Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Geneva from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Geneva
Our guide counts 9 Michelin-starred restaurants in Geneva and 10 Michelin stars in total. L'Atelier Robuchon in Le Prieuré holds two Michelin stars, and this section also includes Bayview by Michel Roth, Tsé Fung and Arakel.
L'Atelier Robuchon in Le Prieuré holds two Michelin stars for 2025. The room is an open kitchen with counter seating for 36 guests, in the format associated with Joël Robuchon. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led. The kitchen offers a tasting menu, a la carte and a prix fixe.
Bayview by Michel Roth in Quai Wilson holds a Michelin star for 2025. Chef Danny Khezzar cooks creative French cuisine under Michel Roth, with views of Lake Geneva and the Alps. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led. The kitchen offers a tasting menu, a prix fixe and a la carte. Falstaff scored the restaurant 94 points in 2026.
Tsé Fung in Nations holds a Michelin star for 2026 and is the only Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant in Switzerland. Chef Frank Xu cooks Cantonese cuisine, including Peking duck served in two courses, with dim sum of foie gras and wok seafood. The list is extensive. The formats are a la carte and small plates.
Arakel in Les Vollandes holds a Michelin star for 2025. The only format is a tasting menu that changes monthly, using seasonal Swiss ingredients at the chef's table. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive list, and a Star Wine List award is dated 2026. The menu runs from technique-led classics to preparations with a Mediterranean accent.
The guide counts three Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence awards and one Award of Excellence in Geneva. Il Lago, Tosca and Chez Philippe carry Wine Spectator awards, and Chez Bacchus pours Geneva producers by the glass.
Il Lago in Saint-Gervais holds a Michelin star dated 2025 and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence dated 2026. It is the Italian restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues, also in Saint-Gervais. The kitchen offers a tasting menu and a la carte, including pasta. The wine list runs to 12,025 bottles across key Italian and French regions.
Tosca in Malagnou holds a Michelin star and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2025. Chef Ivan Baretti cooks modern Tuscan food, offered as a tasting menu and a la carte. The wine list has 2,300 references with particular depth in Tuscany. The program is exceptional and sommelier-led.
Chez Philippe in Saint-Gervais is a New York-style steakhouse with meats grilled over beechwood charcoal in a loft on two levels. It holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2025 and a Michelin Bib Gourmand for the same year. The wine program has an extensive list and a beer program. Service is a la carte.
Chez Bacchus in Malagnou pours over 40 wines by the glass daily, featuring Geneva producers and regional theme nights. The cuisine is European tapas, served as small plates and a la carte. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led. Falstaff scored the wine bar 92 points in 2026, and Star Wine List recognized it for that year.
Tasting menus in the guide include starred French restaurants and a daily menu at Matière in Plainpalais. F.P.Journe Le Restaurant, La Micheline, L'Aparté and Matière each list a tasting menu.
F.P.Journe Le Restaurant in Cite holds a Michelin star for 2025. Watchmaker François-Paul Journe designed the dining room in a heritage-listed 1912 building, with watchmaking motifs. The kitchen cooks modern French Mediterranean food and offers a tasting menu, a la carte and a set menu. The wine program is exceptional, extensive and sommelier-led.
La Micheline in Les Vollandes holds a Michelin star for 2025. Basque chef Andrés Arocena cooks bistronomy with Spanish influences, and the only format is a tasting menu. The setting is a former railway station. The wine program is sommelier-led. Dishes have included socarrat of Mieral pigeon and Motril quisquillas with blue caviar.
L'Aparté in Le Prieuré holds a Michelin star for 2024. Chef Armel Bedouet presents each dish to 15 guests in a minimalist room. The cuisine is modern French fine dining, served as a tasting menu and a prix fixe. The wine program is sommelier-led. The restaurant also holds a We're Smart World radish for 2025.
Matière in Plainpalais serves a daily-changing five-course tasting menu of seasonal farm-to-table cooking with a gastro approach. The format is a tasting menu only. The wine program is natural wine. Star Wine List recognized the restaurant for 2026, and earlier awards include a number-one ranking. Chef Freddy Garanjoud leads the kitchen.
Our guide counts 9 Michelin-starred restaurants in Geneva and 10 Michelin stars in total. L'Atelier Robuchon in Le Prieuré holds two Michelin stars. The other starred restaurants are Bayview by Michel Roth in Quai Wilson, Il Lago in Saint-Gervais, F.P.Journe Le Restaurant in Cite, Tsé Fung in Nations, Arakel and La Micheline in Les Vollandes, Tosca in Malagnou and L'Aparté in Le Prieuré.
