Le Calamar

A very nice little place just by the University.
I went there for lunch and had the «plat du jour» which was Perches du Lac. Not the best place to eat these though.
The hamburgers are really good however and you can choose the cooking of the meat.
I liked the fries, thin and crunchy…
I’d recommend if you’re in the area or need to meet someone who works there.

A cute little burger place in plainpalais. The burgers are pretty good but the fries aren’t so great. The chicken ceasar salad is also good. It just has a little too much sauce. I’m not too impressed but a decent place overall with chill vibes.

J’ai été invitée au Calamar pour un anniversaire et on m’avait déjà vanté ses hamburgers, mais j’avoue avoir été déçue. C’était un vendredi soir et l’endroit était très bruyant. Nous avons eu une serveuse qui né devrait pas faire ce job, car l’insatisfaction se lisait sur son visage et elle nous a fait comprendre que nous l’embêtions, car nous avions eu le malheur de lui demander une carafe d’eau (alors que nous étions 12 à manger). L’hamburger était moyen, sans plus, les frites aussi et je me suis sentie lourde et gonflée en sortant du restaurant. Je préfère de loin manger un hamburger au Holy Cow ou mieux encore à Inglewood (qui se trouve juste à côté)!

Bonne ambiance! Bön burger!

Great burger! It was cooked to perfection and I really liked the fries.
I guess it’s good to book table before.
On Thursdays they have champagne night with Mumm bottles at a nice price!

Some of the best burgers of Geneva.

To be very honest, I have only tried their burgers, so can’t really tell about the rest. Burgers are awesome and maybe the best you can find in Geneva, I particularly like their baconcheeseburger. Their sauce is magic, only weakness to me is their chips, which definitively have room for improvement. All in all, nice place that i recommend.

Fabulous burgers — especially the burger of the month. They have great indoor and outdoor space for dinners with friends. It’s important to request rare or medium rare if you want it pink/​red. Their burgers also come with fries which weren’t perfect but hit the spot.
They are open late so it is the perfect place for late night dinners for weekends or week nights alike. Definitely call ahead for reservations on weekends.

Great burgers as everyone said. Do make sure to ask for yours medium rare as mine also came out medium well and it’s just a bit too dry.

The burgers are good and the bar is nice. I don’t like this place as much as other people, I find it lacks personality. The service is good and it’s a good bar to go in case someone is hungry. It can be very busy from Thursday to Saturday so better reserve it, mainly if big groups you can be sure you won’t find a place if not reserved. I prefer other bars and other burger places in town but I can understand some people like its mix of having a nice bar where they serve good burgers.

Top Burger-​Adresse in Genf. Burger und Bar. Also wie beschreibt man das jetzt hier. Am fruehen Abend im Sommer sitzrn hier entspannt draussen die Gaeste, trinken nen Wein oder ein truebes Bier, essen nen King Kong Burger oder ein paar Tapas. Kommt man so um Mitternacht, besonders am WE so ist es drinnen rappelvoll, DJ Set, gute Drinks, Studenten und alle die, die es gerne noch (mal) waeren. Macht auf jeden Fall Spass hier, Bedienungen sind meist gut drauf und auf Zack und Publikum ist wie beschrieben entspannt.
Kenne hier, wie wohl die meisten, nur die Burger. Aber alle anderen Angebote halten sich seit Jahren auf der Karte also muss sie auch irgendjemand bestellen ;-)

Les burgers sont très bons, mais le service désagréable, c’est dommage. La musique est un peu forte.

Best Burger in town!
Good place, nice atmosphere and good food.
Definitely worth to visit.

A bit on the trendy student side & food was good, reasonably priced as well. get’s a good crowd most day’s.

good burgers for Geneva, and also good price/​quality relationship. The place is located in a fun/​student part of town, and there are a couple of good bars in the area also. When you order a burger, you also get a salad/​fries with it, and I thought that especially the salad was good quality and the meat was cooked well and tasty. The restaurant was very busy and popular, and reservations were needed — we did not have a lot of space and it was quite crammed. We’ve only been there once, and it’s not one of my favorite places in town, but good for a burger and salad.

Our couchsurfing hosts took us here. It is located just behind the Unimall tram station. You should reserve a table if you can, we came early for dinner around 19:00 and had only 1 and a half hours to eat. The crowed is mostly young students. I took the veggie burger and it was delightful. Prices are reasonable for Switzerland, but you will get easily 25 CHF a person.

