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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across Germany in the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Germany
JAN in Isarvorstadt, Restaurant Haerlin in Neustadt, and Rutz in Mitte each hold three Michelin stars and have exceptional wine programs.
JAN in Isarvorstadt serves modern European fine dining under chef Jan Hartwig, with an exceptional wine program and an extensive, sommelier-led list. The restaurant holds a La Liste score of 97.5 points. JAN offers tasting menus and set menus and holds three Michelin stars.
Restaurant Haerlin in Neustadt holds three Michelin stars inside the Vier Jahreszeiten hotel. Chef Christoph Rüffer serves modern French fine dining in a room overlooking the Inner Alster Lake. The restaurant has a La Liste score of 95 points and Star Wine List recognition for 2026.
Rutz in Mitte holds three Michelin stars and has an exceptional wine program with an extensive, sommelier-led list. Chef Marco Müller's modern German kitchen offers a la carte service alongside the narrative Inspiration tasting menu, with courses using German Wagyu and North Sea squid.
Freundschaft in Mitte is a wine bar with over 4,000 bottles, and Cielo in Friedrichshain serves Italian wines, small plates, and pasta. Wax On in Neukolln serves craft cocktails, classic cocktails, and zero-proof drinks alongside a wine list.
Freundschaft in Mitte is a subterranean wine bar run by Austrian wine professionals, with over 4,000 bottles and an exceptional, sommelier-led wine program that includes natural wine. It serves small plates and a la carte food at a 26-meter oak counter.
Cielo in Friedrichshain opened in early 2025 under Ivano Pirolo, former head chef at Kink. The bar serves Italian wines with small plates for sharing and pasta prepared with Italian ingredients. Its wine list has Star Wine List recognition for 2026.
Wax On in Neukolln serves craft cocktails, classic cocktails, and zero-proof drinks alongside a wine list. Its cocktail techniques include rotary evaporators and centrifuges. The bar placed number 57 on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2025.
Hotel Adlon Kempinski, The Fontenay, and Rocco Forte Charles Hotel hold Michelin Keys and La Liste Top Hotels recognition. Their restaurants include Michelin-starred dining at Hotel Adlon Kempinski, a two-Michelin-starred rooftop restaurant at The Fontenay, and FLORIO's Italian kitchen at Rocco Forte Charles Hotel.
Hotel Adlon Kempinski in Mitte holds one Michelin Key and a La Liste score of 98.5 points. The hotel has a Michelin-starred restaurant, 382 rooms and suites, and Leading Hotels of the World membership. It directly faces the Brandenburg Gate.
The Fontenay in Rotherbaum holds three Michelin Keys and La Liste Top Hotels recognition. The hotel is a Leading Hotels of the World member and sits on the shore of Lake Alster. It has a two-Michelin-starred rooftop restaurant and 130 rooms.
Rocco Forte Charles Hotel in Isarvorstadt holds two Michelin Keys and a La Liste Top Hotels score of 91 points. The hotel has Leading Hotels of the World membership and rooms designed by Olga Polizzi. It includes FLORIO's Italian kitchen and 160 rooms.
L.A. Jordan in Deidesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate holds three Michelin stars inside the Bassermann-Jordan estate, Schloss Vollrads in Oestrich-Winkel has over 800 years of Riesling production, and Weingut Dr. Loosen in Bernkastel-Kues was revived by Ernst Loosen in 1988.
L.A. Jordan in Deidesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate serves modern French-Japanese cooking and holds three Michelin stars. It offers tasting menus, set menus, and a la carte dining inside the historic Bassermann-Jordan winery estate. Its exceptional, sommelier-led wine program has over 1,200 selections from the Palatinate.
Schloss Vollrads in Oestrich-Winkel is a continuously operating Rheingau winery with more than 800 years of Riesling production. The estate originated the Kabinett classification in 1716 and holds three Falstaff Winery stars.
Weingut Dr. Loosen in Bernkastel-Kues is a family-owned estate that Ernst Loosen revived in 1988. It grows only old ungrafted Riesling vines on steep slate Mosel slopes. The estate placed number 16 on the World's 50 Best Vineyards list in 2025.
Mitte and Kreuzberg in Berlin, Isarvorstadt and Altstadt in Munich, and Neustadt and HafenCity in Hamburg have Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. L.A. Jordan's estate restaurant is in Deidesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate; Schloss Vollrads produces Riesling in Oestrich-Winkel, and Weingut Dr. Loosen grows old ungrafted Riesling vines in Bernkastel-Kues.
Germany has 121 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide, with 152 Michelin stars in total across the cities covered. Restaurant Bareiss in Baiersbronn and Schwarzwaldstube in Tonbach each hold three Michelin stars. Bareiss serves neo-classical French cooking with Black Forest influences, and Schwarzwaldstube serves modern French fine dining with tasting menus, a la carte, and prix fixe formats.
