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Swiss Chalet, Vail, CO
Swiss Chalet, Vail, CO
Swiss Chalet, Vail, CO
Swiss Chalet, Vail, CO
Swiss Chalet, Vail, CO

Swiss Chalet

4.8
4.8
1016 Reviews
$31 to $50
European
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Featuring traditional European cuisine by our Executive Chef in a classic Swiss-style setting, the Swiss Chalet offers the ultimate alpine dining experience. Käse Spätzle (homemade Swiss dumpling topped with cheese and crispy onions) and delicious fondues make the Swiss Chalet a delectable dining experience. Not in the mood for fondue? Our traditional European entrées and Raclette will satisfy your every need. Save room for freshly made desserts including Austrian apple strudel and chocolate fondue.

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 50 times today

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    European, Swiss
  • Hours of operation
    Dinner Wed–Sun 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (970) 479-5462 ext. 5523
  • Website
    http://www.sonnenalp.com/dining/swiss_chalet.html
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Smart Casual
  • Location
    20 Vail Road, Vail, CO 81657
  • Neighborhood
    Vail
  • Cross street
    Meadow Drive
  • Parking details
    Complimentary valet parking at the hotel for dining guests up to 2 hours, availability permitting.
  • Public transit
    Vail in town bus stop in front of restaurant entrance, and minutes away from the public parking structure and transportation center.
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Beer Garden, Cocktails, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 1,016 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.8
4.8 based on recent ratings
  • 4.7Food
  • 4.7Service
  • 4.8Ambience
  • 4.2Value

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1,016 Reviews

  1. OpenTable Diner

    New Orleans

    8 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on December 1, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Our server Danni was great! She made recommendations for our group and was spot on for the amount of food we needed. Fun experience!

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  2. PeterD

    London

    41 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    41 reviews

    Dined on November 30, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Excellent fondue and service. One of our favorite restaurants in Vail.

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  3. James

    Denver

    8 reviews

    2.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on November 30, 2023

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    Fondue was wonderful but very pricey for mere bread, 2 potatoes, 2 carrots, and 2 sprigs of broccoli. Add some meat and you get 8 tiny slices of sausage. One drink and fondue (serves 2) will set you back a couple hundred.

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  4. Edefa

    Atlanta Metro

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 27, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The food was amazing and the service was on point !!!

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  5. Victoria

    Mexico City

    12 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on November 26, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Service was above and beyond! Always a great place to go while in Vail

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  6. ConsueloB

    Denver

    2 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 25, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The food and ambience was great, but our waitress Sigi, was wonderful, she was helpful, friendly and knowledgeable. She made the whole experience better.

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  7. YaelG

    London

    1 review

    vip
    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 24, 2023

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Very nice menu , great service a bit too noisy in some areas when the room is packed.

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  8. smw3355

    Kansas City

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 23, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Wonderful food and exceptional service. We will definitely be coming back.

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  9. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 16, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Nice vibes and good waitress, felt like I was in the Swiss Alps

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  10. OpenTable Diner

    Omaha

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on October 8, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Our server was fantastic and helped us choose the perfect meal and wine! Our entire experience at this restaurant was what we hoped for!

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  11. CarlyN

    Chicago

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on October 5, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We had a lovely experience! Service and food were outstanding. Left extremely full and happy. Delicious and fun evening.

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  12. VisitingEngineer

    Washington DC

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on October 5, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Awesome Swiss food. Loved the beef fondue. Our waiter, Nick, was terrific and very helpful. Next time I think I will just sit down, close the menu and tell him to surprise me. I’m sure he will not disappoint.

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  13. AllegraW

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 24, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    We really enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. Our waitress was very good and efficient but incredibly busy and we did have to wait a while to pay our bill and to get our food ordered. Otherwise, it was a great way to celebrate our anniversary!

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  14. OpenTable Diner

    Denver

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on September 7, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Wonderful place- great food and Sigi made it special! Highly recommend treating yourself to Swiss Chalet when visiting. We also dressed for the occasion since it was the night before Octoberfest!

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  15. PeterD

    London

    41 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    41 reviews

    Dined on September 2, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Excellent food, service, and ambience. Highly recommend when in Vail.

