Oberer Mönchhof

Was a quiet Monday in Zurich town. Just finished out lindt tour and chance upon this wonderful restaurant. "Oberer Manchoh is a fantastic find! The location is absolutely beautiful, and the food is even better. I had the foie gras, which was cooked to perfection. While I missed the cranberry sauce, it was still incredibly delicious. The steak was also outstanding. Highly recommend!"

We went there for my husband’s birthday! It was a great experience and the view was amazing as were the staff there too, thank you so much!

Beautiful place for lunch in summer. Great food, service and atmosphere.

This is a very nice traditional swiss house with amazing views to the lake Zurich that has been renovated. The menu is a one pager with several starters and several main dishes, with all kinds of flavor combinations. And they have a closed price for a 2 starters, a main and a dessert (drinks not included). The food was excellent: very well cooked and nicely presented. To be honest is the first time in 10 years that i see foie (duck liber) offered in a restaurant, almost no swiss person i know has ever heard of foie or even paté. Id like to remark that it's not the type of restaurant I would go any given weekend, since its very modern and creative, for me is more like a "special occasion" type of restaurant. The service was nice, although a tad slow. The starters took at least 15min to come, and from the second starter to the maim it took around 25min. The price is high, but you won't find this kind of food in many places, with so many well-thought, properly cooked, modern recipes.

Beautiful restaurant! Food was delicious and we were lucky to get a table without a reservation. What more needs to be said. Would recommend.

One of the best experience I've ever had. The food was incredebly good, so the people, always nice and ready to help you enjoy of the experience. We really enjoyed the dinner and hopefully we will come back.

Great staff, efficient service. Delicious dishes. Can definitely recommend. Starter with tuna and curry sauce was out-of-this-world! :)

There are different dining areas, I prefer the old rooms with the low ceiling and the few tables in one space. Of course there are others who like the loud and chatty atmosphere, not for me thank you. The individual dishes are prepared with an intense level of attention and care. The service is very good, though I prefer waitresses and waiters to be dressed more discretely, less like young fashion conscious individuals, we are not guest in a restaurant to focus on how the waiting service is dressed. While the selection of wines is superb and the economic logic of such restaurants is clear, there is something asymmetric when the food is relatively cheap in comparison to the wines, which, while having been seleccted by the sommelier of the restaurant, nevertheless renders the work of the kitchen significantly less valuable. It was therefore interesting to see the regulars refraining from drinking wine altogether and opting for either beer or water. It should also be noted that the community of Kilchberg, that owns the historic building, has rented it to the restauranteur at a very low rate.

Had a splendid dinner that deserved a Michelin star! Service very good and friendly. Will definitely go back. Can't understand the previous review!!!

Well, I cannot say anything about the food (which is supposed to be good), because we left this place before we could try it, because the owner insulted us very rudely. It was kind of an absurd situation: - from a group of 6, 3 ordered a degustation menue (99 CHF for 2 starters, 1 main course and 1 dessert), 2 ordered only a main course without starters - as my husband only wanted a main course and I wanted to have 2 starters and no main course, I asked the waiter if we could share a degustation menue, and he said yes. So for so good Five minutes later the owner arrived and accused us of trying to cheat by trying to share all the degustation menues and called us Betrüger (which means fraud). We tried to explain the situation, that we had asked the waiter beforehand and told him we would just pay normally (which was a difference of maybe 20 CHF!). As he kept on insulting us and accused us of treating him like a cretin, we decided to leave. When we were discusing this absurd behaviour and situation amongst us, he started to shout and told us we were not allowed to talk anymore in his restaurant. I still wonder what really happened in there Everyone in our group was really perplexed! This has never ever happened to anyone of us before, and we all go out for dinner frequently, and we have been all around the world. And all just because of 20 CHF less for a consumation of at least 600 CHF!!! As we were a nice group, we took it from its comical aspect and still laugh about this experience and by the way, we went to a very plain pizzeria with very friendly staff, so the evening was not spoiled but very rememberable. So, I cannot recommend this place at all, because for me, a nice dinner doesn't only mean fine food and nice design but also excellent service, which obviously does not happen at this place.