Niederbauen - Emmetten

We had the tasting menu for lunch. The view on the Vierwaldstättersee could not be better. The service was friendly and the food just great! The smoked trout on a salad tasted fresh and light, the mountain hay soup was very interesting, the tenderloin with...mashed potatoes as a main course was of good size and super soft. The dessert was a frozen yoghurt with biscuit on a verbena gelee. The four course menu is priced at 65 CHF. Also the wine selection is good. This is a hidden pearl! To come to this restaurant you have to take the cable car from Emmetten.

From mount Niederbauen you have the nicest view of Lake Lucerne in my opinion and also pay a lot less to go up than mount Rigi or Pilatus (which are overrun by tourists anyway) Besides that, you can eat some really good food up here....The restaurant is being run by a very friendly couple who offer great food and service. I can highly recommend the Swiss traditional dish called Älplermagronen that they serve here, which is absolutely far out the best I have ever had. The other dishes are very tasty aswell, but if you want the real swiss feeling, go for that dish, you won 't regret it!

Recently our friends have had a wedding celebration at this place, they had to reserve the date one year before! (You can imagine it is a quite popular place to have such an event). We went up by cable car, this place has less tourists although it was not far away for Lucerne ( by car half a hour). On the top, it really has a fantastic view!! You would see the lake around by the mountains, a very Swiss scenery, we just love it. The food in the restaurant was excellent, service staff were very friendly. We stayed for one night, the room is very clean, the guest house is equipped with everything for your basic needs. The breakfast buffet is also good enough to give you energies for the second day. It was really a good idea to chose this place for a wedding celebration!!

I had been up to Niederbauen a few times, but never spent the night. Changed that during a Switzerland trip with friends from HK and stayed the last night before our departure. I love this place as it is way less touristy than other mountains around Lake Lucerne and provides some of the best views and an authentic Swiss experience.The cable car holds 8 people so comfortable ride up for the 6 of us. We had rooms on the 1st floor with shared bathrooms. The bathrooms are spotless and have everything you need, from hair dryer to plenty of towels, so no issues. Rooms are super cute with amazing views over the lake. Only sounds you hear at night are the cow bells.After a rainy afternoon hike (with a rainbow though!), we had a great dinner. Food is excellent and service to match - good recommendations (and in great English). We had the pork fillet and ravioli, both very well done, dessert was excellent too. And they threw in another rainbow for us, right outside the door;-)Breakfast same excellent quality, bread still warm from the oven.We spent the morning hiking up to Niederbauen Chulm, awesome experience for my Asian friends, lots of cows and on the way down a group of Ibex - great end to our Switzerland trip!!

We had a fantastic, romantic candle light dinner up there. A view you will never forget and great food. On of the best views for fine dining.