New restaurants in Switzerland

36 new restaurants we are tracking across Switzerland, 4 of them still to come. Each one is listed with its opening date, address and hours as soon as we can confirm them — and stays here once it is no longer the newest thing in town.

Currently across Baar, Basel, Bern, Bülach, Bütschwil, Frauenfeld, Geneva, Küsnacht, Luzern, Neuchâtel, Opfikon, Rapperswil, St. Gallen, Thônex, Zug, Zürich.

Opening soonLogo: Restaurant Schmied

Bern · 17 Oct 2026

Restaurant · Alpine-influenced cuisine, Old town, Event location

Schmied

Schmiedenplatz 5, 3011 Bern

The restaurant in Bern's blacksmiths' guild house reopens on 17 October 2026 as Schmied — restaurant, bar and hall in one, with popular cooking under alpine influence and close to a hundred seats inside and out.

Opening soonPhoto via @schloessliutenberg

Luzern · 30 Oct 2026 – 19 Dec 2026

Restaurant · Pop-up restaurant, Set menu, Castle setting

Dusty Donkey

Utenberg 1, 6006 Luzern

The Dusty Donkey pop-up returns to the Schlössli Utenberg above Lucerne for a fourth run — «Jakob's Gute Stube», a five-course dinner in the rococo manor on the Dietschiberg, Fridays and Saturdays from 30 October to 19 December.

Opening soonPhoto: Der Teufelhof Basel

Basel

Restaurant · Fine dining, Seasonal

NOVA

Leonhardsgraben 47, 4051 Basel

A new gourmet restaurant on the first floor of the Kunsthotel Teufelhof — Christoph Hartmann's modern, product-led cooking takes over the room that was the Bel Etage, with a multi-course menu and a cellar of more than 500 wines.

Opening soonPhoto via Instagram @pink_rabbit

Zürich

Restaurant · Entertainment, Pop-up

Pink Rabbit

Bleicherweg 5, 8001 Zürich

Zürich's dinner-and-show spectacle returns for Season 7 at Bleicherweg — acrobatics, magic and a multi-course menu under 360° projections.

Now openRendering: Osteria OTTO

Zürich · 15 Sept 2026

Restaurant · Italian, Osteria, Handmade pasta, Swiss & Italian wine, Quick lunch

Osteria OTTO

Riedtlistrasse 2, 8006 Zürich

Stefano Corrado and Maria Ventola of ANNA open their second restaurant a few steps off Schaffhauserplatz — a 60-seat modern osteria for handmade pasta and Italian and Swiss wine, meant for more often than once a month.

Now openPhoto via Instagram @takeramen_zug

Zug · 08 Sept 2026

Restaurant · Ramen, Japanese, Take-away

Take Ramen by Black Goldfish

Baarerstrasse 43, 6300 Zug

Zug's sushi specialist Black Goldfish opens a second address on Baarerstrasse, this one built around ramen — three broths, bao buns and gyoza, eaten in, taken away or delivered.

Now openPhoto: Marküs

Zürich · 08 Sept 2026

Restaurant · Tasting menu, Fermentation, Altstadt

Marküs

Glockengasse 7, 8001 Zürich

Markus Stöckle's most personal restaurant to date, in the Glockengasse house that was Kaiser's Reblaube until 2021 — twelve courses built on small Swiss producers and the kitchen's own fermentations.

Now openPhoto via Instagram

Zürich · 06 Sept 2026

Restaurant · Pop-up, Turkish

Lokum

Parea, Gertrudstrasse 44, 8003 Zürich

A slow Turkish weekend brunch in Kreis 3 — served tepsi-style and rooted in Turkish breakfast culture, with börek, a signature onion dolma and sucuk toast, plus a day bar that runs on into the evening.

Now openPhoto via @der.wilde.kaiser

Zürich · 04 Sept 2026

Restaurant · Austrian, Wiener Schnitzel, Sissi Bar & Lounge

Der Wilde Kaiser Beisl 2.0

Kalanderplatz 6, 8045 Zürich

The Wilde Kaiser's Beisl has a room again — Viennese Schmäh, Schnitzel «ohne Wenn und Aber» and a Sissi Bar & Lounge for Austrian gin and late glasses, installed in the old Sihl paper mill at Sihlcity after a long search for a new home.

Now openPhoto via @lapiazzetta_bulach

Bülach, Zürich · 02 Sept 2026

Restaurant · Italian, Bistrò, Event location

La Piazzetta

Kaffeestrasse 10, 8180 Bülach

Kaffeestrasse 10 has reopened as an Italian bistrò and event location under the epicurea gastro group — Cecchetto coffee, pastries and cannoli across a marble-topped bar, with the room also available for functions.

Now openPhoto via Grano Antico

Opfikon, Zürich · Sept 2026

Restaurant · Italian, Pizzeria, Pasta, Lounge, Delivery

Grano Antico

Europa-Strasse 19a, 8152 Glattbrugg

Two friends with more than ten years in restaurants behind them have opened an Italian ristorante, pizzeria and lounge in Glattbrugg — pizza, pasta, meat and fish, with vegetarian and gluten-free options, to eat in or have delivered.

