city guides

WHERE TO EAT

Hiltl

Sihlstrasse 28
8001 Zurich
+41 (0)44 227 7000
hiltl.ch

Recently redesigned, the Hiltl restaurant has served a meat-free menu to Zurich diners for more than a hundred years. Billed as Europe’s first vegetarian restaurant, it has a daily Indian-themed buffet that has proven a hit.


LaSalle

Schiffbaustrasse 4
8005 Zurich
+41 (0)44 258 7071
lasalle-restaurant.ch

This elegant, modern bar and restaurant was built inside a glass-and-steel cube and marooned within a vast industrial building. Located just outside of the city center, the Schiffbau complex is part of the regeneration of the Züriwest warehouse area.


Kronenhalle
Rämistrasse 4
8001 Zurich
+41 (0)44 251 6669
kronenhalle.com

Dine on the city’s veal-and-mushroom specialty, Züri Geschnetzeltes, at this old-school restaurant. Original Impressionist paintings adorn the downstairs rooms, the meeting place for Zurich’s rich and famous, while upstairs is perfect for a hushed business lunch.


Parkhuus
Corner of Beethovenstrasse and Dreikönigstrasse
8002 Zurich
+41 (0)43 883 1075
zurich.park.hyatt.com


Part of the modern, glass-and-steel Park Hyatt hotel, this upmarket restaurant is a popular lunch and dinner spot for local financiers. Check out the glass-fronted, two-story Wine Room, with a 3,000-bottle wine library available for private dining.


WHERE TO STAY

Dolder Grand
Kurhausstrasse 65
8032 Zurich
+41 (0)44 456 6000
doldergrand.ch

Perched on top of the Züriberg, the five-star Dolder Grand hotel recently emerged from a four-year Norman Foster facelift. This once stuffy hotel has been luxuriously restyled to appeal to a younger, more cosmopolitan crowd.


Park Hyatt
Beethovenstrasse 21
8002 Zurich
+41 (0)43 883 1234
zurich.park.hyatt.com

Around the corner from the city’s Paradeplatz shopping and finance district, the Park Hyatt is a bold, modernist hotel in a city otherwise known for traditional architecture. The great bars and restaurants inside mean this hotel is popular with non-guests, too.


Widder
Rennweg 7
8001 Zurich
+41 (0)44 224 2526
widder.ch

Centrally located near the Bahnhofstrasse shopping strip and Zurich’s banking headquarters, the Widder is formed from eight historic townhouses merged together to provide an interesting mix of old and new features.