Café Saint Pierre

Great place to enjoy coffee in the afternoon. The food is average but the atmosphere makes an evening there worth it. They serve modern tapas and there are a lot of choices.
A few negative point: no proper terrace for sunny days and afterworks.

Au café Saint Pierre, j’aime bien l’ambiance décontractée pour boire un verre.
J’aime beaucoup moins devoir traverser la terrasse «fumeurs» pour devoir entrer au café :-(
Les cocktails y sont en général corrects pour Lausanne, sans être exceptionnels. Les tapas sont plutôt simples et bons. A la dernière visite, on a partagé l’ardoise «J’sors du fitness, faut pas déconner «et c’est parfait pour l’apéro :) Mais ce n’est pas là que je vais si je veux faire un vrai repas. La «cuisine» n’est ouverte qu’à partir de 18h et le burger n’est visiblement servi que saignant d’après la carte.
Bref, j’y vais de temps en temps pour boire un verre; c’est bien moins bruyant que l’Etoile Blanche et donc on peut s’entendre parler.
A noter qu’ils né prennent pas de réservation le soir pour moins de 6 personnes.

I would love to give this all five stars but the service was pretty poor the last time I was there that I bumped it down. The food is great and if you get good service, the experience is worth it. However, you should expect to wait a while to have anyone come acknowledge you and plan to wave the waiter/​waitress down a lot.
I’ve been here for brunch on a Sunday and the food was pretty good. I went again for dinner and it was tapas style. It is a great way to taste a lot of good foods. The tartar was just ok, but the later night menu items were really good.
Plan to make a reservation early enough if you can, otherwise tables are nearly impossible to get.
So overall — good food and probably worth trying to get to in Lausanne… but prepare correctly!

You don’t feel welcome here. People are not friendly. I had to move table even though the place was almost empty, but I guess they have their little placement obsessions. My coke was lukewarm and gasless.

We were starving at 5pm so we decided to look for a nice place to eat on Unilocal and lonely planet. We ended up choosing Café St Pierre. They don’t, however, serve the main dishes until after 6pm. So we decided to seat on the terrace (be careful to look around and select a table with few smokers around you!) and asked for the cheese and salami half dish. I have to say that, for the price, the platter is very well served and the selection is delicious. Also, the homemade ice tea couldn’t be better! The staff is fairly good, but not friendly.

Service sympathique. Bonnes tapas. Mais endroit toujours bondé (donc très bruyant) et réservations impossibles en semaine. Dernier brunch en date assez décevant. Arrivés à 13h30 (assez tard, je l’admets), le plat que j’avais choisi n’était plus disponible et il n’y avait plus de jus d’orange frais.

I went to Café Saint Pierre twice during my trip to Switzerland this July and I enjoyed both time my experience at this joint. The service is great and really friendly.
Atmosphere ⁴⁄₅: Nothing fancy or too weird. The restaurant is well located and close to the main Bus station «Saint Francois». The place itself looks like a modern ish Café Restaurant.
Food ⁵⁄₅: I was delighted both times. First time, I had a Salmon with Mashed Potatoes and I had the second time, a Hashi Parmentier which was EXCELLENT. It’s one of their specialty there and it comes with a Salad for 18 CHF.
Service ⁵⁄₅: The staff is friendly and professional. They make sure to accomadate you to the best they can get you. The service is quiet fast if you’re short on time.
Last but not least, make sure to reserve your tables during Summer time on the Terrace ahead of time because they tend to be most of the time full by the time you get there even at 11am.

Ambiance super sympa. Brunch copieux le samedi et dimanche de 11h00 à 15h00