Now openPhoto: Burgermeister

Bern · Sept 2026

Restaurant · Smash burgers, Takeaway, Near the station

Burgermeister Bern

Laupenstrasse 4, 3008 Bern

The Zurich burger chain crosses into Bern on 1 September with its fifteenth Swiss branch — smash burgers from Swiss beef and house-made sauces, a few minutes west of the station on Laupenstrasse.

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Now openPhoto via Attica

Frauenfeld, Thurgau · 29 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Rooftop terrace, Bisteccheria, Mediterranean, Wine room, Live music

Attica

Maurerstrasse 8, 8500 Frauenfeld

The rooftop restaurant above Frauenfeld's eastern industrial quarter is back under a new operator — a bisteccheria and Mediterranean kitchen cooking in full view, with a wine room and a summer terrace looking out over the town.

Now openPhoto via Instagram

Luzern · 29 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Thai, Sushi, Bar

ZAP

Walter-von-Moos-Promenade 1, 6005 Luzern

The Basel modern-streetfood restaurant brings its Thai fusion to Lucerne — Thai, Japanese and Vietnamese plates, sushi and a garden bar, opening at Judith-Stamm-Platz in the new Rösslimatt quarter by the station.

Now openPhoto via Ashoka

Zürich · 27 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Vietnamese, Vegetarian, Takeaway, Bánh mì, Phở

Ashoka

Stampfenbachstrasse 85, 8006 Zürich

A small Vietnamese spot on Stampfenbachstrasse cooking without meat — bánh mì with house soy roast, a vegetable phở with tofu, rice-noodle salads and bowls, to eat in or take away.

Now openPhoto via Instagram @katsuya_zurich

Zürich · 22 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Japanese-inspired

Katsuya

Köchlistrasse 35, 8004 Zürich

Zürich's new katsu specialist at the Kalkbreite — hand-breaded, extra-crispy cutlets served Japanese style.

Now openPhoto via capriotti.ch

St. Gallen · 19 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Mediterranean, Sharing plates, Halal

Capriotti

Schützengasse 8, 9000 St. Gallen

A Mediterranean restaurant and bar by St. Gallen station — sharing plates that travel from the Greek coast through the Levantine souks to the hills of southern Italy, all halal, with a cocktail bar running to midnight.

Now openPhoto: Restaurant-Pizzeria Wies

Bütschwil, St. Gallen · 18 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Italian, Pizzeria, Family-run

Restaurant-Pizzeria Wies

Ottilienstrasse 20, 9606 Bütschwil

Two brothers, Sebastian and Fernard, have taken on the Wies in the middle of Bütschwil — pizza straight from the oven, Italian classics and familiar traditional dishes, with a changing lunch menu and a terrace for the warm months.

Now openPhoto via kaisin.ch

Luzern · 18 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Healthy, Bowls, Take-away

Kaisin

Frankenstrasse 7-9, 6003 Luzern

The Zürich healthy-bowls chain lands in Lucerne for the first time — build-your-own poké and grain bowls, high-protein options, and their own kaisin. soda.

Now openPhoto: Sel & Braise

Thônex, Geneva · 14 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Portuguese, Wood-fired grill, Sharing plates

Sel & Braise

Rue de Genève 127a, 1226 Thônex

A Portuguese grill on the Rue de Genève in Thônex where everything goes over the wood fire — picanha, travers, piri-piri chicken and whole fish, nothing cooked in a pan — served as big platters set down in the middle of the table.

Now openPhoto: Bauernhof Zug

Baar, Zug · 14 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Swiss market cuisine, Historic farmhouse, Event location

Bauernhof Zug

Talacher 2, 6340 Baar

A farmstead on the hill above Baar, worked since at least 1762, reopens as a restaurant and event house — modern Swiss market cuisine served under old beams in the Gasthaus, in the historic Stübli, or out on the cobbled garden terrace with the Zug countryside beyond.

Now openPhoto via lecoq-luzern.ch

Luzern · 14 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Güggeli, Swiss

Le Coq Luzern

Hirschengraben 45/47, 6003 Luzern

A restaurant built entirely around one thing done well — crispy, gourmet roast chicken from Philipp Röthlin, sourced from Kneuss in Mägenwil.

Now openPhoto via chaat.ch

Zürich · 12 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Indian

Chaat

Seefeldstrasse 96, 8008 Zürich

An Indian dining room in Seefeld serving refined, flavour-packed cooking — grilled lamb chops, warm breads and a curated drinks list, in a space built for a proper sit-down meal.

Now openPhoto via Instagram @sidechick.hotchicken

Geneva · 07 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Hot chicken, Take-away

Side Chick

Rue des Eaux-Vives 9, 1207 Genève

Nashville hot chicken is back in Geneva for good — double-marinated, buttermilk-bathed birds from the team behind Pretty Patty, in a 30-seat spot near the lake.

