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What does Pasta cost at lunch?

Pasta at lunch in Switzerland - median of restaurant medians

CHF 21.50

Middle half of restaurants: CHF 18.50 to CHF 24.50 · 640 restaurants · Last 30 days · as of 30 October 2026

Pasta typically costs CHF 21.50 on a Swiss lunch menu. 640 restaurants served it at lunch at least once in the period - 47% of all restaurants with a lunch menu.

Restaurants serving it

47%

640 of 1'370 restaurants with a lunch menu

À la carte (median)

CHF 24.80

menus of 243 restaurants

Lunch discount

+CHF 2.00

à la carte minus lunch, same restaurant · 131 restaurants, the card is dearer at 62%

Pasta by city

Cities with at least 10 restaurants serving Pasta at lunch, ranked by median. The vertical line is the Swiss median.

Last 30 days · as of 30 October 2026

CityPrice range (CHF)MedianRestaurants
1 Zürich Zürich: Median 24.00, p25-p75 20.50-27.25, 95% CI 22.00-25.00, n=127 CHF 24.00 127
2 Basel Basel: Median 23.00, p25-p75 20.50-25.93, 95% CI 21.00-24.90, n=40 CHF 23.00 40
3 St. Gallen St. Gallen: Median 23.00, p25-p75 19.48-26.13, 95% CI 19.50-26.00, n=28 CHF 23.00 28
4 Zug Zug: Median 22.13, p25-p75 19.25-24.68, 95% CI 20.00-24.00, n=22 CHF 22.13 22
5 Lausanne Lausanne: Median 22.00, p25-p75 18.00-23.00, 95% CI 18.00-23.00, n=17 CHF 22.00 17
6 Bern Bern: Median 21.75, p25-p75 18.80-27.05, 95% CI 19.50-23.50, n=36 CHF 21.75 36
7 Luzern Luzern: Median 21.00, p25-p75 12.90-25.00, 95% CI 15.50-23.00, n=32 CHF 21.00 32
8 Chur Chur: Median 21.00, p25-p75 16.98-22.88, 95% CI 14.80-27.00, n=10 CHF 21.00 10
9 Winterthur Winterthur: Median 19.75, p25-p75 18.30-22.63, 95% CI 17.00-25.00, n=10 CHF 19.75 10

By language region

Median price of Pasta - German-speaking: CHF 21.50 · French-speaking: CHF 22.00. Regions from 20 restaurants.

RegionPrice range (CHF)MedianRestaurants
German-speaking German-speaking: Median 21.50, p25-p75 18.50-24.50, 95% CI 21.00-21.90, n=578 CHF 21.50 578
French-speaking French-speaking: Median 22.00, p25-p75 19.13-24.38, 95% CI 20.00-23.00, n=50 CHF 22.00 50

À la carte and the lunch discount

On the à-la-carte menus, Pasta costs CHF 24.80 (median); the middle half lies between CHF 20.50 and CHF 29.00 (243 restaurants).

131 restaurants serve Pasta both at lunch and à la carte. There it costs CHF 22.50 at lunch (median) and CHF 24.50 à la carte; within the same restaurant the median difference is +CHF 2.00. The card is dearer at 62% of these restaurants. The comparison is the same dish type, not necessarily the identical dish.

Table: lunch and à la carte at the same restaurant
MeasureValue
Restaurants with a lunch and a card price131
Lunch (median)CHF 22.50
À la carte (median)CHF 24.50
Difference at the same restaurant (median)+CHF 2.00
Difference, middle halfCHF-1.00 – CHF 4.50
Card dearer62%

All dishes in the lunch dish index

Methodology

Lunch prices: published lunch menus of the last 30 days, verified restaurants in Switzerland only, CHF 10 to 100. A main counts as Pasta when our proprietary classification system unambiguously classifies it so; buffets and dishes without a real name are excluded. Each restaurant counts once, with the median of its prices for the dish; the Swiss value is the median of those restaurant values.

Cities appear from 10 restaurants, language regions from 20; the region follows the restaurant's postcode. The statistic only renders when at least 95% of the period's mains are classified; the dish itself needs at least 50 restaurants.

À-la-carte prices come from the currently published menus (mains, priced per dish, CHF). The lunch discount compares, within the same restaurant, the median card price with the median lunch price for the same dish type, and is shown from 20 such restaurants. The card price may be an evening price and the portion larger; conversely the lunch menu often includes soup or salad.

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