Le Prieuré has the most venues of any neighborhood in our Geneva guide, with 26. Saint-Gervais has 19 venues in our guide, and Cite has 11 venues in our guide.
Our guide counts three Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence awards and one Award of Excellence in Geneva. Il Lago in Saint-Gervais and Tosca in Malagnou hold Best of Award of Excellence awards. Chez Philippe in Saint-Gervais holds the Award of Excellence.
Tasting menus in the guide include L'Atelier Robuchon in Le Prieuré, Bayview by Michel Roth in Quai Wilson, Arakel in Les Vollandes, La Micheline in Les Vollandes and Matière in Plainpalais. Arakel and La Micheline list a tasting menu as their only format. Matière in Plainpalais changes a five-course tasting menu daily and pairs it with natural wine. L'Atelier Robuchon offers a tasting menu, a la carte and a prix fixe.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Geneva
Selected entries from the current guide for Geneva.
Geneva, Switzerland
Among Geneva's small tier of double-Michelin-starred addresses, L'Atelier Robuchon on Quai Wilson brings the globally recognised Robuchon counter format to the Swiss market. Holding two Michelin stars in both 2024 and 2025 and scoring 85 points in La Liste's 2026 Top Restaurants ranking, it occupies the upper bracket of French contemporary dining in a city where that category commands serious competition.
Geneva, Switzerland
Bayview by Michel Roth operates from within Hotel President Wilson on Quai Wilson, pairing Lake Geneva views with creative French cooking shaped by Meilleur Ouvrier de France credentials. Chef Danny Khezzar's menu reworks classical French technique with modern plating, served in a room anchored by a suspended Saint-Louis Amadeus crystal table. La Liste scored the restaurant 85 points in 2025 and 83 in 2026, placing it among Geneva's most formally recognised dining addresses.
Geneva, Switzerland
Inside the Four Seasons Geneva, a hotel with roots going back to 1834, Il Lago holds a Michelin star and an OAD Classical Europe ranking, pitching high-register Italian cooking against the city's French-dominant fine dining scene. The wine list runs to 12,025 bottles across key Italian and French regions, and dinner service runs Tuesday through Saturday with a tight two-hour window each evening.
Geneva, Switzerland
A Michelin-starred wine bar and restaurant in Geneva's Eaux-Vives district, Arakel earns a White Star from Star Wine List for a cellar program that matches the ambition of its kitchen. The menu moves between technique-forward classics and Mediterranean-accented preparations, open-kitchen room.
Geneva, Switzerland
Set on Rue du Rhône in Geneva's luxury retail corridor, F.P. Journe Le Restaurant pairs the precision of high watchmaking with a Modern French menu built around seasonal sourcing and classical technique. The kitchen draws on ingredients such as Simmental beef, Vallorbe frog's legs, and kadaif-roasted giant prawns, while a focused schedule, lunch and dinner Tuesday through Friday, lunch Monday, keeps the operation deliberately tight.
Geneva, Switzerland
L'Aparté holds a Michelin star (2024) and an 82-point La Liste ranking, placing it among Geneva's most recognised addresses for modern French cooking. Located on Rue de Lausanne in the city's right-bank corridor, it draws. Price sits at the €€€ tier, making it accessible relative to Geneva's upper Michelin bracket.
Geneva, Switzerland
Housed in the former Eaux-Vives railway station, La Micheline holds a 2024 Michelin star for Mediterranean cooking that spans Spanish technique and global influence. Chef Andrés Arocena's menu moves between socarrat of Mieral pigeon and Motril quisquillas paired with blue caviar, while the front-of-house warmth sets it apart from Geneva's more formal one-star tier.
Geneva, Switzerland
A Michelin-starred Tuscan restaurant in Geneva's Eaux-Vives neighbourhood, Tosca holds a distinct position among the city's Italian dining options: focused, ingredient-led cooking from Chef Ivan Baretti, a wine list of 2,300 references with particular depth in Tuscany, and a room dressed in frescoes and velvet that signals a deliberate commitment to the traditions it serves.
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva's sole Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant occupies a terrace-fronted room in Bellevue, where the cooking draws on Cantonese and Sichuan traditions filtered through a family lineage rooted in Shenzhen. The "Diamond" menu anchors the experience around Peking-style duck served across two courses, alongside dim sum of foie gras and wok-based seafood preparations. OAD Classical in Europe ranked it #368 in 2025.
