Ristorante La Baracca - Zürich

Real Italian cuisine. One of the best I've ever eaten. And friendly staff... also Italians. Definitely worth a visit!

My favorite Italian restaurant in Zurich. Very friendly staff with easy going Italian vibe. The food is great with quality ingredients.

Small but comfortable. Pizzas are good but pasta, meat and fish are excellent!

Super Italian food slightly over the top. Little bit too much of everything but tasty. Not your average Italian. Service sometimes a bit inept. Always busy nothing for a quiet night out. But good vibes.

Executive summary: Delicious Italian food in a cosy environment. At times very busy and perhaps a little overpriced, yet the hospitality and food remain great! Long review: I 'm Italian, and when in Zurich someone invites me for a great italian restaurant, you should try it I 'm obviously always skeptikal. Not to sound extra picky, but Italians out there you know what I mean, don 't you? However, this time around the reccommendation came from an italian friend, whom when it comes to food, I trust quite a lot. So I decided to give it a try. First impression: ARE YOU CRAZY? This place is too small, to packed, too hot and too loud, get me out of here!!! . As the restaurant is seriously small, a lot of people keep coming and the waiters have a hard time walking through tables. But I was there already, wasn 't I? And the fact that people kept coming in and were happy to wait standing for over 40 minutes for a table made me think maybe there was something more to it I could not know (oh yes, have I mentioned you will never get seated unless you have a booking? make sure you do! . We sat down and given a hand written menu with all specials, mains and another one for an infinite list of wines by glass or bottle. The food that kept coming to other tables looked amazing, so we decided to order! Starter: mixed ham, salame, olives, cheese and veggies. Best burrata I had in Zurich since arriving 5 months ago. Very happy with that shared platter. We also ordered spritz and it was really well made. Main: I ordered tagliatelle with Mushrooms, cheese and truffle. DIVINE. The pasta was freshly made, was cooked just nice (I do not like al dente so I was even happier when I noticed the pasta was just over al dente and the sauce was really creamy and tasty. The portion was quite big, I did not manage to finish it all but I did have quite some bread with the starters. My friends ordered all pasta, we have 5 different types at the table: one with seafood, another with meat based sauce. I cannot recall the names, but I tasted them all and it was very good. We were offered Limoncello, as my friend is a regular and the waiters kept switching in Italian with us which was very nice. Also, the cook came out to say hi and ask how the food was nice touch! We were too full for dessert, but the tiramisu looked great! Overall conclusion: Absilutely good italian food, if you can deal with a little caos, a quite slow service and a some heat, this place is with no shadow of a doubt worth it!