Restaurants
Restaurant Rigiblick One of the best dining experiences I have had, everything was tip top, lunch menu took 2.5 hours for 4 courses
Cheti's Curry Indian and Sri Lankan Food, very very good curry, Seefeldstrasse 7A 8008 Zurich Tel: 043 268 55 85
The Bombay Store Stampfenbachstr. 32 8006 Zurich 079 200 14 18
Good cheap indian food for 8-10 SFr per plate
India Street Food "Srilankan, Indian food. Langstrasse 213 8005 Zurich, woo, samosas and other tasty deep-fried hand held food for 3 CHF each. Mo - Sa 11:30-23:30
Ravis Indian Cuisine Best indian food i have eaten in zurich, RÃtschistrasse 29, 8037 044 361 66 56
Restaurant Cedre Everyone's favorite Lebanese Restaurant, Badnerstrasse 78 8004 Zurich 044 241 4272, needs a reservation, really great food
Ah-Hua GMBH Best Thai in Zurich at about 18-20 SFr per plate.
Brauerstrasse 9 8004 Open from 11-21 Uhr. 01 241 39 37
I make Homer Simpson noises when i think of this place.
Keo Thai Restaurant Decent thai food. around 23 SFr for a curry but they charged us 5.50 for rice
Kropf Good Swiss food, not too expensive.
Roi-et Daniel said that this food actually uses the whole scale of hotness i.e. they might actually produce food that is too hot to eat.
Beyond Good chinese food next to the Bahnhof, Zollstrasse 20 8005 043 355 8345
kantorei Good Swiss food, not cheap. neumarkt 2, 044 252 27 27
Hot Pasta best taste to price ratio in Zurich by far
Restaurant Pergola Recommended by Markus - get some kind of fleisch for two
Restaurant Tapas Haldenbachstrasse 3 8006 044 261 80 40- lunch menus from 16 CHF of soup or salad and a main course - the soup is usually excellent
Ristorante Al Forno Universitaetstrasse 40 044 251 65 77 decent pizza close to work
Bierhalle Reinfelder Niederdorf decent swiss food, cheap by swiss standards.
Mere Catherine Nägelihof 3/Niederdorf - good food for about 70CHF per person for dinner, wine and dessert
Restaurant Schlauch Münstergasse 20 ObereZäune 17 Niederdorf good organic Swiss food for about 20-25 Sfr per plate. Lots of pool tables too.
Reithalle Gessnerallee 8 nice place to eat and sit outside in the summer
Restaurant Hiltl Sihlstr.
28 Tel. 01 221 38 70 Vegetarian
Back & Brau , Heinrichstrasse
267 / Universitätsstrasse 91
Il Golosone GmbH Italienische Spezialitaeten 8001 Zuerich 01 212 40 08 Good pizza, always full. Make reservations, be on time or you will lose them.
al solita pasta gasometerstrasse 26 8005 zuerich tel 01 227 26262 bettina's favorite pizza- really good
Bananen & Fruchte 079 692 10 20 Aargauerstr. 1b (in the train
bridge) - only open Tuesday through Thursday, nice atmosphere good cheese
plate and rotisserie chicken
Alpenrose 01 271 39 19 Daniel and Sophie's favorite high-end Swiss food Reservations required. Corner of Limmatstrasse and Quellenstrasse.
Blinde Kuh Mühlebachstr.
148 Tel: (01) 421 50 50 Dining experience in complete darkness
with seeing-handicapped waitpeople. a unique experience... Must make
reservations far in advance.
Baur au Lac Talstrasse 1. 01 220 50 20
Best sunday brunch with the most fantastic dessert bar.
It costs around 85 Sfr so to get your money's woth, don't eat the day before.
Reservation required.
Ristorante Cucina Luisenstrasse 40 - 01 271 3740 - not wood oven but really good pizza
Ristorante Italia Zeughausstr. 043 233 8844 kreis 4 Really good Italian food- no pizza, lot of colc cuts, nice garden in summer. between 40
Sfr per person. run by same people as JOSEF Reservations recommended
Restaurant 1001 - Niederdorf- Martin's favorite kebob and he is a kebab connoisseur...
