Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Graz
Graz has 8 exceptional wine programs in our guide, and this list brings together the restaurants where the cellar matters as much as the kitchen. Artis, Schmidhofer im Palais, and Landhauskeller are in Innere Stadt, each with a serious wine focus and formats that range from tasting menus to a la carte. Rauch & Rebe in Jakomini / near Augarten Art Hotel adds a sommelier-led list with natural wine, while Arravané in Jakomini combines a broad list with seasonal Austrian cooking. Freigeist Burger - Brauquartier in Puntigam brings over 50 biodynamic and natural wines into a casual burger format. The list shows how Graz's wine programmes spread across both central and outlying neighbourhoods.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Arravané
Deep wine list
Arravané sits on Conrad-von-Hötzendorf-Straße in Graz's southern residential belt, holding a White Star from Star Wine List, a signal that the wine program carries serious weight alongside the kitchen. The address places it outside the tourist-facing Altstadt, drawing a local crowd rather than a passing one. For Graz, that distance from the centre is often where considered dining happens.
Artis
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Artis holds a Michelin star and a White Star from Star Wine List, operating from a darkly styled room on Schmiedgasse in Graz's pedestrian zone. The kitchen runs a surprise menu in four, six, or eight courses, built around international ingredients sourced with visible precision. It is one of the more demanding tables in the city, and one of the more rewarding.
Freigeist Burger - Brauquartier
Deep wine list
Freigeist Burger at Brauquartier sits inside one of Graz's most architecturally distinctive mixed-use developments, a former brewery complex now housing restaurants, offices, and cultural spaces. The format is burger-focused casual dining, positioned within a neighbourhood that draws a cross-section of the city's working and creative population. It occupies a different tier from the fine-dining rooms clustered in Graz's historic centre.
Landhauskeller
Deep wine list
Landhauskeller occupies a storied address at Schmiedgasse 9 in Graz's historic core, operating within the tradition of the Styrian Gasthaus at its most formal register. The setting places it in the same old-town corridor as several of Graz's more ambitious dining rooms, and the kitchen draws on a regional larder that has defined Austrian cuisine well beyond the province's borders.
Rauch & Rebe
Deep wine list
Christian Bernhard and sommelier Michael Stafford run this compact, modern dining room just outside Graz's Old Town, where winter-truffle chestnut soup and miso cod arrive alongside a thoughtful wine list. The evening à la carte menu draws from seasonal produce, while lunch scales to a focused two-course format. In summer, sheltered outdoor tables extend the seating.
Schmidhofer im Palais
Deep wine list
Occupying a patrician palace address on Graz's Sackstraße, Schmidhofer im Palais holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) in a city whose dining scene punches well above its size. The international menu format places it in Graz's mid-to-upper tier, drawing a local professional crowd alongside visitors who treat the Old Town as a serious food destination. Reserve ahead, particularly on weekends.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Graz
- Which restaurants on this list are sommelier-led?
- Artis, Rauch & Rebe, and Schmidhofer im Palais are the sommelier-led restaurants on this list. Artis and Schmidhofer im Palais are in Innere Stadt. Rauch & Rebe is in Jakomini / near Augarten Art Hotel. Artis pairs the list with surprise menus of fish and seafood. Schmidhofer im Palais pairs it with a show kitchen in a historic Palais. Rauch & Rebe also pours natural wine with seasonal Austrian and European dishes.
- Which restaurants on this list hold Star Wine List recognition?
- Artis in Innere Stadt and Arravané in Jakomini hold Star Wine List recognition for 2026. Artis has an exceptional sommelier-led list beside surprise menus of fish and seafood, and it holds one Michelin star. Arravané serves a la carte seasonal Austrian cooking from fresh regional ingredients and holds a Michelin Plate (2026).
- Which restaurants on this list pour natural wine?
- Rauch & Rebe and Freigeist Burger - Brauquartier are the restaurants on this list that pour natural wine. Rauch & Rebe in Jakomini / near Augarten Art Hotel has an exceptional sommelier-led list and serves seasonal Austrian and European dishes, including winter-truffle chestnut soup and miso cod. Freigeist Burger - Brauquartier in Puntigam pairs gourmet burgers with over 50 biodynamic and natural wines, and it also pours beer.
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