And saving the best for last, here’s an all vegan bakery! We visited branches in Zürich, Bern, and Basel – I believe there are branches in other cities as well, though regrettably not Geneva.

Bakery Bakery was possibly my favourite thing about my visit to Switzerland. The baked goods were excellent. The first branch we tried was in the train station at Zürich. It has no seating, so it’s takeaway only. As well as pastries, they also serve hot drinks and have a small selection of chocolate,  chilled meats, and cheeses for purchase. We only had eyes for the pastries though. Here’s what we tried.

Sausage roll: great pastry with nice seeds on top for texture, but the sausage was like a hot dog (not my preferred style, and quite different from a British sausage roll). There was loads of mustard in the pastry case alongside the sausage. It was an unpleasant surprise for mustard haters like Mother HH and me, but presumably fine if you like mustard.

Cheese tart: this is one of the best things I’ve ever eaten. The pastry was rich, crisp, and crumbly. The filling was delicious, really creamy and cheesy. It felt like a really high quality vegan cheese. Absolutely divine. We are a lot of these in our week long trip!

Cinnamon snail: the cinnamon flavour and filling were really nice. It was a bit nutty, and very sticky. The pastry was nice, but note that this is a snail that is more like a pastry than a bread, so it may or may not be home you like your snails.

Crookie: this is a croissant with two cookies baked on top. It was not very visually appealing to me, but it tasted really great. The cookies on top looked pale, but were baked and had a bit of nice crisp. The croissant was filled as well with lots of chocolatey, cookie spread. It was extremely decadent and delicious, it certainly filled us up!

Cookie: it was quite hefty, a really good size and thickness. It was absolutely packed with chocolate chips. It was quite a soft cookie, which is just how I like them.

I highly recommend this place to anyone passing through the city centre!

We also paid a visit to a branch in Bern, which was a nice cafe with seating available. Of course, we got more cheese tarts, but we also tried a few other items.

Lauch speck strudel: it had too much leek and not enough meat for my liking, which was a bit of a shame and prevented it from being truly great. The pastry was really nice though.

Donut choco nut: this was nice but not mind blowing, as the texture was a little bit chewy. The chocolate coating was the highlight.

Chocoggigipfel: this croissant filled with chocolate was more bready than pastry. The chocolate cream inside was absolutely delicious, really rich and thick. It was very tasty.

The last branch we visited was in Basel train station. We ordered from the takeaway window, but there was an additional counter and seating for dining in. It had the same baked goods as the other branches, and we didn’t try anything different here.

Overall I wasn’t overwhelmed by the number and range of vegan options in Switzerland, so it’s quite surprising to me that they have this thriving chain of fully vegan bakeries. I wish this would catch on in other countries – especially if they had those cheese tarts!