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  16. Local

    Phoenix

    128 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    128 reviews

    Dined on September 1, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    What a great evening! The cheese and meat fondues plus the chocolate fondue were excellent, and we had so much fun eating and laughing. It had been years since we’d been there, and we don’t wait that long to return.

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  17. Dennis

    Los Angeles

    21 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on August 26, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The staff, food, and restaurant were wonderful. Will definitely return.

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  18. JamesW

    New York Area

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on August 25, 2023

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    Food was great. Lighting was a bit bright. Staff were nice and accommodating.

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  19. KatieC

    Louisville

    1 review

    vip
    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 18, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We had the most amazing meal and service was 5 star. Mark was very helpful with his recommendations and wine selection. One of our favorite nights of our honeymoon so far! Swiss Chalet is a MUST every trip!

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  20. OpenTable Diner

    Miami

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 17, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    I loved it!!! Wow wow wow!!! Great food great service it’s like a trip to Switzerland

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  21. OpenTable Diner

    Denver

    8 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on August 14, 2023

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Good food but way overpriced, got six sausage bites for $14 to go with raclette

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  22. MarcoS

    Greater Boston

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on August 13, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Excellent food and service. Something different.

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  23. Rosalie

    Denver

    62 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    62 reviews

    Dined on August 13, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    It was like being on Switzerland ! Food was fantastic ! Waitstaff excellent !

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  24. CyndiP

    Salt Lake City

    9 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on August 12, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    My go to place whenever I'm in Vail. Never disappoints!! I even go off keto just to go 😉

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  25. Foodie

    Denver

    2 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on August 12, 2023

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4
    The food quality was poor. The salad was supposed to contain nuts but they forgot those. When we told the waitress she brought a cup of nuts but it was after we had finished our salads. The fondue was so full of alcohol that wasn’t cooked through that you couldn’t taste the cheese. We sent it back and they added more cheese and it was a little better. The chocolate fondue desert was good.

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  26. JaniceB

    Denver

    9 reviews

    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on August 11, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Very enjoyable experience with the food and the service. Would recommend this restaurant.

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  27. JohnW

    Greensboro

    10 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on August 7, 2023

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Wonderful place. Love that you can valet park if dining there. Authentic Swiss food. We split a dish and had plenty

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  28. Fdavidm

    Palm Springs

    131 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    131 reviews

    Dined on August 6, 2023

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    Another legend busted. We always loved this Alpine-inspired restaurant and made sure to visit it every time we came to Vail for the dance festival. We arrived one hour earlier than our reservation. The restaurant was fairly empty, but the hostess refused to seat us, claiming that they were saving tables for other reservations. We came back an hour later for our scheduled reservation, and the restaurant was still half full. This was not a good start. I ordered a Veal cutlet and Rosti. My husband ordered breaded chicken cutlet which came with pasta. Our faces dropped when the food was brought to the table. Both the veal cutlet and the chicken cutlet looked over-fried and they were both tough and chewy. The rosti was not cooked through and the center was raw. We complained about our dinners. We also heard the table next to ours complaining that their veal cutlet was tough. We will never dine here again.

    1 person found this helpful

  29. JulieH

    Denver

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 4, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Racklette is a unique Swiss dinner that I only find in Vail

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  30. Swb5

    Alabama

    29 reviews

    3.0

    29 reviews

    Dined on July 30, 2023

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Atmosphere terrific. Service is friendly and helpful. Food was good, yet we were told we had to be careful to steer clear of possible MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) in some offerings which is a negative at a restaurant in this age of fresh, pure, ingredients. The schnitzel was tasty, Fondue was fun. The kids said the spaghetti was good, but wish it came with a meatball.

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  31. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on July 28, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Delicious food & lovely staff! We enjoyed our evening very much!

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  32. davidm

    Denver

    5 reviews

    4.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on July 24, 2023

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Fondue is always a fun experience when in the Mountains and eating with a group. Great experience, great food. Atmosphere is a little casual, but very good overall.

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  33. Bill

    Denver

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on July 23, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great restaurant with excellent food, service and ambience.

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  34. TeresaI

    Denver

    7 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on July 23, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Fabulous service-great food!