Freundschaft and Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer in Mitte have exceptional, sommelier-led wine programs. Freundschaft has over 4,000 bottles and pours natural wine. Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and has 1,450 selections spanning Germany, Burgundy, and Bordeaux.
Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer in Mitte and AUGUST in Augsburg-Innenstadt hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence awards for 2025. Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer's exceptional wine program includes 1,450 selections spanning Germany, Burgundy, and Bordeaux. AUGUST's wine list spans 3,600 bottles across California, France, and Italy.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
City atlas
Germany
Selected entries from the current guide for Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's most decorated Asian-inspired restaurant, Restaurant Tim Raue has held two Michelin stars since 2010 and ranked in the World's 50 Best every year from 2016 through 2025, reaching as high as #26. Drawing on Japanese, Thai, and Chinese traditions while eliminating white sugar, gluten, and lactose, the kitchen produces food that reads as rigorous European fine dining through an Asian lens.
Munich, Germany
Munich's most decorated fine dining address, Tantris holds two Michelin stars and a 2025 World's 50 Best ranking of #73, placing it among Germany's small tier of globally recognised French contemporary restaurants. Under Chef Benjamin Chmura, the kitchen operates Wednesday through Saturday with a wine program ranked #1 by Star Wine List across multiple years. The setting alone, a 1970s brutalist interior that has become an architectural reference point, signals this is not a conventional luxury dining room.
Munich, Germany
JAN holds three Michelin stars and ranks third in Europe on Opinionated About Dining (2025), placing it firmly in Germany's uppermost tier of creative fine dining. Chef Jan Hartwig's open-kitchen format on Luisenstraße 27 draws on classical French training and regional Bavarian ingredients, producing tasting menus that earn 97.5 points on La Liste and a place at number 84 on the World's 50 Best list (2024).
Berlin, Germany
CODA Dessert Dining occupies a category of its own in Berlin's fine dining scene: an entirely dessert-focused tasting menu restaurant in Neukölln holding two Michelin stars and a #79 ranking on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list (2025). Under René Frank, the kitchen reworks patisserie traditions through a lens of natural ingredients and precise drink pairings, operating Tuesday through Saturday from 7 pm.
Frankfurt, Germany
Set inside Frankfurt's listed Palmenhaus building, adjacent to the Palmengarten botanical garden, Lafleur holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 92 points (2026). Chef Andreas Krolik runs parallel menus, a classic 'Grands Produits' format alongside a dedicated vegan programme that earned four Radishes in the We're Smart Green Guide, placing the restaurant at the precise intersection of French classical technique and plant-forward cuisine.
Berlin, Germany
Nobelhart & Schmutzig on Friedrichstraße operates under a strict regional sourcing philosophy: if an ingredient does not grow within roughly 20 kilometres of Berlin, it does not appear on the plate. The result is a six-course set menu that reads as a precise argument for Brandenburg produce, backed by a 9,250-bottle wine list and a place in the World's 50 Best Restaurants (No. 59, 2025).
Perl, Germany
Three Michelin stars and a 99-point La Liste score place Victor's Fine Dining by Christian Bau at the summit of Germany's fine dining hierarchy. Operating from Perl in the Saar-Moselle triangle, Bau's French-Japanese tasting menus bring kaiseki-influenced precision to a corner of Europe that rewards the deliberate journey. Thursday through Sunday evenings only; booking well in advance is essential.
Wolfsburg, Germany
Aqua Wolfsburg is Germany's culinary crown jewel, where Chef Sven Elverfeld's three-Michelin-starred artistry transforms modern German cuisine into emotional storytelling. Set within The Ritz-Carlton's elegant setting, this intimate 40-seat sanctuary delivers nine-course tasting menus featuring bold combinations like Saibling char with caviar and miso, establishing it as Europe's most sophisticated dining destination.
Baiersbronn, Germany
Restaurant Bareiss holds three Michelin stars and a 98-point La Liste score for 2026, placing it among the more decorated classical French tables in Germany. Chef Claus-Peter Lumpp's kitchen operates Thursday through Sunday inside the Bareiss hotel complex in Baiersbronn, a Black Forest village that concentrates more Michelin stars per square kilometre than almost anywhere in Europe. For structured, multi-course classical dining, few rooms in the country make a stronger case.
Hamburg, Germany
Restaurant Haerlin holds three Michelin stars and a 95-point La Liste ranking inside Hamburg's Vier Jahreszeiten hotel on Neuer Jungfernstieg, making it the city's most formally decorated dining address. Chef Christoph Rüffer works within a Creative French framework, and the room's grand-hotel setting positions it alongside Germany's most serious fine-dining tables rather than Hamburg's newer chef-driven formats.
