Budget for Berner Oberland/Lucerne meals? Groceries & cheap eats??
Apr 23rd, 2013, 10:05 AM
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Budget for Berner Oberland/Lucerne meals? Groceries & cheap eats??
I am attempting to put together a budget for my in-laws for a trip to the Berner Oberland and Lucerne next year. I'd like to have some idea of a budget for the few times we'll eat out. I saw the menu online for the Hotel Oberland restaurant - would their prices be typical? http://www.hoteloberland.ch/wp-conte...-no-inlays.pdf
We will have an apartment in the BO and definitely plan on cooking in to help with the costs. What can we expect to pay at the Coop for a simple meal of salad, pasta and a bottle of wine for 4 adults?
If anyone has any suggestions for inexpensive restaurants in the Berner Oberland area or Lucerne, I welcome the info.
We will have an apartment in the BO and definitely plan on cooking in to help with the costs. What can we expect to pay at the Coop for a simple meal of salad, pasta and a bottle of wine for 4 adults?
If anyone has any suggestions for inexpensive restaurants in the Berner Oberland area or Lucerne, I welcome the info.
Apr 23rd, 2013, 10:24 AM
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Right by the Interlaken-Ost train station, hopping off point for trains into the hills and towns like Grindelwald, Wengen, Lauterbrunnen, etc. is a large Coop store with cafeteria and lots of groceries cheaper by far than what you will find up in those other towns - so stock up when transiting and plan to cook themselves - restaurants of any kind IME are dauntingly expensive - even the no-frills Coop - even a simple meal could run $20 or more p.p. IME - a very simple meal of what you said and bread and wine.
Apr 23rd, 2013, 10:29 AM
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Yes, that link is absolutely representative of prices in a mid-range restaurant! You will get a hundred responses about prices!
An apt is great, but also, who wants to cook EVERY night?
Remember that the biggest meal of the day is generally between noon and 2 PM and most eateries offer two or three fixed price menu offerings of about 20 CHF then, so follow this schedule for cheaper meals out and lighter evening meals in.
Coop and Migros are GREAT for meals--sausages, canned or fresh veges/fruits, breads/rolls and iced teas/cokes/beers/sparkling waters and wines are quite affordable this way. Larger supermarkets also have a selection of (somewhat pricier) prepared meals and multiple desserts. For what you propose above it could vary from 40CHF and up for a very decent (non-college student budget meal) FOR all 4 total!
If you fly into Zurich, the Hauptbahnhof has a large underground complex (Shopville) with multiple cheaper eateries.
Bakeries usually offer sandwiches ar (Swiss) reasonable prices too,
Bon Appetit!
An apt is great, but also, who wants to cook EVERY night?
Remember that the biggest meal of the day is generally between noon and 2 PM and most eateries offer two or three fixed price menu offerings of about 20 CHF then, so follow this schedule for cheaper meals out and lighter evening meals in.
Coop and Migros are GREAT for meals--sausages, canned or fresh veges/fruits, breads/rolls and iced teas/cokes/beers/sparkling waters and wines are quite affordable this way. Larger supermarkets also have a selection of (somewhat pricier) prepared meals and multiple desserts. For what you propose above it could vary from 40CHF and up for a very decent (non-college student budget meal) FOR all 4 total!
If you fly into Zurich, the Hauptbahnhof has a large underground complex (Shopville) with multiple cheaper eateries.
Bakeries usually offer sandwiches ar (Swiss) reasonable prices too,
Bon Appetit!
Apr 23rd, 2013, 11:03 AM
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Coop and Migros are GREAT for meals>
unless changed however MIGROS has a policy of not selling alcoholic drinks either in their restaurants or in their stores - a long-standing company policy unless recently changed.
The Migros in Interlaken by Interlaken-West train station has a superb roof-top cafeteria with appetizing views of the Jungfrau Massif!
unless changed however MIGROS has a policy of not selling alcoholic drinks either in their restaurants or in their stores - a long-standing company policy unless recently changed.
The Migros in Interlaken by Interlaken-West train station has a superb roof-top cafeteria with appetizing views of the Jungfrau Massif!
