Gifthüttli in Basel

Very nice restaurant in the center of Basel, right near the town hall (the red building). Welcoming atmosphere, quite warm temperature inside the place (for a t-shirt) even though it was raining outside. We tasted the famous classic cordon bleu with cheese and ham, very good, generous portion and super filling. Friendly and helpful staff, The service was fast and precise. If you are in Basel it is definitely worth a stop here :) We paid 112 CHF for the cordon bleu and dessert with beer and water. See you next time 💪🏻😎

Quality food, wide choice of cordon bleu, courteous and very kind service, attentive to needs, impeccable. Absolutely recommended!

The food was really delicious! The Cordon Bleu was extremely well filled. The service was very nice. There is a star deduction here for not seeing empty glasses.

Rustic atmosphere with friendly staff and good food. We were completely satisfied, even if the prices are quite high at a Swiss level.

The meal was excellent. We had cordon bleu with truffles (2x) + 1x classic with the homemade spaetzli. We can only recommend it. However, the service leaves a lot to be desired. We made reservations at 8:15 p.m. and showed up on time. We were then told that our table was not yet free and we had to wait “outside”. After 15 minutes our table became available. It was given to us i. In the meantime, we were neither offered a drink nor received an apology for the waiting time. When we were at our table we received the menu very quickly. However, we had to wait a long time before we could order something (drinks). The long wait continued throughout the evening and didn't improve. Conclusion: Great food! Service flop (can be improved)!

If you like cordon bleu in different variations, this cozy pub is in the right place. A traditional Basel restaurant in a new-old look with very friendly and efficient service. It's worth a visit!

Simply recommended. From the restaurant, especially the service and the food...

Great for kids; they provide coloring books and special toys.

Magnificent blue codon and onion soup🤤🫶

Very nice staff, nice atmosphere and all dishes can be gluten-free! That convinced us. The GF Cordon Bleus were super tasty and so was the huge Rösti! The vegetable bouquet, on the other hand, was more expensive than the Rösti and was probably normal frozen vegetables, small bowl, nothing special. Then choose another side dish. But we would love to come back :)

It's a very nice restaurant with tasty food, good wine and relatively good prices.

Great food and even better personnel!

Perfect service and very nice staff. Top

You feel at home here… Great ambience, good food and TOP service! I always enjoy coming to Gifti ☺️.

A beautiful rustic brewery in the old town of Basel.

This restaurant was recommended by a Swiss local. It was a fun experience.

The food is simply great. Staff very nice and sincere. Many thanks.

The best traditional food we have tried in Switzerland

Cordon bleus, a treat. .huge portion. The price isn't cheap but it's worth it.

The best Cordon Bleu I have ever eaten and the Rösti good too. Expensive like all of Switzerland, but the food was excellent. The friendly service.

Wouldn't Gifthüttli know about it? Where the Cordon Bleu is so fine! I'm always against it and ha mi fat bits of meat au gnoh. Oh, the other nice thing make your head, face and stomach laugh And then no e Schlüggly feyne Wy Our living space should be so beautiful. Dear team, yesterday I was able to visit her favorite restaurant again in memory of my late mother and enjoy the classic Cordon Bleu. As always and bitterly keep it up! I'll be back - and that's not a threat. Very heartfelt thanks and frysch from the Läbere The masher from the guild to the fermenter.

Nice restaurant in the middle of Basel. The food was to die for. Will definitely come back.

Cozy small restaurant, good food.

Best cordon bleu I have had in my life! Friendly service and cosy place

It was super good, very nice staff, ambience typically Swiss, really great

After the Basel Marathon, I refreshed myself with colleagues in this restaurant/brewery in the center of Basel. The food is OK, but the beer is very good... in short, as expected! Prices are very high, but absolutely in line with prices in this area. I ate a Cordon Bleu, which should be the city's specialty, filled with pâté.

Top food, top service! We will be back! 😃

Nice bar and restaurant. Good food in substantial portions. Swiss styled dishes are predominant. We tried a local wine too. Service was pleasant. Recommend.

As big Cordon Bleu fans, we were in the right place. The food was excellent, the service was attentive and friendly, and the ambience on the first floor was the ideal mix of cozy, rustic and premium.

Cozy atmosphere, friendly service, very good food in the mid-price segment. Reservations during meal times are recommended.

Mythical place and what choices of cordon bleus!!

