Restaurant in Biel, Switzerland
Michelin-recognised French at a fair price.
A Michelin Plate French restaurant in central Biel for two consecutive years (2024 and 2025), Perroquet Vert delivers credible French cooking at a mid-range €€ price point. With a 4.6 Google score across 706 reviews, it's the most reliable special-occasion choice in the city at this price. Book a few days ahead; easy to get into.
At the €€ price point, Perroquet Vert is one of the more credible places to eat French food in Biel. Two consecutive Michelin Plate awards (2024 and 2025) confirm that the kitchen is cooking at a level above the average neighbourhood bistro — the Plate is Michelin's signal that food quality is worth noting, even without a star. For a mid-budget French dinner in a city that doesn't have much competition at this level, it earns a clear recommendation. If you're weighing whether to book: yes, book it, especially for a date or a low-key celebration where you want some culinary credibility without a star-restaurant bill.
Perroquet Vert sits on Zentralstrasse 15, in central Biel, a bilingual Swiss city that sits between the Jura hills and Lake Biel. The address places it in an accessible, workaday part of the city centre — not a destination neighbourhood, but the kind of location that fills seats with regulars as much as visitors. Without confirmed seat count data, it's reasonable to expect a compact dining room typical of French-influenced Swiss restaurants at this tier: close-set tables, a room where conversations carry, and enough formality to signal occasion without making you feel underdressed in smart casual. If you're planning a special occasion, call ahead or book online to request a quieter table , smaller French rooms at this price point often have one or two seats where noise pools.
The spatial experience at Perroquet Vert is likely to reward earlier sittings. Mid-week evenings, particularly Tuesday through Thursday, tend to give you a calmer room and more attentive service at restaurants of this type. Weekend dinner is the natural choice for a celebration, but in a city as manageable as Biel, Friday and Saturday evenings here are unlikely to require the same advance planning as a comparable Michelin-recognised address in Zurich or Geneva. Come early in the evening if you want the room at its most relaxed.
The kitchen works in French cuisine , the kind of category that in Switzerland at the €€ price range means classical technique applied to local and seasonal produce, rather than elaborate tasting-menu architecture. Two years of Michelin Plate recognition suggest the execution is consistent: the Plate is not given to erratic kitchens. Specific dishes are not confirmed in our data, but French menus at this tier typically anchor on protein-forward mains with classical sauce work, a handful of starters built around charcuterie, fish, or vegetable preparation, and desserts that lean towards pastry technique. Ask the team what's been on the menu longest , those are usually the dishes a kitchen has refined and can execute with confidence.
On the question of takeout and delivery: Perroquet Vert is a sit-down French restaurant with Michelin recognition. French cooking at this level , sauced dishes, proteins cooked to order, anything with pastry , does not travel well. Delivery is not a format suited to this kind of food, and there is no data to suggest Perroquet Vert operates a takeout or delivery offer. If convenience is your priority, this is not the right choice. If you want to eat food from this kitchen, eat it in the room.
Booking at Perroquet Vert is rated Easy. In a city of Biel's scale, a €€ French restaurant with Michelin recognition is not going to be impossible to get into on short notice , a few days' lead time should be sufficient for most weeknights, and a week ahead is a comfortable buffer for weekend evenings. For a special occasion with a specific date, book as soon as you know you're going: even easy-to-book venues fill their better tables early on busy nights. No online booking URL or phone number is confirmed in our data, so check Google or the venue directly for current reservation options. Hours are not confirmed; contact the venue before travelling.
The €€ price positioning means this is accessible for most dining budgets in a Swiss context , Switzerland's baseline costs are high, and €€ here represents genuine mid-market value, not budget dining. Dress code is not specified, but Michelin Plate restaurants in Switzerland typically expect smart casual at minimum; avoid athletic wear. For a broader picture of what's available in the city, see our full Biel restaurants guide, as well as our full Biel hotels guide, our full Biel bars guide, our full Biel wineries guide, and our full Biel experiences guide.
Perroquet Vert is the right call for a date night, a low-key business dinner, or a birthday that warrants a proper restaurant without a three-figure-per-head price tag. The Michelin Plate gives you a credible quality signal at a price point that won't hurt. It is not the right choice if you want a full tasting menu experience, a room with serious wine depth, or an occasion that needs the full theatre of a starred kitchen. For those occasions, you're looking at a different tier entirely , see the comparison section below. For local Biel alternatives at a similar price range, Du Bourg and Repas (Contemporary) are worth considering depending on what kind of meal you're after.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perroquet Vert | French | €€ | Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | Easy | — |
| Schloss Schauenstein | Modern European, Creative | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Memories | Modern Swiss | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star | Unknown | — |
| focus ATELIER | Modern Swiss, Creative | €€€€ | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| IGNIV Zürich by Andreas Caminada | Sharing | €€€€ | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| La Table du Lausanne Palace | Modern French | €€€€ | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
What to weigh when choosing between Perroquet Vert and alternatives.
Specific menu items aren't published in available records, but the kitchen works in classical French cuisine, the category that rewards ordering the chef's more technique-driven dishes rather than simpler options. At €€ in a Michelin Plate-recognised restaurant, the set menu or dish-of-the-day format, where offered, tends to represent better value and better cooking than ordering à la carte piecemeal.
Bar seating details aren't confirmed for Perroquet Vert. For a €€ French restaurant at Zentralstrasse 15 in central Biel, the room is likely table-service focused. check the venue's official channels before assuming bar dining is an option.
Yes, within a defined bracket. Two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) at the €€ price point make it a credible choice for a birthday or anniversary dinner where you want a proper restaurant without a three-figure-per-head bill. It's not the right call if you need a private dining room or a full ceremony — but for a meaningful dinner in Biel, it covers the brief.
Biel's restaurant scene is limited at the Michelin-recognised level, so direct local alternatives are few. If you're willing to travel into the broader Swiss-German or Swiss-French region, options like focus ATELIER or IGNIV Zürich by Andreas Caminada offer higher accolades at a corresponding price jump. Within Biel itself, Perroquet Vert is the credible French option at this price range.
Booking is rated Easy for Perroquet Vert. In a city of Biel's scale, demand isn't at the level of a destination restaurant. A week's notice should cover most evenings, though Friday and Saturday nights around a local event calendar may fill faster. Still worth booking rather than walking in.
At €€ with two Michelin Plates behind it, yes. The Michelin Plate signals kitchen execution that clears a meaningful bar — competent technique, quality ingredients, consistent output — without the premium pricing of a starred venue. For French food in Biel at this price, it's a fair deal.
Tasting menu availability isn't confirmed in the venue record. If a set menu exists at a €€ French restaurant with Michelin recognition, it's typically where the kitchen shows its clearest work and the value-per-course ratio is strongest. Ask when booking whether a multi-course option is offered.
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