BACKbAR — Restaurant in Zurich

I like the pastry quality there, the little shop with breakfast extras is also good in case you live nearby and want something more than a croissant. You can also have your snack / lunch inside or take lunch options with you — the dishes look good but I never tried it. Why I give only 3 stars is because the service is super slow for the bakery-on-a-tramstop. You order a coffee, then see how a coffee machine finished doing it but the person who was serving you decided to have a small talk with a colleague, then she gets distracted with moving coffee bean’s bags to the storage, then she meets a customer she knows and chats with them and when you’ve passed your tram, your order is with you. No, this place definitely has it‘s charm and quality but don’t go there if you’re in a hurry and want your...

I got the Indian pastry with chicken, and it was amazing! It had tortilla-like dough and the filling was pretty much an Indian chicken curry, that was extremely thick and flavourful! It was also decently spicy (as announced), but it was the kind of spicy that is mostly noticeable in the aftertaste. I paid 10.90CHF for it, which is quite a lot but the pastry was so tasty that I would definitely buy it again! It was quite disappointing though, that the service was pretty far from optimal. There were 3 waitresses but all of them were busy (ordering coffee bags, doing coffee art and talking). By the time they started serving the costumers, a big queue formed already, which filled the whole...

Love this bakery and come here regularly! Plenty of options, with new items rotated in all the time including on a seasonal basis. It does get full though, especially during lunch on weekdays so you might need to be a little patient if you are here during the rush. The savory bites are all tasty and you can’t go wrong with any of the sweets (personal favorites include the Mohn or (vegan) Nuss-Striezel, and the...