30 editor picks across Germany.
30 german restaurants worth the trip across Germany, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Germany.
Marco Mueller's Rutz in Berlin Mitte holds three Michelin stars on a Brandenburg-led tasting menu, with a wine-bar floor downstairs that serves walk-ups.
OrderThe eight-course Inspiration tasting with wine pairing; the trout course is the room's signature.
TipThe downstairs wine bar runs the same kitchen at a third of the price and takes walk-ins; arrive by 18:30.
Thomas Imbusch's two-Michelin-star room on Brandshofer Deich in Hamburg cooks carte-blanche around an open stove between 100C and 200C, sourced regionally.
OrderThe full tasting; everything is regional.
TipThird floor of a warehouse, lift on the right. Sister room Glorie downstairs runs a la carte.
Thomas Imbusch and Sophie Lehmann's 100/200 Kitchen on Brandshofer Deich in Hamburg holds two Michelin stars and the Green Star for radical-regional sourcing.
OrderThe full tasting; everything is sourced inside a 250-kilometre Hamburg radius.
TipThird floor of a former warehouse, lift on the right. Sister room Glorie downstairs runs a la carte for walk-ups.
Sarah Hallmann and chef Rosa Beutelspacher's Hallmann und Klee on Berlin's Boehmische Strasse holds a Michelin star on a vegetable-led tasting that pulls.
OrderThe five-course tasting; the smoked carrot and the seasonal pike-perch are the signatures.
TipClosed Monday and Tuesday. Weekend brunch from 09:00, evening tasting from 18:00; book three weeks ahead via the website.
Maximilian Lorenz in Cologne's Altstadt-Nord holds one Michelin star for modern Rhineland cooking that references regional tradition with precision.
OrderEight-course omnivore menu built around a whole animal or the six-course vegetable menu
TipCard payments only; the wine list features exclusively German bottles, arranged by producer region.
Heimatjuwel in Hamburg Eimsbuttel is the small dining room Marcel Gorke opened on Stellinger Weg. Kitchen leans vegetable-forward modern german.
OrderVegetable-led tasting menu, Seasonal regional courses
Tisk Speisekneipe on Berlin's Neckarstrasse in Neukoelln holds a Michelin Green Star on a farm-to-table menu sourced from its own farm in Brandenburg.
OrderThe six-course menu at €75 with the seasonal vegetable plate.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The four-course set at €55 is the easier weekday entry; book two weeks ahead via the website.
Apfelwein Wagner is the Sachsenhausen tavern Frankfurt sends first-timers to, pouring its own Ebbelwoi beside Grüne Soße plates daily since 1931.
OrderGrüne Soße with boiled eggs and fried potatoes, €14.50
TipNo reservations for small groups at peak times; join the shared benches and the Bembel arrives without being asked.
Lorsbacher Thal treats apfelwein like a cellar wine in Frankfurt's Große Rittergasse, 300-plus bottlings deep in a tavern running since 1803.
OrderA three-pour apfelwein flight chosen by the host, with Handkäs
TipHessen a la carte member kitchen, so the food outclasses the average tavern; the barrel cellar tour is worth asking about.
Apfelwein Wagner has poured its own Ebbelwoi on Frankfurt's Schweizer Strasse since 1931, with Schnitzel under Grüne Soße at long shared tables.
OrderFrankfurter Schnitzel with Grüne Soße and fried potatoes, €21.20
TipHandkäs mit Musik runs €5.10 and one Bembel feeds a table; expect to share benches with strangers on weekends.
Lorsbacher Thal in Frankfurt's Große Rittergasse has run since 1803 and keeps an apfelwein list of over 300 entries, aged in wooden barrels below.
OrderA tasting flight from the 300-entry apfelwein cellar list
TipThis is where apfelwein gets the wine treatment; ask the host to pick three contrasting pours before you commit to a Bembel.
Wahabi Nouri's Michelin-starred Piment on Lehmweg in Hamburg's Eppendorf threads French technique with Moroccan spice across a six-course tasting menu.
OrderThe full tasting; the lamb course is built around Nouri's Moroccan heritage.
TipU3 Hoheluftbruecke five minutes' walk; street parking on Lehmweg only after 18:00.
Wahabi Nouri's Michelin-starred Piment on Lehmweg in Hamburg's Eppendorf threads French technique with Moroccan spice across a six-course tasting menu.
OrderThe full tasting; the lamb course is built around Nouri's Moroccan heritage.
TipU3 Hoheluftbruecke is five minutes' walk; tram parking on Lehmweg only after 18:00.
Sophia Rudolph's Lovis inside Berlin's Hotel Wilmina on Kantstrasse cooks a modern-German seasonal tasting from regional Brandenburg producers.
OrderThe five-course tasting menu, paired with the seasonal Brandenburg vegetable course and the river-fish dish.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The garden in summer is the seating to book; reservations open four weeks ahead online.
Henne Alt-Berliner Wirtshaus on Berlin's Leuschnerdamm has cooked one dish since 1907: a milk-fed roast half-chicken with kraut salad and bread.
OrderThe half-chicken with the kraut salad and rye bread; the only choice on the menu.
TipClosed Monday. Bookings two weeks ahead by phone; ask for the original 1907 dining room when booking.
