Restaurant Gurtners - Köniz

Gurtners is an experience! The experience starts with getting there by cogwheel train, and continues with magnificent views over Bern, followed by excellent seasonal food in a a classy and comfortable contemporary restaurant. We loved it. Good for a special romantic date, for entertaining visiting family and friends, or for an important business dinner.

We had an absolutely great experience at Restaurant Gurtners! Mimi was our host and she did a great job! The menu was also offered in a vegeterian option, which was perfect for us. As my main vegetarian course was a bit bigger than my husbands meat course, he finished already halfway through my course, but Mimi observed our table perfectly and offered a supplement, which arrived very quickly, so both of us finished our main course at the same time. The wine menu was very well chosen. With every course we got served a glass of wine, except of course with the dessert. Timing on serving the meals was perfect and Mimi asked regularly, but not too often, if we were ready for the next course. We’ll certainly return and this restaurant is now in our top 3 here in Bern!

My wife and I went to Gurten around 8pm looking for somewhere casual to eat and watch the sunset, and Gurtners was the only place open. It was much fancier than we were looking for but we decided to eat there anyways. The menu was very small (two preset five course options and a small a la carte menu) and at first there wasn’t anything on it really jumping out to us. We also couldn’t get a table on the edge of the balcony to watch the sunset without a reservation, so we debated leaving but decided to stay. The service was good and multiple servers came out to check on us and make sure we were enjoying our meal. The food was also much better than we initially expected and we ended up having a nice dinner. The chef really made some beautiful presentations. If you’re looking for a fancier dinner up here, Gurtners is a great choice but make sure you make a reservation ahead of time if you want a good seat that looks out over Bern.

Excellent food and a spectacular view over Berne, especially at night. The trip with the cable car is a lovely introduction.

Dogshit service. Below average food. Minuscule portion sizes. Overpriced compared to other establishments with similar dishes. We arrived at 18:15 and I'm sitting here at 20:35 with an empty glass, no food in front of me, and an empty stomach. This place has no concept of time. I would STRONGLY recommend that you take your business elsewhere. There are probably 6 parties here eating and it has been over 2 hours for our 4 course meal.