31 upscale places in Frankfurt, editor-picked. occasion restaurants in Frankfurt: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Frankfurt food.
Lohninger ★ 4.6
sachsenhausen · Schweizer Straße 1, 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Lohninger holds a Michelin star at the foot of Frankfurt's Schweizer Straße, where Mario Lohninger plates Austria from schnitzel to Kaiserschmarrn.
Tip: Ask for the Heimat carte rather than the tasting menu on a first visit; same kitchen, half the bill, and the goulash travels well.
Lohninger ★ 4.6
sachsenhausen · Schweizer Straße 1, 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Lohninger brings Michelin-starred Austrian cooking to Frankfurt's Schweizer Straße: Mario Lohninger's schnitzel, Ochsenbackerl goulash and Kaiserschmarrn.
Tip: The Heimat classics side of the menu is far cheaper than the tasting side; both come from the same starred kitchen.
bidlabu ★ 4.5
innenstadt · Kleine Bockenheimer Straße 14, 60313 Frankfurt am Main
bidlabu cooks a Michelin-starred farm-to-table menu in a tiny room on Frankfurt's Kleine Bockenheimer Straße, with four to seven courses under €125.
Tip: Two fixed dinner seatings nightly; the €52 three-course Thursday to Saturday lunch is the cheapest starred meal in the city.
Heimat ★ 4.4
innenstadt · Berliner Straße 70, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
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.
Tip: The kitchen takes orders until 22:00 and the house asks for reservations by phone; note the standing rule, no dogs.
Mon Amie Maxi ★ 4.4
westend · Bockenheimer Landstraße 31, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
Mon Amie Maxi runs Frankfurt's most theatrical brasserie room in the Westend: oysters, chandeliers and steak frites until midnight most nights.
Tip: The oyster bar takes walk-ins even when the book is full; Sunday lunch is the calmest way to see the room in daylight.
Emma Metzler ★ 4.4
sachsenhausen · Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Emma Metzler is Frankfurt's museum restaurant done right: Anton de Bruyn's regional neo-bistro cooking inside the Museum Angewandte Kunst building.
Tip: Reserve the Metzler Park terrace at lunch; afternoons in between services run on cream puffs and Due Mani espresso.
Mon Amie Maxi ★ 4.4
westend · Bockenheimer Landstraße 31, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
Mon Amie Maxi is Frankfurt's grand French brasserie and oyster bar on Bockenheimer Landstraße, Michelin Guide listed, chandeliers, carpets and all.
Tip: Sunday lunch is the sleeper booking; the bar seats take walk-ins for oysters and a glass when the dining room is full.
Emma Metzler ★ 4.4
sachsenhausen · Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Emma Metzler cooks Anton de Bruyn's neo-bistro menu inside the Museum Angewandte Kunst on Frankfurt's Schaumainkai, terrace open to Metzler Park.
Tip: Afternoons between services bring homemade cakes and cream puffs; combine with the museum, the terrace needs no ticket.
Heimat ★ 4.4
innenstadt · Berliner Straße 70, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Heimat on Berliner Straße pairs Gregor Nowak's small day-fresh card with a European wine list run by two sommeliers, in a pavilion that once pumped petrol.
Tip: Reserve by phone; the wine card is built to surprise, so let the sommeliers pick the glasses around whatever the board is cooking.
Emma Metzler ★ 4.4
sachsenhausen · Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Emma Metzler's list reads like a regional natural wine map of Germany, poured with museum-bistro cooking on Frankfurt's Schaumainkai museum bank.
Tip: The by-the-glass list changes with the kitchen's producers; in fair weather, drink it out on the Metzler Park terrace.
Blumen, nebenan. ★ 4.3
nordend · Rotlintstraße 58-60, 60316 Frankfurt am Main
Blumen, nebenan. spans Rotlintstraße 58-60 in the Nordend, bistro successor to 15 years of Blumen, sharing plates over the same natural wine cellar.
Tip: Open Tuesday to Saturday from 18:00; reserve by phone or the website widget, then let the counter choose the wine.
Carte Blanche ★ 4.3
nordend · Egenolffstraße 39, 60316 Frankfurt am Main
Carte Blanche cooks a €118 six-course surprise menu on Egenolffstraße in Frankfurt's Nordend, a Michelin Guide room that publishes no menu at all.
Tip: The Michelin listing quietly outs it, but the room still feels like a neighbourhood secret; Sunday dinner is the easiest seat.
Goldmund ★ 4.2
altstadt · Schöne Aussicht 2, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Goldmund pairs Franco-German cooking with the Literaturhaus salon above Frankfurt's Schöne Aussicht, a Michelin Guide listed river-view room.
Tip: Check the Literaturhaus programme before booking; a reading downstairs plus dinner upstairs is a complete Frankfurt evening.
GRETA OTO ★ 4.2
innenstadt · Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 2, 60313 Frankfurt am Main
GRETA OTO gives central Frankfurt a Latin American dining room on Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz, ceviche and Amazon-inspired plates until 22:00 daily.
Tip: The all-day bar makes it a rare polished walk-in option between the Zeil and the towers; lunch is calmer than dinner.
Franziska ★ 4.2
sachsenhausen · Hainer Weg 72, 60599 Frankfurt am Main
Franziska cooks progressive German vintage dishes on Hainer Weg in Frankfurt, family recipes rebuilt with modern technique, open every night.
Tip: Seven-night service makes it the Sunday answer in Sachsenhausen; Fridays run to 01:00 for a slow second bottle.
