Pasta: share of restaurants that served it at lunch
47%
642 of 1'370 restaurants · Last 30 days · as of 30 October 2026
What is on the Swiss lunch menu? This page analyses the mains of 1'370 restaurants over the last 30 days: which dishes are common, how German- and French-speaking Switzerland differ, what the season brings and what the cuisines cost.
Swiss classics, German- / French-speaking
13.1% / 3.6%
share of the average restaurant's mains
Restaurants serving game
18.4%
week of 12.10.
Share of the 1'370 restaurants that served a dish as a lunch main at least once (Last 30 days · as of 30 October 2026). The table adds the share of an average restaurant's mains.
| Dish | Restaurants | Share of restaurants | Share of mains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meat mains | 1'059 | 77.3% | 31.3% |
| Pasta & noodles | 865 | 63.1% | 15.1% |
| Fish & seafood | 706 | 51.5% | 8.3% |
| Asian mains | 482 | 35.2% | 7.6% |
| Vegetarian mains | 398 | 29.1% | 3.0% |
| Rice & grains | 378 | 27.6% | 2.3% |
| Swiss specialties | 355 | 25.9% | 2.1% |
| Sandwiches & street food | 330 | 24.1% | 4.5% |
| Salads | 312 | 22.8% | 4.6% |
| Savoury pastry & eggs | 202 | 14.7% | 1.6% |
| Pizza & flatbread | 194 | 14.2% | 3.9% |
| Soups | 164 | 12.0% | 1.6% |
| Platters | 128 | 9.3% | 1.3% |
| Bowls | 126 | 9.2% | 1.8% |
| Snacks | 116 | 8.5% | 0.7% |
| International mains | 88 | 6.4% | 0.8% |
| Dish | Restaurants | Share of restaurants | Share of mains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasta | 642 | 46.9% | 7.8% |
| Fish fillet | 570 | 41.6% | 5.7% |
| Stew | 477 | 34.8% | 3.6% |
| Steak & grill | 473 | 34.5% | 4.9% |
| Geschnetzeltes (sliced meat in sauce) | 455 | 33.2% | 3.3% |
| Curry | 413 | 30.1% | 4.9% |
| Filled pasta | 357 | 26.1% | 2.2% |
| Schnitzel | 342 | 25.0% | 2.3% |
| Roast | 334 | 24.4% | 1.5% |
| Risotto | 318 | 23.2% | 1.8% |
| Meatballs | 286 | 20.9% | 1.3% |
| Sausage | 271 | 19.8% | 1.5% |
What these dishes cost: the lunch dish index
Prices barely differ between the language regions, menus do: Swiss classics are 13.1% of mains in German-speaking Switzerland and 3.6% in the French-speaking part. There, in turn, 15.5% of dishes come with French fries (German-speaking 9.2%).
