Gate E-level seating means L'Oro di Napoli is an easy option if you’re flying long-haul from Terminal E.
This is a table-service Italian restaurant in Terminal E, past security, and it tends to pull in passengers with longer layovers before intercontinental flights. You’re looking at airport-level pricing: plan on roughly CHF 20–30 for a main course and more if you add drinks and dessert. It’s a calmer sit-down alternative to grabbing a sandwich near the E gates when you’ve got an hour or more to kill.
The menu leans on Italian standards: think pizza and pasta as the main draw, with starters and salads to round things out. Expect individual pizzas landing in the CHF 18–26 range, depending on toppings, and pasta plates in a similar band. Portions run European rather than US-sized, so a pizza or pasta plus a small starter works well if you’re boarding a 10–12 hour flight out of E.
Service pace matches typical Swiss standards in the airside area, so budget 45–60 minutes for a sit-down meal here before a long-haul departure. If your time is tight (under 40 minutes to boarding at E), this isn’t the spot; grab something to go closer to your gate instead. One upside: you’re already in the E pier, so you’re a 3–6 minute walk from most E gates after paying.
Tip: Check your gate on the screens by the E pier escalators before committing; if your flight shifts back to A or B/D, you’ll lose 10–15 minutes just getting back on the Skymetro from E.