Geneva, Switzerland
Inside The Peabody Memphis, Chez Philippe holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand (2025) for its Franco-Southern prix-fixe format, pairing classical French technique with Tennessee ingredients across four- and seven-course menus. Wine Director Ava Vali oversees a 1,500-bottle cellar with California and French strengths, priced at mid-range markups. Dinner service runs in a three-tiered dining room where business-casual dress applies and Southern hospitality sets the pace.
Geneva, Switzerland
Bistrot Dumas sits at the accessible end of Geneva's French dining tier, earning back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmands in 2024 and 2025 for cooking that delivers quality above its €€ price point. On Avenue Dumas in the Eaux-Vives neighbourhood, it occupies a space that Geneva's mid-market French bistrot scene rarely fills this well. Chef Benny Gray leads the kitchen.
Geneva, Switzerland
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder on Rue de Carouge, L'Agape sits in the mid-price tier of Geneva's seasonal cooking scene, offering a multi-course progression grounded in produce-led technique. it has established a following in the Carouge neighbourhood without the formality of the city's starred rooms. The price-to-quality signal here is among the clearest in the city.
Geneva, Switzerland
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder for two consecutive years, Le Bologne has built a quiet reputation on Geneva's moderate-price tier, the kind of bistro-style address near Cornavin station that rewards walking in with an open mind. it occupies an increasingly rare position in a city more accustomed to fine-dining excess.
Geneva, Switzerland
Le Dorian on Place René Payot occupies a particular corner of Geneva's dining scene: the serious bistro that earns its booking-essential status without theatrical ambition. A concise menu runs from house-made pappardelle with rabbit to rhubarb and mascarpone pavlova, anchored by a conservatory and terrace that keep the room humming through every service. Advance reservations are strongly advised.
Geneva, Switzerland
Natürlich is a Bib Gourmand-recognised wine bar on Rue de la Coulouvrenière that opened in August 2020, bringing Nordic-inflected farm-to-table cooking to Geneva's left-bank neighbourhood. Plates are designed for sharing, arriving in rounds of roughly four, with flavours that lean bright and vegetable-forward. At the €€ price point, it sits several tiers below the city's Michelin-starred fine dining, offering one of the more considered casual options on the Geneva scene.
Geneva, Switzerland
Among Geneva's Italian restaurants, Osteria della Bottega occupies a distinct position: Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition, a number-one ranking from Star Wine List (2021), and a Grand-Rue address in the old town that draws a genuinely local crowd. The cooking runs to seasonally driven Italian with fresh pasta at its core, framed by a chic industrial interior and an open kitchen.
Geneva, Switzerland
SUAHOY brings traditional Thai cuisine into a more considered, gastronomic register than its sister restaurant Soï Thai, earning back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025. Located in Geneva's 1205 district, it occupies a mid-price tier where authentic technique meets European dining expectations..
Geneva, Switzerland
Le Chat Botté is a classical French restaurant in Geneva's Rue Voltaire district, holding 83 points on La Liste 2026 and ranked among Europe's top classical tables by Opinionated About Dining. Chef Dominique Gauthier leads the kitchen through a focused weekly schedule, with dinner service running Tuesday through Saturday and lunch available midweek. Reservations are advised well in advance for this consistently recognised address.
Geneva, Switzerland
De la Cigogne holds a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, placing it among Geneva's reliable addresses for Modern French cooking in the Longemalle quarter. Chef Nicolas Pasquier operates in a tradition that prizes structured, technique-led menus over casual informality. For visitors who want a composed, multi-course French experience without the full investment of a starred table, this is a considered choice.
Geneva, Switzerland
Bombar occupies a corner of Geneva's Place des Augustins with a menu built around fresh ingredients and Mediterranean principles: shared plates, pasta, meat, charcuterie, and cheese. The wine list earned the Star Wine List #1 ranking for 2025, placing it among Geneva's most serious drinking destinations. Flexible, frequently changing menus make repeat visits consistently rewarding.
Geneva, Switzerland
At Cours de Rive 7 in Geneva's Rive district, Chez Bacchus occupies the intersection of serious wine program and full-service dining that few European cities sustain with this level of consistency. Star Wine List awarded it a leading Red Star ranking in both 2021 and 2025, placing it among Switzerland's most credentialed wine bar restaurants. The address puts it within walking distance of the lakefront and the city's densest concentration of fine dining.
Geneva, Switzerland
A Michelin Plate-recognised brasserie on Rue Docteur-Alfred-Vincent, Bistrot du Boeuf Rouge brings old-style Parisian dining to Geneva's hotel quarter, sitting midway between the Cornavin train station and the lake. It occupies a distinct position in the city's mid-range dining scene: a place that values ritual over reinvention, where the format is the philosophy.
