I've only been for drinks at night, and it's a chill spot playing pop beats at not-too-loud volumes…read moreto enable conversations. The setup is mostly tables and chairs so not as much a lounge setting, but the lights are dimmed to create a nice atmosphere. The crowd seemed boisterous yet relaxed. Service was efficient and friendly. Overall, a good, more chill option in Flon.

My daughter and I ate lunch there twice. The world foods on small plates is a great concept. We…read morewere able to experience foods from far flung places. The wines were good as well.

The food and the service is great... a very succesful fusion menu…read more.. Miniburgers and shrimp sticks are a must eat

Little bit of a chaotic feel to the interior of this bar. Doesn't quite know what it is. But the…read morebartenders are super friendly and they have a rooftop view of Lake Geneva. Still worth a stop for a shot and photo

Nice lounge bar to watch football, but definitely also a nice terrace on top with view on the…read moreharbor of Ouchy. The music is mellow house music and on tap they have Heineken, Erdinger and Calanda. All for more than you normally pay uptown (8,50 a pint).

The Lounge Bar at the recently renovated Hotel Royal Savoy is a nice spot to have a drink. It's a…read moresmall space so can get easily crowded, but it has very high ceilings for an open feel. In addition to having a full bar and a decent selection of wines by the glass, a nice differentiator compared to other "fancy" lounges is they have a couple beers on draft. They also have a food menu, but I didn't try anything. The downside is prices are very high and there's no view of the lake. However, the ambiance is nice and if you're looking to have a drink in a more relaxed and comfortable environment, this is a good spot.

The Winter Lounge is a pop-up restaurant (open from 15 Nov) set up in the parking lot in front of…read morethe Hotel Royal Savoy. There's a large fire pit in front for anyone wanting a smoke or drink outside, and once inside, it's as if you're transported into a cozy Swisss mountain chalet. Tried the radically royal raclette, which is a deconstructed "raclette" reminding me of a potato croquette with cheese inside. There's also dried ham, pickles, and little onions on the plate. The result is visually appealing and very tasty, though a tad on the pricey side given the serving size. Also had the cheesy truffle, which is traditional fondue (half emmental half gruyere) and black truffles. This was amazing! You could really taste the truffles, and it went so well with the cheese. The accompanying bread was also very good -- more airy, so you could really focus on the cheese and truffle flavors. For dessert it was the marvelous meringue, a take on the traditional dessert. Everything from the meringue to the cream was spot on, and it was a hearty portion, definitely shareable. So ambiance and food were very good, though prices a bit on the high side. The main reason to bring this down to four stars though is the service. It just wasn't very attentive. I think this is a staffing and/or training issue, where with three servers, there's not enough people to do a proper job when the place is full (as it was on the night we visited). Wine arrived after the starter, and there was waiting to get attention for any requests. While not a deal breaker (and I'd still return), it ruined a bit what otherwise would have been a fantastic experience.

Perfect Horse Tartare…read more A lovely restaurant in the heart of Vevey. Here you find Swiss specialties that you no longer find in France like horse dishes. Their horse tartare was simply delicious.

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.