Geneva is packed full of restaurants, although most are a bit pricey. Some local favorites are filets de perche" (perch), fondue and the "longeole" (pork sausage made with fennel seed). Besides the traditional cuisine there are also a wide variety of international options throughout the city.

If planning a trip to Geneva be sure to see the Mahalo pages on a Geneva Vacation, and Geneva Hotels.

• Le Chat-Botte (Right Bank) French, Phone: 41-22-716-69-20 Google Map
  • Zagat Well-Rated  : "'A favorite for many years', this 'elegant' French venue in the Right Bank's Hotel Beau-Rivage features 'enchanting' cuisine and a 'very nice wine list'..."

• • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "Suitably decorated with tapestries, sculpture, and rich upholstery, with a polite and correct staff, it serves some of the best food in the city."

• • Fodor's Review  : "The menu [evolves] with the seasons -- Chef Dominique Gauthier tweaks the details of his line-up every few months..."

• Il Lago (Right Bank) Italian, Phone: 41-22-908-7000 Google Map
  • Zagat Well-Rated  : "'[E]xcellent' cuisine and a 'great wine list' that includes bottles from France, Switzerland and The Boot..."

• • Fodor's Review  : "[I]f seared scallops with wild mushrooms in a shellfish reduction or braised veal cheek with semolina gnocchi and asparagus were served at Versailles, this is what it might be like."

• Domaine de Chateauvieux (Peney-Dessus) French, Phone: 41-22-753-1511 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "This is one of the finest and most prestigious restaurants in and around Geneva -- a city that's known for fine dining."

• • Fodor's Choice  : "EPhilippe Chevrier's expansive kitchen, out in the heart of Geneva's wine country, draws inspiration and the culinary equivalent of spun gold from local and regional foods"

• Vertig'O (Right Bank) French, Phone: 41-22-909-6000 Google Map
  • Zagat Well-Rated  : "a 'very pleasing cuisine', 'excellent service', 'stunning' slate-blue and copper contemporary decor and a 'beautiful location on the lake shore' make for a 'winning' experience..."

• Le Neptune (Lausanne) Seafood, Phone: 41-22-909-0000 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "At one of Geneva's finest restaurants, the decor is intimate, intensely floral, and graced with an enormous fresco displaying an inside view of Neptune's kingdom."

• La Favola (Left Bank) Italian, Phone: 41-22-311-7437 Google Map
  • Zagat Well-Rated  : "It's no fairy tale: 'a most memorable meal' can in fact be found at this 'tiny gem', 'a wonderful retreat' 'in the heart of Old Town'..."

• • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "It's the best Italian restaurant in Geneva, and its most devoted habitues hail it as the best restaurant in Geneva, period."

• • Fodor's Review  : "The food echoes the decor: part country-simple, part city-chic."

• La Perle du Lac (Right Bank) Swiss, Phone: 41-22-909-1020 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "A talented French chef prepares a marvelous mousseline of sweetbreads and mushrooms."

• • Fodor's Review  : "[T]he wine list is exhaustive and the French-accented seasonal menu highlights fish such as rouget barbet (red mullet), sole, sea bass, and trout."

• Jeck's Place (Right Bank) Asian, Phone: 41-22-731-3303 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "Near the Gare Cornavin, this place is a delight. It's like taking a culinary trip to Southeast Asia, with stopovers in such places as China, Malaysia, Thailand, and India."

• • Fodor's Review  : "The food -- whether smooth, deep-fried bean curd with peanut sauce, chicken in green curry, fried mee hoon vermicelli, or roast duck au diable -- is delicious in any language."

• Roberto (Left Bank) Italian, Phone: 41-22-311-8033 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "One of the most appealing Italian restaurants in Geneva occupies a relatively formal-looking dining room..."

• • Fodor's Review  : "The easy formality [Roberto Carugati] perfected continues to lure lawyers, bankers, politicians, and fashionable Italians for melt-in-the-mouth gnocchi with butter and sage, grilled sole, vitello tonnato, and risotto au scampi (with shrimp) served from shining copper and silver pots."

• Le Lyrique (Left Bank) French, Phone: 41-22-328-0095 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "It bustles with urban vitality and is very tuned to the arts and business lives of Geneva."

• • Fodor's Revew  : "[T]he menu starts with salads and carpaccio, moves on to supreme de volaille (chicken in cream sauce), and ends with desserts that taste as good as they look."

• Tavern de la Madeleine (Left Bank) Swiss, Phone: 41-22-310-6070 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "Robust, unpretentious, and known for its no-nonsense approach to serving well-prepared, cost-conscious food, this restaurant -- one of the oldest in Geneva -- is set against the old city wall beside the Eglise de la Madeleine."

• • Fodor's Review  : "[T]he lunch-only kitchen in this big, plain, friendly canteen serves wholesome plats du jour, choucroute (in winter), filets de perche, and chocolate or citrus mousse."

• Au Pied de Cochon (Left Bank) Swiss, Phone: 41-22-310-4797 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "Named after a restaurant at Les Halles in Paris, this is the best place to go in Geneva for hearty Lyonnais fare if you don't mind the smoke and the noise."

• • Fodor's Review  : "The crowd can be noisy and smoky; table service can be gruff. But the Bourg-de-Four terrace makes for great people-watching."

• No Sush (Left Bank) Japanese, Phone: 41-22-810-3973 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "Popular, hip, and mobbed every day at lunchtime, this is a large, high-ceilinged space devoted to a labyrinth of countertops that merge into the most bemused and whimsical Japanese restaurant in town."

• Pizzeria da Paolo (Left Bank) Italian, Phone: 41-22-736-3049 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "Bustling, friendly, and completely unpretentious, this simple pizzeria offers more than 20 kinds of pizzas in a cozy, wood-sheathed setting..."