Berlin, Germany
Rutz on Chausseestraße holds three Michelin stars and a 94-point La Liste score for 2026, placing it among Germany's most recognised fine dining addresses. Chef Marco Müller's 'Inspiration' tasting menu builds a clear narrative across courses, drawing on produce including German Wagyu and North Sea squid. The format rewards repeat visitors who track the menu's evolution season by season.
Piesport, Germany
A three-Michelin-star address in the Moselle village of Piesport, Schanz places Thomas Schanz's modern French cooking inside one of Germany's most storied wine landscapes. Ranked #59 in Opinionated About Dining's Classical Europe list for 2025 and holding 94 points from La Liste, it sits among a small group of German restaurants where regional terroir and classical technique converge at the highest level.
Baiersbronn, Germany
Schwarzwaldstube Baiersbronn, Germany's most prestigious restaurant within Hotel Traube Tonbach, showcases Chef Torsten Michel's masterful French-inspired cuisine through panoramic Black Forest views, where three decades of Michelin-starred excellence continues in dramatic rebuilt premises.
Hamburg, Germany
Among Germany's small cohort of three-Michelin-star restaurants, The Table Kevin Fehling operates in Hamburg's HafenCity with a format built around creative cuisine at the highest price tier. Rated 95.5 points by La Liste in 2025 and ranked in Opinionated About Dining's top European restaurants, it draws a clientele that returns for the precision of the cooking rather than novelty alone.
Munich, Germany
Munich’s high-end dining scene has a serious Japanese-German counterpoint in Tohru in der Schreiberei, where multi-course structure, seasonality and restraint carry more weight than spectacle. Recognition from Michelin, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde and Opinionated About Dining places it in the city’s narrow upper tier, with Tohru Nakamura’s cooking read against both European tasting-menu discipline and kaiseki logic.
Berlin, Germany
A two-Michelin-star restaurant on the Kreuzberg canal, Horváth places Austrian culinary tradition in dialogue with seasonal German produce under chef Sebastian Frank, named Best Chef in Europe in 2018. The kitchen gives vegetables a structural rather than decorative role, and the wine program has earned consecutive Star Wine List recognition. Open Thursday through Sunday evenings only, from 6:30 pm.
Munich, Germany
Atelier occupies a quietly commanding position in Munich's upper-tier fine dining scene, holding two Michelin stars and 87 points on the 2026 La Liste rankings from its address inside the storied Bayerischer Hof hotel. Chef Jan Hartwig's creative French menu balances technical precision with intense, layered flavour combinations. Tuesday through Saturday evenings only, with a format built for extended, course-driven dining.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Vendôme at Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg has held a place in the World's 50 Best Restaurants for over a decade and carries two Michelin stars under chef Joachim Wissler. The restaurant's Modern European tasting format runs Wednesday through Sunday evenings in a grand hotel setting outside Cologne, ranking 54th in Europe on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 list. For serious diners in the region, it represents the apex of the local fine dining tier.
Hamburg, Germany
A two-Michelin-star creative restaurant in Hamburg's industrial Rothenburgsort district, 100/200 Kitchen places Thomas Imbusch's technique-driven cooking inside a setting that defies expectations. Ranked among Europe's top restaurants by both La Liste and Opinionated About Dining, it occupies a distinct tier in Hamburg's fine-dining hierarchy, far from the city's more expected addresses.
Berlin, Germany
FACIL holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 94 points, operating from the fifth floor of a Potsdamer Strasse hotel with a menu that weaves German precision into contemporary European cooking. Chef Michael Kempf structures the offering around produce-led courses, with a dedicated vegetable and fruit programme running alongside the main menu. Lunch and dinner service runs Tuesday through Friday; the restaurant is closed on weekends.
Berlin, Germany
Inside the Hotel Adlon Kempinski on Unter den Linden, Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer holds a Michelin star and ranks among Berlin's most formally composed fine dining rooms. The kitchen works in a French-European register with technical precision at its core, backed by a wine list of 1,450 selections spanning Germany, Burgundy, and Bordeaux. Tables facing the Brandenburg Gate are worth requesting when booking.
Hamburg, Germany
A two-Michelin-starred address on Hamburg's HafenCity waterfront, bianc applies a Mediterranean restraint that reads as unusual in northern Germany's fine-dining scene. Chef Matteo Ferrantino's open-flame approach strips the format back to fire and produce, earning a La Liste score of 90 points and a place among Europe's top 100 restaurants according to Opinionated About Dining's 2024 rankings.
Hamburg, Germany
A two-Michelin-starred lakeside address in Hamburg's Fontenay district, Lakeside operates Tuesday through Saturday from 7pm, placing it firmly in the city's top tier of fine dining. Chef Julian Stowasser's kitchen draws La Liste recognition and an OAD European ranking, with the room's waterside setting adding a physical dimension that few of Hamburg's €€€€ tasting-menu restaurants can match.
