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Friends Corner

Restaurant Sri lankan restaurant

😠 Yesterday my relatives and I went to friend’s corner and we wanted to order the food. The waiter was stressing us and was bit annoyed. He couldn’t note down our menu properly and repeated again and again. After so long, we received our food and went home. Later when we checked, the order was incompl... People often mention good, friendly, order, Lankan,


Address

Josefstrasse 146, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland

Contact

+41 43 818 22 04

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (699 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 11 am to 10:30 pm
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 10:30 pm
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 10:30 pm
  • Thursday: 11 am to 10:30 pm
  • Friday: 11 am to 10:30 pm
  • Saturday: 11 am to 10:30 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (9) friendly (7) order (6) Lankan (6)
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  • 1/5 Priyanka Maheswaran (. 1 year ago on Google
    Yesterday my relatives and I went to friend’s corner and we wanted to order the food. The waiter was stressing us and was bit annoyed. He couldn’t note down our menu properly and repeated again and again. After so long, we received our food and went home. Later when we checked, the order was incomplete. We received just dosai, but we even ordered for Rolls and plain rottis. I’m sorry, but we are not satisfied at all with your service.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Justin S. 4 years ago on Google • 1668 reviews
    Nice spot to grab some Sri Lankan food. You can sit in or order take away, and the service is fast and friendly. The food was delicious, with the biryani being especially good. The samosa was quite good as well. If you’re in the mood for something with a little spice, this is your place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 ajeem s. 2 years ago on Google
    Such a bad experience, i have ordered idiyappam and received puttu which i dont like i have clearly mentioned the item and selected the item in uber eats either you people should give little care to your customers! Such a worst experience lost my 44chf throwing the puttu to dust bin !
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 beat s. 4 years ago on Google • 707 reviews
    A favorite small neighbourhood restaurant with very good Sri Lanka food. Service is quick and friendly, the food is tasty, and prices are very reasonable. Outdoor seating is available. Excellent vegetarian choices as well. Whenever we are in the area we try to drop by for a bite.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Justin D. 5 years ago on Google • 626 reviews
    Great authentic food, awesome portion size, great cost for Zurich, and most importantly it's tasty and full of flavour. It's set in a nice/trendy spot so be sure to walk the surrounding streets and grab a cold beer to cool your mouth after an all out spice fest from friends corner! Highly recommended
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Thivanka De S. 2 years ago on Google • 261 reviews
    If you are looking for delicious Sri Lankan meal this is an awesome place in Zurich. The string hoppers are fantastic and the masala dosa is absolutely delicious. There is indoor and outdoor seating. Staff are fast pace but friendly enough. Can’t recommend this place enough. We went back twice it was so good. Meals are around 15 CHF depending on what you get.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 S. D. 1 year ago on Google
    The combination of poor food and poor service make this is an awful option - irrespective of price - to dine at. Food: All the curries are made in batches and they sit in a regular food display cases. I have no clue how long they've been sitting there for, but it's long enough that the food has cooled down and needs to be re-heated again. Their method for re-heating food is with a microwave which isn't really great if you're in the mood for fresh food. Service: The service is awful. We went on relatively quiet day and the waiter took forever to get to us, as did the food. I've been three times and each time, they've messed up my order despite me needing to repeat over and over. Yet they always get it wrong, then give attitude when I tell them so. Can't recommend.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Renasan K. 11 months ago on Google • 85 reviews
    Delicious kottu rotti in town. Is better than Neela, because is not so dry like Neela's Kottu. You will get a large portion. The price 18.00 Fr. is very fair for the large portion. Recommended!

  • 4/5 ASHRITHA S. 4 months ago on Google • 44 reviews
    I tried Kothu Rotti it was too good.

