Top Healthy Restaurants in Zurich
NewInZurich guest reporter Daniela is passionate about healthy food and healthy living and wanted to share with us her favourite healthy eating locations in Zurich.
Daniela has noticed that eating healthily is becoming increasingly popular around the world and in Zurich there has been a succession of new restaurants opening offering healthy, well-prepared, fresh food and drinks. Each new restaurant is special and modern in its own way and all are located in different parts of the city, so wherever you are, there is a healthy restaurant about 15 minutes away.
Daniela told us “My favourite healthy restaurants in Zurich include Dean & David, Not Guilty, Hiltl, Tibits, Yooji’s and Globus” … Due to popular demand we have added a couple more suggestions which readers have recommended and we have enjoyed.
Hiltl is the oldest and probably the most famous vegetarian restaurant, located just off Bahnhofstrasse at Sihlstrasse 28, 8001 Zürich. Founded in the early 20th century, it was the first vegetarian restaurant in the world. It also offers a meatless menu, fresh juices and smoothies. The Hiltl delicatessen shop is the Hiltl Vegi-Metzg. The Hiltl terrace restaurant at the top of PKZ department store in Bahnhofstrasse. In addition the latest Hiltl restaurant is at Sihlpost Zurich next to Zurich HB near Europaallee. Find out more at the Hiltl website.
Tibits is located in Seefeldstrasse 2, 8008 Zürich and now at the Sternen in Oerlikon too. Like Hiltl offers vegetarian food that you serve yourself and you pay and weigh. The “food boat” consists of vegetarian food, some vegan, gluten free, dairy free and each section is clearly labelled. Also homemade sandwiches and fresh juices, lemonades, teas and coffees. Learn more by visiting Tibits website.
Ona Poké is a restaurant in Zurich whereby you “build your bowl” from the range of freshly prepared ingredients so that you can individualise the contents according to your personalise taste. Originating in Hawaii, poké bowls are proving very popular in cities all over the world. Ona Poké is located at Bleicherweg 19, 8003 Zurich. Closed Sundays. Visit the Ona Poké website here.
For sushi lovers, Yooji’s is a sushi restaurant with two locations in Zurich – in Bahnhofstrasse and in Bellevue. My favourite is the Bellevue restaurant and it’s organized as a very large bar with a belt of sushi plates circling the room. You can use the electronic tablets at your table to order special requests, drinks and desserts. There are also tables upstairs for those preferring more of a restaurant feel. To find out more visit the Yooji’s website.
Dean & David is located at Wiessenstrasse 1, 8001 Zurich in Seefeld close to the lake. It’s a new restaurant having opened quite recently. It offers fresh salads of all sorts, healthy wraps and snacks to take away and many different smoothies and juice mixes all made with fresh fruits and vegetables. To take a look at their menu and location visit the Dean & David website.
Not Guilty is located in Oerlikon and Zurich Medienpark. It also offers a wide range of fresh salads suitable for vegan and vegetarian diets as well as a wide range of snacks and drinks. To find out more, visit the Not Guilty website.
There are two Globus restaurants, one located in Bellevue and the other in Bahnhofstrasse. The Globus on Bahnhofstrasse is a large department store containing a food court offering different cuisine stations. As well as Asian cuisine, sushi, and salads it also has sandwiches and cupcakes. There is also a bar section to sit down for a drink, and on the other side of the food court it offers home decorations such as cushions, candles, lamps and much more. To find out more visit the Globus website.
Gartnerei is another favourite that many of you have written in to us about and we would like to include this as well. Their fabulous crispy, fresh “custom salads” are especially popular and all the ingredients are top quality. They now have 3 locations in Zurich – in Seefeld, Thurgauerstrasse and Stockerstrasse. To find out more please visit the Gartnerei website.
RootsAndFriends restaurant is conveniently located close to Zurich HB and serves coffee, juices, healthy salads, sandwiches and snacks and even one of our favourites, Acaifruit smoothies bowls. For more information visit the RootsAndFriends website.
Hitzberger is conveniently located at Zurich HB main station Hitzberger offers both eat in and takeaway facilities. They have healthy burgers, snacks, wraps and smoothies. To see more visit the Hitzberger website.
The Vegelateria vegan ice cream shop and The Sacred Restaurant are located next to the Kasernenareal and Zeughaushof in Zurich, near Helvetiaplatz. The restaurant offers organic & vegan dishes & raw food and a daily menu with half a dozen menus. Take away available. Find out more this the first organic and vegan restaurant in Switzerland at the Vegelateria website or see our article here.
Rice Up offers a great and affordable menu of simple Asian fusion bowls and tastes very good. Suitable for vegetarians as well as meat and chicken eaters. Take away available and some great smoothies too. There are locations in Zurich HB and also at ETH Höngg. Read our article here or visit the Rice Up website here.
Ok we can’t count! There are definitely more than 7 on this list – but we hope you enjoy trying them out and do let us know if you have any other favourites to add to this list of top healthy restaurants in Zurich.
Article written by Daniela Sekler
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9 comments
Vegelateria is missing on your list of healthy restaurants.
Yes, you’re right Gabi! However, do keep tuned as I think Daniela is writing another article that definitely does include Vegelateria. Thanks for this addition!
We did try “Dean & David” yesterday, and really liked it – salads are fresh and delicious ! Thank you for the tip !
Very glad to hear and thank you so much for the feedback!
Hiltl is my fave! Beside the healthy buffet the cocktails are fab! It is perfect a girls night out!
You missed one – Gartnerei is one of my favorite salad, soup and sandwich places that has popped up in Zurich in the last 18 months. The special monthly salad is always creative, fresh and delicious. Locations by Jelmoli, on Stockerstrasse and more. Yum!
Hi Katie thanks for the information and recommendation – always glad to get good tips!
I would add elle’n’belle too 🙂 vegan&very delicious! And maybe hitzberger too…
Btw freshii closed down some time ago!
Hi Luisa Thanks for your info! Oh what a shame about Freshii – have updated the list accordingly. Thanks again!