Donaueschingen, Germany
Two-Michelin-starred Ösch Noir transforms Donaueschingen fine dining through Chef Manuel Ulrich's modern French mastery, where open kitchen artistry and premium ingredients like Gillardeau oysters create an intimate 40-seat culinary theater within the luxurious Der Öschberghof resort.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Germany.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's only member of The Leading Hotels of the World, The Fontenay sits on the shore of Lake Alster with 130 rooms, three Michelin Keys, and a dining program anchored by a two Michelin-starred rooftop restaurant. Architect Jan Störmer's circular building delivers floor-to-ceiling Alster views, rooms from 43 m², and a 1,022 m² rooftop spa. Rates from $505 per night place it at the upper tier of the Hamburg market.
Munich, Germany
Among Munich's five-star properties, the Rocco Forte Charles Hotel occupies a distinct position: a purpose-built address on Sophienstraße with Michelin 2 Keys recognition, La Liste Top Hotels placement, and Leading Hotels of the World membership. With 160 rooms designed by Olga Polizzi, the city's largest indoor hotel pool, and FLORIO's Italian kitchen, it competes squarely with the Mandarin Oriental and Rosewood in the upper tier of Munich's luxury market.
Berlin, Germany
A converted 19th-century bank building on Bebelplatz, Hotel de Rome brings Rocco Forte's signature house style to old East Berlin with 146 rooms, Michelin 2 Keys recognition (2024), and a La Liste score of 91.5 points (2026). The vault-level pool and rooftop terrace set it apart from Berlin's conventional luxury tier. For business travellers and heritage-minded guests, it occupies a specific and credible position in the city's upper-bracket hotel market.
Elmau, Germany
Set 1,000 metres above sea level in the Bavarian Alps and roughly 100 kilometres south of Munich, Schloss Elmau pairs two Michelin-starred dining with four distinct spa facilities and a serious year-round cultural programme. The 94-year-old castle holds 140 rooms across its main building and the adjacent Retreat wing, with rates from $1,585 per night and a La Liste Top Hotels score of 99 points in 2026.
Cologne, Germany
Cologne's grand hotel since 1863, the Excelsior Hotel Ernst holds the city's only Leading Hotels of the World membership and earned Michelin 2 Keys in 2024. Its 133 rooms face the Cathedral, while its dining programme runs from the Michelin-starred taku to the French-influenced Hanse Stube. La Liste placed it at 93 points in 2026. Rates from $629 per night.
Rottach-Egern, Germany
Set on the shore of Lake Tegernsee in Upper Bavaria, Althoff Seehotel Überfahrt is a five-star deluxe resort carrying 97 points from La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking and three Michelin Keys. The property pairs a design language of precious woods and earth tones with a lakefront wellness complex, a Michelin-starred restaurant, and rates from $268 per night across 173 rooms.
Düsseldorf, Germany
Positioned at Königsallee 11, Breidenbacher Hof earns its Michelin 2 Keys (2024) and 97-point La Liste Top Hotels rating (2026) through a considered balance of 19th-century architecture and contemporary comfort. Across 106 rooms and suites, the hotel layers coffered ceilings and silk brocade against tech-forward bedside controls and Italian marble bathrooms. A European brasserie, a private Show Kitchen, and a spa with two Finnish saunas complete the picture.
Berlin, Germany
Standing on Pariser Platz with the Brandenburg Gate as its immediate neighbour, Hotel Adlon Kempinski is Berlin's most historically freighted luxury address. Rebuilt under the Kempinski group after decades of Cold War absence, its 382 rooms and suites carry a La Liste score of 98.5 points (2026) and a Michelin-starred restaurant. Rates from $2,991 per night position it firmly at the summit of the city's luxury tier.
Hamburg, Germany
Open since 1897 on the shores of Hamburg's Inner Alster Lake, Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten holds a 99-point rating from La Liste (2026) and three Michelin Keys, with 156 rooms spanning six distinct design schemes and dining anchored by three-Michelin-star Restaurant Haerlin. The spa, lakefront balconies, and a local-dominant dining room make it the reference point for grand hotel stays in northern Germany.
Baiersbronn, Germany
Hotel Bareiss is a three-generation family estate in Baiersbronn's Black Forest, holding three Michelin stars in its gourmet restaurant and a 98-point score from La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking. Rates from US$598 per night across 100 rooms place it in Germany's upper tier of destination resort hotels, where Michelin recognition and genuine countryside scale are rarely found together.