Calamar may have been my best burger in Geneva if my medium burger hadn’t come out medium-​well. The other minus was that the fries were just ok –they would have passed any negative notice any other time, but I’ve been having a really good french fry streak, so it had a lot to live up to.
Otherwise, Calamar was delightful. I had heard it was a bit college-​town, and the website insinuated an SM-​underground-​brit-​goth ambiance. I found it to be surprisingly grown-​up, with the only hints of rebellious youth being our tattooed waiter and the reasonably-​priced burgers.
Between four of us, we had two cheeseburgers, a rimini burger, and a calamari steak. So, funny story about the calamari steak, one of my dining mates, thinking that the «calamari» was referring to the adjective form of the restaurant’s name, ordered the «steak of calamar.» Needless to say, my meat-​loving Ukranian friend was quite disappointed to find that his dish consisted of a slice of squid instead of a slab of meat.
Ukranian friend, gazing sadly at his dish: «no wonder the waiter looked confused when I said medium rare…»
Anyway, the burgers were a good size, with a big fat beef patty and shredded onions. They use mozerella cheese, which was a bit unusual, but worked pretty well. The rimini burger was a towering pile of beef, zucchini, eggplant, cheese and pesto. Perhaps it was a bit too much, dining mate 2 noted that she would prefer it without the cheese. The sesame buns were nicely toasted and almost a bit crunchy. Any burger joint that toasts their buns gets extra points from me. As for the calamari steak… well…that was a mistake to begin with.
At CHF16−19, I’d say the burgers are a steal, especially since they come with fries and a huge salad. The wine was a bit pricey in comparison, at about CHF6/​glass, and CHF40−55/bottle.
This is a burger joint I’d actually return to, but next time, I’m skipping the wine and going medium rare. Highly recommended, but be careful at night, as we had a minor scuffle with a local drunk (presumably) pick-​pocket on our way out, and it was only 9pm!

Entré après avoir entendu parlé des fameux burgers, je n’ai pas été déçu !
Service rapide et souriant, qualité au RDV, prix corrects (~30 chf pour un diner), ambiance branché mais cool et clientèle variée. Un bon plan !
Effectivement, né pas arriver trop tard, ça se remplit à une vitesse fulgurante.
Seul petit moins, le wifi aléatoire, quand on y vient pour travailler dans l’aprem.

Neat cosy place with lots of students at times. Their burgers are good but they dont have a big selection of food. A burger is really the only thing you can take…

je viens souvent dans cet endroit pour ces bugers cuit selon nos préférences. J’ai adoré les tapas surtout surtout celle des crevettes une belle réussite en bouche.
j’adore l’ambiance et la déco des années 80′ né me dérange pas du tout.
De nouveau ouvert
La nouvelle décoration est un peu minimaliste! Mais le plaisir de l’endroit et la cuisine est toujours la.

C’est un des bon burger de Genève, même après le changement de proprio. Le soucis la sauce à changé, c’est un sérieux moins!
Sinon l’endroit est un peu has-​been, mais comme je passé là que pour le burger! On s’en fiche!

Le lieu est effectivement branché; situé à côté des universités, c’est le repère des étudiants, même pendant les vacances.
Nous sommes arrivées, pour dîner, 11 filles d’un coup ! Heureusement que nous avions réservé, car nous n’aurions pas pu nous imposer: les tables né sont pas nombreuses donc vite prises d’assaut.
Nous avons commencé l’apéro sur la terrasse (8 sortes de tapas, délicieuses, mais pas assez de pain pour les manger, dommage).
Malgré ce soir d’été, il faisait très frais, et nous avons demandé à rentrer dès qu’une table se libérerait. 5 – 10 min plus tard c’était fait, et nous avons pu commander nos burgers, spécialité de la maison.
Pas de chance, rupture de pain !
Certaines d’entre nous se sont donc rabattues sur des pâtes, salades ou soupes, et d’autres sur le plat hamburger… sans le pain !
Du coup, les digestifs nous ont été offerts «pour la gêné occasionnée» ! :D
Bonne surprise de ce côté-​là: saveurs originales, exactement ce qu’il nous fallait pour un enterrement de vie de jeune fille ! (barbe à papa, caramel, pomme d’amour, granny, coco…)
Serveurs et serveuses très sympa, donc bonne soirée dans l’ensemble :-)

Le 28.02.2008 l endroit etait effectivement le plus branche a Geneve, c est moins le cas aujourd hui mais la terrasse reste sympathique en semaine durant l été .
A noter les sofas ont ete remplace et sont tout neuf

This is one of my favorite places in Geneva. Hip, but unpretentious, with good service. It’s next to the university, which means the prices are very reasonable (CHF 18 – 25 for mains). They offer a little bit of everything on the menu, with my favorite being their burger, which, without a shadow of a doubt, is the best in Geneva. Probably a good idea to make a reservation on weekends, as it gets pretty busy.

endroit branché car bondé en permanence, esprit young (beaucoup d’étudiants) & design

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