| Feature | German-speaking (n=1'021) | French-speaking (n=173) | Ticino (n=17, small sample) | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetarian/vegan | 31.1% | 16.0% | 21.5% | 28.8% |
| Swiss classics | 13.1% | 3.6% | 1.7% | 11.6% |
| Fried/breaded | 9.1% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 8.3% |
| Pasta | 8.3% | 4.3% | 14.3% | 7.8% |
| Vegan | 5.0% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 4.6% |
| Geschnetzeltes | 3.6% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 3.3% |
| Curry | 5.2% | 3.1% | 0.1% | 4.9% |
| Schnitzel | 2.6% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Rösti | 2.7% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 2.4% |
| Cordon bleu | 2.1% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1.8% |
| Pork | 11.7% | 10.5% | 9.7% | 11.5% |
| Tartare | 1.0% | 3.6% | 2.0% | 1.4% |
| Steak & grill | 4.4% | 7.5% | 5.6% | 4.9% |
| French fries | 9.2% | 15.5% | 9.1% | 10.1% |
| Beef | 12.3% | 19.6% | 14.7% | 13.4% |
| Fish & seafood | 11.4% | 22.0% | 20.1% | 13.1% |
Ticino is in the table only: 17 restaurants are too few to show it on equal footing in the chart (guide value 100). Soup or salad included, by language region: Swiss Lunch Price Index
In the week of 10.8., 1.5% of restaurants had a game dish on the lunch menu; in the week of 12.10., 18.4% (197 restaurants). Autumn dishes now make up 9.3% of mains. Where to eat game now
| Week of | Restaurants | with game | Share with game | Autumn dishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.8. | 744 | 11 | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| 17.8. | 794 | 11 | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| 24.8. | 768 | 12 | 1.6% | 1.4% |
| 31.8. | 738 | 20 | 2.7% | 1.8% |
| 7.9. | 923 | 31 | 3.4% | 3.0% |
| 14.9. | 942 | 85 | 9.0% | 5.0% |
| 21.9. | 879 | 107 | 12.2% | 7.3% |
| 28.9. | 907 | 147 | 16.2% | 7.9% |
| 5.10. | 881 | 168 | 19.1% | 8.3% |
| 12.10. | 1'069 | 197 | 18.4% | 9.3% |
Among restaurants with a clear cuisine, Japanese is the priciest at CHF 25.75 and Indian the cheapest at CHF 19.80. 737 of 997 restaurants have a dominant cuisine.
| Cuisine | Price range (CHF) | Median | Restaurants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | CHF 25.75 | 26 | |
| French | CHF 24.00 | 47 | |
| Swiss | CHF 23.50 | 262 | |
| International | CHF 23.00 | 37 | |
| Italian | CHF 23.00 | 244 | |
| Chinese | CHF 21.90 | 25 | |
| Thai | CHF 20.00 | 32 | |
| Indian | CHF 19.80 | 21 |
Cuisines with at least 20 restaurants only. A cuisine is dominant when at least 50% of a restaurant's distinct mains belong to it (from 5 dishes). Price = median of the restaurant's lunch menu prices · Last 30 days · as of 30 October 2026
| Cuisine | German-speaking (n=859) | French-speaking (n=123) | Ticino (n=15, small sample) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 2% | 5% | 7% |
| French | 1% | 34% | 0% |
| Swiss | 30% | 2% | 0% |
| International | 3% | 7% | 0% |
| Italian | 25% | 15% | 93% |
| Chinese | 2% | 5% | 0% |
| Thai | 3% | 2% | 0% |
| Indian | 2% | 1% | 0% |
| no dominant cuisine | 27% | 25% | 0% |
Share of restaurants with enough classified dishes; other cuisines are not listed individually.
The basis is the published lunch menus of the last 30 days: verified restaurants in Switzerland only, CHF prices between 10 and 100 francs, menus for all guests. Every main course is classified by our proprietary classification system by dish type, main ingredient, diet and cuisine, reading the dish name together with the menu heading. Only unambiguous classifications enter the statistics; dishes without a real name such as "Menu 1" are left out. The figures only render when at least 95% of mains are classified.
Dishes and groups: share of restaurants that served at least one such main in the period; entries from 50 restaurants only. Share of mains: the mean over restaurants with at least 5 mains, so every restaurant counts the same however many dishes it publishes.
Röstigraben: the same calculation per language region (by postcode). Swiss classics = dishes classified as Swiss or a classic dish type (Älplermagronen, Rösti, cheese dishes, Graubünden specialties, vol-au-vent, Cordon bleu, Geschnetzeltes, Spätzli, meatloaf, sausage salad). A region enters the chart from 100 restaurants.
Season: per calendar week, the share of restaurants with at least one game main and the share of autumn mains; weeks with fewer than 95% of dishes classified are left out. Cuisines: per restaurant, the cuisine of its distinct mains, dominant from 50%; price = median of its lunch menus.
Free to use with attribution: "Source: Lunchmenu.ch" with a link to this page.