Triple Cordon Bleu. Delicious 😋

Fine food, really great service

Great restaurant with a lot of Basel atmosphere, recommended 👍

Highly recommended!. Cordon bleu, wine, swiss sausage and beer was perfect!

A very nice brasserie in the old town of Basel. The cordon bleu is crispy on the outside and soft as can be, and the röstis are tender and crispy. We were lucky to have the last free table.

If you are looking for "Cordon-Bleu" this is definitely one of the Hotspots in Basel. Friendly Staff, comfortable atmosphere, and great food. Price is reasonable considering it is in the heart of Basel. Be sure to call in advance as they are often fully booked.

very good cordon bleu "Italian" with ham Gorgonzola. Service friendly and accommodating.

The Swiss cachopo is very good😉

Drinking —> ordering open wine is a catastrophe. They bring the wine already decanted and you don't know if it's the wine you ordered. You don't show the bottle of wine. A no go. Schnitzel thin meat prepared with certainly too much dough and greasy. Fries also too greasy

I am really upset to writting this. I entered and they did not wellcomed me. The waitress was so rude (Clara or something I couldnt understand) (she has a colorfull hair and piercng). I didnt have a reservation and I asked her , she was so rude. We came here far away and we walked nearly 20 minutes. I asked how can I reservation and she didnt say anything. She said today you cant come, I said I can be come tomorrıw and she gave me a card and sent me. After I asked her name she was so kind and I am really angry to saw this. What a world…. Anyway, I was really wondered here and it was disapointted.

The Gifthüttli is special because it is a traditional restaurant in Basel. The Gifthüttli is something special. The service was very attentive and they served us very professionally, even though the restaurant was full. The service was really very good. The wine list has a good price/performance ratio including the champagne. In general, the price/performance ratio overall is not excessive for the quality of the food. There were four of us and we had the double veal cordon bleu flambéed. The Cordon Bleu is a specialty of the Gifthüttli and is available in many variations. The Cordon Bleu flambéed can only be ordered for 2 people or more and is flambéed at the table. With this Cordon Bleu double, which is 300 grams per person, it makes no sense to order a starter as it is very filling so that you still have room for the fine desserts. We actually wanted to eat upstairs in the Weinstübli, but unfortunately it was closed, so we got a good round table by the tiled stove. The only downer for us was that the upstairs was closed and the downstairs was very rustic and it was a bit cramped and completely full, but still good. Be sure to reserve in advance as it is a very busy restaurant.

I have celiac disease and was able to eat a gluten-free cordon bleu with French fries there. It was wonderful and I had zero complaints afterwards. Thank you dear chef, thank you Gifthüttli! We will be back!

Great food and friendly service

Typical of the kings of the cordon bleu, diverse and varied choices

A restaurant recommended by a friend for its excellent cuisine. The service is continuous, which is super nice. The decor is really cool, traditional, all in wood. There are quite a few tables but there is still space between them. On the other hand it resonates a little, in a full room it must be quite intense in terms of sound, but it gives a very lively atmosphere. The service is smiling. The arrival of dishes is a bit long for a meal past the rush but it's still reasonable. On the other hand, the waiters are up to no good with the dishes at the bar, it's causing a lot of noise, sensitive ears and migraine sufferers stay away. In terms of cuisine... We'll start with the painful part, we're in Switzerland, the prices are adapted to Switzerland. I would even say that the quality/price ratio is very good having seen other even scarier menus. For cordon bleu (the specialty) count at least 32 euros (the establishments do not take issue with the exchange rate, 1 euro = 1 Swiss franc) WITHOUT support. Side dishes start at 7.5 or 8 euros. So, roughly, 40 euros per dish. Beer if you want a pint, it's 8 mini That's it for the prices For what it represents on the plate, even if it remains painful for the French, it is very good and very generous. The cordon bleus are massive, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, well seasoned. The fries are also well served and seasoned (which is far too rare for fries!) We emerge from the sated and ready to face the cold, the snow and the crowds. In my opinion, this is an address to remember!

The Gifthüttli is an old, venerable state of mind restaurant

Restaurant is great, food is great and the service is very, very friendly

Really nice location, very good food and very nice service. Even when it gets busy, which I think is common there, the team remains calm and efficient. Bravo and look forward to seeing you again!

Very tasty food, great service. come back

Very tasty, good atmosphere thanks to wooden walls. Service was a bit messy but otherwise OK. Great price/performance.

