Restaurants and Cafés

Spending time in the many comfortable and welcoming restaurants and cafes in Aarau is a real pleasure. There is quite a diverse mix with somewhere to suit virtually every taste.

Here is a selection of restaurants and cafes with a detailed description.


El Camino

Pelzgasse 19
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 36 77
Homepage: www.elcamino-aarau.ch
Mail: info@elcamino-aarau.ch


A unique restaurant with lots of charm in the historic city centre. The Mediterranean cuisine and Tex-Mex aperitifs are also available as catering options. The cosy bar is just begging you to stop in for a Margarita. But wines are our passion – connoisseurs are sure to be delighted and will possibly find a new friend or two amongst our more than 50 exclusive wines. In summer, the terrace is one of the most attractive places in the city.


Kitchen
  • mexican
  • spanish
  • vegetarian
Specialities
  • saisonal

Business Hours
Monday to Friday
 
10.00 - 24.00
Saturday   09.00 - 24.00
high days/ Saturday   close




La Crêperie

Pelzgasse 23
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 43 00
Homepage: www.lacreperie.ch
Mail: info@lacreperie.ch


Welcome to our crêperie with its delicious coffee, pancakes and galattes! We offer you the culinary delights and charming ambience of a true French bistro. A bientôt!


Kitchen

  • french
Specialities

  • Crêpes
  • Galettes
  • Coffee

Business Hours
Monday to Thursday
 
09.00 - 23.00
Friday to Saturday   09.00 - 24.00
Sunday   12.00 - 19.00




Graben

Graben 36
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 32 22
Homepage: www.restaurant-graben.ch
Mail: info@restaurant-graben.ch


Here, where Italian cuisine meets Swiss quality, you can enjoy Mediterranean delicacies with a cold beer or a glass of wine. We focus mainly on home-made pasta and ravioli.


Kitchen
  • italian
Specialities
  • home made Pasta
  • Ravioli

Business Hours
Tuesday to Friday
 
08.30 - 22.00 Uhr
Saturday   06.00 - 23.00 Uhr
Sunday to Monday   day off




Laterne

Rathausgasse 15
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 35 76
Homepage: www.laterne-aarau.ch
Mail: laterne@wende.ch


In the middle of the historic city centre of Aarau, our home-style Swiss cuisine with its Rösti specialities on weekends has our guests returning time and again. During the week there are 5 menus to choose from and on weekends we serve seasonal à la carte dishes.

Kitchen
  • swiss plain cooking
  • cake, tortes, ice cream from the own confectionery
Specialities
  • hash browns

Business Hours
Tuesday to Thursday
 
08.30 - 17.00
Friday to Saturday   08.30 - 23.30
Sunday   10.00 - 17.00
Monday   day off




Liz & Chrege

Zollrain 4
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 25 74
Homepage:
Mail:


always small. always lively. always colourful. always exclusive. always simple. always different. always fresh. always fun. always new. always open, except on mondays. never boring. Reservations recommended.

Kitchen

  • always fresh
  • always new
Specialities

  • always different

Business Hours
Tuesday to Sunday
 
17.00 - 24.00 Uhr
Monday   close
 




Spaghetti-Factory Salmen

Metzgergasse 8
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 23 12
Homepage:
Mail: spago@hispeed.ch


Invite your business associates for lunch and make your selection from an extensive menu. Enjoy after-work antipasti and a glass of wine with friends, or choose from one of the hot meals always on offer at our bar.


Kitchen
  • italian
Specialities
  • Spaghetti in different variations

Business Hours
Tuesday to Saturday
 
09.00 - 24.00
Sunday and Monday   09.00 - 23.00
 




Brändli Tea-Room

Bahnhofstrasse 37
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 43 29
Homepage: www.confiserie-braendli.ch
Mail: info@confiserie-braendli.ch


The Brändli Tea Room is located on the first floor of the Confiserie Brändli. This company, so rich in tradition, has a long history. The delicious "Brändli bombs" are world famous and have been prepared according to the original recipe for over 80 years.


Kitchen
  • Patisserie / Confiserie
Specialities
  • Brändlibomben
  • Cigarro
  • Champagnertruffes

Business Hours
Monday
 
13.30 - 18.30
Tuesday to Friday   08.00 - 18.30
Saturday   08.00 - 17.00
Sunday   day off




Café Littéraire

Graben 15
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 823 00 23
Homepage: www.confiserie-braendli.ch
Mail: bibliothek@aarau.ch


Café Littéraire is located in the Aarau city library. A wonderful setting in which to read a book or the newspaper in a peaceful and pleasant ambience. In summer, the terrace with its view of the Casino Park is a popular meeting place.