Bornheimer Ratskeller is Frankfurt's producer-driven Gasthaus, Bib Gourmand in the 2026 Michelin Guide and Falstaff's Gasthaus of the Year 2026.
OrderThe producer-listed seasonal menu; Hessen asparagus in May
TipThis is the tavern-format kitchen worth crossing town for; the tree garden takes no bookings, the dining room does.
Zur Buchscheer is the Frankfurt tavern purists name first: apfelwein pressed on the premises since 1876, out in quiet leafy Sachsenhausen-Süd.
OrderThe estate pressing by the Schoppen, with Grüne Soße and eggs
TipWeekends open at noon and fill with families; weekday evenings are when the regulars hold court under the trees.
Zum Gemalten Haus keeps the painted-parlour version of Frankfurt tavern culture alive on Schweizer Strasse, with Bembel service running since 1936.
OrderThe prize-recipe Grüne Soße the house is locally known for
TipClosed Monday and Tuesday, unlike its neighbours; the front Stube under the murals beats the back room for atmosphere.
Zum Gemalten Haus pours apfelwein in Geripptes under painted murals on Schweizer Strasse in Frankfurt, a Sachsenhausen tavern running since 1936.
OrderRippchen with sauerkraut and the house Grüne Soße
TipTwo doors from Wagner, so compare Bembel pours in one evening; the murals inside date to the founding family.
Fichtekränzi has poured apfelwein under a braided spruce wreath on Frankfurt's Wallstraße since 1849, one of Sachsenhausen's oldest tavern rooms.
OrderHandkäs mit Musik with farmhouse bread, then whatever the slate board says
TipCash or EC card only, no credit cards; the courtyard garden is first-come, so arrive before 18:30 in summer.
Zur Buchscheer has pressed sharp, full-bodied apfelwein on site in Frankfurt's Sachsenhausen since 1876, in a garden well off the pub-crawl route.
OrderThe house apfelwein, pressed in the yard every autumn, with Rippchen
TipIt sits in residential Sachsenhausen-Süd, fifteen minutes from the tavern strip, which is exactly why the pours stay honest.
Bornheimer Ratskeller holds a 2026 Bib Gourmand for regional cooking from named Hessen producers, in a leafy corner of Frankfurt's Bornheim.
OrderWhatever the seasonal producer menu leads with; asparagus in spring
TipFalstaff named it Gasthaus of the Year 2026, so book; the garden under the Kettelerallee trees seats far more than the room.
Elisabeth Fuengers and Steffen Hellmann's Nil on Neuer Pferdemarkt in Hamburg's St Pauli has run a modern German bistro over three floors since 1989.
OrderThe monthly four-course set menu; the daily fish course rotates.
TipWalk-ins possible early; bookings open online 30 days ahead for the busier weekend slots.
Heinz Wehmann's Michelin-starred Landhaus Scherrer on the Elbchaussee in Hamburg-Altona cooks modern North German with a bistro wing for lunches.
OrderThe Pannfisch in the bistro room; the seven-course tasting in the main dining room.
TipLunch tasting is the better-value entry; book a window table for Elbe views.
Elisabeth Fuengers and Steffen Hellmann's Nil on Neuer Pferdemarkt in Hamburg's St Pauli has run a modern German bistro over three floors since 1989.
OrderThe monthly four-course set menu; the daily fish course rotates.
TipWalk-ins possible early; bookings open online 30 days ahead for the busier weekend slots.
Heinz Wehmann's Michelin-starred Landhaus Scherrer on the Elbchaussee in Hamburg-Altona cooks modern North German, with a bistro wing for lunches.
OrderThe Pannfisch in the bistro room, the seven-course tasting in the main dining room.
TipLunch tasting is the better-value entry; book a window table for Elbe views.
Lommerzheim in Cologne-Deutz has served Kölsch and the city's most argued-over pork chop since 1959 in a room unchanged since opening; cash only, no pretence.
OrderThe Kotelett, grilled pork chop with mustard and rye bread; the reason people queue for over an hour
TipCash only. Arrive before 18:00 on weekdays or face a long wait. Traditional Kölsch service: glass replaced automatically until you put a coaster on top.
Heimat cooks new German food from a 1960s pavilion on Berliner Straße, once a petrol kiosk, now Gregor Nowak's tiny-kitchen room with a serious wine list.
OrderWhatever the deliberately small daily card offers; trust the board
TipThe kitchen takes orders until 22:00 and the house asks for reservations by phone; note the standing rule, no dogs.
Apfelwein Solzer is Bornheim's fifth-generation cider house in Frankfurt, self-pressing since 1893 with a 300-seat garden off Berger Straße.
OrderThe house pressing straight from the cellar, with schnitzel
TipAsk to sit in the Kelterhaus, the old pressing room; Saturday from 14:00 is the gentlest slot before the evening rush.
Gasthaus Zur Sonne has stood at the top of Frankfurt's Berger Straße for over 250 years, a half-timbered Bornheim tavern with a big chestnut garden.
OrderFrankfurter Schnitzel with the seven-herb Grie Soß, then Apfelstrudel
TipThe courtyard behind the half-timbered house is Bornheim's best summer room; the heated barn takes over in winter.
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