Lily's Original, Budget Eats in Zurich

CuisinePan-Asian

Price$$

Neighbourhood8005

The dishPan-Asian noodle bowls

Location

Address: Langstrasse 197, 8005 Zurich

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Under the rail viaduct in Zurich-West: takeaway stalls of charcuterie, cheese, hot Mediterranean plates. A budget lunch with respectable provenance.

Try: Mediterranean lunches and takeaway

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

Try: Cervelat and Bratwurst with Buerli

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

Try: St. Galler Bratwurst with mustard and Buerli

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

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.

Try: Pay-by-weight vegetarian buffet