The best French cuisine restaurants Geneva

A small glass of champagne in a lounge to start your evening, in this beautiful decor redesigned Art Deco version decorated with beautiful floral arrangements, before proceeding to the heart of the matter, to move to the table and choose your dishes declined on the slate? Why not? Entrecote, tartar, burgers, tuna steak? Here, we offer French gastronomy and the dishes are presented in color. The restaurant is composed of three lounges, hymns to the meeting. You can also enjoy some "ambrosia" in the champagne and wine bar.

Do you like trendy places that serve quality raw products? Without hesitation, the Tartare and Co team will surprise you with the inventiveness of its dishes, all made from raw products. Here we revisit tartars, ceviches, carpaccios with audacity and pep! Always a classic base of ultra-fresh products, but which, once passed through the hands of the chefs, gives a lively and delicate cuisine, such as the Tasty salmon based on fresh salmon and cucumber. Octopus carpaccios and lobster tartars rhyme with flavor and generosity.

A large and very luminous through room which opens onto a pleasant and large terrace. In a design and arty brasserie style, Les Lauriers is not a restaurant like any other! It leaves room for artists who come to enliven the place with their works and allows the residents of the EMS (Etablissement Médico-Social) to taste the brasserie's cuisine. In this generous atmosphere, a new cuisine is served with more than 300 different dishes of the day each year and suggestions that are in keeping with events and reflect the flavours of the world.

In the heart of the Beau Rivage, an unmissable palace that often collects Aston Martins and other expensive rolling beauties outside its doors, a menu in this Michelin-starred restaurant is an empire of the senses - visual for the beauty of the presentation, and of course gustatory with the refinement of the dishes. You can savor them in front of a unique view of Lake Geneva. The cuisine is based on local produce, enhanced by a rich wine cellar. Gastronomy of the highest order! The nine-course menu budget, like the flavors, reaches unparalleled heights, but why not?

At the Hotel Bristol, treat yourself to a gastronomic experience for an evening or a lunch. The presentation of the dishes displays a harmony of colors, revealing flavors under the sign of refinement par excellence. It is almost a work of art with excellent service. The chef gives free rein to his creativity. Just to recharge the batteries, lunch is charged at a lower price, as is every meal, which is a real pleasure for the senses. In a beautiful setting, we offer "land, sea and garden" flavors.

It is one of the emblematic restaurants of the Place du Marché. La Bourse has the charm of the great Parisian brasseries. Style, with its attentive waiters, bright rooms separated by vaults, a brasserie and, in the basement, superb 18th century cellars which house a carnotzet where raclette, fondues and pierrades are served, as well as pizzas. La Bourse also has a fine French brasserie menu with entrecote and home-made chips, sauerkraut and seafood in season, and shallot mitre.

In a ^17th century arcade on the Boulevard Hélvétique, the restaurant Le Patio lives up to its name, for it is indeed a place for indoor relaxation during lunch or dinner, a true Geneva institution, with a private lounge with midnight blue walls. To give you some ideas, gourmets will be able to taste a lobster, a heart of beef fillet, a beef bourguignon or a sea bass fillet. The proposed cuisine is based on beef and lobster, or traditional dishes such as frog legs.

Cuisine of yesteryear in a setting of unusual charm, combining authenticity and whimsy. You enter a place with a unique cachet: an interweaving of cardboard boxes, direction signs, old advertising brochures, paintings and vintage touches. Small rooms with bohemian charm, friendly atmosphere, terrace in summer. René Fracheboud's cuisine is excellent: French, with flavors that are at once traditional, delicate and adventurous, such as shrimp with red curry and white chocolate sauce, or poussin with harissa.

A bistronomic atmosphere. The view is breathtaking and unusual: a panorama of the tarmac against the backdrop of the Jura mountains. The planes take off into the sky before your children's eyes, and above all without the slightest noise pollution! High-flying" cuisine with the talented Chef Benjamin Luzuy (the equivalent of our Cyril Lignac) who reveals all his creativity in his dishes full of flavour. A very contemporary signature. And above all the highlighting of fine products with dishes such as the softly steamed langoustines and their gazpacho...

"Cooking everyone's food like no one else" is the battle cry of Charlotte's Bistrot, set up in a small pedestrian street in the Bergues district A challenge, to be sure, but one that has been met with great success. The menu varies with the seasons, focusing on the authenticity and quality of local Genevan and Swiss produce. The terrace is very pleasant in summer. A fine selection of wines by the glass. This establishment deserves a stop for its setting, its cuisine and service, and the quality of its welcome at any time of day!

