In search of ... a decent dirty martini. Suggestions anyone?

Thanks in advance...

Widder bar in Zurich is my best bet but not a martini person so not 100% sure.

I'd probably head to The Savoy just off Paradeplatz

Forget Zurich, the Poconos are where it's at!

For me, the Widder Bar (as mentioned above).

Sometimes at my house. It's pretty easy to make, isn't it?

4 parts gin or vodka
1 part vremouth
2 parts olive juice and olives on toothpick

The Tina Bar, above restaurant Cantina, in the Niederdorf looks like a Savoy style bar from 80 years ago and serves excellent drinks amongst diverse and interesting patrons; politicos, trannies, kids on a date, old dears, actors... My favourite bar. Ask for a Bombay Crush

Now the next question is how to order it in German? Something tells me that a request for a martini "extra schmutzig" would create confusion.

Yes! Amazing bar, and the reason it looks like this is because, in fact, the furniture is from the Savoy 80 (is) years ago.

Ok, Im going to ask. What is a dirty martini ?
I can give you a recipe for a Sahara Dry martini, but i never heard of a dirty one (or don`t i want to know?)

It's just a normal Martini with olives/extra olives/olive juice added.

Had a perfect dirty Martini and a cigar celebrating my birthday last week in the smoker's lounge bar at Tao's close to Bahnhofstrasse....highly recommended....as good as London's finest.

http://www.taos-lounge.ch/bar.aspx

Happy birthday! I shall try it. What's the deal with smoking there? What's their cigar selection like? What did you smoke?

The deal is that you can still smoke there - in a bar! So you feel like it's 2005 or something. 99% of the people in there smoke cigarettes. I went there last week as a non-smoker with some Swiss friends who cannot accept the idea of "Ausgang minus Ciggies"... I really forgot what a bar full of smoke feels like and how much your clothes stink the next day.

Be careful when you order one - it is very likely you get the "martini" stuff from a bottle which is something totally different. But if you go to a decent hotel bar, they should know how to mix one.

it was late saturday afternoon so place wasn't too busy and thus not too smoky yet - not sure how they get around the ban but on the day (5th) there was a Davidoff rep there giving out free cigars...and the bartender was chatting to us quite a bit and slipped us a couple of free espresso martinis too...

I swear i'm not biased because i got all the free stuff though....

Overall the bar there is quite old school - big comfy seats - older clientèle - we also had food which was excellent and for a place right off Bahnhofstrasse i was pleasantly surprised with the prices....

So to summarize - Just try it!