Seerestaurant Tracht

This place is pretty awesome; the food is good, the head waiter is super nice! But of course, nothing compared to Key West in Oberieden just down the road :-D.
I really like their pan-​Asian twist on some dishes, mainly Thai; it’s delicious, not authentic but they don’t try to be.
But you know, the Swiss restaurants really try; I can see that now after 3 years of living here. It’s not rudeness, it’s not snobbery. They just simply don’t know how to think outside the box!
For instance, we arrived there, the sun was still shining, a beautiful day. The last table on the sun dappled terrasse was still standing empty and of course, we asked whether we could take that one.
No, it was reserved. Ok no problem, we took another one which was in the shade but no matter.
Now the time then was 6:30pm, still early. To you and I, reserved table therefore no customers may sit there, means that the reserved customer will arrive at 7pm, 7:30pm or even 8pm yes? Perhaps the waiting staff would even tell you that the table can be yours until 8pm, apologies but would you like that?
No, here in Switzerland, reserved table, even if it’s reserved at 9pm only and you are here at 6:30pm — no doubt you would leave by 8:30pm on a work night and give the table back in plenty of time — means RESERVED AND NO ONE CAN SIT THERE, EVER!
Which was exactly what happened here — we were done by 7:30pm with our meal, as we chose no starters. Very quick. But out of curiosity, I wanted to order dessert too just to see by when this empty table would be occupied by its intended guest…
8:15pm they arrive — just as we were paying the bill!
Now again, not complaining here, just a mere observation — they could have easily made an extra table of business by just informing would-​be customers that the table had to be returned by 8:15, if they arrive within a 2 hour or even 1.5 hr time gap. Luckily for them, no customers walked in then — but just think of the inability to be spontaneous and flexible of the restaurant culture here!
I’ve seen so many waiting staff turn customers away in an empty restaurant, all because the tables were reserved… for like 2 hours later.
But whatever, that’s just a difference in culture, and it’s not about rudeness or laziness etc.

Ein Riesen-​Stern gibt es für die tolle Location. Die Tracht liegt direkt am See in Rüschlikon, neben der Badi.
Es gibt Sitzplätze draussen, geschützt vor der Sonne (Storen) und gut geschützt gegen den See, auf dem zumeist ja kein Wellengang herrscht. Allerdings kamen wir gestern in den Genuss von ein paar kleineren Duschen vom See, da es sehr stürmisch war und wir trotzdem bei 28 Grad draussen essen wollten.
Die Karte ist genau richtig, nicht zu kurz, nicht zu lang und von allen Dingen (Fleisch, Fisch, Vegi) eine gute Auswahl an feinen Gerichten.
Die Weinkarte haben wir nicht en detail studiert. Daher kann ich dazu keine Aussage machen. Aber was fehlt: ein guter deutscher Weisswein. :(
Das Ambiente ist sehr gut, die Bedienung recht aufmerksam. Keine Beanstandung.
Qualität des Essens war gut, aber halt auch nicht sehr gut. Dafür gibt es halt nur vier Punkte.
Die Portionen sind allerdings minimalistisch. Und für das gehobene Preisniveau nicht gerade fair. Dafür gibt es einen klaren Punktabzug.
Fazit: Im Sommer am See ein toller Platz aber teuer.