Samurai - best sushi I have had in Zurich, Weststrasse 180, 8003 Zürich +41-43-811-5678
Grüt Farm: Zürichstrasse 69 8134 Adliswil -
a great family restaurant outside of zurich... it even has a collection
of farm animals and a playground
Restaurant Waldhaus
katzensee Wehentalerstr. 790 the perfect family restaurant
with a collection of 1-franc rides out front, a small train to
ride, and a playground- all within view of an outdoor eating area.
Sternen Grill at Bellevueplatz täglich 07:00-24:00 - the
best bratwurst stand
Bambushain Vogelsangstrasse 33 8006. Tel: +41 44 363 22 28 Yummy lunch buffet. 24 CHF for buffet and a mineral water.
Morgenstern Zwinglistrasse 27; 01 242 68 30 not cheap but consistantly good italian food
Da Teresa Onkel Toms Huette Rotwandstrasse 42, 8004. 044 241 90 15 not cheap but good italian food closed Saturday and Sunday
Cafes
Café Schwarzenbach , Münstergasse 19 - a great place to get
a good coffee. Coffee, tea, pasta and dried fruits are for sale next door.
Mohrenkopf, Niederdorfstrasse 31
Cafe Schober Kitchy cafe with great hot chocolate
and desserts. A nice place to take visitors but not only for visitors.
Zähringer, Zähringerplatz 11 Nice hippy bar
where one can sit outside and listen to other people discuss how much america sucks.
cafe at Bellevue has good fast espresso
Bars
Pigalle Marktgasse 14. Legendary gay bar, open late.
Jules Verne Uraniastrasse 9 Phone 01/211-11-55 At the
top of an old observatory- this bar has a nice view of zurich and pricey drinks.
Bring the visitors.
Moevenpick Winebar Nice place to have wine and cheese with a
lot of suits... great cheese plate.
Barrique at Marktgasse in the Niederdorf wine bar
Babalu, Schmidgasse 6. Good place to have a drink and
listen to ambient-type music.
Odeon Limmatquai 2
El Lokal, Gessnerallee 11
Corazón, Zähringerplatz 11
Liquid, Zwinglistr. 12
Safari-Bar, Zähringerstr. 29 "just a bar" but very good
at being "just a bar"
Bogdega- tapas and wine
Andorra, Münstergasse 20
Toni Yogurt Bar
Only in Summer
Kornhausbruke - In the summer, under the Kornhausbruke there are
many outdoor bars along the river where you can sit outside, swim in the
river and drink some wine- perfect on a warm summer night.
Reithalle Gessnerallee 8 - nice place to sit outside and drink
a beer with friends. (in winter sit inside)
Schwimmbad Enge In the summertime, Schwimmbad Enge has
an outdoor bar at night.
Bars with Live Music
Club Hey, Bellevue
Rote Fabrik, Seestr. 395
Alternative music, inside and outside parts, changing schedule.
Moods im Schiffbau
The Gig Blues & Jazz Bar
Hey Bar by Bellevue
Vollmond Bar near Wiedikon, Zentralstrasse 53 8003 Zurich. Tel. 01 450 49 91. Self-brewed beer
Herzbaracke A floating restaurant/bar/theater called the Herzbarake that
floats on Lake Zuerich and docks in different towns throughout the year.
Lebewohlfabrik Im Seefeld , Froehlichstrasse 23 - 8008 Zuerich, beim Zuerihorn-Parkplatz. Live music on weekends.
Special Stores
The Bombay Store Stampfenbachstr. 32 8006 Zurich 079 200 14 18
Good indian food indgredients.... i even saw something that resembled okra.
H. Schwarzenbach Münstergasse 19 - great place to buy coffee,
Teehaus Wehrli
El Maiz- josefstr 23 8005 zurich 01 440 58 40; Mexican food supplies, homemade tortillas
Asian Food store at Berninaplatz
Yumi Hana restaurant and store Lebensmittelhandel Schützengasse 7 8001 Zürich Tel: +41 (0)44 211 57 57
Nishi Japanese store Schaffhauserstrasse 120 8057 Zürich 044 363 11 63
hardware store on Seefeldstr.
Sato Asian furniture store worth a visit even if you don't want any new furniture.
China Wohnkultur Asian antique store that gives me goosebumps. Herr. Funk Schaefligrabenstrasse 39 8304 Wallisellen 044 831 06 96, Open on Sunday afternoon or by appointment
Asia Art buddah store in oerlikon
Neumarkt 17 Neumarkt 17 The coolest furniture store...
the space inside is art in itself (Who designed the inside??) and the
furniture is great if you can afford it.