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  35. LinL

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on July 20, 2023

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    We enjoyed our dinner at Swiss Chalet. Good cocktails; expensive wine list. The main draw seemed to be various fondu options and the menu for more traditional meals (which we had) was limited, but tasty (wienerschnitzel, chicken piccata, etc). The waitstaff (dressed in dirndl dresses) seemed to be constantly hurrying from one place to another, so much so that I imagined they must be short staffed. But we realized it is summer in Vail... perhaps the winter is different. We appreciated their efforts! I was rather surprised to see the hostess sweeping the floor as diners left, but there were a number of families with children, so perhaps it was necessary. Just not what you would normally see in sucn a nice restaurant.

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  36. OpenTable Diner

    Houston

    5 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on July 20, 2023

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3
    I don’t get it. Someone please help me understand why this place is so popular. The cheese smelled and tasted like stinky socks. The bread was stale. The beef was a quality I would feed my dog. The texture of the sausage platter was like a Vienna sausage. I just can’t understand why folks pay what they do to dine here when there are so many stellar restaurants in Vail. Heading for a second dinner post our meal there.

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  37. DaBearsColorado

    Denver

    7 reviews

    4.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on July 13, 2023

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The service was great. The food was ok. Escargot was bleh, the dumplings were just Mac and cheese and the schnitzel was dry. They were very sweet to send chocolate covered strawberries for our Anniversary.

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  38. OpenTable Diner

    Chicago

    9 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on July 13, 2023

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    We have been going to Swiss Chalet since they opened. It’s a favorite of our kids who are now in their 20’s. Over the years the quality has gone down and the prices, with the rest of restaurants in Vail, ridiculously high. The alpine cheese fondue for two people is now $74! If you have a hankering for typical Swiss fondue, racqulette and other typical Swiss/Austrian fare then Swiss Chalet is the go to in Vail. But be warned the value/quality of the food for the cost is way off!

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  39. CheckPlease

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on July 13, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    I was staying at the Sonnenalp, so we had to try the Swiss Chalet. I was a bit worried my kids, although teenaged, they can be finicky at times, might not find anything they liked on the menu, but they wanted to try it out. Worth noting, if you are not a huge cheese fan, a real cheese fan, you may want to eat outdoors. They serve a decadent cheese fondue, but it has quite a pungent aroma, so if that's not your thing, it can hit you in the face as soon as you enter the restaurant. My daughter was not into that, so we dined al fresco, and of course Colorado in the summer, that was delightful. We asked the waiter's suggestions for people who aren't familiar with the menu, and he gave us three strong contenders. We ordered all three, and ended up splitting, (fighting over) all three of them. One was the WIENER SCHNITZEL VOM KALB, the PFEFFERSTEAK, and the ZÜRICHER GESCHNETZELTES. Absolutely delicious, they also start you off with a basket of soft pretzel bread. So yes, the food was superb, and we were so pleased we gave it a try. We ended with the dark chocolate fondue dessert. Also delicious but a little light on dipping items versus actual fondue. I only gave them 4 stars for service because it was a little disjointed and hard to get someone when we would sit without drinks for awhile, etc. But that aside, I would definitely go back. Expect to spend at least $200 plus for a good dinner here.

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  40. OpenTable Diner

    Omaha

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on July 10, 2023

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Excellent experience. You pay more for the experience than for the food. Follow the recommendations of the waiter and share the meals.

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Safety precautions

  • Cleaning & sanitizing

    • Surfaces sanitized between seatings
    • Digital, disposable or sanitized menu provided
    • Common areas deep-cleaned daily

  • Screening

    • Sick staff prohibited in the workplace

FAQs

Swiss Chalet offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (970) 479-5462 ext. 5523.

Swiss Chalet is rated 4.8 stars by 1016 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 50 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Google Map for Swiss Chalet

20 Vail Road, Vail, CO 81657

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Meadow Drive
  • Neighborhood
    Vail
  • Hours of operation
    Dinner Wed–Sun 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    European, Swiss
  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Dress code
    Smart Casual
  • Parking details
    Complimentary valet parking at the hotel for dining guests up to 2 hours, availability permitting.
  • Public transit
    Vail in town bus stop in front of restaurant entrance, and minutes away from the public parking structure and transportation center.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Beer Garden, Cocktails, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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