Stranded in the Olten region and looking for gourmet restaurants? Find all upscale dining outlets in Switzerland’s rail hub and surrounds on my luxury & gourmet travel blog!

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Restaurant Stadtbad, Olten, Switzerland, with tapas pop-up

Chef Ranchal Expósito in action until summer 2020: Since this May the culinary scene in my home town of Olten in the Swiss Mittelland between Zurich, Basel and Bern has grown by a refined tapas pop-up restaurant called Expósito’s House.…
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Restaurant Storchen, Aarau-Schoenenwerd, Switzerland with new chef

La cuisine by Daniel Sladek – His first degustation menu: Under new management, but the chef is the same! When eating out in my home region of Olten/Aarau in the Swiss Mittelland between Zurich, Basel and Bern, Restaurant Hotel Storchen…
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Review of Restaurant Bad Eptingen, Eptingen, Switzerland

Classic-elegant country inn with regional & Mediterranean food: I thought I knew all the places in my home region of Olten for lovers of fine dining, but I was wrong. There is one that I only discovered a few months ago, Restaurant Bad…
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Review of Restaurant Storchen LA CUISINE, Schoenenwerd, between Olten & Aarau, Switzerland

French cuisine with a twist – a retro approach: Under new management Restaurant la cuisine is the place at Hotel Storchen in the Swiss Mittelland where upscale French food, modernly inspired, is on offer. In the following, I will go into…
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Review of Restaurant National da Sergio, Olten, Switzerland

My long-time favorite amongst local restaurants is back: I had been a regular at Restaurant Felsenburg in Olten for almost 40 years. This long-time local favorite featuring an upscale Italian-French cuisine never ceased to amaze me with its…
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Review of Restaurant Schlosserei Genussfabrik, Olten, Switzerland

UPDATE: out of business in May 2022 Mediterranean cuisine Asian-inspired in industrial chic place: Restaurant Schlosserei Genussfabrik (locksmith gourmet factory) is not called like this for nothing. The restaurant’s building had housed…
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Welcome back „Felsenburg“ – Good-bye Fabian Strutz as chef of „National” in Olten, Switzerland

Upscale Italian food back in town – Farewell from a talented chef: The culinary scene in Olten is moving, a change is going on in Restaurant „National“. Sergio Salsi from the former „Felsenburg“ is said to take over and Fabian Strutz…
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Review of Restaurant Tiefmatt, Holderbank near Olten, Switzerland

UPDATE: new management as from January 2023 Mountain restaurant becomes a gourmet destination: At the beginning of this year, the reopening of mountain restaurant Tiefmatt as a part of the Thommen Gastronomie AG – a family-owned company…
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Review of China-Restaurant zum Alpenroesli, Olten, Switzerland

Traditional restaurant becomes Chinese restaurant with a twist: Restaurant Alpenroesli, an old-established restaurant in the center of Olten, reopened under new management and under the name of China-Restaurant zum Alpenroesli. Whereas Caribbean…