Upscale in Zurich

Kronenhalle Bar

• ★ 4.7
• Cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink Negroni and classics

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.

Zunfthaus zur Waag

• ★ 4.5
• Traditional Swiss
• $$$
• Niederdorf and Old Town

A guildhall serving dinner since 1636 on the Muensterhof. The Zuercher Geschnetzeltes with butter rosti is the canonical version. Closed Sundays.

Old Crow

• ★ 4.5
• Cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink Rare spirits flights

The 50 Best Discovery cocktail bar on Schwanengasse: a deep rare-spirits library, small intimate room, slow drinks, very serious about technique.

Widder Bar

• ★ 4.5
• Cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink Classics and rare whiskies

The Widder Hotel's art-deco bar with a serious spirits library, on Widdergasse one block west of Bahnhofstrasse. Old-school polish, capable bartenders.

Restaurant Lindenhofkeller

• ★ 4.4
• Swiss Bistro
• $$$
• Niederdorf and Old Town

Sebastian Roesch's cellar room under the Lindenhof: Franconian heritage through a Swiss lens, feel-good bourgeois plates, careful wine pairings.

EquiTable

• ★ 4.4
• Swiss
• $$$
• Kreis 4 and Langstrasse

A one-star kitchen in Sankt Meinrad (Kreis 4) where Julian Marti cooks four to seven course menus built on fair-trade and regional produce. Located in 8004.

Frau Gerolds Garten Bar

• ★ 4.4
• Cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink Aperol spritz, Hugo spritz

The Zurich-West urban garden bar beside Hardbruecke: 20,000 square metres, fairy lights, summer terrace April to September, winter cheese stube.

Frau Gerolds Garten

• ★ 4.4
• Wine bar
• $$$

The Zurich-West urban garden bar beside Hardbruecke: 20,000 square metres of gravel, fairy lights, summer terrace and winter cheese stube. 2012 pop-up.

Bauernschaenke

• ★ 4.3
• Modern Swiss
• $$$
• Niederdorf and Old Town

On Rindermarkt in Niederdorf, Bauernschaenke serves hearty, honest soul food on a short, careful menu. Kitchen runs to 21:30; closed Sundays.

Razzia

• ★ 4.3
• Brasserie
• $$$
• Seefeld

A converted Seefeld cinema in full art-deco rig: brasserie cooking with the kitchen's exotic detours, long bar, culture programme. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Wirtschaft Neumarkt

• ★ 4.3
• Swiss
• $$$
• Niederdorf and Old Town

A medieval-leaning Niederdorf room with wooden beams cooking Swiss plates with Mediterranean inflection from regional, additive-free produce. Summer garden.

Saltz at The Dolder Grand

• ★ 4.3
• Modern Swiss
• $$$
• 8032

The Dolder Grand's all-day room, designed by Rolf Sachs and awarded 15 GaultMillau points. Julian Mai cooks regional Swiss with an uncomplicated touch.

Ristorante Ornellaia

• ★ 4.3
• Italian Fine Dining
• $$$
• Niederdorf and Old Town

A refurbished former bank with sandstone walls and a serious Italian list: sleek design over historic charm, classic technique, Bindella-group polish.

Razzia Bar

• ★ 4.3
• Cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink House cocktails

Razzia's bar runs Tuesday to Saturday from 09:00 until midnight: full art-deco room of the former Seefeld cinema, capable cocktails, late kitchen.

Ristorante Conti

• ★ 4.2
• Italian Classics
• $$$
• Niederdorf and Old Town

Tucked behind the Opera House, Conti is the Bindella group's elegant Italian: classic fine-dining ambience, careful pastas, the wine list to match.

Restaurant Kindli

• ★ 4.1
• Classic Swiss
• $$$
• Niederdorf and Old Town

A small old-town hotel restaurant near the Lindenhof serving the classical Swiss kitchen across lunch and dinner. Closed Sundays and public holidays.