Panorama Restaurant Hertenstein

Hertenstein sits above the spa town of Baden, but its address is in the neighboring municipality of Ennetbaden: Hertensteinstrasse 80, 5408 Ennetbaden, in canton Aargau. The restaurant is run by Daniela and Martin Ettisberger as hosts, and we admire how much of a wedding they cover themselves: house-made food, a wine cellar with advice, the decoration and space for dancing. The pitch is simple and visual: the lights of Baden glitter below you, both on the outdoor terrace during the apéro and from the dining room inside, and we'd point any couple who wants a hilltop dinner here.

A restaurant turned into a wedding hall for the day

On the day the team converts the restaurant into an elegant wedding hall with floral decoration and candlelight. A real restaurant kitchen is behind the meal: the food is house-made, and a wine cellar comes with advice on what to pour. Wedding dessert buffets are part of the offer, the team helps with preparation from the decoration to the entertainment, and musicians or artists are recommended on request.

There are two capacities. The panorama terrace holds up to 80 people, and the rooms can be divided flexibly for up to 120. The house has its own parking spaces for guests, and there is space for dancing and entertainment. A documentation PDF is linked for couples who want the details on paper. Your guests can toast on the terrace, then move inside to candlelit tables with the same view.

Anniversaries and other parties

Weddings are not the only celebration here. The restaurant is just as suited to a silver or golden wedding anniversary, so the same house can host the wedding and, decades later, the anniversary. It hosts events of any size: an apéro on the terrace, a business lunch, an engagement party, a birthday or a Christmas dinner. Gift vouchers for the restaurant can be ordered online.

Ceremony elsewhere, party up the hill

The restaurant's wedding offer covers the dinner, the terrace apéro and the party, and it does not describe a ceremony held on site. A Swiss wedding DJ writing about the venue on Hochzeit-DJ.ch frames the restaurant as the place you go after a free ceremony, and lists Casino Park, Schloss Stein and Villa Boveri as Baden ceremony locations. The DJ also describes the venue as a family business that prefers fresh, regional products and gives guests good advice on wine.

A modernization party and a chefs' guild

The Badener Tagblatt reported on 11 April 2026 that around 200 guests came on the Friday evening to celebrate the completion of the restaurant's modernization, a party the Ettisberger family had waited a year for. The restaurant cooks seasonally, is a member of the Gilde etablierter Köche and opens for banquets on request.

Days, hours and the Baden neighbor

Opening hours are Tuesday to Thursday 11.30 to 14 and 18 to 23, Friday 11.30 to 14 and 18 to 24, and Saturday 18 to 24; Sunday and Monday are rest days. The restaurant closes from 24 to 28 December and then reopens on 29 December, with a gala dinner on the evening of 31 December.

For a point of comparison inside the category, Oscar One in Baden is a bar with standing room for 100 inside and 200 outside. Hertenstein's figures are a terrace for 80 and rooms for up to 120.

German pages and a personal consultation

The pages are in German, and nothing says whether the team works in English or plans at a distance. Phone and email are on the wedding page, and the offer is built for a hands-on conversation: the hosts advise wedding couples personally and invite a non-binding call or message. For a hilltop dinner with a view over Baden, run by a family who cook, pour and decorate for you, Hertenstein gives you the kitchen, the cellar and the lights below in one house.