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If you are looking for a place to relax after a day of work or shopping, I can definitely recommend this place. It’s also great for a quick lunch.

I love this terrace mainly because of its perfect location: it’s right on the Rhône. It’s a bit hidden but when you are crossing the lake on your way to or from Bel-Air make sure to take a small detour and stop by. It’s really worth it. It’s in front of Mandarin hotel, just opposite from Brasserie des Halles de l’Ile. I love going there as compared to other places near the water, it does not get too crowded or touristy in the summer.

The name is the right fit: it’s paradise on earth. If you need a break, you can chill out on their deck chairs. Be careful as you will quickly get a suntan!

I usually have the ‘orangeade’, the best in town, it’s really refreshing. Otherwise they make very good mint tea. And if you are hungry they have some decent sandwiches and paninis.

It’s open everyday, but only when the weather is good, as they don’t have an indoor room. 

Sometimes you need a quick take-away meal and you’re neither in the mood for a Kebab nor for McDonald’s. S45 is a great Thai take-away (no tables and chairs) held by really nice people. The food is great and and prizes are fair.

They always serve about five different ready-to-heat dishes on the counter one of them being today’s menu offered with a salad or soup. I usually go for the menu or one of the other ready-to-heat dishes even though having something else is basically possible on week-days. On Saturday there is no menu and only a limited choice.

As you cannot eat-in I take the food home or to the lake which is quite close. If you’re in a hurry you’ll find banks to sit – some of them covered – next to the kiosk on Place des Eaux-Vives just next to S45.

The word “Livresse” is a combination of the french words for book (livre) and drunkenness (ivresse) and it’s also the name of café-bookshop in Plainpalais. The bookshop carries mostly LGBT literature and a choice of other new releases and classics (check the regularly updated selection on their website).

I like the café for its cozy and relaxed mood and because they let you have your Tanuki sushi (Check my article; it’s some of the best sushi in town!) there if you order a drink.

Sometimes when you sit there eating sushi people come at you asking: “where did you get this?” and a little later La Livresse looks like a sushi restaurant…  If not for sushi I go there for coffee breaks during a day in the library or for a beer after a session at Skatepark Plainpalais. They have great local beer, try the Sorcière of Brasserie des Murailles if you like amber beer! When it rains I check out their books or bring my own, order a drink and treat it as if it was my living room… For sunny days they have tables outside too.

There are quite a few sushi places in Geneva but not all of them are worth a visit. The sushi restaurants are mostly quite expensive and the take-outs often have ready-made menus where you don’t know how long they have been waiting for you on the counter. Not Tanuki! Tanuki is one of my favorite sushi places in Geneva.

The sushi are fresh and usually produced (mind-bogglingly fast) in front of your eyes and prices are more than fair. Sometimes during “rush-hour” there are also menus to grab and go but they never stay there for more than a few minutes and the counter is only refilled when they are all gone…

Tanuki is a take-out only but you can eat the sushi at Café-Librairie Livresse just next-door (check out my article) if you order a drink there. If the weather alows it, it’s also nice to eat outside on the redesigned Plaine de Plainpalais (since last year there are benches, trees and don’t forget the skatepark…). The best way to get restaurant quality (or better!) sushi at a take-out price and not have to eat on the street.

Ask for extra Soy Sauce and Wasabi if your not a very economical consumer of these, you’ll get more for free…

Tout Simplement Et Pas Autrement is a typical french style café-bistrot just beside Parc des Eaux-Vives / Parc la Grange. It is mainly known as one of the city’s best weekend brunch places with a variety of fresh, sweet and salty delicacies from 09:00 in the morning until 18:00 in the evening.

Sometimes I’m not up to looking for one of the few Sunday-open restaurants. Then I just sleep late and then go there to have brunch until they close. The high value brunch is sure to get me through the day. The place is quite popular and not too big. If you get there around 11 or 12 o’clock the place is packed! As I am a late sleeper on weekends I usually go there around 14:00 to get a free table…

When it’s warm enough I love to sit outside and after stuffing my belly I usually go to Parc la Grange just a few steps away. The parc is nice to have a walk or just chill in the green with a phenomenal view of the lake.

On weekdays (on Mondays it’s closed) they have fresh and seasonal meals using local products.