The best overall higher end restaurant in Neuchatel. This is my first review, but my 4th overall…read morevisit at this restaurant. The lamb shank dish was simply marvelous, plenty, and fulfilling! I managed to start with their french onion soup which hit the spot in the cold weather , but it could have simply be my meal for the night!!! I have had really good experience here with their food quality, and great service. The sitting room is also unique and charming. See my pix. The price is higher than average but a few more francs are worth the quality. I have been to at least 10-12 other restaurants in Neuchatel over the past 3-4 years. Le Cardinal is on the top of all of them that I've tried!

Excellent service and food. I will visit this restaurant again when I visit Milwaulkeeread more

Very disappointing! Ordered the flank steak and it was so tough that I couldn't chew it at all. The…read morewaiter said that he'd talk to the kitchen and offers me a ribeye that was tough but edible. When I called for the check I was surprised to be told that the first steak was fine and charged me for both steaks! Putting the blame on the customer is appalling! Beware their kitchen can do no wrong, and you are not allowed to complain. Paid $150 for a very disappointing meal

Located in the "old town" of the city, this restaurant is located on a side street, not in the main…read moresquare, but still in a very nice area. We ate here in the evening in summer and the weather was amazing so we sat outside. The restaurant was established in the 1800s and the ambience inside spoke true to that. We loved eating on the sidewalk, but had we been inside, it would've been equally great. We chose this place because we wanted to make sure we had fondue on our first evening in Switzerland. To that respect, we found it to be better than average, but nothing that blew your socks off. We also got the Neuchâtel Sausage and Osso Buco, both of which were pretty darn good. We would definitely get them again. The service was great. Our waiter was polite and the food arrived in a timely manner expected for a nice restaurant. Other than the prices being high, which is to be expected in Switzerland, we thought it was an overall great experience. I'd be interested in checking out other restaurants in the city, but if the opportunity came up, I would definitely return.

Wonderful local restaurant in the lovely wine growing village of St. Blaise near the town of…read moreNeuchatel. They specialize in fondue. We had the Fondue Trio which gave us the opportunity to sample three different fondues. This was more than sufficient to feed four people. The atmosphere couldn't be more authentic when a table full of regulars breaks into renditions of old French melodies. If there is room in your stomach after finishing the fondue, try the meringue dessert. It is very good, also!

Food was pretty delicious, ambiance on point, the service was attentive and dessert was nice and…read morewarm. I will definitely rexommend it and come back to try other fondue choices

Their horse steak was really tasty, this was my first time having it so i cant really compare it…read morewith others. mostly cheese fondues and, food variety is not that huge. very friendly staff. Attention! Their enterance is in the side ally and it is not that obvious. I was turned off by the cheese smell at the beginning but it was a good experience.

Nice, exceptional place under the arcades of Morat. Service is good, food - I had an Entrecôte - is…read moreok but a little pricey as it was not really better than elsewhere in Switzerland - surely not as good as at my favorite Entrecôte place in Lausanne but 4! times more expensive. You pay the ambiance and location, which is nice indeed

Excellent service, delicious and tender steaks, the fondue was well seasoned and the potatoes and…read morebread were so fresh and with the perfect texture. 100% will recommend this place

Like any truly exciting restaurant find, this place is quite hidden and relatively unknown to…read moreeverybody except the locals. The weird bit about it is that 'the locals' are actually not local to the area, but from all over... this place is hiding in the middle of a campground! The restaurant has very limited hours during the low season, and really would rather not open up the kitchen unless it's a Friday or Saturday evening (which begs the question why they staff it on weekday nights... but what do I know?) If you can get one of them in an arm-bar long enough to get seated, you'll see that they have a charming multi-page menu with seasonal specials and also Swiss Romande traditional cuisine (which could be either the Roesti or the fondue, depend on with whom you speak...). Service is fast and friendly, and the Roestis here can be excellent if the chef is on their game. (If you know what a roesti is, then don't take my word for the quality... I'm American and anything potato and fried tastes magical to me). I have yet to assemble enough people here to get a fondue out of them, but I'm sure it will happen soon enough. The wine selection is very reasonable, and they seem to have access to the back labels of local vintners, which is kind of exciting- I've had a few reds from Auvernier which I haven't seen the labels of anywhere else in the surrounding towns. The decor is kind of Swiss funky, with lots of bizarre antique oddments nailed up on the walls. There's a wooden bicycle over the bar that's pretty cool, and some nautical bits strewn about as well. The hard part is finding it... follow the signs to the Paradis-Plage campground, and find the parking area reserved for the restaurant... or take the Onde Verte to the Bas des Allees stop and follow the signs up the path... or take the path around Lake Neuchatel in the direction of Colombier... you'll find the campground eventually.