La Zagra

The story

Crafted with passion, served with love

What La Zagra Is About

Tucked into Zürich's Seefeld quarter at Seefeldstrasse 273, La Zagra has earned a reputation as one of the city's most respected Italian restaurants — a distinction underlined by its Gambero Rosso fork award. The kitchen's own description puts it plainly: "The best Fine Dining Italian Restaurant in Zurich," backed by "handmade pasta and mains and fantastic desserts."

The Food

The menu reads like a confident tour through Italian regional cooking. Among the primi, handmade pasta takes centre stage: triangoli filled with ricotta and spinach, finished in brown butter and sage; gnocchetti made with buffalo ricotta in a Sicilian style; and spaghetti alle vongole. Cold plates include a 24-month aged Prosciutto Sant'Ilaro with Puglian burrata D.O.P. and a beef carpaccio — ingredients chosen with clear attention to provenance.

Soups lean traditional: a daily zuppa, a vegetable minestrone, and a lentil soup made with Castelluccio lentils. Meat mains range from veal scaloppine with cream to the house Ossobuco La Zagra and a 400g herb-crusted veal chop. Fish options include sole meunière, grilled scampi, and a catch of the day. Sides such as house-made pappardelle and taglierini, lemon risotto, and Sicilian caponata round out the table.

Desserts are the kind that close a meal properly: Sicilian cannoli with ricotta, tiramisù, pannacotta with wild berry sauce, and a warm chocolate fondant with gelato.

The Setting

La Zagra is open Monday through Saturday, with both lunch and dinner service during the week and an open-ended Saturday sitting. Takeaway is also available, making the Italian cooking accessible beyond the dining room itself.