Swiss restaurant in Zurich?

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Can someone recommend a nice Swiss restaurant in Zurich? And now I don't mean a cheesy touristy one, but a real authentic Swiss.

Thanks!

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The dirty secret is there are practically no decent, affordable "authentic" Swiss restaurants left in the center of Zurich, if by that you mean cheese, meat and potatoes-style dishes.

Here's are two within a stone's throw of each other off Paradeplatz; Zeughauskeller is very popular with tourists, but I never cease to be amazed how many of my work contacts--native Zurich--love it as well:

http://www.zumkropf.ch/en/index.html

http://www.trymarket.ch/zeughauskeller/index.htm

Close to Hauptbahnhof:

http://www.bierfalken.ch/

Ticino fare:

http://www.levante.ch/

fondue only:

http://www.fribourger-fondue-stuebli.ch/

My all-time favorite:

http://www.nzz.ch/magazin/restaurant...e_1.87722.html

For a splurge:

http://www.kronenhalle.com/

There are also a couple in Niederdorf that I have heard are quite good, like Bluetige Duume and Weisser Wind, but I haven't tried them.

These are mostly Swiss-German style places - I have yet to find somewhere which serves decent filet de perche or papet vaudoise, but then again it's not too far to the French part...

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What she said... I *love* the Alpenrose, I think I'll make someone take me there for my birthday.

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You can't beat Rheinfelden bierhalle for decent swiss food. And probably the cheapest in town as well. Well in niederdorf at least

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Dito here, Alpenrose is very good. The only "problem" with Alpenrose is that "ignoramuses" who believe that swiss food is melted cheese, period, will tend to claim that the food there is not actually swiss...

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Thanks guys, especially Barthomelew, I'm sure I will find something nice among those!

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honestly, could you have dropped this hint any harder? Please don't worry - I am most definitely not going to forget your birthday

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Subtlety is my strength. It runs in the family, actually.

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If you're looking for cowbells and fondue, stick to the touristy places. Should you want a good restaurant selling swiss sourced food, you're spoiled for choice, but beware most are mid range+ in price.

Two of many include:

Restaurant Pflug in bustling Kreis 4

Restaurant Tuefi in genteel Seefeld

Search for 'restaurants in Zurich' for an exhaustive list. En guete .