Zurich Pub Guide
Bars - Beerhalls - Beer gardens

Introduction
The most impressive intergrated transport journey I've ever made was in Zurich. A fellow obsessive organised a route that included every possible form of locomotion - bus, tram, train, boat, cablecar, funicular railway - all in one cohesive round trip. I should have been paying more attention on the pub front.

Pubs
Swiss pubs - what can I say, except watch out for the prices. But you know that already.

Beer
Zürich's most renowned brewery, Hürlimann, has fallen foul of international "rationalisation". It closed at the end of the nineties. Switzerland's only internationally famous beer, Samichlaus, is now brewed in Austria. Sic transit and all that.

Public transport
The journey planner of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (Zürich's tram and bus company) could come in handy. Unless you're an irresponsible twat who drinks and drives. Or a pushbike user.
Index
Swiss brewing industry
Swiss beer satistics
Swiss beer styles
Swiss Breweries
Swiss Beer Law


Swiss Pub Guides
Zürich Pubs
Zürich Beer Shops
Geneva/Lausanne



Map Index



Zurich Pub Guide
Pub Listings


4. akt Bar & Restaurant
Heinrichstr. 262,
8005 Zürich.
Tel: 01 - 271 03 68
Fax: 01 - 273 08 64
Email: info@2akt.ch
http://www.2akt.ch/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 09:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers: 15
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals, beer 7.00 SFR for 0.5l
Trendy corner bar.
Rating: Public transport:


Bar Andorra
Münstergasse 20,
8001 Zürich.
Telefon: 044 - 252 65 70
Fax: 044 - 251 69 73
Email info@andorra.ch
http://www.andorra.ch
 
Opening hours: Sun - Thur 16:00 - 24:00,
Fri - Sat 16:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: 15
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks. Chili.
A modern bar selling Belgian beer.

Bottled beers include Coopers, Becks, Leffe, Duval, San Miguel and Jever.
Rating: Public transport:


Back & Brau Steinfels
Heinrichstrasse 267,
8005 Zürich.
Tel: 01 271 10 30
Fax: 01 271 10 41
Email: brauerei@backundbrau.ch
http://www.backundbrau.ch/
 
Opening hours: Mon- Thur: 09:00 - 24:00,
Fri - Sat: 09:00 - 01:00,
Sun: 11:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
Brewpub.
Rating: Public transport:


Bohemia
Klosbachstrasse 2,
8032 Zürich.
Tel: 01 383 70 60,
Fax: 01 422 91 80
Email: bohemia@bohemia.ch Website:
http://www.bohemia.ch
 
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 07:00 - 01:00,
Fri 07:00 - 02:00,
Sat 09:00 - 02:00,
Sun 10:00 - 01:00
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers: 4
Regular draught beers:
Food:
Modern corner café/bar.
Rating: Public transport:


Restaurant Cheyenne
Querstrasse 3,
8050 Zürich.
Tel. 01 313 90 90
http://www.cheyenne-oerlikon.ch
 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 09:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 4
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
Modern restaurant/bar.
Rating: Public transport: Tram 10, 11, 14 to Sternen Oerlikon.


Brasserie Fédéral
Bahnhof Zürich (Bahnhofplatz 1),
8023 Zürich.
Tel: 01 - 217 1515
Fax:
Email info@banhofbuffet.ch
http://www.bahnhofbuffet.ch
 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers:
Number of bottled beers: 100
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
Pub in Zürich station selling more than 100 Swiss beers. A wonderfully grand building in the great station buffet tradition.
Rating: Public transport:


Lady Hamilton's Public House
Beatengasse 11,
8001 Zürich.
Tel: 043 344 88 60
Fax: 043 344 88 61
Email info@lady-hamiltons.ch
http://www.lady-hamiltons.ch/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Wed 17:00 - 24:00,
Thur 17:00 - 01:00,
Fri 17:00 - 04:00,
Sat 17:00 - 04:00,
closed Sunday
Number of draught beers: 10
Number of bottled beers: 9
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 7-24 euros, beer 8.50 SFR for 0.5 l
Imitation pub on the first floor.
Rating: Public transport:


