Zähringer — Restaurant in Zurich

Friendly, relaxed, welcoming place for coffee, snacks, or mostly light dishes. It’s a cooperative. We ordered the specials of the day (or week?), the 29 CHF BAUERBRATWURST mit BRATKARTOFFELN (apparently bacon-less bratkartoffeln) und SAUERKRAUT and also the 20 CHF BORSCHT mit SOJAHACK KRÄUTERJOGHURT und KNOBLAUCHBROT (see photos). The borscht was very nice, we’ve rarely paid 20 CHF for a bowl of soup, but worth it as it was very good and not something we can easily get back home. Bratwurst was not special, dried out and small, just okay. Typical shockingly high Zürich prices (USA lens), so no problem there. Our very pleasant waiter was more focused on visiting with friends, seated at a nearby table talking at length despite many customers to serve. After ordering and quietly waiting without question about 30 minutes and wondering whether they were flying the borscht in from Russia or something, the nice guy woke up and darted to our table and apologized profusely for not putting our order in, we said no worries we’ll wait. To his credit, without prompting he offered us free olives and bread while we waited which was thoughtful and appreciated. Twice more the nice guy sat down and resumed chatting with his friends but did see to it that our food was finally delivered after 45 minutes. Had we been in a rush that day we might have said how about focusing on your customers but we were trying to be cool and thus one waits 45 minutes for a bowl of soup. We did like our server and this place, but it’s apparently not a good choice if you need to be somewhere at a...

I initially visited this café with a different purpose in mind—supporting their commitment to the Palestinian cause. They collaborate with organizations like olivenoel-palaestina.ch to help distribute Palestinian olive oil, and I wanted to support their mission.

I ordered a tea and simply relaxed, soaking in the calm, low-key vibe. The atmosphere here is refreshingly laid-back and liberal, creating the perfect setting to unwind. The staff were incredibly kind, and I truly appreciated that they focus on more than just serving coffee and pastries—they’re engaged in meaningful causes beyond the café. It’s a place that feels like it has a purpose, which made the experience all the...

Had a really bad experience with one of the waiters (thin, tall, wearing glasses). He was very rude. We were three girls and we were just looking at the menu when he brought three glasses of beer out of nowhere, we didn’t order it and did not even touch the glasses.. the food we wanted to have was not available with them so we decided to leave and then the waiter came and asked to pay for the beers. We denied (because we didn’t order anything, we literally sat there for 2 mins. to see the menu) and then he abused us. I would suggest to not go to this place because they absolutely don’t know how to treat their customers. Really rude, arrogant and...