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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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Schuh
Schuh is a Viennese-style coffee house with can’t-stop-at-one pastries and pralines. Skip dinner, however, as the tinkling, Barry Manilow–style piano and sickly pink interior can feel like being trapped in a 1970s B-movie.
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Café de l'Hôtel de Ville
Grab one of the tiny, wobbly tables in summer or squeeze inside on a cold winters' day in this most congenial café in central Lausanne. It is ideal for a hot chocolate and languid read of the paper, surrounded by the buzz of animated conversation.
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Café de Grancy
An old-time bar resurrected with flair by young entrepreneurs, this spot has established itself as a hip hang-out with floppy lounges in the front, wi-fi, and a tempting restaurant out back. Brunch is offered on Saturday and Sunday (10am to 3pm).
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Grand Café Al Porto
This café, which began life way back in 1803, has several fine rooms for dining too. Be sure to take a look at the frescoed Cenacolo Fiorentino, once a monastery dining hall, upstairs. It’s used for private functions.
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CALM
Divine quiches, Swiss bircher muesli and other house-baked goodies lure a discerning crowd to this kitchen-styled café just comme à la maison (like home) with a fabulous Italianate terraced garden out back.
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Schoffel
On weekend mornings, locals flock to this café for a leisurely coffee and newspaper read within the cheery yellow modern-art-filled walls. Soups, salads and big bowls of yogurt and fruit are on the menu.
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L'amalgam
Locals flock to this locals'-favourite café for its rotating menu of simple food; decorations include African art, palms and ochre tones. The mood is decidedly mellow. It's a tiny joint with no phone.
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Hug
This traditional café on the waterfront serves excellent breakfasts, delicious cakes and confectionery, plus cheap Swiss and Lucerne specialities. It's a successful local chain and has other outlets.
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Café des Bains
No brand labels, beautiful objects and an eye for design are trademarks of this fusion restaurant opposite the contemporary art museum where Genevan beauties flock. Several dishes woo vegetarians.
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Heini
Heini has since mushroomed into a successful bakery/confectionery chain, but this was one of the original outlets and has an atmospheric 'grand café' as well as a takeaway shop.
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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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Les 5 Portes
The Five Doors – with indeed five doors – is a fashionable Pâquis port of call that successfully embraces the whole gambit of moods and moments.
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Top o’ Met
For coffee and cake, or a cocktail, try Top o’ Met on the top floor of the Metropole Hotel, which has stellar views.
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KKL World Café
This sleek-looking bistro stocks muesli and sandwiches in its glass counters, but also offers wok dishes at lunch and dinner.
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Manor
This branch of the national supermarket restaurant chain is noteworthy for its panoramic roof terrace.
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