Eat in Altstadt & Römerberg, Frankfurt

Goldmund

• ★ 4.2
• Modern European
• €€€

Order The seasonal set with a Rheingau Riesling from the short list

Goldmund pairs Franco-German cooking with the Literaturhaus salon above Frankfurt's Schöne Aussicht, a Michelin Guide listed river-view room.

Margarete

• ★ 4.2
• Modern European
• €€

Order The changing lunch plate; the vegan option is never an afterthought

Margarete cooks seasonal German food in a listed 1920s hall on Braubachstraße in Frankfurt's Altstadt, with vegan dishes given equal billing.

Seven Swans

• ★ 4.7
• 1 MICHELIN star
• Vegan
• €€€€

Order The €229 surprise menu; every course grows on the restaurant's own land

Seven Swans in Frankfurt's narrowest house on the Mainkai runs Ricky Saward's fully vegan Michelin-starred surprise menu from its own permaculture farm.

Medici

• ★ 4.2
• Modern European
• €€€

Order The business lunch, €29.50 for two courses, €34.50 for three

Medici cooks Michelin Guide listed modern European plates on Weißadlergasse near the Goethe House, Frankfurt's steadiest business-lunch table.

Hoppenworth & Ploch Café Altstadt

• ★ 4.4
• €

Order Flat white on the house Länderweg roast

Hoppenworth & Ploch pours its own Frankfurt-roasted coffee at Markt 22 in the rebuilt Altstadt, steps from the Römer and the new old town lanes.

Iimori Pâtisserie

• ★ 4.3
• €€

Order Matcha latte with a yuzu tartelette

Iimori crosses French pâtisserie with Japanese precision on Braubachstraße in Frankfurt, Azko Iimori's cake counter with sushi upstairs in the same house.

Bitter & Zart

• ★ 4.3
• €€

Order Thick drinking chocolate beside the chocolaterie shelves

Bitter & Zart pairs a chocolaterie shop with a salon on Braubachstraße in Frankfurt, pouring drinking chocolate on the city's gallery street.

The Holy Cross Brewing Society

• ★ 4.5
• €

Order Rotating guest-roaster espresso, no reservations, no fuss

The Holy Cross Brewing Society has anchored Frankfurt specialty coffee on Fahrgasse since December 2015, cycling roasters from four continents.

Hoppenworth & Ploch Altstadtbäckerei

• ★ 4.2
• Bakery
• €€

Order Self-baked sourdough with natural wine to take home

The Altstadtbäckerei of roaster Hoppenworth & Ploch bakes sourdough and fine patisserie behind Frankfurt's rebuilt Hühnermarkt lanes, open daily.

The Tiny Cup

• ★ 4.4
• Cocktail bar
• €€

Drink Seasonal cocktails from the Seven Swans team

The Tiny Cup mixes cocktails below Seven Swans in Frankfurt's narrowest house on the Mainkai, the starred kitchen's after-hours sibling and equal in craft.

naïv

• ★ 4.4
• Craft beer bar
• €€

Drink The Glaabsbräu collaboration lager

naïv is Frankfurt's craft beer bar of record on Fahrgasse, with rotating taps and a house lager poured nightly until 01:00 to a walk-in crowd.

Rote Bar

• ★ 4.0
• Cocktail bar
• €€

Drink Classic cocktails in a red-velvet salon

Rote Bar keeps a red-velvet cocktail salon above Frankfurt's Mainkai, nightly from 20:00, three doors from the narrowest house in town at Mainkai 4.

Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt

• ★ 4.6

Frankfurt's Christmas market fills the Römerberg and beyond with over 230 stalls, hot apple wine and Bethmännchen through Advent and into Christmas week.

Mainfest

• ★ 4.1

Mainfest brings fairground rides and regional food stands to Frankfurt's Mainkai each summer, ending with fireworks over the river on the final Monday.