It is worth bringing visitors here if they are into this kind of thing and you are in
the neighborhood.
Caritas Kunst & Krempel
Small charity shop, two shelves of english books at back of shop, but quick turnover. 3CHF each book
Tram 9 or 14B or train to Bahnhof Wiedikon, cross over road, shop is in the middle of the row of shops
suggested by Helen Palmer
Buecher Brocky
HUGE second hand bookshop, with whole aisle of Eglish books, prices between 1CHF and 4CHF per book
Tram 6 to Bahnhof Enge or 13 to Enge/Bederstrasse. Head towards the Post Office and you'll see the Buecker Brocky signs
suggested by Helen Palmer
English
Zürich Comedy Club
Useful Resources
Zurich Fun & Sport Club in Zurich
Kino in Zurich
Animals Shop online pet supply store
Map of Zurich
Xpat Xchange
Immobilien search
Immobilien search
Museums and Galleries
Contemporary Art Zurich List of whats going on
Migros Museum fuer Gegenwartskunst Limmatstr. 270, 8005 Zuerich Tel. 01 277 20 50 My favorite... always special
Daros Exhibitions Loewenbraeu-Areal, Limmatstr. 268, 8005 Zuerich Tel. 01 447 7000
Kunst Halle Zuerich Limmatstr. 270, 8005 Zuerich Tel. 01 272 15 15
Atelier Hermann Haller Ecke Bellerivestrasse/Hoeschgasse, 8008 Zuerich Tel 01 383 42 47. Atelier and collection of sculptures from Hermann Haller.
Hannes Keller painter
his web baby, Visipix, an internet supermuseum.
Natural History Museum Basel
Mai 36 Galerie Raemistrasse 37, 8001 Zurich
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger Utoquai 29 ch-8008 Zurich
Galerie Andrea CaratschWaldmannstrasse 8 CH8001 Zurich
Oerlikon
Schreinerei - nice atmosphere, 1 pool table, haven't tried the food yet
Zur Kathrin - swiss and fondue restaurant in oerlikon, Querstrasse 9, 044 312 44 88, full of clocks
Theatre 11 theatre for stage productions in Oerlikon
Outside of Zurich
Museum Ballenberg - perfect for people of all ages on a nice day.
Houses from all over Switzerland were brought to this park. You can
walk around the park, look at the houses and see people doing handwork
like making shingles and pounding iron. My 3 year old loved it.
Einsiedeln - beautiful cloister with an unusual black madonna and
horses out back, there
is a row of restaurants behind the main parking area at the front of
the cloister, the one with the giant colorful fish on the front has
a fantastic play area for kids.
Höllgrotten in Baar (Central Switzerland) 2 beautiful limestone
caves that you can walk through with some easy picturessque forest
walking- suitable for small children.
Juker Farm This is farm where one can purchase pumpkins and squashes at Halloween. They
have a petting zoo, a store selling fresh produce and homemade food, and a
playground. At halloween, you can get lunch and sit at picnic tables
to eat it.
Scuol We like to stay at the Engiadina Hotel. The best
Engiadiner Nuss-Tortli is at Cantieni on the main street through town.
Bad Ragaz Next time I go, I want to try the Roessli Post tel 081 302 31 75 for a carriage ride.
W. Faessler good biber in Appenzell
Fossil hunting it is rumored that in the town of Frick you can find some fricking fossils.
Events in Zurich
tibetan monestary
Dalai lama
switzerland in sound
Augusta Raurica
"In its heyday, 1800 years ago, 20,000 people lived in the Roman town
of Augusta Raurica, 15km from Basle. Many of the traces left behind by the
native Celtic inhabitants and the Roman conquerors have now been excavated and are
accessible to the public in the largest open-air archaeological museum in north-west Switzerland. "
Le Sultan Woelflingerstrasse 134 in Winterthur reportedly has good couscous, with sharf Merguez
Suteria Suteria has the best Solothurner cake in Solothurn
Luzern
Brasserie Bodu 041 410 01 77 I think I ate here and it was really good.
Wilden Mann Luzern 041 210 16 66 I ate here and it was really good.
Shopping in Germany
Zoll How much of what can i bring back to switzerland?
