Thursday, April 22, 2010

Café Henrici

Next up in the Zurich City Guide is my favourite café in town: Henrici. It's fairly safe to say that it's the best coffee you will get in Zurich and many other people seem to agree with me, since although they have only opened less than a year ago, there are already a lot of regular customers – like me. The coffee is so good because they put a lot of effort into picking the right mix of beans and roasting but also adjusting their machines accordingly. It goes without saying that their coffee comes in various ways and tastes.

Café Henrici is situated at a beautiful square in the old town of Zurich. To sit on the terrace and watch people pass by must be one of my favourite things to do and I often spend more time here than I should. Besides coffee, they also offer all the other drinks you would expect like tea, beer, wine and other. In case you get hungry there are tartes flambées, soups, sandwiches, bagles, brownies, cakes and lots more. Although their food and coffee is surprisingly different, the prices are low compared to other cafés in town.

There are three different kind of areas for you to sit inside: the lounge with sofas, tables and chairs and the bar. On Tuesday night, they always organize a local music act, mostly songwriters, to perform at the café – the entry is free. Did I mention that the staff is super-friendly? It all somehow sounds too good to be true, but it is. They must be practicing some kind of dark voodoo.



Address:
Kaffeehaus Henrici
Niederdorfstrasse 1
8001 Zürich
Phone: +41 251 54 54
http://cafe-henrici.ch/

Don't forget to take a look at the other places in my Zurich City Guide.

19 comments:

  1. Is the tea any good??? says the typical Englishman, HA

    Yours Truly

    WE SPY WITH MY LITTLE i

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  2. wow. it seems to be the one of ur favourate cafes because u described it so perfect and talented.
    absollutly love it.

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  3. oh my gosh. so beautiful place.

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  4. you kind of make me want to visit zürich :D

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  5. the tea is very good! it's from a well-known teahouse in lucerne :)

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  6. I really like those red studded seats!

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  7. why don't you do a question-answer thing?!
    I would appreciate that very much.

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  8. because although my blog is personal in a way, i don't want it to get personal in *that* way :-)

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  9. oh gosh, i so wish i could visit here! sounds like a dreamland. definitely on my list of locations to hit sometime in the near future. Thank you!:)

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  10. The atmosphere is just wonderful, it looks the the kind of place where I could meet up with a friend I haven't seen for quite awhile & just sit and talk for ages. And super friendly staff? I'm sold.

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  11. Hmmmm So elegant and Charming... hope i'll be there... =)

    Love,
    Beny Ricardo Sadewo
    http://showoffdotnu.blogspot.com/

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  12. Thanks for the informative and well-written review. I will pay a visit to Cafe Henrici soon!

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  13. sounds like a great place to spend an afternoon at. when i visit zurich i now know exactly where to pay a visit :]

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  14. I just walked past it today, didn't have the time to go in though, but will definitely go back sometime, looks great. thanks for the tip!

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  15. great café indeed! keep up the stunning work with the city-guide. I've been enjoying every single one of these posts.
    Jan

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  16. s'niederdörfli ish und bliibt s'schönste quartier z'züri :)

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  17. OMG I LIKE THIS PLACE ^^

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