George is the co-owner and general manager of Gaijin. Starting in marketing and moving into financial services, in 2017 George decided to follow his passion for great food and beverages and opened The Coffee Shack in Zurich. After Coffee Shack, George joined forces with Dan and opened Gaijin in Zurich’s Kreis 4, followed by IYKYK in Seefeld.
Dan is the Executive Chef and co-owner of Gaijin. He is one of the ‘San Pellegrino Top 10 Chefs under 30’ in the USA and has worked in Michelin Starred restaurants like Daniel in NYC and Alinea in Chicago. After heading up three very popular restaurants in Zurich as an executive chef, he joined George and opened Gaijin and IYKYK.
At Gaijin, we aim to provide a great work environment where everybody is given the opportunity to shine and grown within our company.
We try to treat our employees as family and we always embrace those with a thirst for knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit.
Both omakase menus can be adapted to accommodate allergies and food intolerances.
Please inform us of any dietary requirements and if cross contamination it’s okey for you at least 3 days in advance so that our kitchen team can prepare the experience accordingly.
Please note that the two omakase menus cannot be combined within the same group. The group must choose either the Surprise Omakase or the Omakase Gourmand.
For groups including vegetarian or pescatarian guests, we can make an exception and prepare a special vegetarian or pescatarian omakase experience for those guests.
For groups of 8 or more guests, a unified dining concept is required.
A credit card is required to secure the reservation.
For groups of 15 or more guests, a 20% deposit may be requested. The deposit is non-refundable for cancellations made less than 7 days in advance.
For groups of 15 or more guests (fridays and saturdays) reservations are only available at the following times:
20:15 or 20:30 — with the table available until closing