Kitchen
  • creative cuisine
  • Monday through Friday at lunch menus
Specialities

Business Hours
Monday
 
14.00 - 18.00
Tuesday and Wednesday   09.00 - 18.00
Thursday   09.00 - 20.00
Friday   09.00 - 18.00
Saturday   08.00 -17.00
Sunday   day off




Café Maier

Rain 12
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 12 10
Homepage: www.beck-maier.ch
Mail: aarau@beck-maier.ch


Sunday brunch from 9 am – 1 pm, homemade pastries, daily specials from Monday to Friday, a salad bar, takeaways, coffee specialities and fine desserts.


Kitchen
  • good home cooking
Specialities
  • homemade ice cream
  • wood stove bread
  • Sunday-Brunch

Business Hours
Monday
 
07.00 - 18.30
Tuesday   07.00 - 18.30
Wednesday   07.00 - 18.30
Thursday   07.00 - 20.00
Friday   07.00 - 18.00
Saturday   07.00 - 18.00
Sunday   08.00 - 18.00




Hotel Aarauerhof***

Bahnhofstrasse 68
5001 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 837 83 00
Homepage: www.aarauerhof.ch
Mail: administration@aarauerhof.ch


The restaurant is the hub and heart of this business. The team is therefore also focused on true-to-life hospitality in all its playful forms, as well as new ideas and innovative dishes.


Kitchen
  • swiss
  • italian
  • differential
Specialities
  • Swiss and International Cuisine
  • Seasonal specialties, changing menu

Business Hours
Monday to Friday
 
06.00 - 23.30
Saturday   07.00 - 23.30
Sunday   07.00 - 22.00




Restaurant Goldige Öpfel

Kasernenstrasse 24
5001 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 823 21 21
Homepage: http://www.hotelargovia.ch
Mail: info@hotelargovia.ch


In our restaurant Goldige Öpfel, chef Thomas Meier will spoil you with diverse, traditional food that surprises with elements of Thai and Moroccan cuisine. In summer, our terrace is the ideal location to take a break.

Kitchen
  • traditional
  • elements of the Thai and Moroccan cuisine
Specialities
  • Thai Curry

Business Hours
Monday to Friday
 
06.00 - 22.00
 
 




Cookuk

Schachenallee 29
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 823 52 92
Homepage: www.cookuk.ch
Mail: mail@cookuk.ch


Cookuk is a cooking school, a restaurant and a special place for celebrations. Cookuk was founded by Susanne Vögeli in 1994. This combination of cooking school, restaurant and party venue evolved out of the Kern company's former canteen.

Kitchen
- on request
Specialities
- on request

Business Hours
 
 
 




Restaurant Einstein

Bahnhofstrasse 43
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 834 40 34
Homepage: www.restauranteinstein.ch
Mail: info@restauranteinstein.ch


Fitted out with colourful walls in a shiny car paint texture, this restaurant is everything one expects from an unusual modern building. The urban terrace with its 72 seats is particularly inviting.

Kitchen
- market-fresh, light and creative cuisine
Specialities
- Creative cuisine

Business Hours
Monday to Wednesday
 
07.30 - 24.00
Thursday   07.30 - 01.00
Friday   07.30 - 02.00
Saturday   08.30 - 02.00
Sunday   closed




Restaurant Jeannette

Vordere Vorstadt 17
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 77 88
Homepage: www.jeannette-aarau.ch
Mail: restaurant@jeannette-aarau.ch


Over and above the restaurant on the ground floor, this establishment with its 14 Gault Millau points also has two Stüblis, a bar and a beautiful courtyard on the 1st floor. The Aarau Jazz Club holds a jam session here on the first Thursday of every month.

Kitchen
  • traditional
Specialities
  • Meat

Business Hours
Monday
 
11.30 - 14.30
Tuesday to Friday   11.30 - 14.30
  17.30 - 24.00
Saturday   17.30 - 24.00
Sunday   closed




Restaurant Mürset

Schachen 18
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 13 72
Homepage: www.muerset.ch
Mail: restaurant@muerset.ch


In the brasserie, you can enjoy authentic French bistro cuisine. In the Alte Stube, a stylish classic, we serve calf's liver with Rösti or a fine Châteaubriand. The wine bar is a meeting place where beautiful moments happen and where you'll find enjoyment and atmosphere in equal measure. Our garden restaurant with its summer lounge on the River Aarau has 130 seats.

