Restaurant in Obbürgen, Switzerland
Broad Asian menu, serious wine, lake views.
A Michelin Plate pan-Asian restaurant at Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, Spices Kitchen & Terrace pairs Japanese, Chinese, Thai, and Indian cooking with a serious wine list of 2,500 selections and an uninterrupted view over Lake Lucerne. At the $$$ price point, the setting and wine program carry as much weight as the kitchen. Booking is easy, and the terrace is the reason to time your visit around clear weather.
At the $$$ price point, Spices Kitchen & Terrace asks you to spend in line with Switzerland's most serious resort dining. What you get in return is a Michelin Plate-recognised (2025) pan-Asian kitchen inside Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, with a view of the lake that does a significant amount of work justifying the bill. If you've already visited once and are deciding whether to return or upgrade to a different dining room on the property, the answer depends on how much you value range of cuisine over depth of a single kitchen tradition. Spices is the resort's broadest culinary bet — Japanese, Chinese, Thai, and Indian dishes prepared from a large show kitchen — and it earns its place at the table (and on the wine list) accordingly.
The show kitchen format means you see the operation as you eat, which matters here because the breadth of the menu is otherwise hard to believe at face value. The terrace access is the visual centrepiece: Lake Lucerne from altitude, framed by the Alps, is the kind of setting that makes a meal feel occasion-weight regardless of what's on your plate. If you are timing your visit, a summer evening or a clear shoulder-season afternoon maximises the terrace experience. In winter or under low cloud, the interior carries less drama, so adjust your expectations accordingly if you're visiting in the colder months. The leading time to book is a clear-weather evening when the terrace is in full use , plan around the weather forecast if you can.
The drinks program is a meaningful part of the value case here. Wine Director Andrea Tozzi oversees a list of approximately 2,500 selections drawn from 40,000 bottles of inventory, with particular depth in Switzerland, Champagne, Burgundy, Bordeaux, and Piedmont and Tuscany for the Italian contingent. Pricing sits firmly in the $$$ tier, with many bottles over CHF 100. Corkage is CHF 75 if you choose to bring your own. For a pan-Asian kitchen, this is a list built for serious wine drinkers , the Swiss selection in particular is a strong reason to lean into the wine list rather than defaulting to cocktails. If you're a returning guest who ordered conservatively on the first visit, this is where to spend more attention next time. Sommelier team Miroslav Plesko, Carlo Rossi, and Alexander Dobias are available to guide the pairing, and the width of the list makes that guidance worth using. The wine program here punches above what you'd expect from a hotel's Asian concept restaurant, and it's one of the clearest differentiators from comparable options on the resort.
Spices holds a 4.4 Google rating across 561 reviews, which is a creditable score for a resort property where expectations are spread wide across occasion diners, hotel guests, and destination visitors. For a returning guest, the kitchen's pan-Asian breadth is both its draw and its limitation: the span from Japanese to Indian means no single cuisine tradition gets the full depth it would at a specialist. If you went for one region of the menu on your first visit, a second visit is a genuine opportunity to test a different quadrant. The format rewards repeat dining more than single-visit ordering.
The resort's position in Obbürgen means most diners arrive as hotel guests at Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, where Katara Hospitality is the owner. Booking is rated easy, which is worth noting if you're mid-stay and deciding on the night , you are unlikely to be turned away. That said, terrace seats on a clear summer evening fill with purpose, so a same-day reservation rather than a walk-in is the sensible move. For a special occasion dinner, call ahead to confirm terrace availability rather than leaving it to chance. General Manager Chris Franzen and the team under him run a resort-scale operation, so service is oriented toward hotel guests by default.
If you're staying at the resort and deciding how to distribute your meals, Spices sits clearly as the broadest and most casual of the property's options. For French-leaning cooking and a more formal room, Brasserie Ritzcoffier at Bürgenstock Hotels & Resort Lake Lucerne is the direct alternative on-property. The full picture of what's available in Obbürgen is in our full Obbürgen restaurants guide. For broader context on where to stay in the area, see our full Obbürgen hotels guide, and for drinks-focused venues nearby, our full Obbürgen bars guide covers the options. Wine-focused visitors should also check our full Obbürgen wineries guide and our full Obbürgen experiences guide for the wider picture.
For comparison against Switzerland's most decorated tables, the benchmark names are Hotel de Ville Crissier in Crissier, Schloss Schauenstein in Fürstenau, Cheval Blanc by Peter Knogl in Basel, and Memories in Bad Ragaz. Spices is not competing at that level of culinary precision, and shouldn't be evaluated against it. It is a resort pan-Asian with Michelin Plate recognition and an unusually serious wine list, and the honest case for booking it is: the combination of setting, drinks depth, and cuisine variety is strong enough that it justifies its price for occasion and resort dining, particularly for guests who want something other than European cooking. For alpine Asian restaurant context beyond Switzerland, taku , Asian in Cologne and Jun's , Asian in Dubai are useful reference points for what the category can deliver at its ceiling. Spices operates below those in ambition but makes a reasonable trade: the Bürgenstock setting does work that a standalone city restaurant cannot. Also worth comparing in the Swiss mid-altitude dining space: 7132 Silver in Vals and Colonnade in Lucerne offer different points on the value-versus-setting curve.
Book Spices if you are at Bürgenstock and want Asian cooking with a serious wine program and lake views. Don't book it expecting specialist depth in any single Asian cuisine tradition. Return visitors should work the wine list harder and try a different section of the menu , the kitchen's range is the point, and one visit only scratches the surface of it.
