Zur Buchscheer is a german restaurant in Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Handkäs mit Musik, Rippchen mit Kraut
Must order: The house apfelwein, pressed in the yard every autumn, with Rippchen
Tip: It sits in residential Sachsenhausen-Süd, fifteen minutes from the tavern strip, which is exactly why the pours stay honest.
Address: Schwarzsteinkautweg 17, 60598 Frankfurt am Main
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.
Signature: Handkäs mit Musik, Grüne Soße
Order: A tasting flight from the 300-entry apfelwein cellar list
Tip: This is where apfelwein gets the wine treatment; ask the host to pick three contrasting pours before you commit to a Bembel.
Apfelwein Dax on Willemerstraße keeps Sachsenhausen tavern hours seven days a week, feeding Frankfurt schnitzel and Grüne Soße until late evening.
Signature: Frankfurter Schnitzel, Grüne Soße
Order: Schnitzel with green sauce; last kitchen orders at 21:45
Tip: Open daily from noon, rare among the taverns, so it catches the Sunday and Monday gaps the older houses leave.
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.
Signature: Handkäs mit Musik, Grüne Soße
Order: A tasting flight from the 300-entry apfelwein cellar list
Tip: This is where apfelwein gets the wine treatment; ask the host to pick three contrasting pours before you commit to a Bembel.
Apfelwein Dax on Willemerstraße keeps Sachsenhausen tavern hours seven days a week, feeding Frankfurt schnitzel and Grüne Soße until late evening.
Signature: Frankfurter Schnitzel, Grüne Soße
Order: Schnitzel with green sauce; last kitchen orders at 21:45
Tip: Open daily from noon, rare among the taverns, so it catches the Sunday and Monday gaps the older houses leave.
Bornheimer Ratskeller holds a 2026 Bib Gourmand for regional cooking from named Hessen producers, in a leafy corner of Frankfurt's Bornheim.
Signature: Grüne Soße
Order: Whatever the seasonal producer menu leads with; asparagus in spring
Tip: Falstaff named it Gasthaus of the Year 2026, so book; the garden under the Kettelerallee trees seats far more than the room.
YALDY pairs Bib Gourmand small plates with natural wine and cocktails on Moselstraße, the laid-back modern face of Frankfurt's Bahnhofsviertel.
Order: Three or four shared plates from the seasonal slate, plus a natural wine
Tip: Co-owner Andrei Lipan picks the wine list; sit at the bar late, the kitchen keeps going after most of the city stops.
Ramen Jun ladles Frankfurt's benchmark bowls near the Messe in the Westend, with a second shop, Ramen Jun Red, on Fahrgasse in the Altstadt.
Order: The tonkotsu bowl with extra chashu; queues move fast
Tip: Last orders are 21:00, earlier than the room suggests; the Fahrgasse branch runs later hours if you miss the cutoff.
Saravanaa Bhavan brings its all-vegetarian South Indian dosa and thali cooking to Kaiserstraße 68 in Frankfurt's Bahnhofsviertel, open every day.
Order: A paper-crisp masala dosa with sambar and all three chutneys
Tip: The Bahnhofsviertel branch of the Chennai chain fills with homesick regulars at lunch; go before 12:30 or after 14:00.