Kitchen
  • french
  • swiss
Specialities
  • chateaubriand, in the Old room
  • mussels and oysters, brasserie (September to March)

Business Hours
May to September
 
Monday to Friday   08.00 - 24.00
Saturday   09.00 - 24.00
Sunday   10.00 - 22.00
October to April  
Monday to Saturday   09.00 - 24.00
Sunday/high days   10.00 - 22.00




Restaurant NOVA

Schänisweg
5001 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 836 70 70
Homepage: www.nova-aarau.ch
Mail: nova.aarau@hirslanden.ch


In Nova Restaurant in the Aarau Hirslanden Clinic we'll spoil you with various à la carte dishes and three attractive daily menus

Kitchen
Specialities

Business Hours
Sunday to Friday
 
11.30 - 14.00
 
 




Restaurant Rathausgarten

Obere Vorstadt 36
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 824 15 34
Homepage: www.rathausgarten.ch
Mail: kontakt@rathausgarten.ch


Sophisticated à la carte cuisine with local seasonal dishes. Large garden restaurant, 5 different events halls accommodating from 10-170 people, and ample parking. Restaurant, events halls, bowling alleys, catering service.

Kitchen
  • regional seasonal offer
Specialities
  • Hot Stone, Schnitzel, good wine list

Business Hours
Monday to Friday
 
ab 09.00
Saturday/Sunday   on request, only for groups
 




Restaurant Chinatown Freihof

Laurenzenvorstadt 59
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 824 73 30
Homepage:
Mail: chinatownfreihof@gmail.com


Your Chinese restaurant in Aarau. Enjoy the delights of Chinese cuisine and pamper your palate.

Kitchen
  • Chinese
Specialities
  • Buffet all you can eat at midday for Fr. 16.50

Business Hours
Monday to Sunday
 
11.00 bis 14.00
  17.30 bis 22.00
 




Restaurant Riviera

Schachen 20
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 10 09
Homepage:
Mail:


An Italian restaurant on the Aarau Riviera. In the summer it is delightful to dine or enjoy a drink in the garden restaurant.

Kitchen
- italian
Specialities
- Italian food

Business Hours
Monday to Sunday
 
10.00 - 24.00
 
 




Restaurant Roggenhausen

Postfach 3602
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 53 56
Homepage: www.roggenhausen.ch
Mail: roggenhausen@bluewin.ch


A snack after a tour of the wildlife park is not to be missed! We plan our menu according to the seasons so that we can offer a variety of food and desserts.

Kitchen
- seasonal
Specialities
- seasonal

Business Hours
Monday to Saturday
 
ab 09.00
Sunday/high days   09.00 - 18.00
(Kitchen until 17.00 clock)  




Restaurant Sevilla

Kirchgasse 4
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 25 21
Homepage:
Mail:


Young and old come together in this cosy pub. A chat and a glass of wine help keep worries at bay.

Kitchen
  • always different
Specialities
  • Depending on the season

Business Hours
Tuesday to Saturday
 
08.00 - 24.00
Sunday/Monday   closed
 




Restaurant Speck

Zollrain 10
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 37 48
Homepage: www.speck-metzgerei.ch
Mail: info@speck-metzgerei.ch


Restaurant Speck is attached to the butchery Metzgerei Speck and offers good home-style cooking. Its specialities are Buurebratwurst (farmer’s sausage) with Rösti, and Emmental schnitzel (cutlet).

Kitchen
  • swiss
  • everything fresh from the house butcher
Specialities
  • Schnitzel
  • Veal- and pork liver with "Röschti"
  • Tartar

Business Hours
Monday to Friday
 
10.00 - 14.00
  17.00- 23.00
Saturday   10.00 - 14.00
Sunday   closed




Restaurant Summertime

Restaurant-Lounge-TakeAway
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)79 716 20 10
Homepage: www.summertime-aarau.ch
Mail: info@summertime-aarau.ch


"Summertime" is both the name and concept. "Summertime" means warmth, happiness, holiday spirit and a break from everyday life.

Kitchen
  • swiss
  • differential
Specialities
  • For the small hunger

Business Hours
Good Friday to end September
 
Montag bis Donnerstag   11.00 - 24.00
Friday and Saturday   11.00 - 02.00
Sunday   10.00 - 24.00




Restaurant Ticino

Rathausgasse 26
5000 Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 822 34 45
Homepage:
Mail:


Rustic Italian restaurant in the middle of the historic city centre.

Kitchen
  • italian
Specialities
  • Pizza

Business Hours
Monday to Saturday
 
10.00 - 14.30
  17.00 - 24.00
Sunday   17.00 - 22.00




Hotel Aarehof***

Bahnhofstrasse 5
5103 Wildegg
Phone: +41 (0)62 887 84 84
Homepage: www.aarehof.ch
Mail: empfang@aarehof.ch


Our chef Berndt Steffen and his team prepare top quality dishes from seasonal and regional produce. Light fare for the not-so-hungry as well as dishes for meat-lovers can be found on our menu.

