Mm, now I'd buy that for a Dollar!

Sounds great.

On the theme of Rant -vs- Review, there are few reviews worth reading, yet most Rants are entertaining. Any restaurant review should be 98% Attack, and 2% Thank You to the marvellous valet / cloakroom girl / interior designer. Anything else is just too bland

Anyone who's worked professionally in service knows when things are not right and unfortunately - in Zürich in particular - things are rarely very good. It's a miserable rule of service that the customer will ignore the good and highlight the bad, but that's what makes the job such good sport - and rewarding when done right.

I vote for more educated rubbishing of poor service and lousy meals. Not: 'Do you know who I am?', more: 'Who are they taking us for?'

The culture here is - perversely - not one of criticism when it comes to restaurants. "Alles gute xsi?"* is rarely replied with "Ja-in, leider nicht perfect..."** rather "Superxsi..."

He who pays the bill decides if it was nice or not, for reasons of decorum

My in-the-field tip is to complain in situ to anyone who'll listen, but NEVER at the table. Take the complaint to their territory, where they'll be offguard to patrons confronting them. It's also polite to raise stink away from the table Invariably you'll get a better and more prompt result by having a quiet word with whoever on their turf.

Name and Shame!


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*'Was everything alright?'
**'Yes and No, unfortunately not perfect..."

GRÜNTAL CREPERIEhas changed its name to Bei Babette

Bei Babette
Bertastr. 16
8003 Zürich

T: 043 366 85 02

As we don't know Zurich that well, having only eaten in Movie which was lovely but huge platefuls (it was lunchtime and still had shopping to do). We are heading to Zurich tomorrow night and as we will arrive at the main station can anyone recommend a good indian or something similar that is not too much off the beaten track, otherwise we'll spend hours wondering which street to turn down next. Thanks for your help.

Off the beaten path is often the best idea for restaurants in Zürich, I find.

For Spanish:
Restaurant Marenostrum
Aemtlerstrasse 160
8003 Zürich Kreis 3 (Sihlfeld)

For Lebanese:
Palm de Beirute
Bertastr. 76, 8003 Zürich

For Tibetan:
Shangrila
Ziegeleiweg 2 (cross-street Birmensdorfer)
8055 Zürich

Thanks Jessy-Lein thats a great variety to look in to are they easy enough to find?

Shangrila is almost on Birmensdorfer and is right by Thalwiel tram stop on the 9 and 14.
Marenostrum is on Aemtlerwiese and is across the street from the Sihlfeld friedhoff and right on the 33 bus line between the stops "Bertastrasse" and "Krematorium"
Palme de Beirut is hard to find. From Goldbrunnenplatz, it's Goldbrunnenstrasse to the end.

Go to the beginning of the thread.

Restaurant Beyond (http://www.restaurant-beyond.ch)
Zollstr. 20
8005 Zürich
New number: 043 366 83 45 (Chinese & Thai)

Just behind the main station - walk to the last platform. Go to the back. You will be on Zollstrasse

For indian go to King's Curry (see beginning of this thread). Take tram 14 to Bahnhof Wiedikon.

Also Vulkan near the main station is good for Indian.

In the Niederdorf you have the choice of Khan's and Blue Monkey Cocostin. (Bang Song Thai too . a bit harder to find).

I cant recommend Suan Long. In fact i would stay clear of this place.
They have little regards for their customers and i have found them not to be very obliging at all. Try another establishment if you want a dining experience

Hey there,
do you know http://menuonline1981.appspot.com ? After a few years in ZH I love Lilly's asian food near limmat platz and also hiltl vegi food near rennweg but how to find more good ones?

How to make my wife and friends and myself happy when we go out for dinning?

I started searching for dishes we like on http://menuonline1981.appspot.com. I just enter a dish and a post code for example: sushi 8001. That get s me details about the way they do the dish on menu, price, address and some reviews.
En guete!
Brooster

I'm not sure how popular or well known 'Yelp is in CH.. but it's very widely used to search/review restaurants/stores/medical/any service in US and some countries overseas.

I saw Yelp Zurich..

You might get some info based on people's review.

http://www.yelp.com/ and type zurich