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Gül

Name: Gül
Address: Tellstrasse 22, 8004 Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 44 431 90 90
Price range: $$$

In Residence

Elif Oskan

Chef

01CuisineModern Turkish with Mediterranean Influences
02CityZürich, Switzerland

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Turkish cooking in a city that rewards the specific

Zurich's restaurant scene skews heavily toward fine dining formalism. The city that houses The Counter and IGNIV Zürich by Andreas Caminada at the €€€€ tier is not short of tasting menus and chef-driven occasions. What it has fewer of are restaurants operating at the €€ price point with the kind of critical recognition that stops food-serious visitors in their tracks. Gül, on Tellstrasse 22 in Kreis 4, is one of those restaurants. Two consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand awards (2024 and 2025) signal a kitchen that the guide establishment takes seriously without asking diners to pay fine-dining prices for the privilege.

Turkish food in northern European cities has spent years trapped between two poles: the cheap-and-plentiful doner economy on one end and the high-concept Anatolian revivalism found at a handful of destination addresses on the other. The middle ground, where careful cooking meets honest pricing, is harder to find. Gül sits in that space. Chef Elif Oskan brings the kind of credential-through-recognition that matters in Zurich, a city where the Michelin inspector's opinion carries real commercial weight. Consecutive Bib Gourmands are not awarded for consistency alone; they signal a kitchen operating with both technical discipline and value clarity.

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Where Gül sits in the Zurich critical ecosystem

For context on where Gül fits within Zurich's wider critical map: the city's Michelin presence extends from two-star creative work at The Restaurant down through starred and Bib Gourmand addresses across multiple cuisines. The Bib Gourmand category in Switzerland is competitive; the inspector's standard for what constitutes good value does not drop because a restaurant operates casually. Gül earning the award in consecutive years places it in a small group of Zurich tables that hold sustained recognition outside the tasting-menu format.

Each operates at a different point on the formality and price spectrum, which makes Gül a useful counterweight in any Swiss dining sequence that leans heavily toward high-end tasting formats.

At a glance

Cuisine: Modern Turkish with Mediterranean Influences
Price: $$$
Neighborhood: Aussersihl

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The people

Elif Oskan
Chef

Recognition

Michelin Bib Gourmand
2025
Opinionated About Dining Casual in Europe Recommended
2026
Opinionated About Dining Casual in Europe
2025

Hours

Mon	18:00–00:00
Tue	18:00–00:00
Wed	18:00–00:00
Thu	18:00–00:00
Fri	18:00–00:00
Sat	11:00–14:00, 18:00–00:00
Sun	11:00–15:00, 18:00–22:00

Hours can change. Check with the venue before you go.

Address

Tellstrasse 22, 8004 Zürich, Switzerland

Aussersihl

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Website

guel.ch

Phone

+41 44 431 90 90

Questions

Frequently asked

What recognition does Gül hold?

Gül holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

Who works at Gül?

Made By profiles Elif Oskan (Chef) at Gül.

How expensive is Gül?

Gül is listed at a price level of $$$.

Where is Gül and what does it serve?

Gül is in Aussersihl, Zürich, serving Modern Turkish with Mediterranean Influences.

The field

How it compares

Place	Cuisine	Notes	Awards
Gül	Modern Turkish with Mediterranean Influences	Aussersihl, $$$	·
Didi's Frieden	Authentic Swiss Classic	Zürich	·
IGNIV Zürich by Andreas Caminada	Modern Swiss Fusion Sharing	Zürich	Michelin 2 Stars
KLE	Modern Vegan Fine Dining	Zürich	Michelin 1 Star
The Counter	Modern Cosmopolitan Omakase with East Asian Influences	Zürich	Michelin 2 Stars
The Restaurant	Modern Creative Cuisine with Asian Accents	Zürich	Michelin 2 Stars
Widder Restaurant	Modern French Fine Dining	Zürich	Michelin 2 Stars

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