Le Dezaley ★ 4.4
Opened 1902 beside the Grossmuenster: Lavaux wines and Vaud cooking on long wooden tables. Classic fondue, truffle fondue, raclette, saucisson vaudois.
Signature: Fondue moitie-moitie, Truffle fondue, Raclette
History
Raclette comes from the verb racler, to scrape, and was first recorded as a shepherd's meal in the Valais Alps in the medieval period. The cheese was melted by the fire and scraped onto bread. Zurich's old-town raclette cellars adopted the dish in the twentieth century with the same canonical sides: boiled potatoes, cornichons, pickled silverskin onions, sometimes Buendnerfleisch on the side. The half-wheel under a vertical heat lamp is the classic restaurant service.
Common allergens: Milk
Where to eat raclette
Raclette in Zurich
Restaurant Swiss Chuchi ★ 4.2
The oldest fondue room in Zurich's old town, inside Hotel Adler in the Niederdorf pedestrian zone since 1953. Ten fondue variations and full raclette.
Signature: Cheese fondue, Raclette
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