La Plancha — Restaurant in Geneva

I regularly go to this restaurant because a) and foremost the food served here is always good. Try the deserts, too, there the tiramisu with a twist is just heavenly. Daily dishes are well prepared, presented and taste alike. The tartare is hand cut and has an Asian flavour. And the small things: bread is warm and delicious. b) I like the service. One is welcomed in a way that is more than the usual. Your coat is taken as a standard. It is service as it should be. If you arrive at the usual lunch time the place is very busy and the food tends to take longer to arrive. Especially in summer with the nice sitting area, you need to come early (12 o’clock) or you end up waiting a long time, which needs to be accounted for if in a rush. Other than that, I am there a few...

We dined at 8pm on a weekday after making reservations - it was fairly quiet but got a little busier later on. The setting is nice and comfortable and the staff are definitely friendly though slightly slow. Its a asian/western fusion style restaurant!

I felt the food was very hit and miss! The gyoza appetizer and octopus main were pretty good, however the lobster burger I ordered was really pathetic for the price. It was just a bun, shredded ice berg lettuce and maybe 3 bits of lobster. I felt everything in general was a tad overpriced given the serving as compared to similarly priced restaurants.

More suitable as a drinks and bites...

Mediocre food at extremely high prices.

The octopus had good flavour, however my plate was a sea of oil. My desert took 20 plus minutes to arrive and was a lukewarm chocolate molten lava cake.

The customer service was good but extremely slow which was frustrating considering we only had 2 hours - and we communicated this several times. Time wise, 2 hours should have been enough time for 2 mains and one shared dessert.

All in all they had the right idea and technical know how but I'd expect more for...