Baiersbronn, Germany
Set deep in the Black Forest valley outside Baiersbronn, Hotel Traube Tonbach is a 153-room modernist lodge where floor-to-ceiling windows frame emerald forest views, five restaurants anchor the dining program, and a spa complex with nine treatment rooms, three pools, and a sauna suite underpins one of Germany's most considered wellness formats. Rated 98 points on La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels list and awarded three Michelin Keys in 2024, it occupies the upper tier of German resort hotels.
Berlin, Germany
Few addresses in Berlin carry the symbolic weight of Potsdamer Platz, and the Ritz-Carlton sits at its centre with 303 rooms, Michelin 2 Keys recognition, and a 95.5-point La Liste ranking for 2026. The Art Deco interiors reference Berlin's interwar golden era while the hotel's position, seven minutes on foot from Brandenburg Gate, makes it one of the German capital's most strategically located five-star properties.
Munich, Germany
A 73-room Neo-Renaissance property on Neuturmstraße, steps from the Bavarian Opera House and Marienplatz, the Mandarin Oriental Munich earned Michelin 2 Keys (2024) and a La Liste Top Hotels score of 96.5 points (2026). A complete nine-month refurbishment in 2020 introduced Matsuhisa Munich, the first Nobu-concept restaurant in Germany, alongside redesigned rooms with local art and alpine views.
Sylt, Germany
On the Wadden Sea side of Sylt, Severin's Resort & Spa occupies Keitum village in a 95-room property that earned Michelin 2 Keys (2024) and 98.5 points from La Liste Top Hotels 2026. The address places guests within walking distance of Frisian farmhouses and tidal flats, while the resort's spa, orchard dining, and fine-dining restaurant Tipken's by Nils Henkel position it at the quieter, more private end of the island's luxury spectrum.
Munich, Germany
Rosewood Munich opened in October 2023 inside two restored landmark buildings in the city's historic core: the former Bavarian State Bank headquarters and the adjacent Palais Neuhaus-Preysing. With 132 rooms, four dining venues including Brasserie Cuvilliés, and a 14,000-square-foot Asaya Spa, it earned a Michelin 2 Keys designation in its first full year. Rates from $966 per night.
Munich, Germany
One of Munich's enduring grand hotels, Bayerischer Hof occupies a prime address on Promenadenplatz dating to 1841, with 337 rooms spanning dramatically different interior schemes, a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in Atelier, six bars, and a rooftop Blue Spa. A member of The Leading Hotels of the World and ranked 94 points on the La Liste Top Hotels 2026 list, it competes directly with the city's most established luxury properties.
Berlin, Germany
A century-old Grunewald mansion turned 53-room hotel, Patrick Hellmann Schlosshotel sits behind baroque gates on one of Berlin's quietest residential streets. La Liste ranked it 92 points in 2026, and Michelin awarded it two Keys in 2024. The property earns loyalty through its conservatory breakfast, pine-forest spa views, and interiors that balance Prussian heritage with Art Deco precision.
Sylt, Germany
On the western dune edge of Sylt, Söl'ring Hof holds two Michelin Keys (2024) and 98 points from La Liste Top Hotels 2026, placing it among Germany's most decorated retreat properties.
Hamburg, Germany
A 19th-century Hanseatic property on Hamburg's Elbchaussee, Hotel Louis C. Jacob holds 85 rooms across two riverfront buildings, a Michelin 2 Keys rating, and a 97-point score from La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking. Its dining operation spans a gourmet restaurant, a wine bistro, a cocktail bar, and the celebrated Linden Terrace overlooking the Elbe, all within a setting where historical architecture and a serious art collection coexist with contemporary hospitality standards.
Wolfsburg, Germany
The Ritz-Carlton, Wolfsburg earned 97 points in the 2026 La Liste Top Hotels ranking, placing it among Germany's most formally recognised luxury properties. Its design identity, where modern architecture meets precision hospitality, makes it an outlier in a city better known for automotive industry than travel. For visitors who treat the hotel as a destination in itself, it rewards that attention.
Donaueschingen, Germany
Set along the edge of the Black Forest on three golf courses, Der Öschberghof holds two Michelin Stars at its fine-dining restaurant Ösch Noir and 2024 Michelin 2 Keys recognition for the property itself. La Liste places it at 92.5 points in its 2026 Top Hotels ranking. With 126 rooms in a sophisticated grayscale palette, private balconies, and a sprawling wellness complex, it occupies a specific niche in Germany's resort-hotel tier.
Frankfurt, Germany
Positioned directly on Opernplatz opposite Frankfurt's Alte Oper, Sofitel Frankfurt Opera earns its Michelin 2 Keys (2024) recognition through a considered fusion of French art de vivre and Frankfurt civic character. The 150 rooms and suites carry jewel tones and Parisian proportions without theatrical excess, while Restaurant Schönemann and bar Lili's extend the Franco-German brief into food and drink. Rates from $418 per night.