Lions Pub
Uraniastrasse 9,
8001 Zürich.
Tel 043 888 66 66
Fax 043 888 66 67
http://www.brasserie-lipp.ch/lions/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 11:00 - 24:00,
Fri - Sat 11:00 - 02:00,
closed Sunday
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: 15
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals, beer 7.00 SFR for 0.5 l
Pub with some attractive leaded glass features.
Rating: Public transport: Tram 6,7,11,13 to Rennweg/Augustinergasse


Rheinfelder Bierhalle
Niederdorfstr. 76,
8001 Zürich.
Tel: 01 - 251 54 64
 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 09:00 - 24:30
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers: 5
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 4-15 euros, meals 13-30 euros, beer 4.50 SFR for 0.5 l
Beer hall.
Rating: Public transport: Tram line 7,6 to Tramstation Central.


Turbinenhalle
Badenerstr. 571,
8048 Zürich.
Tel: 01 - 440 5414
Fax: 01 - 440 5410
Email: mail@turbinenbraeu.ch
http://www.turbinenbraeu.ch/
 
Opening hours: Monday 11.00 -14.30,
Tue - Fri 11.00 - 14.30 and 16.30 -23.30,
Saturday 18.30 -23.30,
Sunday Closed
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
The brewery tap of Turbinenbräu. A large contemporary bar in a former industrial buiding.
Rating: Public transport: Tram 2.


Bierhalle Wolf
Limmatquai 132,
8001 Zürich.
Tel: 01 - 251 01 30
Fax: 01 - 261 00 56
http://www.bierhalle-wolf.ch/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Wed 11:00 - 00:30,
Thur 11:00 - 02:00,
Fri 11:00 - 04:00,
Sat 15:30 - 04:00,
Sun 10:30 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers: 4
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
Beer hall on the riverside. The beer prices go up (quite considerably) in the evening.
Rating: Public transport:


Restaurant Zeughauskeller
Bahnhofstrasse 28a,
8001 Zürich.
Tel. 01 - 211 26 90
Fax 01 - 211 26 70
Email: info@zeughauskeller.ch
http://www.zeughauskeller.ch
 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:30 – 23:00
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers: 10
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 7-20 euros, meals 18-30 euros, beer 5.50 SFR for 0.4 l
A cavernous beerhall. The small bottled beer selection has a couple of unexpected items, such as Chimay.
Rating: Public transport:



Zurich Pub Guide
Beer shops


Drinks of the World
Hauptbahnhof - Railcity Halle Landesmuseum
8001 Zürich.
Tel. 01 - 211 10 51
Fax 01 - 211 10 58
Email: zuerich@beerworld.ch
http://www.drinksoftheworld.ch/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 09:00 - 21:30,
Sunday 09:00 - 20:00
Number of draught beers:
Number of bottled beers: +-400
Regular draught beers:
Food:
A specialist drinks shop in Zürich station. There are also branches in Luzern, Basel and Bern stations.
Rating: Public transport:


Beer Planet Lowe
Badenerstrasse 74,
8004 Zürich.
Tel: 01 - 240 5512
Fax: 01 - 240 5511
Email: info@thebeerplanet.ch
http://www.thebeerplanet.ch/
 
Opening hours: April-Sept Mo-Fr 11:00-20:00,
Sat 10:00 - 16:00,,
Sunday closed.
Oct-March Mon-Tue 11:30-18:30,
Wed 11:30-20:00,
Sat 10:30-20:00,
Sunday closed.
Number of draught beers: n/a
Number of bottled beers: 425
Regular draught beers:
Food: n/a
Beer shop.
Rating: Public transport: Tram 14 or 3 to Stauffacherplatz


Welschland
Zweierstr. 56,
8004 Zürich.
Tel: 043 - 243 9850
Fax: 043 - 243 9851
http://www.welschland.com/
 
Opening hours: Wed - Fri 10:00 - 20:00,
Sat 10:00 - 16:00,
Sun and Mon closed.
Number of draught beers:
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €, meals €. Beer € for 0.5l.
Laurent Mouuson reports:

"A deli specialising in produce from french-speaking Switzerland, is the one place in Zürich where one can buy beers from both best micros in the country : BFM and Brasserie Trois Dames, which aren't on the menu at Brasserie Fédéral. "

Rating: Public transport:



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