Apr 23rd, 2013, 11:25 AM
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Hotel meals - demi-pension or full-pension plans are a great deal I think - may be the most economical way to eat outside of grocery fare - most hotels I stay in have unlimited breakfast buffets where you can stuff yourself and last much of the day on. So ask about demi- or full-pension plans at hotels.
Apr 23rd, 2013, 12:08 PM
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There is a very nice Coop in Luzern. It has several floors and sells more than food.
It is located in the Old Town close to the river
Switzerland is very expensive.
You are looking at entrees 25-30CHF at white-tablecloth restaurants.
There are Coops in Murren, Wengen, Grindelwald, and Interlaken.
Interlaken has many Indian and Asian restaurants where you can eat less expensively.
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It is located in the Old Town close to the river
Switzerland is very expensive.
You are looking at entrees 25-30CHF at white-tablecloth restaurants.
There are Coops in Murren, Wengen, Grindelwald, and Interlaken.
Interlaken has many Indian and Asian restaurants where you can eat less expensively.
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Bought cans of beer last year in Coop Arth-Goldau and Coop Brunnen.
Wine/beer in Tegut (don't know if the chain name has been changed since they were bought out). Haven't been to Migros lately....
Lucerne Manor Department store has a restaurant with inexpensive meals on the top floor.
Wine/beer in Tegut (don't know if the chain name has been changed since they were bought out). Haven't been to Migros lately....
Lucerne Manor Department store has a restaurant with inexpensive meals on the top floor.
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Denner is the cheap sibling of Migros and it does sell beer and wine. There are at least three Denners in Luzern.
If your apartment has a "real" oven and not just a stove top and a microwave, you can save a lot. We often find whole chickens on "action" at Coop and Migros for under 10 francs (FWIW, we like Coop chickens better). With pasta, rice or potato as a side dish and some veggies, you can feed four adults for under 20 francs. Migros often has nice marinated salmon filets for sale at a good price -- all you have to do is pop them in the oven.
Always scope out the meat section to see what's on action. There's usually something marked down 25 to 50 percent. Ditto for the pastas and the sauces. Actually, I just spoke to my husband and it turns out the chicken for tonight's dinner was free -- he bought it with our Coop supercard points. Unfortunately, the OP can't do that.
Although Coop, Manor and Migros restaurants are inevitably suggested as places for cheap meals, costs there can add up if you get beer or wine, desserts etc. Sometimes restaurants near businesses offer better lunch deals. There is a terrific little restaurant near my office in Basel, for example, that every day has an excellent lunch special for 14 francs, which includes a substantial main course and a salad plus warm bread fresh from the oven.
Another cheap meal (we had this last night) or cheap appetizer: Buy two jars (at Migros) of the lompe caviar (under 4 francs a jar). Mix them with chopped scallions, a squeeze of lemon juice and some parsley. Serve on toast.
If your apartment has a "real" oven and not just a stove top and a microwave, you can save a lot. We often find whole chickens on "action" at Coop and Migros for under 10 francs (FWIW, we like Coop chickens better). With pasta, rice or potato as a side dish and some veggies, you can feed four adults for under 20 francs. Migros often has nice marinated salmon filets for sale at a good price -- all you have to do is pop them in the oven.
Always scope out the meat section to see what's on action. There's usually something marked down 25 to 50 percent. Ditto for the pastas and the sauces. Actually, I just spoke to my husband and it turns out the chicken for tonight's dinner was free -- he bought it with our Coop supercard points. Unfortunately, the OP can't do that.
Although Coop, Manor and Migros restaurants are inevitably suggested as places for cheap meals, costs there can add up if you get beer or wine, desserts etc. Sometimes restaurants near businesses offer better lunch deals. There is a terrific little restaurant near my office in Basel, for example, that every day has an excellent lunch special for 14 francs, which includes a substantial main course and a salad plus warm bread fresh from the oven.
Another cheap meal (we had this last night) or cheap appetizer: Buy two jars (at Migros) of the lompe caviar (under 4 francs a jar). Mix them with chopped scallions, a squeeze of lemon juice and some parsley. Serve on toast.
