Cocktail barGarden bar$$$Mon-Wed 11:00-23:00, Thu-Sat 11:00-24:00, Sun 12:00-22:00 (summer season)
The Zurich-West urban garden bar beside Hardbruecke: 20,000 square metres, fairy lights, summer terrace April to September, winter cheese stube.
Signature drink: Aperol spritz, Hugo spritz
Food: Summer grills, winter cheese
Cocktail barHotel cocktail bar$$$Sun-Thu 11:30-24:00, Fri-Sat 11:30-00:30
Gustav Zumsteg created the bar in 1965; Robert Haussmann designed the room and Diego Giacometti made the light fixtures. The city's most landmark bar.
Signature drink: Negroni and classics
Food: Bar snacks, Kronenhalle plates
Cocktail barCocktail bar$$$Mon-Sat 17:00-00:30, Sun closed
The 50 Best Discovery cocktail bar on Schwanengasse: a deep rare-spirits library, small intimate room, slow drinks, very serious about technique.
Signature drink: Rare spirits flights
Food: Bar bites
Cocktail barHotel cocktail bar$$$Mon-Thu 12:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-02:00, Sun 12:00-24:00
The Widder Hotel's art-deco bar with a serious spirits library, on Widdergasse one block west of Bahnhofstrasse. Old-school polish, capable bartenders.
Signature drink: Classics and rare whiskies
Food: Bar plates