This by far has been our favorite restaurant in Basel, Switzerland. The beer cheese fondue was better than I could have ever imagined and the pretzels that go with it is soft in the middle and perfectly cooked. We have been to fancier fondue restaurants around the area and we didn't really have that great of an experience with the customer service and the cheese was ok. The service was also the best here because they were friendly and patient with us "English speakers" and you can tell that they genuinely wanted us to enjoy ourselves. read more

Restaurant Linde - Beer fondue - Brasseries Near Me - Basel, BS

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they offer great beer from the brewery next door and they have very good beer-specialities like the beer-fondue! Food: my girlfriend and i ordered the beer fondue. it wasnt a big portion but it was really one of the best fondues i had! the cool thing is instead of bread (which is sometimes dry) they gave us warm bretzels. really good! wish i could eat fondue only with bretzels! Service: they were nice. sometimes not very attentive but totally ok. Atmosphere: its not a special atmosphere. but the good thing is that you can even sit outside in a little alley if its nice weather. even at high temperatures it wont be too hot there. additionally in the inside the have a "zapfhahne" on a table where you can take infinite beer on self-service. and in the end they give you the bill of all the beer summed up, pretty cool! All together more likely a 3-stars place. but because of that awesome fondue and the delicious beer they offer i give it 4 stars!! read more

Restaurant Linde - Beer Fondue with Bretzel (29.-) - Brasseries Near Me - Basel, BS

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Really great swiss food Service was excellent She spoke English clearly. Explained the menu Had fondue. Highly recommend walked away stuffed read more

We have been here in Basil for three days now this is our third meal at Linda it is so good so very good that you have to come here and recommendation is get here early or make a reservation they have English speaking people the best beer that they brew themselves and you have to try the fondue I've never had fondue before and this was just incredible to be eaten with a pretzel and followed up by the homebrew enjoy enjoy enjoy your time in Basel and do it here read more

We ate outdoors and despite being very busy, the waitress was really friendly and welcoming. The beer Ueli is great. The fondue was amazing--served with a pretzel and really tasty and addictive. We ordered one to share and it was plenty if you get additional entrees/apps. The pork was tender and the curry lamb pasta delicious. Portions big and shareable. Great ambiance in the garden. A block from the river. Highly recommended. read more

Good service! The beer cheese fondue (Ueli-bierfondue) is yummy. Menu consists of Swiss-German fare. Good food in general. They serve beer from the Ueli brewery, located next door. There is a table with a beer tap, which you can ask to be seated at - you pay according to tap meter. During the warmer months there is backyard seating area. Good place to drink beer & get comfort food - cozy in the winter months. read more

I was in Basel for work and a colleague offered to take us out to this place. I was really happy she took us it was delicious and full of locals. The beer cheese fondue was delicious and HUGE. They bring it out with Pretzels. Initially I had the impression that it would be to much for us but we ate it all!!! The place also offers tap beer and beer in a faucet that is placed next to the table. You then self serve and pay what you consume. Very cool concept! I would definitely visit again read more

Restaurant Linde - Beer cheese fondue - Brasseries Near Me - Basel, BS

Ate here in Nov2010 after a 3-hr train ride from Paris. I was so famished and met some coworkers there for dinner. I've not had much cheese fondue ever -- had it maybe once a year. If you like beer cheese fondue, this place is for you. I ate lots of pretzel that night, and maybe a spoonful of the melted cheese. The place is very cozy and has the feel of being a neighborhood bar. What I like the best.. finding this place on a rainy Basel night. It's in a kinda of a dark alleyway close by the river... that with the rain, my umbrella, my trench coat -- it feels like I was tossed in the olden european era. Love that experience!! I'd like to try this again maybe when I'm not too tired from jet lag or train ride--and next time, maybe during the summer. read more

Great spot to go to after a nice swim in the Rhine. My husband and I got their local beer and cheese fondue. The fondue for two was more then enough for dinner. They serve it with two very large pretzles. I'm so glad we didn't order anything else. It was a little pricey but we were expecting it since everything seems to be expensive in Switzerland. Took a nice walk across the bridge back to our hotel to walk some of it off. read more

Restaurant Linde - Brasseries Near Me - Basel, BS

We were looking for something slightly off the tourist-beaten track, and away from the trendy places that seem to predominate the Marktplatz area now. Rheingasse in the Kleinbasel seems to host a number of such places. I HIGHLY recommend Restaurant Linde for real Swiss food, in a beautiful back-alley setting. We shared the mixed salad (a combination of fresh veg and pickled veg) the beer fondue (a welcome innovation on traditional cheese fondue) and the liver & potato plate. I look forward to my next visit to Basel, and the opportunity to try more menu selections. Only downside: just one server to cover what looked like 12 or 14 tables. She was *constantly* running back and forth. But when we had her attention we had very helpful and friendly service. read more

First and most important - their spicy beer soup is one of the best soups in all of Basel. Many of their other menu items are quite tasty, including the beef fondue. Their prices are a little high, even for Basel standards. The staff is nice, but English can be a bit tricky (if you know German or bring a German-speaker with you, this will certainly not be an issue). They also feel short staffed when it gets busy, as such the wait-time before your server returns can be quite long. Regardless of all the small critiques, we went across half the city just to go to Restaurant Linde just for the soup! read more

The fondue is excellent. The service is good. The ambiance is just what you want - a quiet place out of the tourist clutter. I highly recommend it! read more

upgrade from a 3 to a 4 based on the amazing, friendly service and price (~35 francs/person) compared to other restaurants in Basel. Had the "local" salad (combination of red leaf cabbage, beets, shaved carrots and sliced cucumbers), which was a solid starter, along with the house specialty Beer Fondue (which was great and served with a large pretzel) and some random sausage dish. All were pretty good, though none blew me away. The salad is pretty necessary unless you are okay with eating very heavy, salty meals (bread/cheese/"spam"like meats), which is very typical of Switzerland. Still a must visit spot in Basel with a great local vibe and feel! read more

If you like plain beef in even more boring brown gravy with cheap noodles this is the place for you. And all of that for the hefty price of minimum $30 per plate. We are visitors here in Basel and the service was rude, unhelpful, and generally unresponsive. The quality and lack of taste was on par for a price of a fifth of what we paid. If you want to waste your money I suggest burning it or putting it through a shredder instead of going to this restaurant, at least that way you won't waste so much of your time waiting for the incompetent service. read more

Great atmosphere, real local Swiss and an amazing beautiful Barwaitres I'd really like!!! :-) Food was nice and beer is great!!!

This has become on of my favorite restaurants. The pretzels are very good and usually warm and although I do not eat beer fondue, everyone who has it loves it. The pork chop is very nice! read more

We love this place and come here often when in Basel (which is fairly often as Sweetie works for Roche). The pork steak with gorgonzola sauce is our favorite. We usually start things off with a beer / cheese fondue (a serving for one easily feeds two) and one of their excellent beers. read more

Simple food but well done. The beer-cheese fondue served with a big pretzel unique and quite yummy.

We stumbled upon Restaurant Linde while strolling in Basel, and sat in the back patio area. The food and service was great. Everyone spoke very good English and were quite fun and friendly. We had their own label beer, green salads with delicious homemade dressing, dark beer goulash, and breaded chicken with noodles, both yummy. Finish your meal with either vodka or tequila sorbet. read more