Restaurant in Geneva, Switzerland
Strong cooking, stronger view — book it.
Windows at Hôtel D'Angleterre holds a 2025 Michelin Plate and a 4.4 Google rating, serving Creative French cuisine directly overlooking Lake Geneva and the Jet d'Eau at €€€. It is one of Geneva's stronger mid-upper-tier options for combining a serious kitchen with a lakefront setting. Booking is easy; request a lake-facing table and consider the popular afternoon tea as a lower-commitment first visit.
Windows holds a 4.4 Google rating across 271 reviews, carries a Michelin Plate for 2025, and sits inside Hôtel D'Angleterre at Quai du Mont-Blanc 17 — arguably the most commanding restaurant position in Geneva. That combination of credentials and address makes it one of the stronger value propositions on the lakefront for Creative French cooking at the €€€ price tier. If you want a serious meal with a serious view in Geneva, this is where to look first.
The Quai du Mont-Blanc strip is Geneva's front row. From the dining room at Windows, the Jet d'Eau sits directly in frame, and on clear days the Alps and Mont Blanc complete the backdrop. For a food and travel enthusiast, that setting is not decoration — it is part of the calculation. Geneva has plenty of technically accomplished restaurants, but very few where the room itself justifies the trip. Windows is one of them, and its Michelin Plate signals that the kitchen is keeping pace with the surroundings rather than coasting on them.
Hôtel D'Angleterre is one of Geneva's storied lakefront properties, and Windows functions as its anchor restaurant. The kitchen works with fresh, seasonal produce and draws from both classical and traditional French influences , a pairing that keeps the cooking grounded without feeling museum-piece formal. This is not a kitchen chasing avant-garde theatre; it is one delivering well-crafted French cuisine that matches the setting's elegance. For the explorer diner, that means a meal with a clear point of view rather than a trend-chasing tasting menu.
Timing matters here. For the fullest return on the lakefront position, book a lunch table on a clear weekday , the Jet d'Eau operates daytime hours and Mont Blanc appears most reliably on dry, cool days between October and April when the air is sharpest. Summer lunch is crowded and tables with prime lake views are harder to secure. If dinner is the plan, arrive before sunset so the transition from daylight to evening illumination registers. The Leopard Bar in the same hotel runs a cocktail program with what the Michelin guide describes as a buzzy, jazzy atmosphere , a useful option for aperitifs before dinner or a nightcap after, without leaving the property. There is also a cigar lounge in the basement for those who want to extend the evening. Afternoon tea at Windows is noted as particularly popular, making it a practical option for a lighter visit that still gives you the room and the view at a lower spend than dinner.
One practical advantage of booking Windows through Hôtel D'Angleterre is the access it gives you to the broader property offering. The Leopard Bar provides a livelier, more informal counterpoint to the restaurant's measured tone , useful if you are dining with guests who want the evening to continue, or if you want to arrive early and settle in before moving to the table. The cigar lounge below adds another layer for those who want it. Few Geneva restaurants of this caliber come with that kind of built-in itinerary. For more on Geneva's bar scene, see our full Geneva bars guide.
Reservations: Booking is rated Easy , this is not a hard-to-get table, but given the lakefront setting and the hotel context, confirming in advance is sensible, especially for weekend lunch or dinner with a view preference. Dress: No dress code is specified in the venue data, but as a Michelin-recognized hotel restaurant on the Quai du Mont-Blanc, smart casual is the minimum that fits the room. Budget: €€€ positions this in the mid-to-upper tier for Geneva , expect a meaningful spend, but not at the level of Geneva's €€€€ restaurants. Address: Quai du Mont-Blanc 17, 1201 Genève. Afternoon tea offers a lower-commitment entry point if a full dinner feels like too large a commitment on a first visit.
At €€€, Windows sits in the same price bracket as Tsé Fung, Le Jardinier, and Fiskebar. Against Le Jardinier , also Creative French at €€€ , Windows differentiates on location: the lakefront setting adds a dimension that an interior Geneva restaurant cannot match. If the view is part of your brief, Windows wins that comparison. Tsé Fung and Fiskebar serve different cuisines and are better choices if you want to break from French cooking during a Geneva trip. Il Lago and L'Atelier Robuchon both step up to €€€€ , at that budget, you are paying for a higher tier of kitchen ambition or brand weight, but not necessarily a better setting than Windows delivers.