The food was excellent... but had to pay for 25 portions (Gordonbleus) (we had reserved for 25) even though we were only 21 people due to being unavailable... So 21 people will avoid this restaurant in the future. It's a shame, we thought the hospitality industry had learned something during the difficult times.

Very nice, old restaurant in Basel. Varied menu, great service, highly recommended 😎

Very cozy, also the outdoor area, wooden benches covered with fur and you can see the people in a hurry. Extremely friendly service inside and a great atmosphere

Excellent soup of the day. French fries too. The vegetables were only boiled and a little bland. We were a group of 20 people who all ate cordonbleu and despite this they charged us 4.50 each for carafes of water. We had already given our orders the days before, but they served the tables next to us before us. We waited 1.40 hour before the first one. Having to return to Ticino by bus we were an hour behind schedule.

Very tasty food and really friendly service. There might be a little more choice for vegetarians but there is nothing wrong with the quality.

A very nice, quaint restaurant in the old town of Basel. Very good, hearty food and an incredibly friendly, good-humored, competent young boss and service staff. Highly recommended, and not only the various cordon bleu, but also schnitzel and trout fillets were excellent.

A smooth top with good friends and a top Källner

The Goto Place for Cordon Bleus🙏

Excellent Swiss eatery with hearty choices!

French fries were super tiny broken fries with a strong old fat taste. The cordon blue was okayish

Good food and nice service. Thank you

Price/performance in the upper range. An offer of coffee would have been appropriate for the long waiting time.

Basically a nice, rustic Basel restaurant with charm. A regular pub for many carnival enthusiasts in Basel. The places or Tables are a bit narrow and you end up bumping into each other as you walk through them. Most of the staff are very friendly, but the attention is often lacking, so that when ordering drinks or bread, for example, you have to wait until the food is almost over. The food is good. But the prices are absolutely insane! A well-known “schnitzel with fries” costs CHF 37.50.- + 8.- for the handful of fries!! (and there's no small salad or anything) Therefore, it must be clearly stated that the price level here is extremely high for a restaurant with a “bourgeois standard”. In summer or in "warm" weather, you can also sit comfortably outside. It's definitely worth a visit. Maybe Call/reserve in advance as there are not too many places available.

Food overall 3.5 stars. Service was good and the atmosphere was also cozy.

The best cordon bleu I have eaten. Accompanied by homemade fries and an excellent draft beer. They only use local products. The setting is superb.

The best Cordon Bleu in Basel. 🙂

Food not cooked well, staff not able to remember things well. Also quite expensive.

Ambience very nice. Friendly service. The mixed salad was excellent. The veal cordon bleu (side dish of fries) was unfortunately a disappointment. Both totally dry. I had to “look for” the cheese. I expected more since this is supposedly a specialty of the house...

I thoroughly enjoyed my dinner here .I sat at an outdoor table and it was a perfect late summer night with the ambience of the restaurant and the old city more then complementing a delicious meal. I had the truffle veal cordon bleu while my companion had the classic .It was excellent as was the service ,the other dishes and of course good local beer. Just a wonderful meal.

Very nice restaurant and historic Weinstube in the lively center.

Very good service and food. Huge variety of food choices and drinks/vines as well. Prices are okay and on an expected swiss-level. Vines are ranging from regional choices to Austrian and French Vines.

I had been searching for this meal type and Gifhüttli kept coming up. I think there are probably several restaurants just like this, but this one felt special. We were seated inside and the atmosphere was fantastic. The wait staff worked really hard, moved really fast, and carried a big smile. They seemed like a tight-knit team and it carried over into the service. I like taking photos of “half-eaten pretty” so that’s what you get. I had the chorizo cordon bleu. I think next time I will try the classic because my buddy couldn’t shut up about his. Mine was very tasty, the chorizo is a bit more in pepperoni form, as an fyi. Potatoes gratin were the best I’ve had, this is an honest statement from my perspective. The chocolate fondant was incredible. Seriously, I almost wanted to get a second. So for sure five stars. If I visit Basel again, I will absolutely reserve for another dinner here

Such a really great old town pub. With a lot of charm, including the staff with charm and esprit. Welcome is first name only. We had a wonderful Saturday lunch.

Rip off !! If you calculate euros in francs at 1.20 even though the exchange rate is 1.05, when you ask about it the only answer comes: we are not a bank. Then cheated again with the change... Rösti was dry. Schnitzel was good. But not particularly. All other restaurants changed 1/1

We ate and drank wonderfully here. There is a large selection of Cordon Bleus, in a variety of variations. The vegetables are presented extremely beautifully and taste great. The same goes for the French fries. All in all, a thoroughly successful evening!