Sylt, Germany
Landhaus Stricker sits at the centre of Sylt island, where a traditional Frisian exterior opens into vivid, contemporary interiors across 38 rooms. The fine dining restaurant Bodendorf's holds a Michelin Star and Michelin 2 Keys recognition, while a Scandinavian-style spa extends the property's case for longer stays. Rates from US$363 per night with Relais & Châteaux membership.
Norderney, Germany
A converted 18th-century storehouse on Norderney's North Sea shore, Seesteg holds 16 rooms across three categories and a Michelin-starred restaurant at its centre. Awarded Michelin 2 Keys in 2024, the property pairs sea-facing infinity pool access with direct Wadden Sea National Park adjacency. Rates start at EUR 1,050 per night, with reservations confirmed through the EP Club service team.
Germany
Selected entries from the current guide for Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Rutz on Chausseestraße holds three Michelin stars and a 94-point La Liste score for 2026, placing it among Germany's most recognised fine dining addresses. Chef Marco Müller's 'Inspiration' tasting menu builds a clear narrative across courses, drawing on produce including German Wagyu and North Sea squid. The format rewards repeat visitors who track the menu's evolution season by season.
Berlin, Germany
Wax On sits on Weserstrasse in Neukölln, one of Berlin's most competitive bar corridors, and has climbed to #57 on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2025 after reaching #29 in 2023. The bar pairs a technical cocktail programme with a food offer calibrated to extend the session rather than just fill the gap between drinks.
Munich, Germany
Positioned at the heart of Old Town Munich, GRAPES Weinbar has earned consecutive Star Wine List recognition since 2021 and an Opinionated About Dining ranking for its 1,100-selection list spanning Germany, Burgundy, Austria, and Italy. The kitchen runs a seasonal European menu under chef Gerlando Bordino, with wine direction from Bernd Grossschädl and a team of six sommeliers. It opens six evenings a week from 6:30 pm, later on weekends.
Hamburg, Germany
The room leans toward old-world discretion rather than theatrical spectacle, placing it in a category of European bars that treat the drink as the central proposition.
Berlin, Germany
Buck & Breck has held a position inside the World's 50 Best Bars every year since 2013, reaching as high as number 16 in 2015. The bar operates as a small-format, appointment-style room in Mitte, where the counter format and craft-focused program sit closer to the Tokyo or New York model than the high-volume Berlin club scene. For serious cocktail seekers, it remains a fixed reference point in a city with many good drinking.
Hamburg, Germany
Koer earned its first Michelin star in 2025, converting a Michelin Plate recognition from 2024 into a full star within a single guide cycle, a rapid ascent that places Chef Paul Decker among Hamburg's most closely watched creative kitchens.
Cologne, Germany
Le Moissonneur Bistro holds a Michelin star in 2024 and 2025 under chef David Guitton, placing French bistro cooking inside a Cologne neighbourhood better known for Rhine-side tourism than serious dining. At the €€€ price tier, it occupies a distinct position between the city's entry-level brasseries and its €€€€ tasting-menu houses.
Cologne, Germany
A Michelin Bib Gourmand wine bar on Pfeilstraße, HENNE. Weinbar sits in Cologne's mid-city drinking scene as a low-price, high-conviction address. Rated #791 on Opinionated About Dining's European Casual list in 2025, it draws a loyal crowd around an international kitchen and a wine program built for conversation. At the single-euro price point, the quality-to-cost ratio is difficult to match in the city.
Hamburg, Germany
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder for 2024 and 2025, HYGGE Brasserie & Bar operates from Hotel Landhaus Flottbek in Hamburg's leafy Klein Flottbek district, roughly 25 minutes from the city centre.
Berlin, Germany
Becketts Kopf occupies a narrow Prenzlauer Berg address on Pappelallee where the unmarked entrance and portrait-hung facade have made it one of Berlin's most consistently recognised cocktail bars. Ranked #452 in the Top 500 Bars (2025), it operates in the serious, low-lit tier of the city's bar scene, where craft and atmosphere carry equal weight.
Munich, Germany
Schuman's Bar has held a place in the World's 50 Best Bars every year between 2010 and 2019, reaching as high as number 20 in 2010. Positioned at Odeonsplatz, one of Munich's most architecturally considered public squares, it occupies a tier of German cocktail bars that compete internationally rather than regionally.
Rust, Germany
Eatrenalin holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, placing it among the recognised addresses in Germany's fine dining circuit. The format blends theatrical dining with serious kitchen intent, drawing visitors from across the region and beyond.
Berlin, Germany
Kurpfalz Weinstuben on Wilmersdorfer Strasse holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, placing it among Berlin's more consistent addresses for regional German cooking at mid-range prices. In a city where the fine-dining tier skews heavily toward creative or international formats, this Charlottenburg address delivers grounded, regionally rooted cooking without the €€€€ price commitment.
