Gran Café Motta
Café and Italian Restaurant$$$$
Kreis 1, Zürich
"Best coffee in town, wunderfull antipasto!"(2 Tips)
"doppio espresso!"(2 Tips)
"Focaccia with mozzarella and tomato was good."(2 Tips)
"Best Croque Monsieur in all of Zurich."(2 Tips)
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Can UresinFebruary 8, 2015One of my favourite cafes in Zurich, but usually too crowded. Not the ideal place to go for reading something. Anyhow, they make nice cappucino
AnastasiaJuly 3, 2013Proper Italian food. Spaghetti carbonara with Parmaham is amazing. vanilla ice cream is fantastic!very flavoured and lots of aftertaste (vanilla stick used).Very good place to have lunch and breakfast
Alena StepanovaJuly 31, 2014Good terrace and tasty food. Almost always a lot of people. Russian girl at service. Definitely recommend.
Swapnil KalghatgiSeptember 15, 2016It's a cafe along the pavement. You can sip your coffee overlooking the lake as the trams pass you by.
Eduard KhodoianMay 31, 2014It's a very nice place with a delicious food. Disappointed with a waiter, who understand English, but demonstratively speaks German only and comes to our table only when no chance to delay further.
johnlemonSeptember 14, 2017Focaccia with mozzarella and tomato was good. It's usually crowded though, your coffee arrives in half an hour.
Elena UrbanovichNovember 20, 2012Excellent choice for a cup of real leaf-tea, marvellous coffee and desserts in Zurich
flânerie féminineApril 1, 2013Great spot for a lazy Sunday breakfast reading the papers, sipping a latte...
yashJune 24, 2015I really didn't want to write this but it was confirmed on too many accounts: service is crap. However, food was all right and relatively cheap. Also, note that the first chocolate drink is pudding.
BeveyyDecember 15, 2014The ambience is good, servers rather polite, pasta was a lil tasteless but still not too bad. Only thing they totally forgot two orders which they only remembered when the bill arrived.
Burcu MericAugust 11, 2018Super rude waiter, what a pity! It was actually a nice place if don’t mind the rude waiter...hope he didn’t spit in your beer...
- flânerie féminineFebruary 13, 2013Several breakfast combinations. Breakfast à la carte good, too. E.g. cheese platter with Gruyère, Provolone, and Appenzeller cheese (6,90 SFr.). Delish focaccia with mozzarella & tomato, 8,90 SFr. Read more
- Dolores LoudermilkAugust 8, 2018Not good for food. Everything seems a bit dirty and unfriendly. Maybe ok for a drink or a coffee.
Marco Cadonau BoveJune 20, 2020Immer wieder bin ich da rein und immer wieder unfreundlich und eigentlich viel zu teuer. Ich bin von Zürich aber dass ist von der Bedienung sicher nicht unser Standard und liegt weit darunter.
Graziano AntonazzoJune 28, 2013Die Bedienung lässt zu Wünschen übrig ... espresso mit 5.- voll überteuert
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