Emma Metzler is a modern european restaurant in Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The nose-to-tail lunch plates, then a cream puff with Due Mani coffee
Tip: Afternoons between services bring homemade cakes and cream puffs; combine with the museum, the terrace needs no ticket.
Address: Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Franziska rereads German home cooking on Hainer Weg in Frankfurt's Sachsenhausen, a Michelin Guide listed dining room open all seven nights.
Order: The vintage German classics, rebuilt plate by plate from family recipes
Tip: One of the few polished rooms serving Sunday night; book via SevenRooms and ask for the courtyard side in summer.
Apfelwein Wagner has poured its own Ebbelwoi on Frankfurt's Schweizer Strasse since 1931, with Schnitzel under Grüne Soße at long shared tables.
Signature: Frankfurter Schnitzel, Handkäs mit Musik, Rippchen mit Kraut
Order: Frankfurter Schnitzel with Grüne Soße and fried potatoes, €21.20
Tip: Handkäs mit Musik runs €5.10 and one Bembel feeds a table; expect to share benches with strangers on weekends.
Zum Gemalten Haus pours apfelwein in Geripptes under painted murals on Schweizer Strasse in Frankfurt, a Sachsenhausen tavern running since 1936.
Signature: Rippchen mit Kraut, Grüne Soße
Order: Rippchen with sauerkraut and the house Grüne Soße
Tip: Two 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.
Signature: Handkäs mit Musik
Order: Handkäs mit Musik with farmhouse bread, then whatever the slate board says
Tip: Cash or EC card only, no credit cards; the courtyard garden is first-come, so arrive before 18:30 in summer.
Medici cooks Michelin Guide listed modern European plates on Weißadlergasse near the Goethe House, Frankfurt's steadiest business-lunch table.
Order: The business lunch, €29.50 for two courses, €34.50 for three
Tip: It closes weekends with the banking crowd; book lunch by 12:00 or take the quieter small-menu window from 14:30.
Franziska rereads German home cooking on Hainer Weg in Frankfurt's Sachsenhausen, a Michelin Guide listed dining room open all seven nights.
Order: The vintage German classics, rebuilt plate by plate from family recipes
Tip: One of the few polished rooms serving Sunday night; book via SevenRooms and ask for the courtyard side in summer.
GRETA OTO cooks Amazon-leaning Latin American plates on Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz in central Frankfurt, Michelin Guide listed, with an all-day bar.
Order: Ceviche and a pisco sour at the bar before moving to the dining room
Tip: Lunch runs daily, unusual for this polish; the bar opens at 10:00 and takes walk-ins when the dining room is booked.
Apfelwein Wagner has poured its own Ebbelwoi on Frankfurt's Schweizer Strasse since 1931, with Schnitzel under Grüne Soße at long shared tables.
Signature: Frankfurter Schnitzel, Handkäs mit Musik, Rippchen mit Kraut
Order: Frankfurter Schnitzel with Grüne Soße and fried potatoes, €21.20
Tip: Handkäs mit Musik runs €5.10 and one Bembel feeds a table; expect to share benches with strangers on weekends.
Zum Gemalten Haus pours apfelwein in Geripptes under painted murals on Schweizer Strasse in Frankfurt, a Sachsenhausen tavern running since 1936.
Signature: Rippchen mit Kraut, Grüne Soße
Order: Rippchen with sauerkraut and the house Grüne Soße
Tip: Two 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.
Signature: Handkäs mit Musik
Order: Handkäs mit Musik with farmhouse bread, then whatever the slate board says
Tip: Cash or EC card only, no credit cards; the courtyard garden is first-come, so arrive before 18:30 in summer.