Geneva, Switzerland
Anthology at EXPLORA I maps the ingredient geography of Italy through a menu that moves from Sicilian red prawns to Piedmontese black truffles to Amalfi lemons. Housed at Avenue Eugène-Pittard 16 in Geneva, the restaurant positions itself within the hotel dining tier that competes on sourcing depth and regional specificity rather than format novelty. For Geneva's Italian dining scene, it offers a more geographically structured argument than most peers.
Geneva, Switzerland
Anthology occupies the dining room of EXPLORA II on Avenue Eugène-Pittard, offering a seven-course tasting menu that sits within Geneva's upper tier of hotel fine dining. The format balances precision with an ease that separates it from more formal Swiss tasting room conventions, and positions it alongside the city's most considered European tables.
Geneva
Selected entries from the current guide for Geneva.
Geneva, Switzerland
A family-owned landmark on Quai du Mont-Blanc since 1865, Beau-Rivage Geneva holds Michelin 3 Keys recognition and 95 points from La Liste Top Hotels 2026. Its 90 rooms, decorated individually by Pierre-Yves Rochon, face Lake Geneva and the Jet d'Eau. With its Michelin-starred Le Chat-Botté closed for renovation until 2027, Rivage Café carries the dining programme, supported by a celebrated private wine cellar.
Geneva, Switzerland
A 26-suite all-suite hotel on Quai Wilson, The Woodward occupies a 1901 post-Haussmann building reimagined by Pierre-Yves Rochon, with Mont Blanc views across Lake Geneva. It holds Michelin 3 Keys (2024), a two-Michelin-Star L'Atelier Robuchon, Condé Nast Traveller's Best Hotels ranking at #40 (2025), and a La Liste Top Hotels score of 98 points (2026), placing it among Geneva's most formally recognised lakeside addresses. Rates from approximately $2,213 per night.
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva's first hotel, open since 1834, the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues occupies a neoclassical building on Quai des Bergues with direct views across Lake Geneva. Awarded Michelin 2 Keys (2024) and rated 95.5 points on La Liste Top Hotels 2026, it sits at the upper tier of the city's luxury hotel market alongside The Woodward and Beau-Rivage Geneva, with 115 rooms priced from $1,798 per night.
Geneva, Switzerland
One of Geneva's original lakefront addresses, the Hotel de la Paix has stood on Quai du Mont-Blanc since 1865. Now operating under the Ritz-Carlton flag following a 2016 renovation, its 84 rooms combine a cleaner contemporary finish with the property's original grandeur, earning Michelin 2 Keys recognition in 2024 and a La Liste Top Hotels score of 92.5 points in 2026. Three restaurants and a lakefront position make it a strong anchor for the city.
Geneva, Switzerland
On Quai du Mont-Blanc, Hotel d'Angleterre occupies a position that larger Geneva properties struggle to replicate: 45 rooms, no two alike, on the right bank with direct sightlines to the Jet d'Eau and the French Alps. Part of the Red Carnation Hotel Collection, it scored 90 points on La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking and operates at a scale where pre-arrival letters and bespoke pillow preferences are standard practice.
Geneva, Switzerland
Set within ten acres of parkland on the northern shore of Lake Geneva, La Réserve is Geneva's clearest departure from the city's grand-palace hotel tradition. Jacques Garcia's interior language, a Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant, over 2,000 square metres of spa, and a 92-point La Liste 2026 ranking place it in a distinct tier among Swiss lakeside properties. Rates from $926 per night across 102 rooms and suites.
Geneva, Switzerland
The former Hôtel du Rhône, Geneva's first postwar luxury hotel, now operates under Mandarin Oriental's five-star standard with 178 rooms on the right bank of the Rhône. Forbes Travel Guide awarded it five stars for 2026, and Condé Nast Traveler readers ranked it among Switzerland's top ten hotels in 2025. Its dining program spans a ten-seat omakase counter, a new Ottolenghi Mediterranean concept, and a Forbes-recognised bar.
Geneva, Switzerland
A 17th-century residence occupying a corner of Geneva's cobbled Old Town, Hôtel Les Armures offers 32 rooms set within stone walls, wooden beams, and painted ceilings that have survived centuries intact. The in-house tavern serves raclette and fondue in a setting that reads as authentically Swiss rather than performatively rustic. Rates from $530 per night place it in the city's mid-to-upper tier.
