33 editor picks in Frankfurt.
33 german places in Frankfurt we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Frankfurt · German across every city.
Order Whatever the deliberately small daily card offers; trust the board
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.
Order Whatever the seasonal producer menu leads with; asparagus in spring
Bornheimer Ratskeller is Frankfurt's producer-driven Gasthaus, Bib Gourmand in the 2026 Michelin Guide and Falstaff's Gasthaus of the Year 2026.
Order Frankfurter Schnitzel with Grüne Soße and fried potatoes, €21.20
Apfelwein Wagner is the Sachsenhausen tavern Frankfurt sends first-timers to, pouring its own Ebbelwoi beside Grüne Soße plates daily since 1931.
Order A tasting flight from the 300-entry apfelwein cellar list
Lorsbacher Thal treats apfelwein like a cellar wine in Frankfurt's Große Rittergasse, 300-plus bottlings deep in a tavern running since 1803.
Guided tour · 2 hours
This Old Town tour is not only aimed at tourists, but also at Frankfurt residents who are enthusiastic about the history of Frankfurt and would like to learn more exci...
Guided tour · 1.5 hours
Become better acquainted with Frankfurt's urban history on this guided tour in German. See many locations such as the Römer, Frankfurt Cathedral, St. Paul’s Church, an...
Viator · 2 h
On this tour, you’ll not only see Frankfurt’s most famous landmarks, including St. Paul’s Church, the Römerberg, the Iron Bridge, the Imperial Cathedral, and the New O...
Order The house pressing with Handkäs mit Musik
Zur Buchscheer is the Frankfurt tavern purists name first: apfelwein pressed on the premises since 1876, out in quiet leafy Sachsenhausen-Süd.
Order Rippchen with sauerkraut and the house Grüne Soße
Zum Gemalten Haus keeps the painted-parlour version of Frankfurt tavern culture alive on Schweizer Strasse, with Bembel service running since 1936.
Order A Schoppen of the self-pressed apfelwein with schnitzel and fried potatoes
Apfelwein Solzer is Bornheim's fifth-generation cider house in Frankfurt, self-pressing since 1893 with a 300-seat garden off Berger Straße.
Order Rippchen mit Kraut with a fresh-tapped Schoppen of apfelwein
Dauth-Schneider feeds the Klappergasse corner of Frankfurt's tavern quarter from 11:30 daily, a Bembel house pouring on this corner since 1850.
Order The vintage German classics, rebuilt plate by plate from family recipes
Franziska cooks progressive German vintage dishes on Hainer Weg in Frankfurt, family recipes rebuilt with modern technique, open every night.
Order Frankfurter Schnitzel with Grüne Soße and fried potatoes, €21.20
Apfelwein Wagner has poured its own Ebbelwoi on Frankfurt's Schweizer Strasse since 1931, with Schnitzel under Grüne Soße at long shared tables.
Order Rippchen with sauerkraut and the house Grüne Soße
Zum Gemalten Haus pours apfelwein in Geripptes under painted murals on Schweizer Strasse in Frankfurt, a Sachsenhausen tavern running since 1936.
Order Handkäs mit Musik with farmhouse bread, then whatever the slate board says
Fichtekränzi has poured apfelwein under a braided spruce wreath on Frankfurt's Wallstraße since 1849, one of Sachsenhausen's oldest tavern rooms.
Order Schnitzel with Grüne Soße, the Sachsenhausen standard
Atschel on Wallstraße is Frankfurt's neighbourly apfelwein room, reopened in autumn 2023 with 120 seats inside and a hundred more in the garden.
Order The plate-covering schnitzel; portions here are a local running joke
Zum Eichkatzerl on Dreieichstraße feeds Frankfurt oversized schnitzel and apfelwein in a garden courtyard away from Sachsenhausen's tourist lanes.
Order Rippchen mit Kraut with a fresh-tapped Schoppen of apfelwein
Dauth-Schneider anchors the Klappergasse corner of Frankfurt's Brückenviertel, an all-day apfelwein tavern pouring from stoneware Bembel since 1850.
Order The classic plate of Handkäs mit Musik before anything from the grill
Ebbelwoi Unser is the young Sachsenhausen tavern on Abtsgäßchen where Frankfurt regulars actually drink, open evenings until midnight or later.
Order Frankfurter Schnitzel with the seven-herb Grie Soß, then Apfelstrudel
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.
Order A Schoppen of the self-pressed apfelwein with schnitzel and fried potatoes
Apfelwein Solzer presses its own apple wine in Bornheim, Frankfurt, in a house the Solzer family has run in the fifth generation since 1893.
Order The in-house pressing with Grüne Soße and eggs
Zum Rad has pressed its own apfelwein in the village lanes of Seckbach since 1806, a Frankfurt tavern courtyard most visitors never manage to find.
Order The house pressing with Handkäs mit Musik
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.
Order A tasting flight from the 300-entry apfelwein cellar list
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.
Order Schnitzel with green sauce; last kitchen orders at 21:45
Apfelwein Dax on Willemerstraße keeps Sachsenhausen tavern hours seven days a week, feeding Frankfurt schnitzel and Grüne Soße until late evening.
Order Whatever the seasonal producer menu leads with; asparagus in spring
Bornheimer Ratskeller holds a 2026 Bib Gourmand for regional cooking from named Hessen producers, in a leafy corner of Frankfurt's Bornheim.
Order The vintage German classics, rebuilt plate by plate from family recipes
Franziska rereads German home cooking on Hainer Weg in Frankfurt's Sachsenhausen, a Michelin Guide listed dining room open all seven nights.
Drink A Bembel of Ebbelwoi, pure or gespritzt
Ebbelwoi Unser is the apfelwein tavern that drinks like a bar, Sachsenhausen's young crowd holding tables in Frankfurt until 01:00 most nights.
Order The house pressing with Handkäs mit Musik
Zur Buchscheer pours self-pressed apfelwein under garden trees in Frankfurt's quiet south, the tavern locals protect from the crawl routes each night.
Order The in-house pressing with Grüne Soße and eggs
Zum Rad has pressed apfelwein in Seckbach's village lanes since 1806, the Frankfurt tavern garden that rewards the longest detour in the city.
Order Rindswurst in a roll with mustard, eaten on the pavement
Gref-Völsings' Braterei window serves Frankfurt's original Rindswurst where it was invented in 1894, four hours a day, weekdays only and gone by 15:00.
Order Grüne Soße with halved eggs and potatoes, market-stand style
Edel's stand in the Kleinmarkthalle is where Frankfurt office workers eat Grüne Soße standing up, hidden in the sausage queue's shadow at midday.
Try Grüne Soße with eggs at the market counter
Edel's stand in the Kleinmarkthalle plates Frankfurt's cheapest proper Grüne Soße, eaten standing among the market crowds at lunch every weekday.
Try Hot Fleischwurst with mustard and a roll
Schreiber's sausage counter in the Kleinmarkthalle is Frankfurt's definitive cheap lunch, hot Fleischwurst handed over the glass for pocket change.
Try Handkäs mit Musik at €5.10, Grüne Soße at €14.50
Apfelwein Wagner proves Frankfurt tradition is a budget cuisine: Handkäs at €5.10 and Rippchen with kraut under €15 on Schweizer Strasse every day.
Try Rindswurst in a roll at the Braterei window
Gref-Völsings sells Frankfurt's founding Rindswurst hot for pocket money, a 130-year institution disguised as an Ostend lunch window on weekdays.