For the serious food traveler using Geneva as a base, Windows is a strong local anchor but not the ceiling of Swiss fine dining. If you are prepared to travel, Hotel de Ville Crissier in Crissier represents the benchmark for the French-Swiss culinary tradition at a higher level. Further afield, Schloss Schauenstein in Fürstenau, Cheval Blanc by Peter Knogl in Basel, and Memories in Bad Ragaz are among the Swiss tables that carry greater award weight. Within Geneva, Le Patio, Arakel, and L'Aparté are worth cross-referencing depending on your cuisine preference. For comparable Creative French cooking in other European cities, Restaurant Haerlin in Hamburg and Atelier in Munich offer useful reference points for what the category delivers at its sharper end. See our full Geneva restaurants guide for the complete picture, and our full Geneva hotels guide if you are considering staying at D'Angleterre itself. You can also explore our Geneva wineries guide and our Geneva experiences guide for broader trip planning.
Windows earns its Michelin Plate and its 4.4 rating. At €€€, it delivers well-crafted Creative French cooking with a lakefront setting that most Geneva restaurants at this price point cannot match. Book it for a clear-day lunch or a pre-sunset dinner, arrive via the Leopard Bar, and treat the afternoon tea as a low-cost way to test the room before committing to a full meal. For the explorer traveler in Geneva, this is a practical first choice , not because it is the most technically ambitious kitchen in Switzerland, but because it combines credentials, setting, and accessibility in a way that few tables in the city do.
At €€€, yes , with a specific caveat. You are paying for the combination of Michelin-recognized cooking and a lakefront position that is genuinely difficult to replicate in Geneva. If your priority is purely kitchen ambition, Hotel de Ville Crissier or L'Atelier Robuchon represent higher ceilings. But if setting and experience completeness matter , and the Leopard Bar and afternoon tea options are part of the picture , Windows justifies its price tier more reliably than most €€€ Geneva options.
The venue database does not include specific dietary policy details, so confirm directly with the hotel when booking. As a hotel restaurant working with fresh, seasonal produce and a classical French framework, the kitchen almost certainly accommodates common restrictions , but get confirmation rather than assuming. Given that booking is rated Easy, calling or emailing ahead to specify requirements is direct.
Three things: First, request a lake-facing table when you book , the view is the differentiating factor. Second, the afternoon tea is popular and offers a lighter-spend entry point if you want to see the room without committing to a full meal. Third, the Leopard Bar is in the same building and worth factoring into your evening. A first visit works leading as a clear-day lunch where the Jet d'Eau and the Alps are both visible. For broader context, check our full Geneva restaurants guide to see how Windows sits relative to the rest of the city's offer.
The venue data does not specify group capacity or private dining options. As a hotel restaurant inside Hôtel D'Angleterre, it is reasonable to expect that larger table configurations are possible, but confirm directly with the property for groups of six or more. For groups where a private dining room is a requirement, contact the hotel directly , the database does not confirm or deny that option. At €€€, the per-head spend for a group is meaningful, so clarifying the full picture before committing makes sense.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Creative French | Michelin Plate (2025); This restaurant of Hôtel D'Angleterre commands a panoramic view of Lake Geneva and its emblematic Jet d'Eau, with the mountains and Mont Blanc in the distance. Fresh, seasonal produce takes the limelight in well-crafted French cuisine that mixes classical and traditional influences and which is quite the equal of its splendid setting! Pop into the Leopard Bar for evening cocktails in a buzzy, jazzy vibe, (there is a cigar lounge in the basement). Afternoon tea is very popular. | Easy | — |
| Tsé Fung | Chinese | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Il Lago | Italian | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Le Jardinier | French, French Contemporary | Unknown | — | |
| Fiskebar | Nordic - Seafood, Modern Cuisine | Unknown | — | |
| L'Atelier Robuchon | French Contemporary | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
Yes, at €€€ it earns its place. The 2025 Michelin Plate confirms the kitchen is producing food at a level that justifies the price point, and the Jet d'Eau and Mont Blanc backdrop is a genuine differentiator — not a distraction from average cooking. Against Le Jardinier, also Creative French at €€€, Windows has the stronger setting; Le Jardinier competes harder on culinary focus alone.
No specific dietary policy is documented for Windows, but as a Michelin Plate restaurant inside a four-star Geneva hotel, kitchen flexibility with advance notice is standard practice at this tier. check the venue's official channels at Quai du Mont-Blanc 17 before booking to confirm requirements — do not assume on arrival.
Book a daytime table on a clear day to get the most from the lakefront position — the Jet d'Eau operates daytime hours, and the Alpine views are weather-dependent. The Leopard Bar on the same property is worth arriving early for cocktails, and afternoon tea is flagged as particularly popular, so plan accordingly if that is your target visit.
Nothing in the available data confirms a private dining room or defined group capacity, so check the venue's official channels to confirm arrangements for parties larger than four. As a hotel restaurant at Quai du Mont-Blanc 17, logistical flexibility for groups is more likely here than at a standalone restaurant — but verify before assuming.
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