The Lausanners' best places for a scrumptious meal

The Café du Simplon, located near the Lausanne train station, invites you to savour a cuisine with French, Balkan and Greek flavours. They also serve coffee, loose teas, freshly squeezed orange juice and breakfast formulas for early risers or travellers waiting for their train. During evenings, explore the brand-new bar next to the restaurant that serves a variety of cocktails and a large selection of beers for aperitif.

Delicious Indian dishes at Chavannes-près-Renens

Moroccan and Lebanese flavours prepared in a traditional way

The world on small plates: lovely tapas served coming from all over the world. Bar and restaurant in the heart of Lausanne.

A grocery store where you will find all your favourite Japanese products.

Delightful Japanese specialities just a very short walk from the station.

A Vietnamese restaurant offering fragrant family cuisine.

Organic farm products within the city limits.

An extensive menu which carries us off to Italy.

Located at Rue du Tunnel, La Parada is a Latino American restaurant with a vintage, colourful and warm décor. There, you can savour a selection of typical Latin American dishes such as ceviche, guacamole, quesadilla and tacos while sipping a chilled margarita, mezcal-based cocktail or homemade agua fresca.

A Thai restaurant that takes you on a journey.

The realm of the sweet-toothed and foodies.

Artisan ice cream recipes handed down from generation to generation

Located in the very heart of Lausanne, the Green Gorilla Café serves a variety of refreshing drinks, such as coffees, teas, freshly pressed fruit juices and smoothies. As for food, you’ll find acai bowls, salads packed with superfoods, a homemade granola as well as poke bowls to create yourself.

This shop specialises in products from organic agriculture.

Discover the Café de Prélaz, the ideal place to sip cocktails with friends or savour a delicious meal.

A small restaurant in a historical monument in Lausanne

One of the best-known places for ice-cream in Lausanne.

In the heart of Lausanne, this typical tearoom is the perfect place to savour a coffee with a croissant, sandwich or carac before carrying on with your errands in town or shopping at the farmers’ market.
That little extra: The breakfast menu.
Favourite snack: The carac

A restaurant dedicated to “fast & casual” eating right in the centre of Lausanne.

Le Barbare and its famous hot chocolate are back! The legendary café restaurant so dear to the hearts of Lausanners is reopening at last.

Discover the Trigo Bakery where they prepare every day quality bread and delicious pastries that draw inspiration from Italian flavours.

Head to the Osio bakery to discover many delicious Japanese specialities.

Discover the Mosto wine shop that offers local wine, cider and beer that are respectful of nature.

Vietnamese specialities in the heart of Lausanne

Artisanal ice cream featuring flavours ranging from classic to creative.

Furniture gleaned from antique markets, books, tables decorated with flowers and placemats … and most of all, a fresh and delicate cuisine that delights both eyes and palate. An address we’d love to keep to ourselves.
That little extra: In the evening, chef Fatima Ribeiro regularly organises gourmet meals that blend literature and gastronomy (advance booking only).
Favourite dish: Every daily special!

The restaurant owners come from Kerala, southern India, and bring all the generosity of their perfumed cuisine to this restaurant located near Lausanne station. Classic tandooris and tikka masala are on the menu but there are also other original recipes waiting to be discovered.

Poke bowls prepared with fresh local ingredients.

Are you looking for a nice restaurant right by the Lausanne train station? Head to the Hungry Bear Kitchen.

Bagels made from fresh produce that transport you directly to the United States

Tasty burgers made with local ingredients

Classed as one of the best hotels in Europe, the Beau-Rivage Palace is blessed with an idyllic location on the shores of Lake Geneva, in Lausanne-Ouchy. This hotel has a longstanding tradition of luxury holidays, but also private meetings and big public conferences.

Delicious sandwiches prepared on demand.

A traditional bakery using time-honoured recipes

Feeling like focaccia or tiramisu? This Italian deli is packed full of charcuterie, cheese, antipasti, fresh pasta and tasty desserts. Hence the queue of famished students from neighbouring schools at lunchtime.
That little extra: The garnished focaccia with the lovely taste of olive oil.
Favourite dish: The tiramisu

A restaurant which take you on a trip both by its setting and its delicious food.

Delicious dishes that taste of Italy

Renowned for its mouth-watering bánh mì (Vietnamese sandwich) made with crispy baguette, this eatery also serves a variety of authentic soups that will take you on a trip to South-East Asia.
That little extra: A taste journey across Vietnam with three soups, from the North (phở bò), Centre (bún bò Huế) and South (hủ tiếu).
Favourite dish: The chef’s bánh mì

A pâtisserie-chocolaterie selecting its ingredients wherever possible from the neighbouring region or from further afield in Switzerland.

Homemade cuisine to suit all budgets

From breakfast to apéro to weekend brunch, this café cum art gallery attracts a semi-arty, semi-student and family clientele. Works by local artists are displayed on the walls and change regularly.
That little extra: The terrace, with its holiday atmosphere.
Favourite snack: The slice of homemade cake

Tibits, recognized for its delicious vegetarian and vegan cuisine. Founded in Zurich in 2000, the family business has managed to preserve the uniqueness of this time-honoured place as well as to bridge the gap between old and new. Throughout the day, Tibits offers a perfect setting for tasting specialities from all over the world as well as great classics.

Awarded the title of Best Worker in France, baker Thomas Marie offers, near the train station, his all-butter pastries and sourdough bread baked using traditional techniques. Resistance is futile!
That little extra: Two tables if you’d like to eat in.
Favourite snack: The all-butter croissant

A Japanese tearoom that will take you on a journey

Are you in search of a scrumptious brunch? At the weekend, this restaurant serves a sumptuous all-you-can-eat buffet. During the week, you can eat breakfast there, why not before visiting the museum!
That little extra: When the weather is fair, enjoy the beautiful terrace that offers an outstanding view over Lake Geneva and the Alps.
Favourite dish: The brunch

As a select meeting place for the people of Lausanne since 1992, this arty bistro and its little underground sister, La Cave du Bleu, are a local institution: eclectic, welcoming, relaxed and atmospheric.

Dishes drawing their inspiration from all over Latin America and served in a welcoming atmosphere.

This bar-restaurant is located just a stone's throw from the Collection de l'Art Brut and the Palais de Beaulieu.

In a pleasant setting, in Lausanne’s city centre, the Downtown serves delicious breakfasts and brunches as well as healthy and copious lunches to eat in or take away.

Located in the area under the station, the Café de Grancy serves, in an art-deco atmosphere, a tasty, locavore brasserie cuisine that allows itself a few creative, exotically inspired dishes.
That little extra: When the weather is fair, book one of the tables on top of the metro line, with a view over the lake.
Favourite dish: The trio of tartare

This is one of Lausanne’s most beautiful terraces. It offers a superb view of the Alps and Lake Geneva and opens onto a park where your children can play. Families, culture buffs, artists and gourmets come here to savour the restaurant’s dishes that combine nouvelle cuisine and local specialties.

Delicious pizzas to be eaten in, delivered or taken away