Berlin, Germany
Green Door has held a place on the World's 500 Best Bars list since at least 2025, ranking 283rd globally, a signal of sustained industry credibility in a city with many serious cocktail venues. Located on Winterfeldtstraße in Schöneberg, it operates in the quieter, neighbourhood-bar register of Berlin's bar scene rather than the high-concept theatrical end. An address worth tracking for spring visits when the area's pace suits it best.
Berlin, Germany
Freundschaft occupies a quiet stretch of Mitte's Mittelstraße, carrying five consecutive Star Wine List recognitions from 2021 through 2026, a run that places it among Berlin's most consistently recognised wine bar operations. The format rewards those who show up with time to spare and a willingness to follow the list wherever it leads.
Hamburg, Germany
A Michelin Plate recipient in Hamburg's HafenCity, Kinfelts Kitchen & Wine occupies a light-flooded dining room steps from the Elbphilharmonie, with large windows framing the Elbe canal. Chef Kirill Kinfelt, formerly of Trüffelschwein, works a classically rooted contemporary register with farm-to-table sourcing, backed by an international wine list with expert guidance. Dinner runs on two seatings; book well ahead.
Frankfurt, Germany
YALDY holds a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand, placing it among Frankfurt's most consistent seasonal cooking addresses at the €€ price point. Located on Moselstraße in the Bahnhofsviertel, the restaurant builds its menu around seasonal produce rather than fixed formats, making it a reliable destination for considered cooking without fine-dining prices.
Munich, Germany
Bar Mural sits at Theresienstraße 1 in central Munich, serving contemporary American cuisine with a wine list of 130 selections across 1,520 bottles. Michelin has awarded it a Plate in both 2024 and 2025, placing it in a recognised tier of Munich's mid-range dining. The collaboration between Chef Josh Gayer, Wine Director Javier Dominguez Gutierrez, and General Manager Alex Klein gives the programme an unusual coherence for the price point.
Berlin, Germany
On Oranienburger Strasse in Berlin's Mitte district, Verōnika Berlin occupies a stretch of the city where the fine-dining conversation is increasingly serious. The address places it among a Berlin cohort that has pushed the capital's restaurant credentials well beyond its bohemian-casual reputation. For those tracking where the city's premium dining is heading, this is a name worth following.
Nuremberg, Germany
At Weinmarkt 14 in Nuremberg's old town, 075 Weinbar & Handel operates as both wine bar and retail shop, where sommelier Difan Xu applies fine-dining precision to an accessible neighbourhood format. The result is a compact, focused space that suits both serious wine drinkers and curious first-timers. It sits in a part of the German bar scene that values depth over spectacle.
Berlin, Germany
A Berlin outpost dedicated entirely to Georgian wine, 8000 Vintages on Großbeerenstraße treats the Caucasus tradition with the seriousness it rarely receives this far west. The format runs from amber qvevri-fermented styles to lighter, modern expressions, positioned as an education in a wine culture that predates most European appellations by millennia.
Nuremberg, Germany
Modern restaurant with high quality design in Winterhude. House wines can be enjoyed along with antipasti, pinsas or salads. Large breakfast offer and beautiful outdoor area.
Hamburg, Germany
With a Hanseatic feel-good atmosphere here you can cast off for a bar tour around the world with international cocktails. Embarking with signature drinks such as the "Transatlantic" with Jim Beam Rye and Champagne, "Japanese Martini" with Haku Vodka dripped over green tea, or from up close with "Alstergrün" including fine cucumber and mint flavours with gin.
Cologne, Germany
Bar Botanik gives Cologne’s cocktail map a quieter reference point south of the cathedral zone, set at Kaygasse 2 in the city’s inner districts. With no published awards, chef credit, drinks list, price band, or booking policy in the available record, the useful reading is contextual: judge it against Cologne’s split between Kölsch houses, neighbourhood bars, and more composed cocktail rooms.
Germany
Selected entries from the current guide for Germany.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
Weingut Dr. Loosen belongs to the Mosel conversation where Riesling, slate, slope exposure, and patient cellar work matter more than luxury staging.
Geisenheim, Germany
Schloss Johannisberg is a Riesling reference point in Geisenheim-Johannisberg, set around a Neoclassical palace on a hill first planted with vines in 817.
Wiltingen, Germany
Weingut Egon Müller belongs to the Saar's restrained, terroir-led Riesling tradition, where acidity, slate, slope exposure, and residual sugar matter more than cellar theatre. In Wiltingen, it sits inside a small but serious wine circuit, with Weingut Van Volxem offering the useful local counterpoint for readers mapping the village through Riesling rather than restaurant-style hospitality.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
Weingut Markus Molitor operates from Zeltingen-Rachtig in the Mosel's Bernkastel-Wehlen zone, producing Riesling from some of the river's most closely watched slate sites. Serious collectors track its releases alongside peers such as Weingut Joh. Jos. Prüm.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
On the steep slate banks of the Mosel between Bernkastel and Wehlen, Weingut Joh. Jos. Prüm is one of the reference addresses for German Riesling, with the Wehlener Sonnenuhr vineyard as its primary canvas.
