Restaurant Chat-Botté

I want to give it a 5 stars, but I can’t.
For the décor, the restaurant is very classically-​styled, and you might feel out of place if you come in something too casual. I guess that is to be expected because I believe the place has earned one Michelin star.
The service here is exceptional, as it is at the Beau-​Rivage as well.
Some of the dishes we ordered were very well-​done and excellent, but most of them combined flavors which were not very unique in my opinion. For me, if the dish is nothing special in terms of innovation, I expect it to be perfectly executed (for this price point). I guess overall it came pretty close, but still, not perfect. Something was a little off. I also felt that each dish a little heavy, making me feel a little nauseated by the end.
I was beyond impressed by their dessert, however. It was fantastic! ⁵⁄₅ there.
I would eat here again if I were invited, but I would rather save my money for some other places in neighboring France.

This was my first international Michelin star. Having read quite the number of positive reviews on Trip Advisor while seeing a fairly reasonable price, I thought that this would be quite promising. Overall, this experience was nothing special and I guess I can see why it got a Michelin star, but not a restaurant I would come back to or rate too highly.
To stat, I want to be fair and acknowledge that the service was great. The waiters were all very attentive to my needs and were very good at their job which was great. It wasn’t the service or the menu offerings that I had a problem with. It was the food, which really paled in comparison to other Michelins that I’ve been to.
I ordered the Sea menu which consists of sea bass an spider crab, monkfish, cod, and fresh thai mango.
Amuse bouches were great. Nice seafood paste with some raw fish on a rice chip. Really quite delicious. After that was a beautifully decorated egg with some truffle oil which was quite fantastic.
The sea bass was quite good and an interesting combination of flavors thought easily became al little too heavy after the second one. It was all stacked very intricately and well presented, but I just don’t feel like the flavors complemented each other very well. You would think that with lemon caviar, you might be able to simulate something close to a tangy ceviche effect, but in fact, the combination of these fishy elements with the lemon caviar actually ended up being very tart and not so appetizing. I just felt like I was eating something extremely fishy while each flavor really contradicted each other. It was the spidercrab I think that I had a problem with. Something about the way it was marinated was just not so great.
The monkfish was decent. Not too much to complain about that. Well cooked with very plain and clean flavors made it to be quite an enjoyable experience.
I think my issue with the cod was that after the monkfish, I felt like the preset needed to do something different than just serving me another slab of a giant fish. Part of this you could argue is my fault in the ordering, but I just feel like with a prefix you need to take the diner on a journey, and serving two slabs of fish, though very different, simply doesn’t quite contribute to an exciting dining experience. Even though the cuts of the fish and the way they were served was different, it just all started to taste very much the same to me.
The dessert was quite good though and I was very impressed with that. They also gave me a complimentary chocolate soufflé which was fantastic. I was really impressed with the dessert. The thai magno was great and ended my meal quite well.
tldr; it wasn’t a bad experience, just not one worthy of the price it commanded. I felt like I should have just gone and gotten a la carte rather than the pre fixe

Geneva has many excellent restaurants, so picking the best spot was no easy task.
For French cuisine, Chat-​Botte seemed to be the best, so I went ahead and made reservations (you will have to as it fills up fast).
Le Chat-​Botte has beautiful old world décor, with friendly staff to help you with your order. But the food was wonderful. I forgot how many plates we had, but it was least 10, with many surprises served complimentary from the chef.
Frog legs, escargot, foie gras, lamb ragout, rack of lamb, and a bunch more that I can no longer recall perfectly. All I can tell you is that it was amazing.
Be prepared to spend here you are in Switzerland after all. :)

An amazing old school restaurant which everyone should experience something like this once in their life.
My wife and I speak very little French and the service staff at all times were very pleasant to us and did their best to speak to us in English at all times.
The food was amazing, as nice as I have ever experienced however it clearly come with a big price tag (dinner for 2 will most likely cost about 500 swiss francs). Our amuse bouche was great and really left us excited for more.
The Pheasant Ravioli was great, probably the best ravioli I have ever tasted and my wife had the Spider crab and Lobster. Exceptional.
We had the Veal steak which was good (but not at the level of the other dishes) and the Sea Bass which again was great.
A great dinner and experience which you will pay for but worth a try if you haven’t tried Swiss/​French cuisine of this level before.