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Basel, a vibrant city on the Rhine known for its museums and architecture, offers culinary delights like Basler Läckerli, a spiced biscuit, and hearty Swiss fondue.

Restaurant Gifthüttli

Restaurant Gifthüttli

Schneidergasse 11, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

Deutsch • Schweizer • Europäisch • Restaurants


"We visited this place with my wife and our infant. There were many free tables without a reservation sign and a few that were reserved. We saw a free table for four persons which would suit us, because we needed the extra space for the baby wagon and also my wife would have the privacy she needed to nurse our baby. I asked the waitress (Chefin) if we could sit there and she showed me another table for two persons. The answer was not clear and I didn 't understand if it was just a recommendation. We instead sat on our chosen table for four persons. The waitress then came and said we must change tables because this table wasn 't available. So we took our seats on the 2 person table. After around 20 minutes I see a couple coming from the inside and sitting on the 4 person table which we originally preferred. I was very surprised because the waitress told us this table was not available. I asked a waiter how come this couple sat at this table and he said it was not his decision but the decision of his boss (Chefin headwaitress) and we should talk with her. Anyways then the waiter comes back and says that this couple had a reservation. I reply that this table didn 't have a reserved sign and that it looked like they were searching for a table outside. He replied that they did not have a reservation for this table but that they had a reservation inside and they went to sit outside because of the sun. So to sum it up: Table was NOT reserved. We tried to sit and told it 's not available . Couple comes from the inside after 15 20 minutes and just sits at the supposedly unavailable table. So I and my wife are very disappointed and frustrated from the service. We have never experienced such a cold, disrespectful and clearly unfair behavior in a restaurant until now. The fact that they didn 't even try to accommodate a family of a nursing mother her baby makes it even worse. Completely unacceptable, and plain sad. Besides that, the food was very tasty. But this treatment we had from the headwaitress ruined our stay there. So if you just look for a nice meal, you can visit this place. But if you really want to feel warm welcomed in a restaurant, this is the worst place to go to."