3 stars reflects a variety of my visits from the cocktail bar, lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch during the past three years at this location. Spotty service, decent food and not the most impressionable brunch.
The food is quality, whether you come here for any occasion, that deserves 4 stars. However, when the going gets tough, the service can get spotty here. I wonder if the fact is this restaurant is so big makes people wait longer b/c the servers have to run back and forth a greater distance. Who knows. I've had the longest dinner experience here in Zurich one time for a friend's birthday dinner party. The 6 of us all felt our lives wasted away that night - though our behinds were not in pain as the chairs have nice cushions on them, probably why they make them that way! That wait was so memorably long that after 2 years I still remember this experience. The lunch service is ok and prompt, with a mixture of Swiss and an attempt to Asian fushion their salmon burger topped with a dash of Japanese seaweed salad and a side of wasabi mayonnaise sauce. Not too shabby, my food connoisseur friend Dan and I quite enjoyed ourselves.
Then there comes the Sunday brunch. It is priced at CHF 55 which comes with the typical Zurich "open range" brunch (I hate calling it "buffets", so not classy), with a glass of prosecco. The set up is really inconvenient as it is all "cluttered" in one area, conducive of human traffic jams. Who needs this annoyance on a Sunday? The variety is also not the most impressive I've seen in Zurich, though my friend swears by their scrambled eggs. Would paying CHF 55 for good scrambled eggs be worth it though? Not for me. I think the brunch at Imagine HB at CHF 37 is a better run for your money, with better types of foods, faster service and ex-human traffic jams as the food is presented in a more spread out fashion throughout the restaurant.
Lastly, the bartender/area is pretty cool. Great bar munchies available. But you are in Sihlcity, after all. It's not a bar scene area of town. So I can only imagine drinking at this bar when you happen to be in this area. At certain weekend nights they do have parties there, but still, it's in Sihlcity... womp womp. read more