The Swiss Bakery and Pastry Shop

Once-in-a-lifetime visit to a Swiss bakery? Yes, I did it! The Cremeschnitte? Legitimately excellent. Light, creamy, perfectly balanced — exactly the kind of thing that makes you briefly consider moving closer. Now, a gentle cultural observation: when you grow up with very precise Swiss terminology for pastries, you naturally assume the rest of the world operates under the same linguistic treaty. It does not. Lesson learned: adaptation is everything. And the prices? Admirably authentic. Switzerland-level authentic. The full immersive experience, including that familiar “ah yes, this feels like home” moment at the register.

The ordering process for food is chaotic. Grab any items you want to buy, get in line, they'll take your order for baked goods and you order hot foods at the actual checkout register. They'll give you a number, find a table and then they'll bring your hot foods to you at the table. You bus your own table. The Bavarian breakfast is not good. The goulash soup is decent and the currywurst with fries is good. The Berner rosti is ok.

Light weekday brunch was great. Counter staff were helpful and the line moved quickly. Croissants were flaky, light, and buttery with a good bite. Almond croissant nicely sweet. Drip coffee was also good. It was busy but the tables do turn over so we didn't have trouble finding seats for two. ymmv Looking forward to going back to try more of the menu!

The food at the café was VERY good, and the selection of European bottled drinks was fun. Service was good and the restaurant was clean. My partner and I were both somewhat disappointed by the cakes, but the cheese Danish was to die for.

Ordered some traditional Swiss cookies online from here and oh my god!!! They were JUST like the ones my mom makes! It was magical. Well packaged and high quality- not a single broken cookie! So grateful for this place even if it’s a thousand miles from home!