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!

Neuchatel restaurants are expensive…read more Wait a minute - let me express that more accurately. Neuchatel restaurants are !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!EXPENSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And many are not all that great. Paying a fortune for mediocre fare takes a lot of the fun out of travel. So after having poisoned myself multiple times for unacceptably large numbers of swiss francs - I asked a good friend in Neuchatel where he/she eats. The Brasserie le Cardinal was the place that was suggested to me that was reasonably priced. You are still going to be paying 60-100 swiss francs for two for dinner. However, the food is excellent and the room is a complete charmer. First the room. All four walls are beautiful hand-painted tiles that depict wonderful scenes of alpine fields, swans swimming in lakes, birds flying through the trees etc. You could go to the Cardinal and pretend you are in a museum. I want my house decorated like the tilework in the Brasserie . The menu contains a number of Swiss standards (fondue, simple steaks) plus a first rate vegetarian plate plus a number of more elaborate chef specialty dishes. The fondue is first rate - made with an excellent wine and a complex mixture of cheeses. It makes the stuff I get in the US look like Cheez-Whiz. The veal cooked in lemon peel and rhubarb is one of the better veal dishes I have ever had. Fruit makes all meat dishes good - but it does not hurt that they use a first rate quality of veal. (US veal is - if you are lucky - mediocre - and it goes downhill after that.) The vegetarian plate is a real winner and makes eating your healthy vegetables a delight. It is a plate full of all the garnishes they put on the other plates plus some fine chickpeas. And yes - this is not your macrobiotic tasteless good-for-you-semi-raw vegetables. These are perfectly stir fried or braised little wonders. Desserts are the standard items available in nearly every Swiss Romande restaurant (Tiramitsu, TarteTatin, Creme Brulee, Chocolate Mousse etc etc) and are perfectly serviceable. Between first rate food and a wonderful wonderful room - we can at least say that if we are going to pay a gold brick for every Swiss meal - at least we get one that is fully worth the gold brick.

Definitely the best pizza in neuchatel. If you want a real Naples style pizza you absolutely need…read moreto come here - it is amongst the best spots in Switzerland., comparable to luigia and friggitoria napoletana. The owners/ managers are passionate about pizza and they really care about the ingredients, process, quality and customers! Enjoy your pizza

Wonderful little place downtown with a great selection of Israeli street food. The mixed pita is a…read morehuge portion with a great selection of sauces and spices. I also recommend the falafel. Food is available for take away. There are a few tables outdoor, if the weather permits. The space inside is fairly small. Toilets are upstairs (exit the restaurant and use the main building stairs or elevator to go up one floor.)

A very cool atmosphere. We sat in an underground room with raw rock walls all around. Menu seemed…read moremainly Italian, a good bar and liquor selection. Food was great. Main detractor for me was that the staff did not speak English. So go with a french speaking person, and this is definitely an upscale dining experience.

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.

This meal was excellent! It's in an odd part of town a few blocks off the main Street in an old…read morearmory building. Service was quick and friendly (even though we speak zero french). My husband ordered the Chasse burger (hunt burger), it was dear meat with cherry tomatoes and a prune sauce on the side. The prune sauce was a pleasant surprise, not too sweet and full of flavor! I ordered the goat cheese burger and it came with a beautiful slab of melty goat cheese with a honey and thyme sauce on the side. Both burgers were cooked to a perfect medium and came with a salad with tasty dressing and sunflower seeds and fries. Overall a touch pricy but the quality, taste and presentation made it worth while.

Interesting little place, very friendly service. My medaillons de cerf (venison bits) were…read moreoutstanding, paired with a nice Primitivo. Oddly, it has an open-air deck but the location is right along a very busy 4-lane thoroughfare, so dust and exhaust would seriously impair outdoor dining! Those approaching on foot from lakeside should cross this road well before, else need to use a pedestrian overpass. Worth the walk from the hotel district.

This is one of my favorite places in town! Their lunch menu is superb and very well portioned for…read morethe price. I also enjoy coming for apero after work as the views are unbeatable! Reservations aren't required if you don't mind being on the upper deck when the weather is nice. If it's raining or cold, reservations are a must as they only have a few indoor tables.

Took a group here and the food was much better than expected. Fun and friendly staff made our day…read more The rib platter was very good even compared to American restaurants.

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I have traveled to Neuchatel multiple times for business, and La Creperie is one of my favorite…read moreplaces to visit. I've even dined here multiple times in one day! Both their sweet and savory crepes are worth a try. I love the ham, cheese, and egg crepe as a meal. It's light and just a lovely, fresh combination of ingredients. I've also tried several of their dessert crepes -- YUM. I recommend trying one with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. You won't regret it!