The Davos List
Five editorial picks, ranked by the only filter that matters: why you are dining.
Glow
Armin Amrein's panoramic Michelin-starred kitchen at the Hotel Grischa — Davos's most reliable serious dining and the WEF-delegate reservation that is hardest to get.
Seehof Davos
The Seehof Davos's intimate one-star — Markus Schneider cooks French-rooted Alpine fine dining in a Belle Époque dining room overlooking the lake.
Stüva
The most reliable classic Graubündner dining in Davos — Hotel Walserhof's wood-stube room with a 17-point GaultMillau rating and a deep regional cellar.
Schatzalp
1,861 metres above Davos — the 1900 Belle Époque sanatorium that inspired Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain, with Davos's most photographed dining terrace.
Jatzhütte
2,500 metres on the Jakobshorn ridge — the Davos mountain-pasture institution and the resort's most reliable lunchtime social anchor.
Best for First Date in Davos
Intimate, conversation-friendly rooms. Impressive without being intimidating. The tables where first impressions are made.
Stüva
The most reliable classic Graubündner dining in Davos — Hotel Walserhof's wood-stube room with a 17-point GaultMillau rating and a deep regional cellar.
Schatzalp
1,861 metres above Davos — the 1900 Belle Époque sanatorium that inspired Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain, with Davos's most photographed dining terrace.
Best for Business Dinner in Davos
Power tables, private rooms, considered wine lists. Where the deal gets done.
Glow
Armin Amrein's panoramic Michelin-starred kitchen at the Hotel Grischa — Davos's most reliable serious dining and the WEF-delegate reservation that is hardest to get.
Seehof Davos
The Seehof Davos's intimate one-star — Markus Schneider cooks French-rooted Alpine fine dining in a Belle Époque dining room overlooking the lake.
The Top Five in Davos
Ranked against a single question: if you had one night in Davos, where would you go?
Glow
Armin Amrein's panoramic Michelin-starred kitchen at the Hotel Grischa — Davos's most reliable serious dining and the WEF-delegate reservation that is hardest to get.
Seehof Davos
The Seehof Davos's intimate one-star — Markus Schneider cooks French-rooted Alpine fine dining in a Belle Époque dining room overlooking the lake.
Stüva
The most reliable classic Graubündner dining in Davos — Hotel Walserhof's wood-stube room with a 17-point GaultMillau rating and a deep regional cellar.
Schatzalp
1,861 metres above Davos — the 1900 Belle Époque sanatorium that inspired Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain, with Davos's most photographed dining terrace.
Jatzhütte
2,500 metres on the Jakobshorn ridge — the Davos mountain-pasture institution and the resort's most reliable lunchtime social anchor.
The Davos Dining Guide
Davos sits at 1,560 metres in the eastern Graubünden Alps and is — by elevation — the highest city in Europe. The town runs roughly a thousand metres long along the Landwasser valley floor, with Davos Platz (the lower village) holding the historic centre and Davos Dorf (the upper village) holding the chairlift base stations. The World Economic Forum has met annually at the Davos Congress Centre since 1971 and the third week of January transforms the town into the most security-saturated dining destination in the European Alps for five days.
The dining is correspondingly serious for an Alpine ski town. Glow by Armin Amrein at the Hotel Grischa runs one Michelin star; Markus Schneider's restaurant at the Seehof Davos runs another; Stüva at the Hotel Walserhof runs the village's most consistent classic Graubündner cooking; and the Schatzalp Hotel — a 1900-vintage Belle Époque sanatorium-turned-hotel above the town — runs both a serious dining room and the resort's most photographed dining terrace. Mountain-pasture restaurants — Schatzalp Berghotel, Höhenweg, Jakobshorn — round out the lunch programme.
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Reservations & Practical Notes
Glow and Seehof must be booked four to eight weeks ahead during WEF week (third week of January) — the rooms are functionally booked-out for delegates a year in advance. Outside WEF week, two to three weeks is sufficient. Stüva books at one to two weeks. Mountain restaurants take phone bookings two to three days ahead. Dress is alpine-elegant — a Loden jacket or sweater is acceptable everywhere — with no formal jacket requirement. Service is included in Switzerland; rounding up 5 per cent is the polite local convention.
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