Viktoria Nuovo - Zermatt

Had several meals here this week and found the food to be the best in zermatt.The service was fast and polite with a traditional surrounding. The t bone is expensive but well worth the price, my wife had the entrecôte and this was again excellent.Best to book or arrive early as a lot of escorted tours use the restaurant.The veal sausage is also very good.

Restaurant which is close to the station accommodated our group of sixteen on three tables. Restaurant definitely caters for groups of tourists visiting the resort. Service was professional. Food was Swiss but rather greasy.

Recommended by our tour guide if we wanted to try the special Swiss beef. We passed on the special beef (63 CHF, ouch), but had great meals. Wife had the filet which she said was excellent, and I ordered the seafood pasta in a spicy red sauce. I was a bit concerned about ordering seafood in a landlocked country, but this was excellent in quantity and quality. Lobster tail, many large shrimp, muscles and clams. I had a green salad that was really fresh. A little pricy at 138 CHF, but included several glasses of wine. Overall a great dining experience.

We went to Viktoria three times in one week - twice for apres-ski drinks, once for a family dinner. The picture used by Trip Adviser is a little over-exposed and makes the restaurant look lighter than it is. The atmosphere is calm and intimate - candlelit and cosy. By Zermatt standards it is cheap - ie about 177 Swiss Francs for a dinner for four. Ouch, you say. Well, that's Zermatt! This place has a big heart and the cooking was excellent on the night we went, particularly with the fish: clams in prosecco, some sea bass and coquilles St Jacques with four fat scallops beautifully salted and buttery. The service was attentive but sweet. We were made to feel very much at home and had a happy evening. And the apricot-flavoured schnapps is ace, but perhaps it was as well not to have a refill.

We did bypass the restaurant on our search for food as we were looking for a cheese fondue. Not many dinners as we came in (only a few tourists) but this changed over the next half hour (we were early). Excellent service, good food (although expect high prices). Cheese fondue comes with potatos, bread and pickles and would highly recommend it.