Wally’s Gstaad — Restaurant in Saanen

Ordered a mix of five chicken nuggets, two burgers, and two fries for around 60 CHF, and was pretty taken aback to see the place using regular frozen nuggets and microwaving frozen patties, especially when paying that much. Honestly, it was kind of a letdown seeing a frozen patty being nuked and served up at a high price. The oil for frying seemed old too, so the nuggets had this off-putting dirty brown look. If you've ever fried anything, you'd get why that's not great. The nuggets were also way too salty and had that weird chewiness you get from stuff being frozen too long. Coming from NYC, maybe my expectations were too high, but this was definitely the worst meal I had while traveling through Switzerland and France. I guess it's just street food, so maybe I was expecting too much? Oh the service was not bad! The chef was quick in using the microwave...

Whoever runs this place has no idea what a hamburger ought to taste like. It is evidently popular with students and visitors of assorted nationalities who also have no idea what a hamburger should taste like.

Since it has no competition in the village, Burger Station charges ChF 10+ for the hamburger and another ChF 8 for fries, still more for the drink. I settled for just the burger.

A proper hamburger is made with chuck meat (not a lean cut like sirloin) has at least 20% fat content so it doesn’t dry out in cooking, and is charbroiled or grilled on a flat surface at a high enough heat to produce a Maillard reaction (which is what browns the exterior and produces the hamburger flavor).

This stand managed to cook a sawdust-tasting factory-made patty without any attempt at seasoning and without achieving any noticeable...

I was visiting Gstaad a few days ago and one of my stops was of course Wally's. I could say it is one of the most delicious, or the most, that I tasted during my trip to Europe, and believe me that I am very picky when it comes to hamburgers. I tried the Farmburger and everything was perfect, the egg, the bread and the meat that was Swiss meat, delicious, soft, juicy and on point. I also felt tempted to try the Prime chicken nuggets and they were exquisite, they are the tastiest that I have ever tried. I really recommend Wally's and would eat there again. Well, and the attention of the boy who prepares everything...