Restaurant Gurtners aus Köniz Öffnungszeiten

We stopped here to have a drink and maybe an appetizer. We ended up having a bottle of wine and dinner. The food was fantastic. The wine was a local Gurten product that was excellent and the view of Bern is beautiful. However, the best part of the experience and the reason we stayed for more than just a drink was the maitre d' Patrick. He made us feel special, important and a priority even though we dropped in without a reservation and were just looking for a snack and a drink. Patrick, thank you for such a lovely experience. We will return every time we come to Bern. For anyone visiting Bern, you must make a reservation and come here. You can take a tram out of Bern, make a short walk up to the funicular and have a beautiful ride up the hill to Gurtners. And, best of all, you get to meet Patrick. You won't regret it!

We had lunch on the sunny terrace. We were seated quickly but it took a while for out waitress to appear with the menu. She was very friendly and good humoured and made up for the wait. We had a beer to accompany the set menu, which was 49CHF per person. We had a wonderfully fresh asparagus salad followed by the trout fillets, which were well cooked and finished with the Osterfladerli, an Easter tart. Our desserts arrived separately and I had finished mine by the time my husband's appeared. We finished the meal with peppermint tea, which was good quality but served in china beakers that were stylish but impossibly hot to hold. The meal came to around 113CHF. Overall the food and view was worth it - service was chaotic despite there being quite a few staff seving tables but I give 10 out of 10 for out waitress.