Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Lausanne
Lausanne’s best wine restaurants are spread across several distinct parts of the city. Ouchy contributes two lakefront rooms with exceptional wine programs, while centre-ville, EHL Campus, City Quarter, and Old Town each add a different kind of cellar-led dining. In our guide, Lausanne has 7 exceptional wine programs, and the list includes both sommelier-led rooms and places with self-service cellar formats. Star Wine List recognition appears at Pic Beau-Rivage Palace and Le Vieux Lausanne, while La Brasserie du Royal holds the city’s Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Several of these rooms pair wine-first service with tasting menus or classic French cooking.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
L'Appart
Deep wine list
In Lausanne's pedestrian old town, L'Appart occupies an upstairs dining room above street level, where a mostly vegetarian and vegan menu runs entirely on seasonal, locally sourced produce. A self-service wine cellar stocked with biodynamic regional bottles lets diners choose their own pairings, and an alcohol-free beverage pairing option runs alongside. The format sits apart from the city's classic French tradition, quieter in register, more principled in sourcing.
La Brasserie du Royal
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
A Michelin Plate holder on Lausanne's Ouchy lakefront, La Brasserie du Royal delivers classic French cooking at a price point that sits below the city's two-star heavyweights. The kitchen holds to brasserie tradition without apology, and a wine programme drawing on the depth of the Swiss Romand cellar makes it a considered choice among Lausanne's mid-range French tables.
La Table du Lausanne Palace
2 Michelin stars · Deep wine list
La Table du Lausanne Palace holds two Michelin stars and an 85-point La Liste ranking for 2026, placing it among the more decorated Modern French tables in the Lake Geneva region. Chef Franck Pelux leads a kitchen that works within the classical French tradition while sitting inside one of Lausanne's historic grand hotels. Service runs Wednesday through Saturday only, making forward planning essential.
Le Berceau des Sens
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Le Berceau des Sens operates inside Lausanne's EHL Hospitality Business School, where Meilleurs Ouvriers de France faculty work alongside students to produce a Michelin-recognised Modern French menu. Service is precise, the Alpine views substantial, and the price sits at €€€, making it one of the more interesting value propositions in the city's fine-dining tier.
Le Vieux Lausanne
Deep wine list
A Lausanne address recognised by Star Wine List with a White Star designation, Le Vieux Lausanne sits on Rue Pierre-Viret in the city's historic core. Its wine credentials place it within a select tier of the city's dining scene, where serious list-building is treated as an equal discipline to the kitchen. Worth noting for travellers who approach a restaurant through the cellar first.
Pic Beau-Rivage Palace
2 Michelin stars · Deep wine list
Two-Michelin-starred Pic Beau-Rivage Palace showcases Anne-Sophie Pic's ethereal "floral mastery" cuisine in a dramatic Lake Geneva setting, where Swiss terroir meets French technique through innovative tasting menus that have redefined Lausanne fine dining since 2009.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Lausanne
- Which Lausanne neighbourhood is best for wine restaurants?
- Ouchy has 2 of the 6 wine restaurants on this page: Pic Beau-Rivage Palace and La Brasserie du Royal. Both have exceptional wine programs, Pic Beau-Rivage Palace also holds Star Wine List recognition, and La Brasserie du Royal holds Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.
- Which wine restaurants in Lausanne have special recognition?
- La Brasserie du Royal holds the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence in our guide. Star Wine List recognition appears at Pic Beau-Rivage Palace and Le Vieux Lausanne, and those are the recognized wine-led rooms on this page.
- What wine-program styles are strongest in Lausanne?
- The main styles are extensive wine lists, sommelier-led service, and cellar-led formats. Those appear at Pic Beau-Rivage Palace, La Table du Lausanne Palace, Le Berceau des Sens, La Brasserie du Royal, Le Vieux Lausanne, and L'Appart, each with a different dining format.
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