Everything was excellent, food, service and ambiance! Presentation of the food was beautiful.read more

The association with next door neighbor - Jenzen Butchers - is a solid endorsement, at least for…read moremeat-eaters. Ochsen delivered by far the best calves liver preparation we have ever experienced. This will be a hard act to follow. Perhaps we'll just have to return to Ochsen.

Yes, the ambiance of this place is just great. Situated in a small forest in Reinach BL you feel…read morelike being in a fairy tale - the house looks like a witch's cottage giving the name of the restaurant (in Swiss German). The service is great very friendly and attentive also with elderly people. Their speciality are skewers in many different ways - so everyone will find one. They are ok, well done and you will get enough food not leaving the table hungry ;-). But do not expect gourmet food or freshly made veggies ... that's not why you are coming to this place - it's the ambiance, sitting in this beautiful garden and enjoying some food and some drinks.. and sharing some fairy tales with family or friends becoming part of a story.

The ambience both inside and outside is fantastic and worth 3 stars by itself. Most of the food and…read moredrinks were decent, however, I had the chicken skewers dish and I am probably not used to their style, because I didn't find it appetizing. So besides that, everything else was great.

We went eating there on a saturday for some lunch. We were the only guest at this time in this…read morerestaurant. The food was good and the service was friendly but a little bit insecure. What we both really liked was the atmosphere. Because the design of the restaurant is very modern and good looking. They have wooden tables and a wall out of stones. A very good experience over all and we definetely come back for a dinner again.

The best restaurant in Aesch, or so our local friends say. They are regulars here, and so took us…read moreon our first night in Switzerland. A very inviting patio up front offered outdoor seating, but we chose to eat inside due to our somewhat loud group. (We didn't want to ruin the romantic atmosphere for the couples up front.) Interesting menu, with a combo of Continental cuisine, German specialities, plus Thai and indonesian dishes. (The owner/chef is Indonesian). A really nice wine list too. Through the surreal fog of that day's jet lag I do recall a fabulous meal. My Rendang Beef was tender and nicely spiced - sort of a deconstructed version, but still excellent. And unlike most Swiss restaurants, they didn't skimp on the spicing here. I broke into a mild sweat from my meal (that's a good thing) The decor and design of the restaurant is clean and modern; somewhat upscale, with nice tableware and glassware. Everything felt brand new. And at the same time, they were very dog-friendly. I saw more than one dog under a table (though I've learned this may be a general Swiss thing, not restaurant specific.) At one point the owner came out, greeted us all, and shook each and every one by the hand, even the kids. It's hard to get better treatment than that!

Just found this place the food was excellent and the staff was super friendly. They don't speak a…read moremuch English and I don't speak a word of German but they made me feel very comfortable and and I got well fed. The walking directions from Google from the train stop is not correct. it is right next to the train stop.

When there is a stunning view, some establishments may get a bit lax in the quality of food. Not…read morethis one though. One can tell that they put thoughts and good effort in equaling the view with culinary value. We were a party of 7, and lucky enough to get a table just the day of. I wanted to try a Swiss specialty, and broke my vegetarian diet by ordering a dish of river perch with shaved almonds. It was quite tender and flavorful - note "flavorful" is usually not associated with Swiss cuisine :-). My fellow diners, esp. the carnivores, reported similar satisfaction with their choices, including sausage, ham and beef stroganoff. The summer salad is a rainbow of fresh veggies, feasting both stomach and eye. We also each ordered a scoop of ice-cream. My scoop of apricot tasted like a silky, frozen puree of fresh, ripe apricots - truly amazing!

This is a solid Swiss restaurant, no questions asked. The menu contains the typical Zürcher…read moreGeschnetzelte, Rahmschnitzel, Wienerschnitzel, etc., besides other good things of the "classical Swiss kitchen" (even though there is no classical Swiss kitchen at all). The lunch menu presents some variation; now, venison may be served if you are in that type of food during fall. I had a Bündner Gerstensuppe (barley soup), which was excellent. Also, the veal Cordon-Bleu was a must that evening. It was weirdly squared but just superb in taste. The vegetables, nothing to write home about. But what really knocks my socks off every time I go to that place is the stunning view over the Birseck area, Basel city, in the far the Basel airport and Elsass.