Spritzwerk - Zuerich

This place has high ratings, came recommended and was full of diners. The main question is why. Why put food trucks inside? The charm of food truck dining is standing or possibly sitting in a public space while enjoying a cuisine or item that would be hard to find in a traditional restaurant. This place seems to be for people who think they like food trucks but really don’t, or don’t get the concept. This establishment is basically operating as a restaurant where the food comes from three different kitchens. The decor is cool and trendy and typically industrial/steampunk/exposed everything. Also lots of cool and trendy people. Clearly a see and be seen motivation involved. There is a nice, small music hall adjacent which housed an excellent artist on the night we were there. Now on to the food. First, congratulations must go to the staff for orchestrating dishes from three different kitchens arriving to the table simultaneously. This is a significant accomplishment. The best recommendation would be to order a bunch of apps to share and make a meal of that. Smoked trout with beets was excellent, the gyoza are good and the crumbed shrimp were the most perfectly cooked in recent memory. Main courses were boring: Hacktätscshli with smashed potatoes, roast chicken with rice and veg, pulled pork burger, absurdly small sushi ‘plate.’ A question and a comment: 1) Why do so many places fall into the trap of having exciting apps and boring mains? (This is not a Swiss fault, as it occurs far too regularly in many first world eateries); and, 2) These are typical, well-established mains that show no ingenuity or can easily be had at many other places. That’s boring. Finally, wear clothes you don’t mind smelling like you worked the fryer station for the evening. Some of the money spent on decor should have gone on better extractors.

Strolling around the northern Zürich and behind the main station we came across with this refurbished factory... Now an asian restaurant with cool vintage decor and second hand furnitures. Tasty miso soup, good veggi gyozas and yummy take care hot/ spicy) noodles. The mochi: as japanese dessert not the best. Was frozen. Staff friendly and welcoming. Price around 20 eur. Cool!

Really loved this place. 3 Food trucks in the hall where you can choose the food from on a menu but there is nice service. They also have a good timing from starters to main and the prices are pretty moderate for Zurich!

The atmosphere in Spritzwerk is great and the food is delicious, but unfortunately you have to wait a long time even if the resti isn't really full. The food truck concept is cool, but it doesn't really seem to work. In the small kitchens they can't even come close to keeping up with the volume of orders. We had to wait over 45 minutes to get out of Essen. In addition, it is too expensive in relation to the quantity. A little bit of trying everywhere is definitely not possible. I felt sorry for the employees, they tried hard, but that's a conceptual error...

The burgers were particularly disappointing, especially for the price paid. The baos were okay but not great either.