucity of space, they seated us and we were delighted. My wife ordered the wiedikerli (local sausages) and I had the vitello tonnato ( thinly sliced veal topped with a creamy tuna sauce). They were outstanding and the Aperol spritzes took the edge off the heat. Service was impeccable and the locals were most friendly and engaging - the table configuration on the roof is one where closely aligned tables keep you close to your neighbors. We asked them to keep our reservation for the next night and couldn't wait to go back. We were pleased to get our server back the next evening (Sie Chen) when we returned. Having already gotten a bit acquainted with us the previous night, our server recommended some dishes to us in lieu of the ones we were considering when we started to order. We embraced all of her counsel and couldn't have been more pleased. I started with "Nüsslisalat mit Ei und Speck" - a salad made with lambs lettuce and eggs and bacon. Apparently a local favorite and quite delicious. For entrees, I had the Züri-Gschnätzlets (thinly sliced veal with a mushroom sauce) and my wife had the Roastbeef Teller. Both were divine. The next fabulous recommendation was for my desert - she recommended affogato (hot espresso poured over vanilla ice cream) - something I had never had before - also outstanding. We enjoyed the house riesling and found it complemented the meal well. Our meals ran around 140 Swiss francs, which we found to be a bargain given the quality of food, drinks and service. Highly recommended. It was a pleasurable walk from our hotel near the opera.

Our waiter was great but what we paid was high for what we got. Food was okay. We make schnitzel…read morewhich is better than what we had and have had while in Switzerland. I have found food here is very bland compared to food in the US.

I remember many a good time 20 years ago at the Opfelchammer which, back then, was really just a…read morebar. Now, it serves very expensive food. It's a shame but on a recent visit, the wonderful atmospheric "old wooden room" looked much the same.

The Oepfelchammer, is a tavern that has been around since the 1300s, students from the University…read moresometimes take a challenge to pull up onto a ceiling rafter, slide onto another rafter, and drink wine while their head is hanging upside down. We saw a group attempt this and one of girls actually did it! She earned a free bottle of wine and the privilege of carving her name onto a table. A memorable experience! Excellent service as well !