Gasthaus zum guten Glück sits on Stationsstrasse in Zurich's Wiedikon, in District 3 southwest of the old town. The city guide Crème Guides describes it as an amiable café and restaurant by day that turns into an informal bar by night. The draw is a relaxed all-day room anchored by a long bar counter handcrafted from pewter.
Published May 7, 2026 · By Priya Nair
The room
The room centres on a bar made of pure tin, hand-built by Zurich craftspeople, which Crème Guides flags as the space's signature feature. It reads as a neighbourhood café-bar rather than a cocktail lounge, easy for a coffee, a meal or an evening drink. The crowd mixes Wiedikon locals, all-day diners and an evening drinking set.
Stationsstrasse runs through Wiedikon in District 3, a short ride from the centre and about a mile from Bahnhofstrasse. The venue also runs as a small guesthouse, which gives it a steady all-day rhythm. The setting, in a residential quarter away from the tourist core, is part of the appeal.
What to order
The kitchen runs from breakfast through lunch and dinner, with Swiss-style pancakes filled sweet or savoury among the house dishes that Crème Guides singles out. By night the pewter bar pours drinks for a relaxed evening crowd rather than a cocktail-list audience. The all-day food and the evening bar are the two halves of the offer.
For a first visit a plate from the kitchen by day, or a drink at the tin bar by night, is the way the room is built to be used. The shift from café to bar rewards both a daytime and an evening visit. Prices sit in the mid-range for a Zurich neighbourhood venue.
Who it is for
Gasthaus zum guten Glück fits a Wiedikon local after an all-day room, a traveller staying in the guesthouse, and anyone who rates a relaxed café-bar over a formal cocktail lounge. Skip it for a polished cocktail night, since the focus is an easy all-day room rather than a drinks list. The guesthouse rooms upstairs make it a practical base for a night in Wiedikon. It rewards guests who treat it as a neighbourhood base from morning to evening.
Best time to go
The venue runs all day, so the quiet mid-morning and mid-afternoon windows suit the café side, while the evening brings the bar to life. A weeknight is the calm time for a drink at the tin counter. The all-day format makes it easy to drop in around other plans in Wiedikon.
Evenings are when the room shifts from café to informal bar, the livelier window for a drink. Weekends draw a fuller all-day crowd. The hour, rather than any single dish, is what should set the timing of a visit.
The detail worth knowing
The handcrafted pewter bar is the detail that sets it apart, since few Zurich rooms are built around a tin counter made by local artists. Crème Guides marks that bar as the centrepiece of a venue that works as café, restaurant and bar in turn. The added guesthouse rooms make it unusual for a neighbourhood spot.
Few Wiedikon venues carry a single space from morning coffee to an evening drink the way this one does. The pewter counter gives the room a clear identity beyond its all-day menu. It remains a relaxed District 3 fixture rather than a destination cocktail bar.
The bottom line
Gasthaus zum guten Glück is a Wiedikon café and bar in Zurich, an all-day room built around a handcrafted pewter counter that turns informal bar by night. Come by day for the kitchen or in the evening for a drink at the tin bar. It is a relaxed neighbourhood café-bar rather than a cocktail lounge, and the room is the reason to go.
Keep exploring with our best cocktail bars in Zurich guide, the full Zurich bar guide, and our edit of cocktail bars worldwide. Pair Gasthaus zum guten Glück with Kronenhalle Bar, Widder Bar, and Old Crow.
