Best cheese fondue! Different kinds with garlic, mushrooms, fresh herbs…read more.. Warm place for groups, families and also romantic winter plan. Swiss traditional decoration. The lady who serves the table absolutely kind, efficient and excellent host, I think is the owner. This restaurant only open for Christmas Time. It is a must to do in St. Gallen. For dessert, chestnut vermicelli with wiped cream! Delicious!!!

Very nice food in a historic setting. Service was good, friendly and attentive without being…read moreoverbearing.

Great in everything food, drinks, atmosphere and ambiance lovely, service a bit rude other than…read morethat it's right in the middle of the city convenient

My first Swiss Fondue experience was an immersive, cheerful, cheese-fest with great service, food,…read moreand drinks in a uniquely Swiss atmosphere. It's $26 CHF (Swiss Francs for my US readers) per person, and they bring you a boiling vat of cheese and a bucket of bread. The menu is basically a listing of what kind of cheese you want, along with some sharables and desserts. I have a deeply held, long-standing love for cheese. But, this experience tested even my limits. The rule is, you don't drink anything cold with it as it will harden the cheese in your system. Seems like a bit of an urban legend. But, the alternative is brandy and wine, which they bring in great quantities if you ask for it. The brandy shot is included. Ah, the Swiss :) The cheeses were delicious and the bread soft. We dipped and swirled with long forks. My only other Fondue experience was Simply Fondue in Texas, where you actually cook meats in hot oil. This was not that. Cheese only. We also tried some onion soup, which was wonderful and not at all like "French Onion Soup" as we call it in the US. Not even sure if that's really French. For dessert we ordered some fruit and a strawberry sorbet, also outstanding. Our server was happy and fun, walking us through our new experience. We shared it with some local friends, making for a memorable night. Highly recommended if you want some great local food!

Warning: this is the only game in town when it comes to fondue, so they are extremely busy. Came in…read moreon a Monday around 6:00, and was told there was no way to fit us in that night, but we could make a reservation for later that week. We did, and reserved 6:00 PM that Thursday (everything later was taken). We came in on time to our reservation, but found our waitress to be a bit on the unfriendly side. Although 95% of the tables had fondue, she seemed very put out by working, and she was difficult to track down when we wanted to order more wine (this is not by American standards, and we weren't yelling in English. I lived in Germany for two years, speak good German, and am accustomed to European service). The restaurant was very cozy. If you're a table of two you are likely to share your table with another party of two, and it's just warm and homey on the inside. The food was very good- we ordered fondue for two and a salad to share, and found that more than adequate in terms of amount of food. The prices were reasonable, although the wine was more than in other restaurants in the area. I've had fondue before and preferred that experience, but if you find yourself in St. Gallen, craving fondue, then this is a fine choice.

For dinner we had the local chicken dish and braised eggplant. Both were delicious and the service…read morewas perfect- friendly, prompt, not rushed. The dessert- a tiramisu spaghetti ice cream- think ice cream in spaghetti form over ladyfinger soaked in traditional espresso etc with whipped cream and topped with pistachios was amazing and created tableside. Highly recommend this restaurant!

From the owner: Geniessen Sie in gemütlicher und stilvoller Atmosphäre köstliche Gerichte von früh bis spät: Vom…read moreausgewogenen Frühstück über internationale Speisen bis hin zu liebevoll kreierten Köstlichkeiten aus der hauseigenen Patisserie. Im Bistro St.Gallen finden Sie zu jeder Tageszeit den passenden Gaumenschmaus.

What a fantastic restaurant and hotel. We stayed at the excellent hotel (beautiful minimal rooms)…read more Service was excellent and perfect English was spoken. I had an evening meal a pork dish with Autumn vegetables that tasted delicious and felt healthy. Desert was amazing too a delightful white chocolate mousse. Lovely chilled atmosphere made eating a pleasure. Highly recommended.

We had a brunch reservation for 10 people (father's day) at 11:30. They claim to serve brunch until…read more15:00! After a good wait of at least 20mins we were able to place our orders. After a quite tedious placement of orders she realized that four orders of pancakes could not be done as they had run out of pancakes...can happen should not! Their special softdrinks (2 of them) were also not available...starting to see a pattern? As my grandson got hungry 45 mins later...still no food... i asked if he could at least have a croissant...you guessed it: NO croissants left! So i asked for at least a piece of Zopf... i guess you can guess the response....The food (some of it ) came about an hour after ordering. MY dish was just plain forgotten, the sunny side eggs, two orders, came 30 mins after the hash browns, when my meal was delivered the pita bread was not, etc., etc, total chaos! I did ask for the duty manager and his main excuse was that another table had eaten all of the pancakes, croissants & Zopf...total incompetence in person with no regards for clients or how to manage/train staff. It's a beautiful restaurant a great location...but that's not enough...I'm done with that amount of bungling!

We took a trip to the other side of town today to have lunch at the Gartenhaus. I already knew it…read morewas worth the trip before I got there, as I've been at that Restaurant a couple of times before. After the (free) soup, which the very friendly ladies always serve before the meal at lunchtime, I picked an all time classic: Schnitzel with Röschti. The Röschti is, in my opinion, one of the best I have had so far - and I have had many Röschtis all over Switzerland! The Schnitzel (2 pieces) are very good as well, with a delicious breading and tender meat. All of this comes at a very reasonable price (I payed CHF 21.40, incl. soup and mineral water). The only thing a little bit intimidating is the portion: huge! So if you don't mind, I'll have a short nap to recover

If you are hungry and don't want to spend to much money! Eat at Gartenhaus!!…read more It's one of my favorite restaurants in town!!

CASH ONLY, don't accept cards and not posted anywhere on their website…read more Try elevating your prices by 2-3% if you're so worried about card fees unless you're trying to avoid paying taxes. We're in 2022 Jesus Christ. Lady tried to tell me I should've called in, PUT IN ON YOUR WEBSITE! I came from out of town for this and will strongly tell my colleagues to steer clear

Wer richtige hauchdünne Wiener Schnitzel mag, muss hier unbedingt mal vorbeischauen. In diversen…read moreGrössen: von Mäuse- über Esel- bis Elefanten-Ohr. Den Elefant sollte man nur bestellen, wenn man vorher ne Woche gefastet hat ;-) Schmecken tun aber alle sowieso! PS: Abends reservieren nicht vergessen!

The restaurant is close to the abbey and serves very tasty swiss meals…read more My favorite: Käshörnli mit Öpfelmues!!! Pasta with cheese, onion and mashed apples