Smart casual is the safe call for Bürgenstock Resort dining at the $$$ price point. The Michelin Plate recognition and resort positioning suggest a step above beach-holiday casual, but the pan-Asian format and terrace setting are less formally demanding than a white-tablecloth European room. A collared shirt or equivalent for dinner is appropriate. Check the resort's current dress code guidance when booking, as hotel properties at this level occasionally enforce evening standards.
The kitchen covers Japanese, Chinese, Thai, and Indian cooking , a wide span. On a return visit, the most useful move is to commit to one regional section of the menu rather than ranging across all four. The show kitchen format gives some transparency into what's being prepared. The wine team (ask for the Swiss selections in particular) can guide pairings across all four cuisines, which is one of the more unusual strengths of this room. No specific dishes are confirmed from the database, so ask the team what's performing well on the night.
Bar seating availability is not confirmed in the venue data. Given the resort context and the terrace-focused room, the counter or bar dining option is worth asking about at reservation , it's common at Asian-concept restaurants to have bar positions near the show kitchen, but confirm directly with the restaurant before assuming availability.
On the same Bürgenstock property, Brasserie Ritzcoffier at Bürgenstock Hotels & Resort Lake Lucerne, Oak Grill & Pool Patio, Restaurant RitzCoffier at the Bürgenstock Resort, and RitzCoffier at the Burgenstock Resort, Lake Lucerne are the peer options. For French and European cooking in a more formal setting, RitzCoffier variants are the natural alternative. If you want grilled and outdoor-focused dining, Oak Grill & Pool Patio at the Burgenstock is the casual counterweight. See our full Obbürgen restaurants guide for the complete picture.
Yes, with conditions. The lake view terrace, Michelin Plate status, and serious wine list (2,500 selections, deep Swiss and Burgundy coverage) create a setting that reads as occasion-worthy. The advantage over a formal European room is the menu's flexibility , pan-Asian cooking accommodates varied dietary preferences more readily than a set-course tasting menu. Book a clear-weather evening and request terrace seating explicitly when reserving. For a more structured celebration experience, the RitzCoffier options on the same property may deliver a more conventional special-occasion format.
At $$$ pricing, the honest value equation is: you are paying for the Bürgenstock setting as much as the food. The Michelin Plate (2025) and the World of Fine Wine 3-Star wine accreditation confirm the kitchen and cellar are operating at a creditable level, not just coasting on the view. A Google average of 4.4 across 561 reviews suggests consistent delivery. Compared to specialist Asian restaurants at similar price points in major cities , taku in Cologne or Jun's in Dubai , Spices trades culinary depth for setting and breadth. If the lake view and wine program are part of your evening, the price is justifiable. If you are purely focused on the quality of the Asian cooking itself, a city specialist may deliver more at the same spend.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spices Kitchen & Terrace | Asian | €€€ | Easy |
| Brasserie Ritzcoffier at Bürgenstock Hotels & Resort Lake Lucerne | Unknown | ||
| Oak Grill & Pool Patio | Unknown | ||
| Oak Grill & Pool Patio at the Burgenstock | Unknown | ||
| Restaurant RitzCoffier at the Bürgenstock Resort | Unknown | ||
| RitzCoffier at the Burgenstock Resort, Lake Lucerne | Unknown |
Comparing your options in Obbürgen for this tier.
Resort smart is the practical standard here: neat, presentable clothes that fit a $$$ dining room at one of Switzerland's most prominent lake properties. The pan-Asian format is more relaxed in feel than Bürgenstock's European fine-dining options, but the setting and price point rule out casual beachwear or athletic wear. When in doubt, dress one level above what you'd wear to a city brasserie.
The menu spans Japanese, Chinese, Thai, and Indian cooking from a show kitchen, so the honest answer is to pick one or two cuisines rather than ordering across all four. The Michelin Plate recognition (2025) signals competent execution across the range, but specialist depth in any single tradition is not the point here. The wine list runs to 2,500 selections with strong coverage of Burgundy, Champagne, and Tuscany, so pairing a lighter Asian dish with a white Burgundy is a reasonable play.
Bar seating is not documented in available venue data, so confirm directly with the resort before planning around it. The show kitchen format suggests counter-style viewing of the kitchen is part of the experience, but whether that translates to walk-in bar dining at $$$ pricing is unconfirmed. For flexibility, Bürgenstock's other outlets may be the safer option for informal drinks-and-snacks visits.
Within the Bürgenstock Resort itself, RitzCoffier is the European fine-dining counterpart if you want a focused, formal meal rather than a broad pan-Asian menu. Oak Grill & Pool Patio suits warmer months when outdoor grilling and a more casual format are the priority. Outside the resort, your options are limited by Obbürgen's size, so if you're not staying on-property, Lucerne's dining circuit is the practical alternative.
Yes, with the right expectation: it delivers on atmosphere and wine rather than a tightly curated tasting menu. The lake views, 40,000-bottle cellar, and Michelin Plate standing (2025) give it enough occasion weight for a celebratory dinner. For a milestone where you want a single-cuisine specialist or a formal progression of courses, RitzCoffier at the same resort is the stronger fit. Spices works best when the group wants flexibility across a broad menu alongside serious wine.
At $$$ per head for a two-course meal, you are paying for the Bürgenstock Resort setting as much as the food, and the value calculus depends on whether that trade-off works for you. The Michelin Plate (2025) and a wine list with 2,500 selections and World of Fine Wine 3-Star accreditation justify the spend if you plan to drink well. If you want specialist depth in Japanese or Thai cooking at this price, you will find better in Zurich or Lucerne proper. Book Spices when you are already at the resort and want a complete evening with views and wine.
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