Mega fine stew in a cozy atmosphere with Basler Tüsche menu.

Cordonbleus are really tasty. Definitely one of my top 10 in Basel and the surrounding area.

We decided to have dinner there last month, without booking in advance. It was a nicely warm evening (though with the risk of rain showers), and we very much wanted to sit on the terrace. The only table the waiter could offer us, however, was not covered by the awning, and less than 10 minutes into our stay, the first drops started to fall. However, the waiter swiftly informed us of another (covered) table that had just been vacated, and proceeded to relocate us there, so we were safe from the rain for the rest of the evening. Very good and attentive service, and I loved the food. I ordered the Classic Gordon Bleu, but there are other interesting Gordon Bleu options as well. As it seems a popular place (and I can obviously see why!), I would probably recommend to book in advance, especially when wanting to sit on the terrace, to avoid disappointment, as not everyone may be as lucky as us with the timing.

Central location, rustic atmosphere, very friendly and fast service. Clean restaurant area. Small patio area. Toilet very narrow. Fantastic Cordon Bleu and mega dessert. Be sure to reserve. We moved from the terrace to the inside, which posed no problems. Simply great service 😍

Spectacular panoramic view, very good appetizers, a very nice place

Food was very good. Price-performance ratio was also right. Staff was very flexible and gave us a table even though we hadn't reserved. But we were finished after an hour and a half.

Excellent cordon bleu. Generous portion. Prices average for the city

Very good Cordon Bleu Friendly service

Very good and different Cordon Bleus. Also a great lunch menu.

Traditional, delicious food in a cozy restaurant, known for Cordon Bleu in all variations, but there are also 'normal' home-style dishes on the menu - so far always great in taste, plates beautifully presented and ideal for a cozy company event The service was friendly and personable, orders were taken quickly and brought to the table – great. The only drawback is that it's too loud for me personally, but that should just be a bit 'normal'. Conclusion: anytime and gladly again

Diner was good, nice menu. Prices a bit high f9r EU standard.

Had Cordon Bleu Classic lunch menu with fries, soup of the day and dessert. Soup was excellent. Unfortunately, the cordon bleu was only half full. Fries were strongly seasoned, but a bit oily. Chocolate cake was OK. I'm a little disappointed and will definitely not order cordon bleu a second time.

A very nice choice but..... you absolutely have to try their specialty. For my part, the best cordon bleu I have ever eaten! The homemade fries and the quantity of vegetables... A marvel! Without forgetting the very very friendly staff. Thank you for this good time spent in this beautiful city. See you soon.

The veal cordon bleu tastes wonderful. Price in Swiss terms, but okay. At least for the cordon bleu with a side dish. Dessert too expensive in comparison! Service ok

Quaint restaurant in the heat of Basel. Very good traditional Swiss food with nice service.

Must have even despite of the prices. And you'd better have a reservation!

The best place for a cordon bleu ! I love the truffel one

Great food and drink, we had fun and like the location. Thanks

Very friendly welcome and delicious cordon bleu.

Very nice service. The food was delicious. The ambience is wonderful. We would like to come again.

First restaurant during my stay in Basel. Went to it because I saw that got many good reviews and one website even mentioned it having one of the 10 best cordon bleus in the world so I had to check it out. I was certainly not disappointed at all with my cordon bleu and rösti. They were large and tasted very good. The place can get very loud quickly but it got a traditional cozy atmosphere.

Excellent! The cordon bleu are sensational - they can also be gluten-free, which is rare. The menu is deliberately kept slim so that all dishes are of very good quality. The service is attentive and courteous. We'll definitely be back!

A Basel institution. The food is solid and very good, the service is very personable in a suitably down-to-earth manner and makes you feel spontaneously at ease. The rustic dining room completes the package. As a German, you obviously have to overcome your gasp at the prices, but you're in Switzerland... But it's worth it, because while in Germany people usually stuff pressed molded ham and cheap processed cheese into a schnitzel under the title of the "blue ribbon", here it is possible to see the actual idea of ​​Cordon Bleu as a taste triad of decent quality veal, good ham and a cheese that actually contributes its own aroma. Even the more adventurous guest has the opportunity to choose from the partly surprisingly innovative versions of the Swiss specialty that are also offered.

Delicious food, nice staff, good decorations