Buvette du Théâtre de l'Orangerie — Restaurant in Geneva

Great location next to a beautiful park, concert area (often free concerts in the summer), and a theatre. This a big open concept that uses beer garden style tables and chairs, patio lanterns, and is lovely to sit out here under the stars. As an English speaking visitor, it was a bit confusing. I went there thinking it was a vegan restaurant, but the menu had fish, maki, and other items that didn’t seem to be vegan, so I was then wondering if any of it was vegan. We had a great hummus, carrot salad, rosti, and green beers with mushrooms. Also some wine and a cocktail. We ordered all of these hoping they were vegan. The food was all delicious. Pros and Cons There are no menus on the table, only one paper menu at the front, so it was a bit tricky trying to keep our seats and look at the menu in a group of three (I recommend snapping a photo of the menu so you can look it over from your table). I can appreciate them cutting down on paper (and cost) but it was a bit odd not having a menu to look at at our table. The seating area is nice but you will very possibly end up sitting with other groups, and most likely there will be one or two smokers at your table, so if you dislike being around cigarette smoke as much as we do, be prepared! The food was all very good! Light, healthy, and maybe vegan. Hopefully it was! There didn’t seem to be any salt, pepper, oil or anything available, but the food was quite good and well prepared as that we didn’t need anything more. To order you must go to the front, wait in line, and place your order. You are then given a beeper that flashes and beeps, very loudly for a long time, when your order is ready. I’m used to this system from other places but it would be nice if you could stop them from beeping as it is quite annoying. When going up to get our orders, I find my trays of food, but nobody is there to take my ticket so I’m standing there for about a minute while the food is getting cold waiting for someone to take the tickets. I recommend just taking your trays if nobody is there to take your ticket. Nobody should be paying to stand around waiting while their food gets cold. If you want drinks, there is a separate bar. They will take Euro bills and treat them as Francs (no conversion), but they don’t accept euro coins. The also accept bank cards/credit cards. Overall this is a very nice location, good healthy food, small portions, a bit confusing, hopefully all vegan but not sure, and a nice place to sit out on a...

The food looks delicious but when trying the country potatoes I was a bit disappointed as the potatoes were not super crispy and I wasn’t sure if maybe they had been reheated. However the atmosphere there is great and I’d maybe try a piece of cake or the hummus/baba...

Je suis vraiment contente que la buvette soit vegan mais depuis 3 ans que je viens je ne peux que constater une incompétence à gérer ce bel endroit. Un seul plat à midi et un seul el soir+ des tapas… à chaque fois que j’ai demandé ( vers 17:00 environ) quel était le plat du soir , le personnel toujours sympathique ne sais pas! Hier encore quand j’ai demandé à quoi était les gâteaux, on m’a répondu pour l’un d’eux: vanille-noisette je crois!!! Sur le Panneau était affiché comme plat du soir : salade de fenouil grillé, quand, j’ai demandé s’il y avait d’autres ingrédients, le personnel ne savait pas!!! Je n’ai jamais vu une si mauvaise organisation qu’ici ( plein de Personnel cool mais...