A mythical place in Geneva, Chausse-Coqs reopened its doors at the beginning of 2013. The restaurant has been given a new look: antiques, wooden furniture and retro objects make the setting convivial. As for the kitchen, it has been rejuvenated and tasty with a fine menu of homemade burgers. Its jazzy, warm atmosphere and its cuisine with its sure values make this establishment an unmistakable place to be. The products are chosen locally and feature simple but delicious recipes. The risotto and the fillets of perch a la plancha are real treats.

A true old Carouge bistro, legendary for its authenticity, L'Aigle d'or welcomes you in its updated setting, since the arrival of the new management in February 2013. Chef André Mulato, who has been cooking for more than 28 years, will tell you with a smile as generous as his cooking: "here you feel like you are between Lyon and Venice". He draws his inspiration from the market and offers new suggestions every day, with a fish of the day a la plancha that is all the rage. Even if the house speciality is the famous risotto.

It is Sylvie and Philippe, the happy team of the restaurant l'Opéra Bouffe, who have settled in this former Carouge restaurant in the summer of 2017. A few brushstrokes were enough to change the atmosphere and it is with skill that she has kept the old tables and wooden chairs in this historic bistro while reinterpreting it in her own image. In the kitchen, the original and seasonal menu highlights local and local market products with classic or exotic recipes often coming from elsewhere. Here, everything is fresh and homemade and we are committed to it. A nice wine list and a fine selection of regional wines served by the owner who will be happy to tell you the story. A very friendly welcome and a typical and charming setting where it is good to come also for an aperitif with friends. You can enjoy the shaded terrace in the summer, overlooking the preserved Rondeau square and the setting sun

The establishment is an institution: difficult to miss during your exploration of the old town. Dating from 1874, it is one of the oldest bistros in Geneva. Did you know that, in the 15th century, its back door gave access to a brothel, located in the rue Chausse Coqs, then known as rue Chausse Cul? The setting is worth a look. Some customers, after having been slutty or not, left their portrait on the walls. Try one of the Swiss specialties: the roesti, or a good entrecote or steak tartare.

In the beautiful Sardinian city of Carouge, Café des Négociants is a gourmet stopover in a traditional bistro atmosphere. Taken over in 2009 by Philippe Chevrier, the talented chef of Domaine de Chateauvieux, this chic bistro was entrusted to loyal collaborators: Patrick Gall and Guillaume Landreau (chef in the kitchen). The setting is bright and wooded, with a nice zinc bar in the spirit of a small "bouchon lyonnais" (typical Lyonnais restaurant). The food is tasty and prepared using fresh seasonal produce from the market. You will be swept away by the Mediterranean flavours of the roast duck magret with honey and coriander, the "sauté minute" prawns and squid duo, carnaroli and saffron risotto and by the delicious desserts - the pure "Venezuela" chocolate double cream mousse with cocoa meringues. Enjoy all this with a nice Genevan wine (another speciality of Philippe Chevrier, Michelin starred chef from the Domaine de Château-Vieux), with the possibility of dining in the cellar for amateurs. In summer you can enjoy the elegant shaded terrace.

In the center of Geneva, the restaurant l'Odéon offers Swiss and French brasserie cuisine in a wood-panelled setting reminiscent of a typical old bistro. Passionate about their craft, chef Benjamin Garin and his team work on products and cooking techniques with rigor and all the creativity inherited from their know-how. Here, the cuisine is a blend of Geneva's terroir and the great tradition of the French brasserie, with a few original touches such as mini-burgers. A list of the finest French wines and an excellent welcome!

A beautiful restaurant with a theatrical feel: coffered ceiling, velvet décor, lamps on every table and retro banquette seating. Just a stone's throw from the station, La Bagatelle is open every day with continuous service. The brasserie offers a cosy, modern setting with huge pop-art portraits adorning the walls, breaking with the more conventional atmosphere of the establishment. The house specialty is entrecôte with Bagatelle butter. The range of desserts is utterly appetizing... and not disappointing!

Excellent value for money on a budget. The menu features chicken in all its splendor: on the spit, in sauce, in soup, minced. The 1/2 chickens are excellent, served with fries or salads, and this is one of the best places to eat on a budget in Geneva. Simple but very good meals! the menu: always the same yellow and green color scheme, reminiscent of wheat fields and green pastures. An interesting concept, which can be found in the Old Town, Petit Saconnex and Saint Gervais

A food and wine pairing experience. Lavinia offers the opportunity to enjoy any bottle from the boutique in its restaurant, which also serves as a wine bar. The wine list includes more than 2,500 references and some twenty wines by the glass. Wine lovers are seduced by the quality. An invitation to a gustatory journey that will delight your taste buds for lunch on weekdays. You will be delighted with its Simmental veal chop cooked at a low temperature and its pan-fried ceps and pommes grenailles. A beautiful refined bistronomic atmosphere.