Rheincenter right across the border from Basel.
Walmart Singen- they have a good selection of meat which is reasonably priced.
Recommended by Jo
Helsinki Klub - go see AAD HOLLANDER TRIO FROM HELL on sundays
abart
Abart rock club
oxa techno club in oerklikon
kalkbreite strasse squat behind tram depot across from kino uto
Artists and Exhibitions i have seen and liked
Stefan Thiel at Mai 36 Galerie - elaborate paper cutting
Dokoupil Galerie Bruno Bishofberger , Galerie Andrea Caratsch - video showed as a series of small stills
Loris Greaud Cellar Door at the Institute of Contemporary Arts
Art Jewelry
Charon Kransen Arts
Friends of Carlotta
Anne Mersmann
Recommended by Dan Graur
Art Brut Lausanne
Foundation Beyeler Basel
Sammlung E. G. Buehrle Zurich
Haus Konstructiv Zurich
swissart.net
Museum Bellerive Zurich
Tinguely Museum Basel
Paul Klee Museum Bern
Sammlung Oskar Reinhart Winterthur
Sammlung Rosengarten Luzern
Restaurant Sonnenberg Zurich
Naturestein/Garden
Swimming ponds I want one.
Brunnen Paradies natural stone fountains, tonplatten, amphoren
Nephro Swiss GmbH your pond water specialist
Easy Natursteine AG natural stone supplier
Outdoor Infra AG outdoor heaters
Natursein Rinner natural stone furniture supplier
Semadeni AG artificial ponds
Fontarocca Brunnen und Naturstein AG foundtains and natural stones
Koi-Farm GmbH koi and pond supplier
Wellness I have visited
Central Hotel Soelden Food was good not 5 star, dining room hat the atmosphere of a disney hotel (crowded and loud), very nice cheese and breakfast bar, dinner was not that special, wellness area *very* nice, sauna was almost empty which was great and had a lot of variety, the hotel room was very nice but very expensive
Das Engadin Bad Scuol Roman Irish bath (nudity obligatory),
Les Bains d'Ovronnaz beautiful location but hard to reach, sterile hospital feeling
Hotel Tamina Bad Ragaz, nice but too expensive for what you get
Spahouse Bad Ragaz, we ate dinner in a bath which was something fun and different
Lavey-les-Bains Wallis, ok, 3 stars, i would go again but wont rush back, good outdoor pool, warmer than most, they have saunas for both the nudist and the people who prefer a bathing suit, also have a freezer room with ice on the floor in which to cool off, very crowded at holiday times
Morschach very crowded at holiday times, not warm enough for me but warm enough for my family
Wellness To Do list
Bodensee Therme Konstanz, recommended by Maria
Leukerbad Wallis
Hofweissbad Highly recommended
Salina Maris Recommended by Cynthia, jacuzzi in room
Schinznach Bad you can walk by the river
Therme Vals
Tamina Therme Bad Ragaz
Tschuggen Arosa redone by Mario Botta, looks great on the website
Hotels that have been recommended to me
Maerchenhotel Bellevue Braunwald, Glarus Family hotel with aquarium lift and childrens themes
Engel Tirol
Waldhaus Sils
Day Parks
Atzmaennig park with Rodelbahn, some 1-3 franc rides, sessellift, good for a first try, kids from 8 years can go alone on the Rodelbahn
Zurich Schools
Schulferien dates
Schulferien dates
Ferien camps
Stiftung Feriengestaltungfuer Kinder Schweiz
WWF Ferienlager
Climbing Camps in the french part of switzerland
StiftungZuercher Schuelerferien
Zuerich Familie
Feriencamps
Action Family
Migros Milandia
Zuerichfamilie
Raetiaonline
Cevi(YMCA)
TierschutzLager, summer only
Sacre CoeurLager Summer only, looks a bit on the religious side
Schweizer Alpen Clubfor older kids, nice snow activities
Camp Rocklooks like fun, for 9-12 years or 13-16 years
Spraenzelreitlager in Bern
San Jonreitlager or ferien place, looks nice in Graubunden
Reithoff Langmattriding feriencamps and erlebniswochen
Schnee Zueri
Schnee
Sportamt
Intersoccer has sometimes soccer camps around Zurich
Camping to try
Prehistocamping ground with dinosaur theme