Manhattan Café — Restaurant in Geneva

I have travelled the world extensively over 40 years. I ate at all restaurants ranging from pop & mom’s to Michelin three stars. This is my honest review of the restaurant Manhattan Café in north of Plainpalais neighborhood in Geneva, Switzerland.

I had a pleasant lunch at this restaurant. To start, I enjoyed a green salad and avocado, which were served as two sides which I combined into a healthy appetizer. The green salad had a good sauce, and the avocado was fresh, ripe, and well-selected.

For the main course, I chose the cordon bleu with poultry, accompanied by mashed beans. It was an interesting dish—well-seasoned and flavorful, though a little heavy on the cheese for my taste. It also leaned a bit toward the fried side, so perhaps a slightly lighter preparation would have been ideal. Still, it was enjoyable overall.

The pricing was fair for lunch, offering decent value for money. The staff truly stood out—friendly, quick, and always smiling, which added to the positive experience.

The location is excellent, conveniently situated near major tram stations, making it easy to get to. Overall, a good option for a quick and satisfying...

Usually visit this resto/bar with friends weekly/bi-weekly sometimes we eat, sometimes just for drinks. The atmosphere is great, especially after work on Thursdays and sometimes they have a Dj. And while we usually have a nice experience because of the atmosphere, their service is atrocious, for example. last week we were a group of 4 women, we had reserved in advance, and 2 of us ordered dinner, the others just some appetizers, and we ordered a bottle of wine plus other cocktails. To which the waitress kindly replied "if i had known only two of you were eating, i wouldn't have given you a table" now i'm not sure if this is just the French approach to customer service but it is extremely rude, especially since we had ordered other entrees and bottle of wine and cocktails and still spent over 250-300 for the bill. Normally if you want people to keep coming back to an establishment, you should ensure you hire servers with at least a hint of...

Manhattan Cafe & Bar - Geneva I'm not sure if he is still on the shaker there, but we ran across mixologist Matthieu while we were there and not only is he great at that but also a font of information on local and some European city restaurants. We went to all he recommended in Lyon and Berlin - all great authentic, Thanks...