Stayed here one night and I fell in love with how simple it is. Walking around the lobby and garden…read moremade me feel as if I'm lost in time. Beautiful historic stay. Breakfast is served, free wifi, and staff speaks English.

I revisited the Classico after six years again. It hasn't changed much but the owners, I think…read more It's still worth a visit, in my opinion.

If you want to dine in this restaurant you are well advised to reserve at least two weeks in…read moreadvance. Be warned, this restaurant is mostly about (Swiss) meat. The card has different meat portions to choose from, starting from 200grams, up to 400grams. The evening I went , there was a choice of Australien beef. I took the 300gram portion with rice. It was served sizzling on a hot stone accompanied by three dips (chili, mustard and mayonnaise). The meat was tender and tasty, you had almost no need to chew it. Delicious. I took two glasses of red wine (Barolo) to go with it. I finished the dinner with a good portion of apricot sorbet. The meal cost me around 80.- CHF. So it's a bit expensive. And as a warning, as all meat is served sizzling on a hot stone, the whole restaurant after a certain time is enveloped in a fog. So I had to wash all my clothes.

Yes, the ambiance of this place is just great. Situated in a small forest in Reinach BL you feel…read morelike being in a fairy tale - the house looks like a witch's cottage giving the name of the restaurant (in Swiss German). The service is great very friendly and attentive also with elderly people. Their speciality are skewers in many different ways - so everyone will find one. They are ok, well done and you will get enough food not leaving the table hungry ;-). But do not expect gourmet food or freshly made veggies ... that's not why you are coming to this place - it's the ambiance, sitting in this beautiful garden and enjoying some food and some drinks.. and sharing some fairy tales with family or friends becoming part of a story.

The ambience both inside and outside is fantastic and worth 3 stars by itself. Most of the food and…read moredrinks were decent, however, I had the chicken skewers dish and I am probably not used to their style, because I didn't find it appetizing. So besides that, everything else was great.