  • 5/5 Bora P. 6 months ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Delicious Kottu Roti, super friendly, multilingual — should increase prices, still same since years. Go sometimes twice a day, it's that good. https://valeriana.ch/de/magazin/rezeptkueche-sri-lanka

  • 5/5 Sivaraja 1 year ago on Google
    Noce food, friendly owner, will try different menu next time, thank you

  • 4/5 Ranjith B. 1 year ago on Google
    Quite famous eat out place among Indians and non- Indians too. Very packed during peak times. Takeout - Quantity and the extras provides is large. Good taste.

  • 1/5 Kokilaverny M. 1 year ago on Google
    Not happy with customer service. Owner's very rude remarks to customers. Not happy at all. No complaint about food but average and very expensive when compare with other restaurants in the same area

  • 5/5 bungee g. 1 year ago on Google
    Best south indian/sri Lankan food in Switzerland, greater than even most Indian hotels situated in india itself. Ambience was very pleasant and food was really tasty. Has vegetarian options as well.

  • 5/5 Dario D. 1 year ago on Google
    My son, 20something loves this place. Plenty of food, vegi-vegan-meat, served quickly and well below typical Swiss pricing. Locals eat here. Authentic, friendly, filling.

  • 5/5 syed m. 2 years ago on Google
    Well not an authentic indian food but its better then a lot of other indian restaurant. Price is also alright compared to rest of the zurich.

  • 5/5 Marija H. 2 years ago on Google
    This place makes one travel to North of Sri Lanka - so authentic is the food. Very reasonably priced deliciousness. My favorite are the dosas

  • 3/5 Thirumoorthi V. 9 months ago on Google
    Crowded during lunch. Tea is good and food served quantity is large and priced for large quantity. Its better to order less and then order after finishing.

  • 5/5 Pranita R. 10 months ago on Google
    Great authentic Sri Lankan food!

  • 5/5 Sherly C. 2 years ago on Google
    Delicious Sri Lankan rice & curry, and dosas. All homemade and inexpensive. Large portions, so come hungry. Service is friendly and fast. Loved it!

  • 5/5 Jon L. 8 months ago on Google • 1 review
    I'll confess that what first brought me to Friends Corner was the reasonable prices. I had heard that the area around Im Viadukt had some cool restaurants, but as a resident of central Manhattan, I was shocked that the to see the prices at most restaurants were much, much higher than what I was used to. At first, the name "Friends Corner" seemed like a misnomer to me. Sitting outside in the warm, somewhat buggy air, saturated with cigarette smoke (How many decades will it take Europeans to understand that smoking is stupid and rude?), watching the server zip back and forth without so much at a glance... To be fair, the people around me, lingering and smoking at tables covered in empty beer bottles, probably felt Friends Corner was a perfectly appropriate name. I was a solo traveler and my AirBnB host had her own life, the girl who climbed the cathedral stairs with me had moved on to Baden, I'd somehow failed to properly break the ice with the girl on the boat tour, and no one on my walking tour had met anyone other than the walking tour guide. Friends Corner was not responsible for any of this. Even so, it was frustrating leafing through a menu I couldn't understand for 10 minutes while repeatedly failing to make meaningful eye contact with the server as he whipped too and fro, clearly covering more responsibilities than was plausible for a single employee. Finally he stopped by to find out what I wanted, and of course I had no idea. Maybe something from this 'vegetarisch' section? I pointed to the ones that seemed to come with 4 somethings (curries maybe?), since I like variety. He directed me to one of the items with 3 somethings, but I demurred. He more pointedly directed me to a second item, insisting "It's good. It's very good." So there you go. I ordered my meal without being able to read the menu or know what I had ordered, all based on an 11-second exchange. Ah, but the food! He had directed me to the dosai, which were bread-like but had a satisfyingly eggy texture. It came with several curries and also something that resembled wasabi, yet with a trace of mint. It was quite a sizable portion of food, and I ate every damn morsel of it. Okay, but did the food really make me feel like I was back in Sri Lanka? You know what? Yes, it really did. If you like Sri Lankan food, you've got to visit this place. (Bring a friend.)
    1 person found this review helpful 👍


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Kerbside pickup
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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