Eat in Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt

Lohninger

• ★ 4.6
• Austrian
• €€€

Order The Wiener Schnitzel from the Heimat menu, then Kaiserschmarrn

Lohninger holds a Michelin star at the foot of Frankfurt's Schweizer Straße, where Mario Lohninger plates Austria from schnitzel to Kaiserschmarrn.

Carmelo Greco

• ★ 4.5
• Italian
• €€€€

Order The seasonal four-course menu with the fresh pasta course

Carmelo Greco remains Frankfurt's reference Italian table, a Sachsenhausen dining room in the 2026 Michelin Guide with pasta made in-house daily.

The Sakai

• ★ 4.4
• Japanese
• €€€€

Order The Red omakase with Wagyu; vegans get the full Green menu

The Sakai runs a Michelin Guide listed omakase counter on Hedderichstraße in Frankfurt's Sachsenhausen, with parallel fish, Wagyu and vegan menus.

Emma Metzler

• ★ 4.4
• Modern European
• €€€

Order The set lunch, nose-to-tail and mostly regional, changing weekly

Emma Metzler is Frankfurt's museum restaurant done right: Anton de Bruyn's regional neo-bistro cooking inside the Museum Angewandte Kunst building.

Apfelwein Wagner

• ★ 4.6
• €€

Order Grüne Soße with boiled eggs and fried potatoes, €14.50

Apfelwein Wagner is the Sachsenhausen tavern Frankfurt sends first-timers to, pouring its own Ebbelwoi beside Grüne Soße plates daily since 1931.

Lorsbacher Thal

• ★ 4.6
• €€

Order A three-pour apfelwein flight chosen by the host, with Handkäs

Lorsbacher Thal treats apfelwein like a cellar wine in Frankfurt's Große Rittergasse, 300-plus bottlings deep in a tavern running since 1803.

Zur Buchscheer

• ★ 4.5
• €€

Order The estate pressing by the Schoppen, with Grüne Soße and eggs

Zur Buchscheer is the Frankfurt tavern purists name first: apfelwein pressed on the premises since 1876, out in quiet leafy Sachsenhausen-Süd.

Zum Gemalten Haus

• ★ 4.5
• €€

Order The prize-recipe Grüne Soße the house is locally known for

Zum Gemalten Haus keeps the painted-parlour version of Frankfurt tavern culture alive on Schweizer Strasse, with Bembel service running since 1936.

Dauth-Schneider

• ★ 4.3
• €€

Order The Frankfurter Platte of sausages and Rippchen for the table

Dauth-Schneider feeds the Klappergasse corner of Frankfurt's tavern quarter from 11:30 daily, a Bembel house pouring on this corner since 1850.

Franziska

• ★ 4.2
• €€€

Order The reworked German classics tasting; ask which dish is oldest

Franziska cooks progressive German vintage dishes on Hainer Weg in Frankfurt, family recipes rebuilt with modern technique, open every night.

the dune

• ★ 4.8
• 2 MICHELIN stars
• International
• €€€€

Order The four-course tasting menu with pairings from a 900-bottle cellar

the dune at The Florentin hotel in Frankfurt took two Michelin stars in 2026, six months after opening, for Niclas Nußbaumer's precise tasting menus.

Fichtekränzi

• ★ 4.5
• €€

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.

Atschel

• ★ 4.3
• €€

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.

Zum Eichkatzerl

• ★ 4.3
• €€

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.

Ebbelwoi Unser

• ★ 4.2
• €€

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.

Apfelwein Dax

• ★ 4.1
• €€

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.

Café im Liebieghaus

• ★ 4.1
• Cafe
• €€

Order Coffee and cake in the sculpture museum's garden

The café in Frankfurt's Liebieghaus serves coffee and cake in a villa garden full of sculpture on the Museumsufer, an open secret in summer.

Huck's Favorite Place

• ★ 4.0
• Bakery
• €

Order Crusty rye loaves from the Huck family ovens

Huck's Favorite Place puts the Frankfurt family bakery Huck on Schweizer Straße from 06:30, breads and breakfast before Sachsenhausen wakes.

Hoppenworth & Ploch Rösterei

• ★ 4.5
• Coffee roaster
• €

Hoppenworth & Ploch roasts Frankfurt's leading specialty coffee on a Giesen W30A at Länderweg 21, supplying its three cafés across the city.

Balalaika

• ★ 4.2
• Music bar
• €€

Drink Whatever pairs with a singalong at 01:00

Balalaika packs live music into a candlelit Sachsenhausen room on Schifferstraße, Frankfurt's tiny late bar with a cult following and no closing hurry.

Klapper 33

• ★ 4.0
• Kneipe
• €

Drink A late beer among the last standing

Klapper 33 is the Klappergasse Kneipe that outlasts every Frankfurt tavern night, pouring until 05:00 at the weekend, cash in hand and jukebox on.

Best Worscht in Town (Schweizer Straße)

• ★ 4.0
• Street food
• €

Try Currywurst on Sachsenhausen's shopping street

The Sachsenhausen branch of Best Worscht in Town sells its graded-heat currywurst on Schweizer Straße, open Sundays unlike the original on Grüneburgweg.

Wochenmarkt Sachsenhausen

• ★ 4.1

The Sachsenhausen market on Diesterwegplatz supplies Frankfurt's tavern quarter twice a week, produce and regional stalls by Südbahnhof station.

Wochenmarkt Oberrad

• ★ 4.0

Oberrad's Saturday market on Buchrainplatz sits in the district that grows Frankfurt's Grüne Soße herbs, field to stall in one village square.

Ebbelwei-Express historic tram tour

• ★ 4.3

The Ebbelwei-Express rattles a vintage tram around Frankfurt with a bottle of apfelwein and pretzels included in the €8 fare, a full hour of the city from a wooden bench.

Museumsuferfest

• ★ 4.6

Museumsuferfest turns both banks of the Main into one of Europe's biggest culture festivals, with food stalls from around the world on both banks.