Coop City St. Annahof - Zürich

We discovered Coop in Zurich on our two-week tour through Switzerland and ate there as often as possible. There were three vegans in our party of six and they always found a lot of choice. The salad buffet is excellent as the hot section and I liked the desserts/kissen. It is cheap for Switzerland and good quality.

On the top floor of this Coop grocery and department store, you will find a terrific restaurant and if you time it right,less people than normal. We hit it at 5:45pm and the new salads and vegetables were just being put out. We chose steak...with all you can pile on sides for 19.95 CHF and the Bratwurst with the same for 13.95 CHF. We had our own waters and they have refill fountains there for you if you need to refill for free. It wasn’t crowded with maybe 10 people total in the whole place. So we sat at one of the front windows facing Bahnhofstrasse and had a nice view on a Saturday evening. There are patio tables facing the side park but mostly for smokers. The steak was cooked to our desire and herb butter given with the steak and special spicy mustard for the bratwurst. Both were tender and delicious and in my opinion way better than what we had had elsewhere. The staff were overly friendly and spoke perfect English. That’s why we stayed and ordered. In comparison to eating areas, we found this was nicer than Manora’s restaurant but less food choices. I ate here due to Coop City seemed way cleaner and friendlier. Can’t compare taste since we did not eat at Manora. The pictures show all the food we chose and it was all very good. Not overly spicy. We chose: creamy artichoke, grilled zucchini with eggplant (both of these were in the hot vegetable area and were our fav’s. The salad was lettuce with the celery in oil put over it, sweet pickles with small bologna, white cole slaw, and pea salad. Other choices we didn’t try were: hot pasta noodles with sauce, fries, and other anti pastas. I’m sure they must be over crowded if you hit it wrong but we were thrilled to find them this particular day and time!!

It would be such a nice restaurant but unfortunately it is too noisy

The quality and selection of the food is okay. The food distribution process seems a bit haphazard and can take a while. Especially if you're there at 11 a.m. But what is very pleasant is the atmosphere on the terrace.

Still a good place to eat and relax. For young and old as well as families with a children's play area, electricity connection and free WiFi.