Eat well in Zurich for under €15 a plate: the places locals on a budget actually use.

Food tour in Zurich

Zurich Food Tour with 10 Local Delicacies, Cheeses & Chocolates

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Cheap eats worth seeking out

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Sternen Grill

Try St. Galler Bratwurst with mustard and Buerli

Bellevue's grilled bratwurst window: St. Galler Bratwurst with the famously sharp Sternen mustard and crisp Gold-Buerli. The cheap Zurich essential.

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Haus Hiltl

Try Pay-by-weight vegetarian buffet

The world's oldest vegetarian restaurant: pay-by-weight buffet keeps lunch under CHF 25 if you stay disciplined. 500 dishes, 90 percent vegan.

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tibits

Try Pay-by-weight vegetarian buffet

Hiltl's casual spin-off from 2000: pay-by-weight vegetarian buffet, around 40 dishes a day, broad hours and the same buffet-by-grams pricing model.

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Lily's Original

  • ★ 4.0
  • Japanese
  • $

Try Pan-Asian noodle bowls

Open since 1999 on Langstrasse: Japanese noodle bowls, Pakistani curries, Korean salads on long communal tables. Under CHF 25 reliably for a full plate.

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Vorderer Sternen

Try Cervelat and Bratwurst with Buerli

Bellevue's other grill window beside Sternen Grill: Cervelat sausage on Buerli bread roll, the easiest cheap Swiss lunch in the city centre.

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