Goldmund ★ 4.2
altstadt · Schöne Aussicht 2, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Goldmund cooks Franco-German dinners inside the Literaturhaus on Frankfurt's Schöne Aussicht, a Michelin Guide listed dining room above the Main.
Tip: Time dinner around a Literaturhaus reading downstairs; the classicist hall and river view do half the evening's work.
Medici ★ 4.2
altstadt · Weißadlergasse 2, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Medici cooks Michelin Guide listed modern European plates on Weißadlergasse near the Goethe House, Frankfurt's steadiest business-lunch table.
Tip: It closes weekends with the banking crowd; book lunch by 12:00 or take the quieter small-menu window from 14:30.
Franziska ★ 4.2
sachsenhausen · Hainer Weg 72, 60599 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.
Tip: One of the few polished rooms serving Sunday night; book via SevenRooms and ask for the courtyard side in summer.
GRETA OTO ★ 4.2
innenstadt · Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 2, 60313 Frankfurt am Main
GRETA OTO cooks Amazon-leaning Latin American plates on Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz in central Frankfurt, Michelin Guide listed, with an all-day bar.
Tip: Lunch runs daily, unusual for this polish; the bar opens at 10:00 and takes walk-ins when the dining room is booked.
Burbank ★ 4.2
gutleutviertel · Gutleutstraße 85, 60329 Frankfurt am Main
Burbank runs the Roomers hotel's black-lacquered ground floor in Frankfurt, cocktails and Asian-Californian plates on Gutleutstraße until midnight.
Tip: Dinner reservations unlock the adjoining Roomers Bar for the nightcap; Fridays the room shifts from dining to scene by 22:00.
Franziska ★ 4.2
sachsenhausen · Hainer Weg 72, 60599 Frankfurt am Main
Franziska serves seven nights until midnight or later on Hainer Weg, Sachsenhausen's dependable answer for a proper dinner started late in the evening.
Tip: The 21:30 booking is the sweet spot; Sunday night service alone earns it a place on this list.
Medici ★ 4.2
altstadt · Weißadlergasse 2, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Medici's €29.50 business lunch is Frankfurt's white-tablecloth bargain, a Michelin Guide kitchen at weekday-menu pricing near the Römer on weekdays.
Tip: It stretches the definition of budget upward, but per course this is the cheapest polished cooking in the Altstadt.
OOSTEN Realwirtschaft am Main ★ 4.1
ostend · Mayfarthstraße 4, 60314 Frankfurt am Main
OOSTEN serves Mediterranean plates around a preserved harbour crane on Frankfurt's Ostend riverbank, its terrace facing the ECB tower and the Main.
Tip: Sunday opens at 10:00 for the long riverside breakfast; in summer the crane terrace books out before the dining room.
Frankfurter Botschaft ★ 4.1
gutleutviertel · Westhafenplatz 6-8, 60327 Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurter Botschaft sits on the Westhafen marina in Frankfurt, a Michelin Guide listed glass dining room cooking international plates dockside.
Tip: The harbour-basin terrace is the point; book an 18:00 table in July and watch the towers light up over dessert.
Moriki ★ 4.1
westend · Taunusanlage 12, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
Moriki holds the ground floor of the Deutsche Bank towers in Frankfurt with sushi, gyoza and pan-Asian mains served across seven days a week.
Tip: Weekends are far easier than banking-week lunch; delivery boxes travel well if the towers are your office.
Moriki ★ 4.1
westend · Taunusanlage 12, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
Moriki serves sushi and pan-Asian plates at the foot of the Deutsche Bank towers on Taunusanlage, Frankfurt's banking-lunch canteen of choice.
Tip: Book for weekday lunch or eat at the bar; the terrace facing the Taunusanlage park is the calmest seat in the district.
Bar Shuka ★ 4.1
bahnhofsviertel · Niddastraße 56, 60329 Frankfurt am Main
Bar Shuka brings Tel Aviv nights to Frankfurt's Niddastraße, mezze and arak cocktails running to midnight in the Bahnhofsviertel every night.
Tip: Evenings are the point; the same room does hotel breakfast by day, so do not judge it before 19:00.
GRETA OTO ★ 4.1
innenstadt · Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 2, 60313 Frankfurt am Main
GRETA OTO's bar pours pisco and Latin American cocktails from 10:00 daily on Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz, central Frankfurt's easiest good drink before dinner.
Tip: The bar takes walk-ins when the dining room is fully booked; a ceviche at the counter is a complete evening in miniature.
OOSTEN Realwirtschaft am Main ★ 4.1
ostend · Mayfarthstraße 4, 60314 Frankfurt am Main
OOSTEN's terrace under the old harbour crane doubles as Frankfurt's best riverside drinks deck, skyline sundowners over the Main every clear evening.
Tip: Drinks-only guests do best on the upper deck; time it for the hour before sunset and let the ECB tower do the lighting.
Goldmund ★ 4.1
altstadt · Schöne Aussicht 2, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Goldmund keeps the wine flowing to midnight in Frankfurt's Literaturhaus, a French-accented list two floors above the Main at Schöne Aussicht.
Tip: After the kitchen closes at 22:00 the room relaxes into a wine salon; ask for a table at the river-facing windows.
OOSTEN Realwirtschaft am Main ★ 4.1
ostend · Mayfarthstraße 4, 60314 Frankfurt am Main
OOSTEN opens Sundays at 10:00 for Frankfurt's best riverside breakfast, plates under the old harbour crane with the ECB tower opposite across the water.
Tip: Reserve the terrace side explicitly; indoor tables lose the reason you came. Holiday Mondays follow the Sunday schedule.