Now openPhoto via @papineuchatel

Neuchâtel · 06 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Swiss, Bar, Brasserie

PAPI

Passage Marval 1, 2000 Neuchâtel

A Swiss restaurant and bar that opened in the Galeries Marval in early August under the line "l'art de bien manger" — burgers and ossobuco next to paella with lobster, and a bar that keeps going after the plates are cleared.

Now openPhoto via SOSUSHI

Bern · 05 Aug 2026

Restaurant · Sushi, Japanese fusion, Pickup, Delivery

SOSUSHI Bern

Bärenplatz 6, 3011 Bern

The fusion sushi house from Biel/Bienne has come to Bärenplatz, a few steps from the Bundeshaus — joining its shops in Biel, Neuchâtel, Delémont, Fribourg and Solothurn.

Now openPhoto via Instagram @sando.burger

Bern · Aug 2026

Restaurant · Burgers, Japanese-inspired

Sando

Bubenbergzentrum, Bubenbergplatz 10, 3011 Bern

Geneva-born smash burger chain lands in Bern with a Japanese twist — think Wagyu beef, shokupan buns, and cheeky flavour mashups at the Bubenbergzentrum.

Now openPhoto via villaflorhof.com

Zürich · Aug 2026

Restaurant · Swiss, Brasserie

Florhof Bar & Brasserie

Florhofgasse 4, 8001 Zürich

Swiss roots, open to the world — the brasserie at Villa Florhof, led by chef John-Benjamin Schiffmann, serving honest, seasonal cooking rooted in Swiss produce with inspiration from Italy and France.

Now openPhoto via Instagram @bacinobacinobacino

Rapperswil, St. Gallen · 18 Jul 2026

Restaurant · Italian, Pizzeria, Lakeside

Bacino

Marktgasse 21, 8640 Rapperswil

The Brucker family's Neapolitan-leaning caffè ristorante on the Rapperswil lakefront, in the old San Marco premises — a ground-floor pizzeria, Piano Lago, and an upstairs restaurant, Piano Sole, both looking out over the Zürichsee.

Now openPhoto via matsuri.fr

Geneva · Jul 2026

Restaurant · Sushi, Kaiten-zushi

Matsuri Genève

Rue de la Mairie 5, 1207 Genève

A retro-modern kaiten-zushi spot in Geneva — sushi, ramen, gyoza and tacos nori circling past on a conveyor belt, walk-ins only.

Now openBoutiquehotel Sonne Küsnacht

Küsnacht, Zürich · 10 Jun 2026

Restaurant · Lakeside, Hotel restaurant, Bar

Pavillon

Seestrasse 120, 8700 Küsnacht

The Boutiquehotel Sonne turns its lakefront Sonnengalerie into a restaurant, lounge and bar — chef David Lange, out of Heiko Nieder's fine-dining kitchen, cooking regional and seasonal produce with international influences, from breakfast through an afternoon menu to dinner.

Now openPhoto via brasseriesuisse.ch

Zürich · Jun 2026

Restaurant · Swiss, Fondue, Raclette

Brasserie Suisse

Weitegasse 6, 8001 Zürich

A brasserie built entirely on Swiss provenance — AOP and IGP-certified raclette, fondue, and charcuterie, poured alongside 100+ Swiss wines.

Now open

Zürich

Restaurant · Döner, Street food, Burgers, Takeaway

3 Spice Oerlikon

Hagenholzstrasse 102, 8050 Zürich

A young döner and street-food brand has set up on Hagenholzstrasse in Oerlikon — döner and kebab first, with burgers, hot dogs, pizza and fries, fast and cheap.

EndedPhoto via vietpop.ch

Luzern · 20 Aug 2026 – 05 Sept 2026

Restaurant · Pop-up, Vietnamese

VIỆT POP

Werkstatt Augustin, Baselstrasse 52, 6003 Luzern

A three-week Vietnamese street food pop-up from Sportklub — shared 3-course menus, Saigon beer, and iced coffee at Werkstatt Augustin.

EndedPhoto via Instagram @soithai_zh

Zürich · 03 Aug 2026 – 13 Sept 2026

Restaurant · Thai, Pop-up

SoiThai

Rämistrasse 24, 8001 Zürich

Zürich's narrowest, liveliest Thai pop-up is back — satay, croquettes, and Soi Thai favorites in a colourful, spontaneous setting on Rämistrasse.

EndedPhoto via Four Seasons press kit

Geneva · May 2026 – 15 Sept 2026

Restaurant · Pop-up, Lakeside

Lake House

Île Rousseau, 33 Quai des Bergues, 1201 Genève

Four Seasons Hôtel des Bergues Geneva's lakeside summer pop-up returns to Île Rousseau — Mediterranean small plates under parasol shade, with unobstructed views of the Jet d'Eau.

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