Kitchen
  • swiss
  • seasonal cuisine
Specialities
  • The finest cuts of meat on the hot stone
  • Steak double
  • Fish specialties: Freshwater fish
  • Wild from Chestenberg

Business Hours
 
 
 




Art & Hotel Herberge

Wynentalstrasse 9
5723 Teufenthal
Phone: +41 (0)62 768 90 30
Homepage: www.aarau-arthotel.ch
Mail: kontakt@aarau-arthotel.ch


Tania Conzuegra and her team pamper you with exceptional Italian food in the Trattoria Tapeo!

Kitchen
  • italian
Specialities
  • Fresh pasta and homemade pizza from the wood stove

Business Hours
Monday to Sunday
 
09.00 - 23.30
 
 




Hotel Bären Suhr***

Bernstrasse-West 56
5034 Suhr
Phone: +41 (0)62 855 25 25
Homepage: http://www.baeren-suhr.ch
Mail: mailbox@baeren-suhr.ch


We serve the finest dishes of the highest culinary level in our elegant Bärenstübe. Allow yourself to be enchanted by the charm of this restaurant with its fascinating buffet, whether for a business lunch or a cosy evening with a companion.

Kitchen
  • Seasonal, with 14 Gault-Millau points, excellent cuisine
Specialities
  • differential, depending on the season

Business Hours
Monday to Friday
 
6.00 - 24.00
Saturday   16.00 - 24.00
 




Gasthof zum Bären

Hauptstrasse 7
5035 Unterentfelden
Phone: +41 (0)62 534 33 97
Homepage:
Mail: baeren5035@hispeed.ch


This inn is known for its home-style daily specials, its fish specialities and its specialities of the house.

Kitchen
  • traditional cuisine
Specialities
  • Fish specialities: Freshwater fish

Business Hours
 
 
 




Hotel Basilea

Bibersteinerstrasse 4/6
5022 Rombach
Phone: +41 (0)62 835 60 10
Homepage: www.basilea-aarau.ch
Mail: info@basilea-aarau.ch


Our restaurant, which can comfortably accommodate 54 people, is a real gem. The menus are designed for home-style cooking. The specialities are adapted to the season and changed regularly.
The garden terrace is highly recommended – especially on warm days and balmy summer nights.


Kitchen
  • traditional cuisine
Specialities
  • Specialities depending on the season

Business Hours
Monday to Friday
 
07.00 - 11.00 und 17.00 - 24.00
 
 




Restaurant/Waldgasthaus Chalet

Saalhöhe
4468 Kienberg SO
Phone: +41 (0)62 844 10 14
Homepage: www.chalet-saalhoehe.ch
Mail: lucek@chalet-saalhoehe.ch


The Chalet, or simply the "Saalhöchi", is a popular destination for outings in the region. The dining room and the restaurant can accommodate 60 people. The restaurant serves excellent fish and game dishes as well as hot meals in the afternoon.

Kitchen
  • swiss
Specialities
  • Fish
  • Wild

Business Hours
 
 
 




Gasthof Engel

Dorfstrasse 3
5036 Oberentfelden
Phone: +41 (0)62 723 10 13
Homepage: www.gasthofengel.ch
Mail: info@gasthofengel.ch


At the "Angel Inn" you will discover great Italian wines and enjoy select Mediterranean dishes.

Kitchen
  • italian
  • mediterranean
Specialities

Business Hours
 
 
 




Landhotel Hirschen

Hauptstrasse 125
5015 Erlinsbach/Aarau
Phone: +41 (0)62 857 33 00
Homepage: www.hirschen-erlinsbach.ch
Mail: mailbox@hirschen-erlinsbach.ch


Located close to Aarau, the country hotel Hirschen has been run by the Von Felten family for five generations and is known far and wide for the high quality of the food it serves. With over 650 different provenances, the walk-in wine cellar is also famous throughout Switzerland.


Kitchen
- Fresh from the region
Specialities
- Wild, "Speuzerli" (Regional Tapas), Sunday 13.00 - 17.00 clock, homemade dessert buffet

Business Hours
Monday to Thursday
 
07.00 - 23.30
Friday to Saturday   07.00 - 24.00
Sunday   07.00 - 22.00




Hotel aarau-WEST***

Muhenstrasse 58
5036 Oberentfelden
Phone: +41 (0)62 737 01 01
Homepage: www.aarau-west.ch
Mail: hotel@aarau-west.ch


This comfortable, modern business hotel is located in quiet surroundings close to Aarau. The hotel runs a sophisticated and stylish restaurant with fresh market cuisine in the golf club, and in the sports centre a simple, cosy restaurant with diverse, balanced dishes.

