So delicious!!! Everything was so good!…read more We started with the Salat Schale -Tomatoes, egg, cucumber, orange and pomegranate. Had lite vinaigrette. So good! Our main course was "Zurcher Geschnetzeltes Feine Pilzrahmsauce" with "Rosti" Slice veal and mushrooms in a cream sauce. Served with a hash brown round! To die for. Literally licked the plate. Then finished ice cream and strawberries.

This restaurant was recommended by our tour guide, so I was skeptical, but it exceeded our…read moreexpectations! Service was great (I think our server was Alan?). Husband and I shared the fondue and rosti with an egg and more cheese (don't judge us). Both were wonderful, and we left really full. We had a Swiss pinot noir, which was surprisingly very good (around 70 SF). Restaurant was very quaint, and the restroom was clean. Reservations recommended

Food was delicious. Ambience was great. Good attentive service. Speaks English well. So many good…read morechoices of Swiss food.

On a busy weeknight, we were seated quickly with excellent service. We ordered food and drinks…read morewhich came quickly. The staff spoke English, French, German and Swiss easily. The menu contained all languages as well.

Cute place to have drinks along the Rhine river. Service is a little slow. The outside seating is…read morelimited but the view is very nice. I can't wait to have Summer cocktails here.

Suggested by our Viking Cruise host Magdalena while staying at Movenpick Hotel Basel as part of a…read morepre-extension pkg prior to an 8 day Rhine River Cruise to Amsterdam. We arrived just at opening for dinner and were the only couple there. We got a warm greeting and seated quickly. Our waiter immediately asked us if we would like a beverage/water. Having checked their website prior to going, I found the brewed their own beers, so I asked what types of beer they had in tap. My wife got a Pilsner and for myself, a German IPA. Bioth were excellent. We had the waiter translate the menu all everything looked awesome so it took awhile to decide. Within a half hour of arriving the restaurant started filling up quickly. Lively crowd but not too loud. An AWESOME experience and a fantastic way to cap off our last evening in Basel.

We spent a few nights in Basel, before our Viking Cruise left to go up the Rhine. We checked the…read moreYelp ratings, and found this place within a reasonable walking distance from our Hotel, and it was a great choice. Service was awesome, and I wish I would have remembered the server's name (he was working the evening of Oct 28). My wife had the Kaserosti and I had the Wild Game dinner....deer meat, potatoes, veggies, and a gravy. Add in a couple of awesome salads, a prosecco for her, and german beer for me, and we ended up with a great dinner. Quaint old building, that definitely had a German flair to it. Highly recommend for anyone visiting Basel.

After eating snacks all afternoon, it was time for a proper sit down dinner. Holzschopf for casual…read moreSwiss, located in Claraplatz near the tram stop. Good service and a speedy meal, we had no problem ordering dinner in English. Chicken schnitzel with fries was fresh and hot. A good portion, tasty and enjoyable for dinner. With it, a cold beer. It's a comfortable and unpretentious restaurant. We had an enjoyable time. [Review 21210 overall - 60 in Switzerland - 174 of 2024.]

This place was amazing. Great food and service. Between English, German, Spanish and Italian... we…read morewere able to get exactly what we ordered. The food was served hot and quickly. And it was ridiculously delicious.

Great local food place. Racklette was very unique and quite tasty. Don't miss the 3 course daily…read moremenu items! Nice beer and wine selection as well!

I was recommended to visit this restaurant for traditional Swiss cuisine by a few locals. My friend…read moreand I came here for lunch. The place is located in the heart of Basel, right on one of the main promenades, so it was quite busy that day, mostly with tourists. The restaurant has a big indoor area, plus outdoor seating. We decided to sit inside to enjoy its classic Swiss design and cozy vibe. You can sense the historic charm in the atmosphere, but everything inside was still well maintained and spotlessly clean. Our waiter was very nice and helpful - he gave us tips about Swiss food and recommended a couple of dishes from the menu. The menu, by the way, wasn't very big, and it focused on traditional Swiss classics. We decided to share two dishes: Wienerschnitzel and Cheese Fondue (Käsefondue). The food came out quickly, within about 15 minutes. The pork schnitzel was flavorful and tender, with a perfectly enjoyable texture. We chose French fries as the side, and they were cooked really well. But the star of our lunch was definitely the Cheese Fondue - absolutely delicious! The cheese they used was incredibly rich and flavorful, and the fresh bread served with it was also tasty. Dipping the bread into the melted cheese made it a truly delightful experience. Both dishes were generous in size and more than enough for two people. The only negative about this restaurant is the prices, which are extremely high. The Cheese Fondue cost 38 CHF (about $48) PER PERSON, and the Wienerschnitzel was 40 CHF (about $50). Even though the food was excellent, I found these prices far too steep. The soft drinks we ordered were also expensive - 6 CHF ($8) for a cup of black tea or a Diet Coke. I'm from Miami, where restaurants are pricey too, but not this expensive, so even I was shocked when we got the final bill. Finalizing my review, I can say that I loved every part of my experience at the restaurant except the prices. It's definitely not a place I could afford to eat at every day (like I do in many restaurants in Miami, since I don't cook), but I still recommend checking this restaurant at least once for the experience - to try truly delicious Swiss food. Trust me and order the Cheese Fondue for sure!

Second time here and had the trout again. So delicious. Most customers come here for the pork…read moreSchnitzel. They really do a great job at pounding it thin, egg wash, flour batter and lots of butter. You can literally smell butter as you enter the restaurant and on your clothes as you leave Service top notch. Make reservations as this place always packed.

On our second night in Basel, before we were to leave on our Viking cruise, we chose Schnabel for…read moredinner. Relatively easy walk from our hotel, and kept us in the area where the Autumn Festival was being held. We were happy with our choice. We got there at 5 when they opened, because we wanted to get to the festival before it became too dark outside. When we arrived, we were seated right away, and there was only one other table with guests. But from there, it slowed down....a lot. It was about 10 minutes before our server took our drink order, and another 10 before he checked back to see if we were ready to order (we were). Any time we needed anything, including the check at the end, we would have to flag him down and ask. I don't recall him checking on us once during the entire meal. Service was average, at best. But the food, was very good. My wife had the pumpkin ravioli, and I had the ham, egg and cheese rosti. Along with a good German beer and my wife's choice of a prosecco, we were happy with the food....except for the bottle of water for the table.....that I was charged 11 euros for! If I were a local, or could speak German, I would go back for the food. Back as an American, I felt a little overlooked and unwelcome in the end.

Excellent food! Short walk from town hall up a slight hill, easy to get to. Had the asparagus…read moresoup..wow! Delicious! Also had the sausage in gravy and rosti, delicious! Very good service too!

This by far has been our favorite restaurant in Basel, Switzerland. The beer cheese fondue was…read morebetter 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.

they offer great beer from the brewery next door and they have very good beer-specialities like the…read morebeer-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!!