Michelin Switzerland 2026: Where We Would Book Your Next Event

The leadership offsite: The Japanese Restaurant, Andermatt

Why: The newest three-star in Switzerland, and the only one at altitude. Twin chefs Dominik Sato and Fabio Toffolon pair Japanese precision with classical technique. The room seats around 50 and can be taken over for a private dinner. Everyone sleeps upstairs at The Chedi, and The Restaurant next door has two private dining rooms for the working sessions. One booking covers the whole offsite.

The client dinner that starts with a train: MYLE, Bern

Why: Michelin's Opening of the Year sits right by Bern's main station, so guests from anywhere can arrive by train and be seated in minutes. Markus Arnold's "Cuisine Voyage" changes destination with every menu, which gives the table something to talk about. The converted 1970s cinema is the kind of room clients remember, and the open kitchen puts the brigade on show. Ideal for a table of up to eight.

The milestone birthday: Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau

Why: Andreas Caminada's castle has held three stars for years, and a private room for a small table means you have the castle to yourselves. Book the rooms upstairs and the night doesn't have to end. For a 50th, an anniversary or a proposal, this is hard to beat.

The team retreat: Bärenstobe, Gonten

Why: A new star in Appenzell from Michael Gollenz, who earned his first one in Croatia. He serves a five- or seven-course tasting menu in the historic rooms of an inn first mentioned in 1751. The part that matters for groups is next door: the Lehnerstobe, a second room with an open fireplace and Jakob Schlaepfer wallpaper, takes 30 to 40 guests for private parties and is booked through the Bärenstobe. The Huus Bären around it has guest rooms and a seminar room for about 20, so you can work in the day, eat at star level at night, and wake up in the Appenzell hills.

The ski-week celebration: ad lib, Zermatt

Why: It opened in December 2025 in the Hotel Welschen and won a star and Michelin's Service Award in its first season. Nicole Sawyere runs the room with her husband Dietmar, their children and the team they brought from Dallenwil, and the warmth shows. The cooking is informal fine dining built on produce from Switzerland's regions, served behind a big window onto the village, with a terrace that looks straight at the Matterhorn. It's a small house, so it suits a close group: the friends who've skied together all week, a family winter holiday, or an end-of-season thank-you for a team. On a clear evening, start with an aperitif on the terrace.

The wine lovers' dinner: Origini, Morbio Inferiore

Why: A ristorante con enoteca with a new star and the Young Chef of the Year, 1994-born Guglielmo Curcio, who trained at Del Cambio in Turin. He cooks over open fire, ferments and preserves, and forages wild herbs in the Breggia Gorge park next door. The cellar holds more than 200 labels from over 50 Ticino wineries, picked by sommeliers Swea and Fabrizio, who also run guided tastings for groups. It sits in the old Mulino del Ghitello, and two of the mill's rooms can be booked: the Sala del Frantoio, with its old olive-press machinery still in place, holds 45 to 55 people, and the Sala del Loggiato takes 15 to 20 and has its own small kitchen for aperitifs. Both have projection equipment. That makes it our pick for a company meeting that ends in a tasting dinner, a wine club's night out, or a celebration for 50 that wants a story behind every glass. In Geneva, Arakel's Émeline Gigaud took the Sommelier Award, if you want a city-side alternative.

The family celebration: Schlüssel, Oberwil

Why: Tanja Grandits, of the two-star Stucki in Basel, built the Schlüssel to be relaxed and easy to like, with chef Marten Harder and restaurant manager Edi Magalhães as hosts. Grandits wants guests to feel as if they had sat down in her living room, and it shows: a lounge for the aperitif, a long family table for the whole party, and a quiet terrace at the back, away from the street. The menu runs three to five courses, with a full vegetarian version, so every generation at the table is covered. It has a star but none of the stiffness: grandparents and grandkids can share a table, and nobody feels underdressed. Our pick for christenings, confirmations, a parent's 70th, or a summer family lunch on the terrace.

The small surprise: rémy, Zürich

Why: A surprise menu in Wiedikon, named after Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, where the chef's grandfather made wine. Nobody at the table knows what is coming, the host included. Perfect for a team win, a promotion dinner or a date that needs to impress.

The whole 2026 list in numbers

• 133 starred restaurants: 5 with three stars, 22 with two, 106 with one.
• 7 new one-stars: MYLE, Bärenstobe, CAAA by Pietro Catalano, Origini, Schlüssel, ad lib and rémy.
• 1 new three-star: The Japanese Restaurant, Andermatt.

Planning something around one of these tables? Tell us the occasion and the headcount, and we'll find out what the house can do.

Photo credits

• The Japanese Restaurant: The Chedi Andermatt
• MYLE: MYLE Bern
• Schloss Schauenstein: Schloss Schauenstein
• Bärenstobe: Appenzeller Huus
• ad lib: Hotel Welschen
• Origini: Ristorante con enoteca Origini
• Schlüssel: Schlüssel by Tanja Grandits
• rémy: @remy.restaurant