Went here with my wife and two daughters. We called to make reservations and were told that the Restaurant Corbeau D'Or (our first choice) was closed for renovations but there was another dining room with the "same cookers". It's located in the lower floor of the Mirabeau Hotel. The dining room was beautiful with large walls of glass looking out onto a courtyard. Staff members were working hard in the garden to make it look perfect.
We were seated right away. We were asked several times what our room number was so I'm guessing that much of their clientele were guests. Indeed, it was clearly a place for retired, well-to-do European travelers. Everyone was dressed a little nicer than most restaurants we'd been to and, if I were a retired, well-to-do European traveler, I might have been staying at this hotel and dining here as well. From looking at the website and visiting the hotel, it looks very nice. No complaints. It was a nice feeling place.
The service was very good and we were well-attended to by our primary server as well as the manager. They were very nice to us and our kids while there.
The food.
We had some tasty olive rolls with butter waiting for us when we arrived at our table. My wife and I both got the 2 course prix fixe meal for about 50CHF each. I thought it was a pretty good price for Zermatt but came to find out that the servings were on the small side. Don't get me wrong. We didn't leave there hungry but I now know why the prices seemed reasonable.
For apps, wife got a tuna tare tare which was served in a gel form in the shape of a pyramid (or, maybe the matterhorn? I should have studied it more closely). It was a little weird and my wife thought it had just OK flavor. I got the salad bar and it was fresh and there was a nice selection of items but, for you North American's, it was a little Ruby Tuesday-ish.
For mains, kids got kids meals...a schnitzel and some chicken. They really liked them. I got the steak. It was basically three pre-cut slices of steak with some carrots and potatoes. Cooked nicely and fine for the flavor but, again, not the best or worst I'd had even on this trip.
When I started this review a few days after visiting Zermatta, neither my wife nor I could remember what she had for a main course. This happens occasionally to me and just figure that it's old age setting in. But, it doesn't happen too often to my wife. I usually make an effort to go to the website and review the menu in such cases to figure out what we ordered. But, I got to thinking that it was really indicative of the entire dining experience at Zermatta....a little forgettable. So, I'm gonna leave it at that. We still don't know what my wife had for dinner but it was a pretty spot with some pretty food but only pretty good flavor. Too many options in Zermatt to put this in a top 20 list. read more