Restaurants in Basel
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Acqua Osteria
For a special experience, head to these converted waterworks beside a quiet stream and the club Kuppel. The atmosphere is a heady mix of glam and industrial, with brown leather banquettes, candles and chandeliers - one over the open kitchen made from cooking utensils - inside bare concrete walls and floors. The food is Tuscan and the fact the ever-changing chalkboard menu is written in Italian might be more pretentious if this weren't multilingual Switzerland. Staff will explain all, but do book if you want a table. Basel's beautiful people drink in the attached lounge bar.
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Susu's
Downstairs is good for everyday coffee or a casual lunch of spicy corn soup, while the stylish bar/restaurant upstairs is suitable for everything from a romantic tete â tete to a company get-together. The seasonally changing menu innovatively mixes Asian and Mediterranean influences, but usually finishes with Schoggiträume (chocolate dreams) - four shades of delicious chocolate mousse served in a line of shot glasses.
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St Alban Stübli
Set in a lovely quiet street, this looks for all the world like your cosy local tavern. With dim yellow lighting, plenty of timber and fine linen, you are served a mix of local and French cuisine. One of many savoury success stories is the Rosa gebratene Entenbrust an Orangenpfeffersauce mit Gemüse der Saison und Nudeln (baked duck breast in orange-pepper sauce with seasonal vegetables and noodles).
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Acqua
For a special experience, head to these converted waterworks beside a quiet stream. The atmosphere is glam postindustrial, with brown-leather banquettes, candles and chandeliers inside bare stone and concrete walls and floors. The food is Tuscan, and Basel’s beautiful people drink in the attached lounge bar. Sit out in the terrace in summer.
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Erlkönig
It's a bit of a schlep to reach Erlkönig, but you know you're off the tourist trail. Located in the nt/Areal, it's a very cool merger of squat bar/restaurant and formal dining room, serving Basler and modern international cuisine. Take tram No 1 or 14 to Musicaltheater or the No 33 bus to Mattenstrasse.
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Charon
In what looks like someone’s home, this understated restaurant with art-nouveau decorative touches offers carefully prepared dishes leaning slightly to French tastes. One of the house specialties is the Seezunge gebraten mit Minikapern (a whole slab of sole baked with baby capers).
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Oliv
A trendy hang-out not far from the zoo, Oliv leans towards fresh and varied Mediterranean cooking – great for those who can’t bear the thought of more Spätzli. They do a tasty Marseille-style bouillabaisse. You can order half portions.
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Zum Schmale Wurf
Delicious smells and an air of intergenerational bonhomie waft over this Italian antipasto, pasta and carne heaven on the river. Lunchtime menus also occasionally branch out into global cuisine, with merguez sausages or jambalaya.
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Weinstube Gifthüttli
This cosy, 1st-floor eatery offers a mix of traditional timber touches and a whiff of art nouveau in the decor. They do various types of Schnitzel Cordon bleu (stuffed veal or pork filets) and have a set lunch for Sfr22.50.
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Druck Punkt
This converted print shop makes an unpretentious bistro, with chalky walls and heavy wooden tables. Filling meals, including a super salad (Sfr19), come at affordable prices.
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Café de L'imprimerie
This converted print shop makes an unpretentious bistro, with chalky walls and heavy wooden tables. Filling meals at affordable prices mean it's a fond local haunt.
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Parterre
Unusual dishes, such as lake salmon in saffron sauce with potato gratin and cabbage, stud the menu in this slightly alternative place overlooking the Kaserne Park.
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Eo Ipso
Lip-smackingly fresh produce underpins a menu ranging from Italian to American to Japanese at this trendy bistro.
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Balthazar
Popular, upmarket Mediterranean restaurant, with fine wines and delicately flavoured dishes.
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Gleich
This vegetarian restaurant is quiet and rather ascetic, but it's not bad for a healthy bite.
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