Kreuzberg
Eat well at Markthalle Neun, a 19th-century market hall and community hub in Kreuzberg.
Must-see restaurants in Germany
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The Black Forest
Schwarzwaldstube commands big forest views from its rustically elegant dining room. Head chef Torsten Michel performs culinary magic, carefully sourcing…
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The Black Forest
Claus-Peter Lumpp has consistently won plaudits for his brilliantly composed, French-inflected menus at Restaurant Bareiss. On paper, dishes such as…
City West & Charlottenburg
At this Sofitel hotel's château-worthy French restaurant, head chef Felix Mielke applies punctilious artisanship to top-notch regional ingredients,…
Munich
One of Munich's classic beer halls, this place is charged in the evenings with red-faced, ale-infused hilarity, with Alpine whoops accompanying the rabble…
Frankfurt am Main
Aromatic stalls inside this bustling traditional market hall sell artisan smoked sausages, cheeses, roasted nuts, breads, pretzels, loose-leaf teas,…
City West & Charlottenburg
The 1920s get a 21st-century makeover at this stylish outpost with an open kitchen, where chef Nicholas Hahn and team create dishes with technique and…
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Kreuzberg
At his canal-side restaurant, Sebastian Frank performs culinary alchemy with Austrian classics, fearlessly combining products, textures and flavours. The…
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Leipzig
Founded in 1525, Auerbachs Keller is one of Germany’s best-known restaurants. It’s cosy and touristy but the food’s actually quite good and the setting…
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Rhine Valley
Hidden sky-high up a steep vineyard-striped hillside, Günderode Haus' flagstone terrace with sweeping views over the Rhine is an incredible spot for…
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Munich
With its screechy parquet floors, stuccoed ceilings, wood panelling and virtually no trace that the last century even happened, this wonderfully…
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German Wine Route
For a gastronomic extravaganza, book a table at Benjamin Peifer's Michelin-starred, vaulted brick cellar restaurant within a half-timbered house in the…
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Kreuzberg
Artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a bon vivant who embraced good food and wine, which is exactly what owner-chef Maximilian Strohe and owner-mâitre…
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Cologne
Spread over three historical row houses, the Schmitz empire is your one-stop shop for excellent food and drink. Greet the day with a lavish breakfast in…
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Swabian Alps Region
Hans-Harald Reber presides over the stove at this 19th-century country house, one of Schwäbisch Hall’s Michelin-starred haunts. He puts an imaginative…
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Berchtesgaden
Perched on the shore of the Königssee, and accessible by boat tour, this is a tourist haunt that actually serves delicious food made with ingredients…
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Trier
Within the Becker’s hotel complex, 3km southeast of the centre, this supremely elegant wine-house serves sublime internationally influenced dishes like…
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Frankfurt & Southern Rhineland
Saarbrücken's hippest hang-out is this Wurstwirtschaft, which sizzles up street-food-style Currywurst (including a fabulous tofu and wheatgerm vegetarian…
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Frankfurt am Main
Glowing with sepia-toned lamplight, the 12 Apostles has ground-floor and cellar dining rooms serving traditional German dishes: Matjes (herring) with sour…
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Hanover
This popular Syrian restaurant a stone's throw from the Hauptbahnhof features hushed, candlelit dining and attentive service within a pleasant, minimalist…
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Frankfurt am Main
Dating from 1899, this neo-Romanesque pump house in the rapidly rejuvenating industrial area of Westhafen, on the Main 1.2km southwest of the Hauptbahnhof…
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Moselle Valley
Opened in 2018 in the ruined castle Burg Landshut, this state-of-the-art restaurant is worth the steep climb (or shuttle-bus ride) for modern German…
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Wiesbaden
Above the pretty village of Sonnenberg, 4km northeast of Wiesbaden, this sublime fine-dining restaurant occupies a 1201-built hilltop castle, Burg…
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Berlin
Romance runs high at this lantern-lit basement izakaya (Japanese pub), which serves faithfully executed gourmet Japanese fare and premium sake in cosy…
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German Wine Route
Inside a charming mustard-coloured, charcoal-trimmed building, Weinrefugium serves exquisitely presented dishes incorporating locally grown flowers, herbs…
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Prenzlauer Berg
When Israel transplant Ben Zviel and his partner Samina Raza launched their minimalist parlour (white-brick walls, polished wooden tables) in 2016, they…
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Düsseldorf
Boisterous, packed and drenched with local colour, the ‘Little Fox’ in the Altstadt is all you expect a Rhenish beer hall to be. The kitchen is especially…
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Kreuzberg
Punctilious artisanship meets boundless creativity at Orania, where a small army of chefs fusses around culinary wunderkind Philipp Vogel in the shiny…
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Freiburg
With tables set up on a pretty square, Wolfshöhle is a summer-evening magnet. The menu whisks you off on a gastronomical tour of the Mediterranean, with…
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Leipzig
Petra and Deflef Schlegel give deceptively simple-sounding dishes the star treatment, and were deservedly the first in Leipzig to get the Michelin nod…
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Munich
This place is proof, if any were needed, that the vegetarian experience has well and truly left the sandals, beards and lentils era. Ensconced in a former…
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Hamburg
Right by the pedestrian bridge, Vlet has three different menus (plus a children's version) and the recurring theme is the intersection between…
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St Pauli & Reeperbahn
Arguably St Pauli's most prestigious table, Clouds, on the 23rd floor of the Tanzende Türme, is an elegant space with marvellous views out over the city…
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Hanover
Pale-green louvres and bamboo lanterns set a French-colonial vibe for this trendy new Oststadt restaurant offering a modern-fusion take on traditional…
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Munich
This Munich institution has been serving Bavarian-Austrian classics and a long wine list for well over 100 years. Take a break from the hop-infused frenzy…
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Moselle Valley
Dine on delicious Moselle-style dishes such as homemade black pudding and liver sausage, pork medallions with Riesling cream sauce, or grilled rump steak…
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Passau
Not only does this historical inn have a succession of walnut-panelled ceramic-stove-heated rooms, a candlelit cellar (from 6pm) and a vine-draped garden,…
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Fairy-Tale Road
The classy in-house restaurant of the stylish Renthof hotel (single/double €7/115) manages the balancing act of satisfying both those seeking something…
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Spreewald
This delightful restaurant in the Lübbenau Palace is elegant without being stuffy, and the chef keeps the innovative menu in flux with seasonal and…
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Frankfurt am Main
With a history stretching back to 1849 (the basement housed an apple winery), this convivial tavern is a wonderful place to sample both the local drop and…