Geneva, Switzerland
On the northern shore of Lake Geneva, Hotel President Wilson occupies one of the city's most prominent waterfront positions, with 228 rooms and suites, a French fine-dining restaurant with lake views, and the first La Mer Spa by the brand in Switzerland. Rated 95 points on La Liste's Top Hotels 2026 list and part of Marriott's Luxury Collection, it draws a predominantly business-oriented clientele to one of Europe's most diplomatically charged addresses.
Geneva, Switzerland
Positioned between the United Nations square and Lake Geneva, InterContinental Geneva has anchored the city's diplomatic quarter since 1964. The 18-story property earned 95 points on La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking and houses 333 rooms redesigned with a modern Japanese aesthetic, a cigar lounge, Spa Cinq Mondes, and panoramic sightlines to Mont Blanc. It occupies a distinct tier among Geneva's luxury hotels: international in scale, historically embedded in the city's institutional fabric.
Geneva, Switzerland
On a quiet street in Geneva's Les Pâquis district, steps from Lake Geneva, Eastwest Hotel occupies a period building whose interiors turn toward contemporary design rather than heritage grandeur. The property is known for attentive, discreet service and a calm atmosphere that distinguishes it from the larger lakefront addresses. It suits travellers who want proximity to the lake without the scale of a flagship hotel.
Geneva, Switzerland
Hotel Metropole Geneve occupies a lakefront address on Quai du Général-Guisan, placing 127 rooms within walking distance of the Old Town, the Jet d'Eau, and Geneva's main banking and diplomatic quarter. The property sits in a competitive tier alongside Geneva's established grand hotels, offering a scale that allows more personal service than the city's larger palace properties.
Geneva, Switzerland
Hôtel de la Cigogne occupies a prime address on Place de Longemalle, a short walk from Lake Geneva and the city's financial district. Rates from US$478 per night position it within Geneva's mid-to-upper tier of boutique properties..
Geneva, Switzerland
Hôtel Longemalle occupies Place Longemalle in Geneva's right-bank old town, earning Michelin Selected recognition in the 2025 guide. The address places guests within walking distance of the Rhône quays, the Vieille-Ville, and the concentrated financial district, a positioning that suits business travellers and leisure visitors equally. For Geneva's mid-scale independent tier, it represents one of the more carefully considered options in the city centre.
Geneva, Switzerland
On the right bank of Lake Geneva, the Fairmont Grand Hotel Geneva occupies one of the city's most architecturally considered addresses along the Quai du Mont-Blanc. The property sits within Geneva's cluster of historic lakefront palace hotels, offering proximity to the Jet d'Eau, the Old Town, and the international quarter. Its position in that grand-hotel tradition makes it a reference point for visitors calibrating between scale, heritage, and location.
Geneva, Switzerland
Le Richemond belongs to Geneva’s old-lakefront hotel tradition, a category shaped by diplomatic traffic, private banking, watch clients, and guests who judge luxury by discretion rather than spectacle. With venue-specific details currently limited, the useful reading is comparative: place it beside the city’s established grand hotels and decide whether its appeal lies in heritage address, quieter formality, or proximity to the lakefront circuit.
Geneva
Selected entries from the current guide for Geneva.
Geneva, Switzerland
Inda-Bar on Rue Henri-Blanvalet in Geneva's Eaux-Vives quarter holds a 2026 Star Wine List award, placing it among the Swiss bars where the drinks programme carries genuine critical weight. The room draws a neighbourhood crowd with serious intent, where the list goes beyond decoration and the cocktail approach reflects the kind of precision Geneva's bar scene has been quietly building for years.
Geneva, Switzerland
Marius occupies a storied address on Place des Augustins in Geneva's Plainpalais neighbourhood, stepping into a space vacated by a long-running predecessor. Run by Marc Popper, who also owns the adjacent Bombar, it operates as a compact drinking and eating venue where the back bar and the room's atmosphere carry equal weight. A natural stop for anyone moving through Geneva's left-bank bar circuit.
Geneva, Switzerland
Bar de l'Hôtel de la Cigogne belongs to Geneva’s quieter hotel-bar tradition: central, formal enough for a planned drink, and better read through setting than spectacle. Its address on Place de Longemalle places it in the old-city shopping and hotel corridor, a useful choice for a composed aperitif when louder cocktail rooms feel out of step with the evening.
Geneva
Selected entries from the current guide for Geneva.
Geneva, Switzerland
The producer draws on terroir-driven winemaking traditions that place it alongside a small cohort of precision-focused houses. For those tracking serious wine in the region, it represents one of the more considered addresses in the current Geneva conversation.
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