Swiss Youth Hostels and Restaurants

Why choose the Yoummi food experience?

Seasonal dishes that are on the menu in Swiss Youth Hostels restaurants are made using Fairtrade products. Fairtrade supports the concept of sustainable trade. Swiss Youth Hostels always buys locally-sourced seasonal fruit and vegetables. They avoid buying fruit from countries at the equator. When it comes to meat, they focus on local products, such as Swiss meat products and poultry. They recommend vegan and vegetarian meals as an alternative to meat-based ones, though, and these are also part of the Swiss, international, classic and innovative cuisine.

Swiss Youth Hostels restaurants offer three menus for guests to choose, which all include a salad, soup and dessert. They’ve also added dishes which you can shape according to your taste. You can create the final look and taste of your meal with nuts, raisins, chili, tortilla chips, various sauces, lime slices, herbs and spices. The dressings vary based on the diversity of the meals. From April on, the hostel booking includes breakfast that encompasses cheese, Swiss cold cuts and seasonal fruit.

The Yoummi sustainable food concept puts guests first, so Swiss Youth Hostels restaurants also offer soy or oat drink, gluten-free bread and muesli for breakfast, which is included in the booking. The redesigned offer varies depending on the Swiss hostel, but it retains all the pros of its previous version, so you can still drink local water in restaurants for free.

Why Yoummi as a sustainable solution?

Operating on the sustainable concept and using sustainable solutions, such as the reduction of CO2, has resulted in gradual reduction of greenhouse gases in the last decades. Swiss Youth Hostels is committed to responsibility, as it’s the only way to substantiate its operating methods that are based on green tourism. With its great focus on reducing greenhouse gases, it has caused with heating, warm water and catering, the organisation tries different ways to establish sustainable development in its own operations. The Yoummi food concept, which focuses on local products with its vegan and vegetarian menus, is one of those important concepts among sustainable solutions Swiss Youth Hostels has been using as a sustainable strategy to build its own sustainable development for years. With the Yoummi food concept, the organisation is approaching an important goal of the Switzerland Tourism sustainable programme called “Swisstainable”. Switzerland Tourism is an organisation that is committed to improving environmental standards using modern sustainable approaches.