Delphine Rieder (1984)

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You’ll find this sushi restaurant right in front of Uni-Mail, the most crowded university of the city. It is obviously filled with students at lunch who eat there or take it away for consumption on the Plaine de Plainpalais (check the Plaine de Plainpalais article) right next to it.

The team is nice and what always amuses me is the fact that you can see the cooks making sushi (it seems so easy when you watch them!).

The seaweed salad is excellent and definitely something you have to try if you haven’t yet! The sushi is fresh, because they are made to order. Really good and very cheap!

Their smooth chocolate cake (not very Japanese though!) is excellent (just ask them gently to warm it up and it will be perfect!).

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Misuji | Restaurants (Sushi) | Sushi CHF 15.00
Boulevard du Pont d’Arve 49 | Plainpalais | +41223201000
Tue – Sat 11:30 – 14:00 & 18:00 – 22:00

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Chez Ma Cousine is right below the Place du Bourg de Four and is a really nice restaurant. If you like chicken of course, because this is their specialty. You can either choose it in a salad or hot.

The menu isn’t very extensive, but people usually go to Chez Ma Cousine because it is a cheap and good restaurant in the center of the city, and it is as well a great alternative to the Mac Donald’s. And of course, healthier:-)!

At lunch, it is usually crowded by working people who eat their meal on the little terrace or pick it up and eat it in a little park nearby. Otherwise, people hanging out with friends or couples having a great time together can be seen. There are not a lot of tables in the front, but a lovely little extra room at the back of the restaurant will welcome you if you are a group of friends.

You can find this restaurant in two other areas in Geneva (on the right side of the city called St-Gervais, down the train station and in le Petit Saconnex). The portions are very generous and you will definitely feel full afterwards. Afterwards you can hang out in the old town and have a drink in La Clemence (check the La Clemence article), La Demi-Lune (check the La Demi-Lune article) or other bars in the pedestrian streets.

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Chez Ma Cousine | Restaurants (French) | Chicken menu CHF 15.00
Place du Bourg de Four 6 | Vieille-ville | +41223109696
11:30 – 23:30 daily

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La Mamounia Restaurant is THE place to be if you’re feeling cold and are looking for a good meal that will give you the illusion of traveling somewhere South.

Tajines and couscous are their specialties! I prefer the lemon tajine or the royal couscous which are just amazing! I never forget to take a few cups of mint tea which is perfect to accompany the dish. You can also take the meals to go, and thus bring a piece of Morocco with you at home!

I love the décor of the restaurant. At the entrance, there is a blue fountain which will make you think you are in a Medina Marrakech

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La Mamounia | Restaurants (Moroccian) | Main dish from CHF 15
Boulevard Georges-Favon 10 | Plainpalais | +41223295561
11:00 – 14:00 & 19:00 – 23:00 daily

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Café Art’s is close to the La Caravane passe in les Pâquis. It’s a very nice café: amazing vertical lightening, great interesting paintings (there are exhibitions from time to time), nice jazzy music… At the back of the room, you’ll find comfortable couches, near which a huge bookcase is located.

It’s not rare to see parents and their children sitting in “the reading room” while the father is reading his newspaper and children comic books chosen from many nearby. A lot of different objects are placed in the café, such as mirror, type-writing, old books, lamps that make this place so particular in the so chic Geneva. A wi-fi connection is available in the entire café.

As each self-respecting café, their cappuccino is awesome, their renversé is inimitable and their hot chocolate the same as when we were kids. At lunch, the basilica tortellinis is my favourite and the white beer so good. You can finish with a slice of cake, and that always helps when you spend a few hours there to work for college, or to read a good book!

It’s as if you’re no longer in Geneva, but rather in the famous Café St Germain area in Paris!

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Café Art’s | Bars, Restaurants (French) | White beer CHF 6.00
Rue des Pâquis 17 | Les Pâquis | +41227380797
Mon – Fri 11:00 – 02:00, Sat – Sun 08:00 – 02:00

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