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Kronenhalle

Zurich restaurant and bar, described by its official site as a Zurich institution known internationally, with a house art collection and a bar of world renown.

Last updated September 10, 2026

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Overview

Kronenhalle is a restaurant and bar in the heart of Zurich. According to its official website, it has enjoyed international standing and its associated bar has achieved world renown; since 1924 friends, families and businesspeople have met there for first-class cuisine in a traditionally unique atmosphere. The official site states that Hulda Zumsteg, together with her husband, took over the run-down dining establishment at Bellevue in 1924 and made it into what Kronenhalle has remained: a popular meeting place of unique ambience with high-quality, down-to-earth cuisine. The site describes the restaurant as a Zurich institution whose hallmark is an inviting, familial, stimulating atmosphere, and notes its proximity to the opera, theatre and Kunsthaus as well as its in-house art collection.

History

According to the official website, Hulda Zumsteg (1890–1984), together with her husband, took over the run-down dining establishment at Bellevue in 1924 and made it into what Kronenhalle has remained: a popular meeting place of unique ambience with high-quality, down-to-earth cuisine. The site states that the address became a regular haunt of writers, artists and guests from high society, among them James Joyce, Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Chagall, Federico Fellini, Max Frisch, Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Carl Zuckmayer. The official site also states that since 1924 friends, families and businesspeople have met in the heart of Zurich to enjoy first-class cuisine in a traditionally unique atmosphere.

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