A very classy restaurant with brilliant food and good service…read more I visited St Gallen to see the famous Abbey (well worth the visit!) and was sent to Segreto when I asked where the best restaurant was. Segreto is Italian for "secret" I was told; but if it is, then it shouldn't be! The restaurant isn't in the town, but a short drive away. It is a truly idylic environment and the restaurant seems to organically grow from the formal dining room into a conservatory-style outside and then a stylish garden area. There is also a big outside casual dining area, though I'm not sure if that is part of the restaurant or not. The food is exquisite and clearly cooked by a deft and delicate hand in the kitchen. With such cuisine, I often find stuffy service, but not here where it is confident and professional. The wine list is very extensive and it is easy to find a complimentary wine. My overall thoughts are that this is a fantastic restaurant. I will certainly add this to my list of "must go" places, when I return to the St Gallen area.

This is clearly the best Italian / mediterranean restaurant you can find not just in St. Gallen but…read morein all the Bodensee - region . The amazing detail is that the chef is a German : Martin Benninger. So how does it comes that a German can cook Italian specialities from agnolotti , guancia Di Vitello , carpaccio di spigola so heavenly (and not just Italian food , try the fois gras...) ? It happens that he cooked for more then 2 years for Heinz Beck in Rome , a legend there with 3 stars Michelin. If Martin continues to cook like this Its likely he will get his Michelin stars soon too. Another detail I like about this restaurant is that it has one of the best wine lists in Switzerland to really affordable prices. Some of the wines cannot be found cheaper if bought in a store.

WOW. I do not have enough good things to say about this place. It is absolutely exquisite…read more The service was impeccable, the food - absolutely delcious, the view of the Bodensee - breathtaking...it was just perfect. I posted a picture of my dinner as well - which were giant prawns with a squid ink pasta. Likely one of the best dishes I've had in Switzerland this summer. The restuaurant is really quite special, a great place for date night, birthday celebration, etc.

We walked up on this small coffee shop and bakery looking for a Latte Machiatto early on a cold…read moreSunday Morning. Not much is open in Arbon at that time. We were pleasantly surprised by the delicious coffee and array of baked goods we had never seen before. By this time in our trip, we were accustomed to the highly developed baking game in this area of Europe. We tried a couple of items and found them characteristically sweet an refined. New to us was the table reservation in a coffee shop. In the US tables are always first-come-first-served in a small cafe like this. Several tables were unoccupied, but had "reserved" signs on them. We asked and all had been reserved somehow. We chose to sit outside on seats that had furry pads on them, which were amazingly warming. We were quite comfortable, enjoying the warming effect of the drinks and the chairs in the chilly lake air. This place seemed like a chain, but I'm not certain. Would definitely recommend and repeat if we are in Arbon again!