Flörsheim-Dalsheim, Germany
The estate draws visitors and allocations-hunters from across Europe, placing it in the upper tier of German wine destinations worth planning a dedicated trip around.
Kiedrich, Germany
Weingut Robert Weil sits on the Mühlberg in Kiedrich, one of the Rheingau's oldest and most precisely delineated slate-and-quartzite sites. For collectors and serious wine travellers, it represents a direct encounter with the geological argument that the Rheingau has been making for centuries.
Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany
Weingut A. Christmann is a Pfalz estate based in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. The estate operates within one of Germany's most storied wine corridors, where Riesling and Spätburgunder grown on sandstone and limestone soils define the regional character. For serious wine travellers, Christmann sits in the upper tier of Pfalz producers worth tracking.
Pünderich, Germany
Weingut Clemens Busch operates from Kirchstraße 37 in the steep-slate village of Pünderich on the Mosel, producing Rieslings that rank among the more terroir-focused expressions in the region. Visitors and collectors seeking the Mosel's harder, more mineral edge tend to find what they are looking for here.
Wachenheim an der Weinstraße, Germany
One of the Pfalz's most historically grounded estates, Weingut Dr. The estate sits at the serious end of German white wine, where site specificity and generational continuity define the conversation.
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
The estate is positioned among the Rheingau's upper tier of Riesling producers, where the combination of slate soils, south-facing slopes, and the Rhine's moderating influence consistently produces wines of notable precision and depth.
Winningen, Germany
Visiting or tasting here requires an appointment and some willingness to seek out a village most wine tourists pass through without stopping.
Hochheim am Main, Germany
Weingut Künstler is a Hochheim am Main estate. Hochheim's position at the eastern edge of the Rheingau, where the Main meets conditions more akin to the Rhine's limestone and loam soils, gives Künstler a distinct site advantage for Riesling of pronounced minerality and structural precision.
Wiltingen, Germany
Weingut Van Volxem occupies a commanding position on the Saar's steep slate vineyards, producing dry Rieslings from some of the region's oldest and most demanding sites.
Deidesheim, Germany
The winery occupies a position among the Mittelhaardt's most closely watched addresses, where the interplay between historic vineyard sites and precise cellar work defines the region's premium tier. Visitors encounter a tasting experience shaped by one of German wine's most compelling appellations.
Westhofen, Germany
Weingut Wittmann operates from Mainzer Strasse in Westhofen, at the heart of Rheinhessen's limestone-rich terroir belt. For anyone tracing the Rheinhessen revival, Wittmann is a fixed reference point.
Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
One of the Rheingau's most historically significant wine estates, Schloss Vollrads in Oestrich-Winkel has documented vinous activity dating to 1211, making it one of the oldest continuously operating wine properties in Germany.
Leiwen, Germany
Weingut Grans-Fassian is a Mosel estate based in Leiwen. The winery sits on Römerstraße, the Roman road that threads through the heart of one of Germany's most storied Riesling villages. For visitors tracing the Mosel's slate-driven terroir from producer to producer, it represents serious local standing in a competitive field.
Würzburg, Germany
Deidesheim, Germany
Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl is one of the Pfalz's most historically significant estates, producing Riesling from premier vineyards along the Deutsche Weinstraße in Deidesheim. Visitors to Weinstraße 18 encounter a winery whose reputation rests on site-specific viticulture and decades of documented vineyard identity.
Randersacker, Germany
Weingut Schmitt's Kinder sits at the edge of Randersacker, a Franconian village whose south-facing slopes along the Main river have shaped serious Silvaner and Riesling for centuries. For anyone tracking Franconia's quiet resurgence, this address deserves close attention.
Trier, Germany
The estate's holdings span some of the region's most respected slate-terraced sites, placing it firmly within the upper tier of German Riesling producers. For anyone tracing the Mosel's leading expressions, Kesselstatt is a serious reference point.
Zeltingen-Rachtig, Germany
Selbach-Oster sits on the steep slate banks of the Mosel in Zeltingen-Rachtig, producing Riesling from some of the river's most demanding vineyard sites. It is a reference point for anyone serious about how Mosel terroir translates to the glass.
Deidesheim, Germany
One of the Pfalz's most historically rooted estates, Weingut Bassermann-Jordan has shaped the identity of Deidesheim's Grand Cru vineyards for generations. Kirchgasse 10 is where that long-standing tradition is still made legible, one vintage at a time.
