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Zermatt / Restaurants & bars

The 91 restaurants in Zermatt cook you everything from Italian to Asian, from raclette to hamburger.

After the on-mountain offerings, the village has a tough act to follow. But it does pretty well, with a choice of 91 restaurants covering most bases, with good Chinese and Japanese food, a strong Italian showing (the motherland is just at the end of a lift) and excellent Swiss restaurants: the exceptional and upmarket Le Mazot by the river specializes in lamb and fine wines; a different take on a similar menu is at Chez Heini where your evening ends with the owner singing his tribute to the Matterhorn against a projected backdrop of mountain views.

Hotel restaurants, particularly the multi-starred variety, are also a good bet, but tend to be pricey. Finally, there’s even a McDonald’s, if you must. The night scene is vigorous, with bars and clubs with discos or live music until late: the T-bar, the North Wall, Grampi's and the Hotel Post, which has everything on every level - bars, disco, restaurants. Prize for most unlikely nightspot goes to the very hip Vernissage Bar and Kino (cinema), designed by local artist Heinz Julen.