Gare (Cornavin) Area
1. Cafe de Paris - at Gare (near the Geneva main Post Office); specializes on entrecote served with green salad and fries; CHF 49 or $51 per order; dessert and coffee available.
2. Le Mandarin Restaurant Chinois - 1-3 Rue de Chantepoulet, 12-1 Geneva; Tel +41 22 731 27 42; www.MANDARIN.CH
- recommended chinese restaurant
- open for lunch and dinner
- dimsum on Sundays
- for good service, look for Ms. Po Lee
- restaurant is famous for its seafood buffet (with lots of lobsters and fresh oysters) every Friday at CHF 45 per person
- located in the Gare area near the Post Office
- reservation is a must
- no parking (park at Gare)
- good Thai and Singapore restaurant
- located in the Gare area near the Post Office
- must try: Singaporean laksa
- look for Nick Chee for good service
- good chinese restaurant in the Gare area (Near Boky's)
- famous for its grilled (churascaria) Portuguese food - meats, fish
- name of restaurant has been changed but still in the same location
- Japanese and chinese cuisine
- located at Gare (and famous among Filipinos)
- open 7/7 from 11 am to 2am non stop
- authentic Korean restaurant
- located just beside Novotel in Gare
- very good and authentic Italian restaurant beside Gare Cornavin
- must reserve - place always full
- must try: frito misto
- authentic traditional Japanese restaurant - teppan-yaki, sushi and sashimi
- located near Hotel Nido and across La Mandarin Restaurant
- closed on lunchtime of Saturday and Sunday
1. Restaurant Thai Phuket - 33 Avenue de France, 1202 Geneva; Tel. (022) 734 41 00; Thai food; call for reservation.
2. China Garden - 15 avenue de Bude CH-1202 Geneva; Tel. +41 22 733 2191
- Chinese buffet at CHF 20 (shrimps on Mondays and Thursday)
- Open 7/7
- parking available at COOP Montbrillant
- restaurant is in the same building as Thai Phuket and the Nuance (the diplomatic duty free shop)
- Reservation is recommended
- chain of restaurants (3 in Geneva --- near Manor Department Store at Gare; the Old Town; and Petit Saconnex)
- famous for its organic chicken served with green salad and potato
- near Geneva Intercontinental Hotel
- open for lunch and dinner
- located in the same building as Thai Phuket and Sagano Japanese Restaurant
- authentic Korean cuisine
- lunch plat du jour available; open for dinner
- parking is a problem; metered roadside parking but always full
- good Chinese restaurant near WTO and the Philippine Mission
- may be crowded sometimes due to tour groups
- Restaurant is very near the Place de Nation (UN) and just infront of the US Embassy
- French and swiss cuisine
- has open air garden restaurant
- located near the IPU (Inter-Parliament Union)
- famous for its Gambas a Gogo (shrimp buffet)
- look for owners Carlos and Beatriz (+41 767 261745)
- Reservation recommended
- good french and swiss cuisine
- venue of reception for Sen. Gordon
1. Lacustre Restaurant - 336, rte de Lausanne, 1293 Bellevue, Geneva; Tel. +41 22 774 10 02; www.restaurantlacustre.ch
- French and Swiss cuisine
- 15 minutes from the UN in Versoix
- has view of the lake; you can dine outside during summer
- parking on roadside
- A-1 chinese restaurant at Kempinsky Hotel near the Lake (mont blanc at downtown area)
- A-1 French restaurant by the lake
- Near the UN and the Philippine Mission
- Pricy
- Parking available
- highly recommended (located 15 minutes from the UN in Versoix)
- you can dine in the restaurant's open garden beside the Lake
- french cuisine
- restaurant has plat du jour menu during lunch
- ample parking
- this is the restaurant of the yatch club
- restaurant is open to public
- has nice view of the lake
- parking available
- Cafe du Soleil - Place du Petit-Saconnex, 1209 Geneva; Tel. +41 22 733 34 17
- Near the United Nations and beside the Catholic Church St. John
- Call to reserve as restaurant always full
- open for lunch and dinner
- must try in addition to Fondue: green salad with chicken liver and Malakoff (baked cheese appetizer)
