Food and drink

From urban food courts and street food to cosy traditional restaurants and vegan cafés, all the way to award-winning gourmet restaurants: Basel offers culinary variety and outstanding quality. Discover the best places for every taste.

Restaurants

Brunch

Cafés

Café, Brunchery, Cocktailbar SMUK in Kleinbasel.

Bars & Clubs

What are you in the mood for?

Gourmets will be in their element in Basel – as will all lovers of more modest, but high-quality, fare. The city offers a large selection of eateries to suit all tastes and budgets.

Wagyu Beef im Cheval Blanc by Peter Knogl im Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois Basel.

Gourmet

Street food

Ein Burger im American Restaurant & Caribbean Bar Papa Joe's.

Burgers

Pizza topped with cheese, sausage and cherry tomato

Pizzerias

Ausblick auf das Rhin Bleu und Basler Münster im Sommer.

Restaurants along the Rhine

Vegetarian restaurants

Vegan lunch bowl. Flat-lay of vegan dinner with avocado, mixed grains, beans, sprouts, greens and vegetables, top view. Vegan, vegetarian, clean eating, healthy diet food concept

Vegan restaurants

Sustainable food and drink

Typically Basel

What tastes like Basel? The city cherishes its classics, values local produce and remains open to new culinary trends. Discover where locals love to eat, which specialities you shouldn’t miss and which new concepts are shaping Basel’s food scene today.