Most tourists says it’s a beautiful place. If you’re not paying attention to the service and want to profit of a view, or just stop by for less than 30 minutes, why not?

But if you plan to have a long evening with friends, this can be helpful to read a honest review made by a local guest traveling the world frequently, to taste new experiences and discover interesting spots.

Speaking for myself, I don’t know where to start with the sharing of my disappointment with this place. I used to come eat here in the early 90s and had fantastic memories about it, especially with my related friends as well as with my family for a few lunch breaks over the weekend… but gosh it has changed a lot since… and sadly not for the better.

I visited the place 3x since June 2024, every time because I needed to join friends for business meetings, discuss real estate opportunities or was with friends planning our night out. So, as a customer, I have really try to do my best to give this place a chance to keep me as a regular, but maybe my expectations are to lower again for that.

Each time I visited it in 2024, I’ve been going with a good feeling and leaving disappointed.

The first time at beginning of the summer, the waitress was disrespectful and cold and took almost 15 minutes before allowing me to join friends for a business after work drink together.

The second time in middle of the summer, before leaving for a trip with friends, I ordered a small meal and the food was arriving cold.

Now was the third time we visited, and I was taking a basic chocolate drink with friends, but it sadly again turned into a waiting that was so long that we left telling the gentleman that’s was offering responsibly and respectfully to bring us 2 new hot chocolate drinks free of charge to makes it better again that we will give a honest review.

Last visit was on a Friday evening around 20:00 local time, the personal was at least serving fast the orders at the bar for the drinks, and the outside area was super cold to have a seat because all the furnitures are made of steel/aluminium. In summer you burn your skin on it and in winter you freeze your butt when seating outside (no blankets provided).

When you think about « Le Lacustre » you might think about a fantastic experience such as a visit of the Nautilus, but instead the place is giving you the feeling of being trapped with Bootstrap Bill Turner on the Black Pearl.

I can’t wait for someone to buy the actual business, close it, renovate everything, and reopen it for the next 20-50 years.

It can easily be turned it into a cozy space to become again a local institution on the bay, filled with emotions and a real interior design that welcomes you to stay, and come back with more friends amongst all other details.

Will I visit the place again with my friends? Sadly no more unless it’s refreshed seriously.

Do I recommend it for tourists? Hell no, you can take better snapshots from the lake on the side of the restaurant. Don’t get trapped with the pricing applied (pricing available online).

For the end bill, we paid 4 CHF for a fruit juice of 20cl that you can find for less than 2 CHF at the supermarket for 1L, and 4.50 CHF per cup of hot chocolate (made by a coffee machine, cup were half filled by steamed milk foam), total 13 CHF to freeze before deciding to terminate the evening in a warmer place and more welcoming environment because the inside was so loud we couldn’t enjoy and sadly the outside were not equipped with patio/mushroom heaters in middle of November period.