- patronized by both local and foreign tourists; UN staff
- metered parking across
- authentic Swiss restaurant; small and always full of patrons
- specializes on cheese fondue
- closed on Sundays and Monday
- You need to reserve as place is small
- patronized by local Swiss
- Restaurant is at Gare area near the Geneva Post Office
- La Gioconda - 81, avenue Louis-Casai, 1216 Geneva; Tel +41 22 798 96 05
- good Italian restaurant (highly recommended)
- 5 minutes drive from the airport
- must try: pizza, spaghetti fruit de mer; baked escargot
- Au Furet - Avenue d'Aire, 44 , CH 1203, Geneva; Tel +41 22 345 39 20
- restaurant is famous for its original "gambas A-go-go" (all you can eat shrimp) at CHF 45 per person (includes green salad and potato fries)
- open 7/7
- call to reserve
- Movenpick Hotel and Casino Geneva - Route de Pre-Poise 20; CH-1215 Geneva 15; Tel. 41 22 717 11 11; www.movenpick-hotels.com
- hotel has a Japanese restaurant manned by Filipino chefs and waiters
- 5 minutes drive from the airport
- Thai restaurant
- Nice ambience
- Solle Mio Restaurant Pizzeria - 43, bd Carl Logt, 1205 Geneva; Tel +41 22 321 75 07
- good Italian restaurant located near PlainPalais
- must try: fritto misto (fried mixed seafood)
- Casa Dos Frangos - Ch. Champs-Prevost 12- 1214 Vernier, Geneva; Tel +41 22 341 32 75
- famous for its grilled portuguese meats (chicken, pork, etc)
- not a restaurant but for take out (close on Mondays)
- order by telephone and pick up later (look for Nelson, the owner)
- lechon (grilled pork) available but must order 2 days before (5-6 kilos at CHF 240)
- Nice french restaurant located in Versoix towards Nyon
- venue of GFMD dinner
- authentic Japanese restaurant in Versoix
- good grilled Brazilian barbecue
- buffet comes with salad and fries (CHF 50 per person)
- French restaurant
- favorite of Actor Richard Burton
- Swiss - french cuisine
- quiet and private
- dinned with the Lepatans
At the Vineyard
- Le Baron Tavernier Hotel Restaurant - BT Gestion S.A., Rte de la Corniche, case postal 90, CH-1070 Chexbres; Tel. +41 21 926 60 00; www.BARONTAVERNIER.COM
- highly recommended
- good cocktail and restaurant area with good view of the Lake Geneva and the vineyard
- small garden area at the middle of the vineyard
- highly recommended
- restaurant has good view of the vineyard
- has hotel rooms
- restaurant with good view
- has hotel rooms too
- wine train stop
- restaurant has terrace with a good view of the Lake and the vineyard
For Wine Tasting
- Caveau des Vignerons - Grand Rue 23, Lutry; Tel. +41 21 79 661 26 25
- small swiss restaurant where you can have wine tasting
- wine train stops here for wine tasting after the tour
- for wine tasting, email: Pascal.Codery@vtnet
- Domaine de Choully - Rte du Cret-de-Choully 34-36, 1242 Satigny-Choully; Tel. +41 22 753 93 30; or +41 22 753 93 31; www.choully.ch
- private caveau for wine tasting
- call Fredric Condouret (fcondouret@choully.ch) to arrange for private wine tasting
- venue of ILO wine tasting
- wine tasting arrangement: Mr. Pierre L. Descloux (cuisinier)
1. Restaurant Chinois WOWO - 366 Rue de 18 August 1944, 74100 Etrembieres, France; Tel. 04 50 31 20 20
- Chinese and vietnamese buffet
- close on Mondays
- near the cable car to Salev
- Buffest Euro 12.80; children Euro 10.50
- Note: dinner prices are higher
- near the Geneva airport
- will pass the border - French visa needed
- specializes on swiss and french cuisine
- owned by Raoul and Edna Jean-Richard (Edna is a filipino)
- closed on mondays and tuesdays
1. Schwellenmatteli Restaurants - Riviera Restaurants SA, Dalmaziquai 11, CH 3000, Bern 13; Restaurant Terrasse +41 (0) 31 350 5001; Ristorante Casa +41 (0) 31 350 5003
- dinner with Ambassador Tess Lazaro and Phil Consul General Vogel
- restaurant has very nice ambience
- dined with Ambassador Tess Lazaro
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