Kitchen
  • seasonal
Specialities
  • Giant Wiener Schnitzel Veal

Business Hours
 
 
 




Restaurant Käpten Jo's Aarfähre

Mühlerain 2
5023 Biberstein
Phone: +41 (0)62 827 28 28
Homepage: www.kaeptenjo.ch
Mail: info@kaeptenjo.ch


Romance, adventure and a great love of the sea enticed the former mariner "Captain Jo" to build his Aare ferry, an ocean liner lying in the dry-dock. A real sensation!

Kitchen
  • menu pirate
  • changing kitchen
Specialities
  • varied menu changes weekly with dishes

Business Hours
Montag
 
Ruhetag
Dienstag   ab 18.00
Mittwoch bis Donnerstag   11.00 - 23.00
Freitag   11.00 - 24.00
Samstag   10.00 - 24.00
Sonntag   10.00 - 23.00




Restaurant zum Kreuz

Obere Dorfstrasse 1
5034 Suhr
Phone: +41 (0)62 855 90 20
Homepage: www.kreuz-suhr.ch
Mail: info@kreuz-suhr.ch


Our diverse domestic and international cuisine has whatever your heart desires, ranging from simple food through light Mediterranean dishes to a 6 course gourmet menu.


Kitchen
  • saisonal
Specialities

Business Hours
Tuesday to Saturday
 
09.00 - 23.00
Sunday   10.00 - 22.00
 




Restaurant Lenzburg

Aavorstadt 26
5600 Lenzburg
Phone: +41 (0)62 888 87 87
Homepage: www.hotellenzburg.ch
Mail: info@hotellenzburg.ch


Exquisite Swiss specialities await you from the Grisons over Appenzell to Emmental. Rolf Muller, the "REAL Swiss chef", uses only Swiss products in the preparation of his dishes.


Kitchen
  • swiss
  • traditional
Specialities
  • Fondues

Business Hours
Monday to Friday
 
6.00 - 23.30
 
 




Landgasthof Ochsen

Dorfplatz 56
5063 Wölflinswil
Phone: +41 (0)62 877 11 06
Homepage: www.ochsen-woelflinswil.ch
Mail: info@ochsen-woelflinswil.ch


Next to the big pond in the garden, guests can enjoy culinary pleasures while exotic Koi fish and three sturgeons float dreamily through the tranquil water.
The cuisine emphasises top quality fresh regional products.


Kitchen
  • swiss
  • traditional
  • mediterran
Specialities
  • different

Business Hours
Monday
 
09.00 - 24.00
Tuesday   09.00 - 15.00
Thursday to Friday   09.00 - 24.00
Saturday   10.00 - 24.00
Sunday and high days   10.00 - 22.00




Best Western Hotel Storchen ***

Oltnerstrasse 16
5012 Schönenwerd
Phone: +41 (0)62 858 47 47
Homepage: www.hotelstorchen.ch
Mail: info@hotelstorchen.ch


Savour a real Mediterranean dining experience in this à la carte restaurant with its southern charm, whether for a business lunch or a leisurely tête à tête. The immaculately maintained garden oasis with its lounge can be enjoyed in summer.

Kitchen
  • mediterranean
  • swiss
Specialities
  • Large Sunday brunch buffet each Sunday

Business Hours
 
 
 




Restaurant zum Schneggen

Hauptstrasse 72
5734 Reinach AG
Phone: +41 (0)62 771 10 35
Homepage: www.schneggen-reinach.ch
Mail: info@schneggen-reinach.ch


In the Schneggen in Reinach you can enjoy the ambience of this venerable old inn.


Kitchen
  • traditional
  • swiss
Specialities
  • Brunch, each Sunday starting 10.00 am

Business Hours
Monday to Friday
 
07.00 - 24.00
Saturday   17.00 - 24.00
Sunday   day off




Restaurant Zum wilden Mann

C.F. Ballystrasse 39
5012 Schönenwerd
Phone: +41 (0)62 849 12 18
Homepage: www.wildermann.homepage.ms
Mail: kellerwilly@gmail.com


A stylish restaurant with attentive service, seasonal cuisine and fine wines. You simply feel at home here - friendly and uncomplicated, yet stylish and tasteful. Various facilities accommodating from 10 to 70 people are available.


Kitchen
  • swiss
Specialities
  • swiss gastronomic specialities

Business Hours
Monday and Tuesday
 
day off