Bauernschaenke
- ★ 4.3
- Soul food
- $$
Bauernschaenke is a soul food room in Zurich. Book for Friday dinner; Saturday afternoons get crowded with the regulars who turn up without a reservation.
The places in Zurich the guidebooks miss. locals-only counters, after-hours rooms and the spots tourists walk past.
Off the beaten plate
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Restaurant Lindenhofkeller
- ★ 4.6
- Swiss
- $$
Restaurant Lindenhofkeller is cellar room hidden under the lindenhof, easy to walk past; sebastian roesch's bourgeois cooking sits quietly behind the door.
Hidden gems: tours, tastings and classes in Zurich
Guided tour · 3 hours
Zurich Beer Tour - tasting tour with a local beer expert
Explore Zurich's craft beer world on a walking tour in districts 4 + 5. Taste unique beers, learn brewing history with a local guide while visiting hidden gem beer locations.
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Day trip · 7 hours
From Zurich: Private Lucerne Hidden Gems & Local Tastes Tour
Discover Lucerne’s hidden gems on a relaxed private tour from Zurich. Explore old town, lakeside villages, and secret viewpoints.
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Viator · 8 h
Zurich: Scenic Lake Lucerne & Local Cheese Tasting Private Tour
Combine breathtaking alpine scenery with authentic culinary traditions on an exclusive private day trip from Zurich to Lake Lucerne. Travel in comfort with your priva...
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Frau Gerolds Garten
- ★ 4.5
- Swiss
- $$
Frau Gerolds Garten is started as a 2012 pop-up, still feels temporary; zurich locals' summer terrace and winter cheese stube under the rail bridge.
MAME Josef
- ★ 4.8
- Cafe
- $$
MAME Josef in Zurich: World-champion barista coffee on a quiet Kreis 5 corner; serious filter coffee mostly known to the city's coffee crowd.
Muehlerama
- ★ 4.0
- Bakery
- $$
Muehlerama in Zurich: A working flour mill museum in Tiefenbrunnen with a baking school; the cafe and shop beside it are still neighbourhood-only.
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