Restaurant Orsini am Münsterhof

A fantastic experience from start to finish. Exquisite food, service and attention to detail. I’ll start with the fact that yes, it is expensive but this is Switzerland… everywhere is expensive. The difference is: Orsini is worth it!
Service was exceptional. Very unpretentious. Even if you want to start with a pitcher of tap water, there is no judgment. Friendly servers, very professional/​knowledgeable and dressed to the nines.
We arrived at 7pm and the place is filling up. A good sign! We saw a mix of regulars and tourists like us. But mostly regulars it seemed which is nice. Everyone seemed very happy to be there.
As we enjoyed our tasty tap water (we had done a lot of walking so it hit the spot!), we were provided with some delicious bread with butter by the server who had a big selection to choose from (one piece each but I am sure you could ask for 2 if you wanted!) I opted for my favourite: olive bread. Never lets me down!
We ordered the large serving of the agnolotti to start. It was spectacular! We shared the plate and truly enjoyed it. Large portion was $ 29. Small portion was $ 22.
We then ordered the veal scallopini ($ 59) which came with spaghetti noodles and vegetables and the Osso bucco ($ 48) which came with a white Parmesan risotto.
Now this was cool: about 20 minutes before the food came, they had a small section of the table where they lit the underside so it stayed warm. When our food came, it was all in silver dishes (with covers) and they plated the food at the table. It was spectacular to watch these guys in action. They quickly put a beautiful plate together for each of us and then covered up the leftovers and kept them warm so that when we were finished our meal, they plated again (except this time we swapped so I got to try the other meal!). Amazing.
The veal scallopini was so tasty with the noodles. And everything else was superb. Just fantastic.
We were too stuffed for dessert. But they did bring a little plate of cookies for us.
Total bill with a glass of wine ($ 14) was $ 150 before tip. They said not to worry about a tip (most restaurant already include 8% service charge) but we could helps but tip on this exceptional service. They seemed very grateful.
If we are ever in Zurich again, we will return!

Finally, a first to review! It only took 87 reviews and heading off to Europe, but c’est la vie!
Restaurant Orsini is located just several blocks away from the old city here in the middle of Zurich. I was lucky enough to be treated to this restaurant tonight by some associates. This is a pretty typical European restaurant with classy décor highlighted by the nice lighting and great service.
I ordered the consommé soup with potato dumplings and an excellent angus black steak with black truffle on top and potatoes along with vegetables. Just writing up the description makes me hungry again even though it is now well past the witching hour! The food was great all around, and we also split two bottles of a very nice 2005 red Italian wine (I have forgotten the name).
Good company, good location, good food, good wine and good conversation (I am apparently in love with the word good right now) simply make for a perfect evening here at Orsini.

Wer italienische Küche mag (keine Pizza) ist hier gut aufgehoben. Sehr gute gehobene aber nicht abgehobene italienische Küche. Aufmerksames aber nicht aufdringliches Personal. Kann ich nur empfehlen. Ich werde wieder hingehen.