The exceptional tables

Switzerland is known as the country with the highest density of top-class restaurants, per capita, in the world. This guide includes Lausanne’s exceptional restaurants, which will delight all fine-food connoisseurs. The selected establishments have been rated between 1-3 Michelin stars and 16-19 Gault&Millau points.

3 stars Michelin
19/20 points Gault&Millau

RESTAURANT DE L’HÔTEL DE VILLE

Crissier, near Lausanne, is world famous to food lovers for its Hôtel de Ville, with 3 Michelin stars and19/20 points in the GaultMillau. Since 1965 and the arrival in the kitchen of Frédy Girardet – the “best chef in the world” – the restaurant remains a reference of French gastronomy thanks to Chef Franck Giovannini.

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2 stars Michelin
18/20 points Gault&Millau

RESTAURANT – ANNE-SOPHIE PIC

With 2 Michelin stars & 18 points in the Gault Millau guide, Anne-Sophie Pic’s restaurant in the Beau-Rivage Palace is one of the finest restaurants in Lausanne. Awarded three stars for the cuisine in her restaurant in Valence (France), the chef Anne-Sophie Pic has adapted her gastronomic dishes to Swiss tastes and products.

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2 stars Michelin
17/20 points Gault&Millau

LA TABLE DU LAUSANNE PALACE

A gourmet restaurant with a unique panorama overlooking the rooftops of Lausanne, the mountains and the lake Geneva. Chef Franck Pelux and Sarah Benahmed welcomes you to a refined and daring universe for an exceptional culinary experience.

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1 star Michelin
16/20 points Gault&Millau

LE BERCEAU DES SENS

Le Berceau des Sens (Cradle of the Senses) is the training restaurant run by the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne. Thanks to the knowledge of Chef Cédric Bourassin and his team of students, the restaurant has a Michelin star and a rating of 16/20 in Gault & Millau.

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1 green star
16/20 points Gault&Millau

AUBERGE DE L’ABBAYE DE MONTHERON

At the Auberge de l’Abbaye de Montheron, you travel back in time but you eat local. The restaurant is set in a magnificent abbey dating from 1142, with 16 points in the GaultMillau guide. It uses a limited range of ingredients to ensure freshness but there is no limit to culinary creativity!

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