What does Schnitzel cost at lunch?
Schnitzel at lunch in Switzerland - median of restaurant medians
CHF 24.00
Middle half of restaurants: CHF 20.50 to CHF 26.88 · 342 restaurants · Last 30 days · as of 30 October 2026
Schnitzel typically costs CHF 24.00 on a Swiss lunch menu. 342 restaurants served it at lunch at least once in the period - 25% of all restaurants with a lunch menu.
Restaurants serving it
25%
342 of 1'370 restaurants with a lunch menu
À la carte (median)
CHF 30.00
menus of 182 restaurants
Lunch discount
+CHF 3.70
à la carte minus lunch, same restaurant · 58 restaurants, the card is dearer at 71%
Schnitzel by city
Cities with at least 10 restaurants serving Schnitzel at lunch, ranked by median. The vertical line is the Swiss median.
Last 30 days · as of 30 October 2026
| City | Price range (CHF) | Median | Restaurants | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Zürich |
CHF 25.90 | 55 | |
| 2 |  Luzern |
CHF 25.50 | 13 | |
| 3 |  Basel |
CHF 23.25 | 20 | |
| 4 |  Bern |
CHF 20.90 | 17 |
À la carte and the lunch discount
On the à-la-carte menus, Schnitzel costs CHF 30.00 (median); the middle half lies between CHF 25.85 and CHF 41.31 (182 restaurants).
58 restaurants serve Schnitzel both at lunch and à la carte. There it costs CHF 24.95 at lunch (median) and CHF 28.75 à la carte; within the same restaurant the median difference is +CHF 3.70. The card is dearer at 71% 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
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Restaurants with a lunch and a card price | 58 |
| Lunch (median) | CHF 24.95 |
| À la carte (median) | CHF 28.75 |
| Difference at the same restaurant (median) | +CHF 3.70 |
| Difference, middle half | CHF-0.86 – CHF 8.00 |
| Card dearer | 71% |
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 Schnitzel 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.
Free to use with attribution: "Source: Lunchmenu.ch" with a link to this page.