Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Colmar from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Colmar
Our guide counts 3 Michelin-starred restaurants in Colmar and 4 Michelin stars in total. Each offers a tasting menu and an exceptional, sommelier-led wine program.
JY'S, in Petite Venise, holds two Michelin stars for 2026, with La Liste at 83 points and a Falstaff award the same year. The kitchen works Alsatian produce alongside global flavors, including Breton lobster, on a tasting menu and an à la carte list. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list.
Restaurant Girardin, in Colmar Old Town, holds one Michelin star for 2026 and a Relais Chateaux award the same year. The format is a tasting menu of refined Alsatian produce in a historic Renaissance building. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list.
L'Atelier du Peintre, in the historic city center, holds one Michelin star for 2026 and a 2025 Gault & Millau Remarkable Restaurant award. Modern French fine dining is served as a tasting menu and à la carte, with a chef's table in the kitchen. The room is a renovated 15th-century house once owned by painter Martin Schongauer. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list.
L'Epicurien, L'Un des Sens, and Le Cercle des Arômes each hold a Star Wine List award for 2026 and an exceptional wine program. The first two pour natural wine, and Le Cercle des Arômes offers over 180-250 wines by the glass, Alsace and world wines.
L'Epicurien, in Petite Venise, holds a Star Wine List award for 2026. The program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive selection of Alsatian and biodynamic wines, and the pour includes natural wine. Seasonal French cuisine is served à la carte in this contemporary French bistro.
L'Un des Sens, in Vieux Colmar, is an intimate Alsatian wine bar with a Star Wine List award for 2026. The wine program is exceptional and specializes in natural wine. Shareable gourmet small plates are made with local products, and the cooking draws on classic Alsatian technique.
Le Cercle des Arômes, in the historic center, is a wine bar with a Star Wine List award for 2026 and an exceptional wine program. It pours Alsace and world wines by the glass and pairs them with local small plates.
Petite Venise has 8 venues in our guide, more than any other neighborhood. The venues there are JY'S, L'Epicurien, À l'Échevin, Wistub Brenner, Le Quai 21, Le Comptoir de Georges, Bartholdi, and Wistub de la Petite Venise. Their kitchens include starred fine dining, a natural-wine bistro, traditional Alsatian winstubs, and brasserie cooking.
Our guide counts 3 Michelin-starred restaurants in Colmar, with 4 Michelin stars in total. JY'S in Petite Venise, Restaurant Girardin in Colmar Old Town, and L'Atelier du Peintre in the historic city center are the starred restaurants, on the 2026 Michelin awards.
JY'S, Restaurant Girardin, and L'Atelier du Peintre are the restaurants in our guide with a tasting menu. JY'S in Petite Venise also serves à la carte. Restaurant Girardin in Colmar Old Town lists the tasting menu as its format. L'Atelier du Peintre in the historic city center serves a tasting menu and à la carte, with a chef's table in the kitchen.
Six venues in our guide have exceptional wine programs: JY'S, Restaurant Girardin, L'Atelier du Peintre, L'Epicurien, L'Un des Sens, and Le Cercle des Arômes. JY'S, Restaurant Girardin, L'Atelier du Peintre, and L'Epicurien are sommelier-led with extensive lists. L'Epicurien and L'Un des Sens pour natural wine, and L'Epicurien lists Alsatian and biodynamic wines. Le Cercle des Arômes pours Alsace and world wines by the glass.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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JY'S holds two Michelin stars in Colmar, placing Chef Julien Asseo's creative cooking at the upper tier of Alsace fine dining. The address on the Allée du Champ de Mars positions it away from the tourist-heavy Vieille Ville, drawing a clientele that arrives with intent. La Liste awarded the restaurant 85 points in 2025, confirming its standing among France's most recognised tables.
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Holding a Michelin star for consecutive years, Restaurant Girardin occupies one of Colmar's most storied addresses on the Rue des Têtes, where Éric Girardin's creative cooking sits at the serious end of Alsace's starred dining tier.For the Colmar visitor mapping a meal against the region's culinary ambitions, this is a reference point.
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Among Colmar's Michelin-starred addresses, L'Atelier du Peintre occupies the mid-tier bracket, €€€ pricing with consecutive one-star recognition in 2024 and 2025, where modern cuisine technique meets the specific grain of Alsatian produce. Positioned below the two-star ambition of JY'S but above the bistro register, it draws the city's most considered dining crowd to a setting just off the old town's gallery quarter.
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La Maison Rouge sits in Colmar's mid-tier dining scene as a Michelin Plate-recognised address where Alsatian tradition anchors a menu that consistently surprises. Chef Petit Jean works the region's vegetables, charcuterie, and wine country produce with a deftness that reads younger and more forward-looking than the price point suggests. For winter visits especially, when Alsace's markets and cellar stocks are at full depth, this is where the regional larder gets its most direct expression.
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À l'Échevin holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, placing it among Colmar's recognised modern cuisine addresses at a mid-premium price point. Set on the Place des 6 Montagnes Noires, it represents the city's appetite for technically grounded cooking that reads the Alsatian larder carefully..
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Bord'eau holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025), placing it among Colmar's reliable mid-range modern dining addresses. Located on Rue de la Poissonnerie in the heart of the old town, it delivers contemporary cooking at €€ pricing, making it one of the more accessible entry points into the city's recognised dining circuit.
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Wistub Brenner sits at the accessible end of Colmar's dining spectrum, serving direct Alsatian cooking in a setting that reads as authentically regional rather than tourist-facing.
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Brasserie Historique fits Colmar’s brasserie tradition through material detail rather than nostalgia: woodwork, cast iron, stained glass and contemporary lighting set a room built for lunch, dinner and shared Alsatian cooking. Its interest lies in how the city’s hearty regional habits are edited for a livelier, more current register without abandoning the convivial brasserie frame.
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Opened in 2010 by Nicolas Groell and his wife Noémie, L'Epicurien occupies a central position in Colmar's mid-range dining scene, where seasonal cooking and sauce work define the kitchen's character. It sits in a tier below the city's Michelin-decorated counters but above the brasserie circuit, making it a practical choice for visitors who want craft without ceremony. The address on Rue Wickram places it within walking distance of Colmar's main architectural quarter.
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A 17th-century townhouse on Rue des Têtes places La Maison des Têtes at the architectural and gastronomic centre of Colmar. The building's sculpted stone façade has marked this address as a landmark since 1609, while the kitchen operates under French provincial cooking that draws on Alsace's larder.
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Le Comptoir de Georges serves Traditional Alsatian Brasserie cooking in a historic building on the waterfront, with terrace seating and an extensive wine list.
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On the quayside of Colmar's Petite Venise quarter, Le Quai 21 holds a 2025 Michelin Plate at the €€€ price point, a position that places it firmly in the serious modern cuisine tier without the waiting lists of the city's starred rooms.
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A Michelin Plate-recognised address on Rue Saint-Guidon, Lucas et Chris delivers traditional French cuisine at a mid-range price point that sits comfortably within Colmar's accessible dining tier.
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On a quiet street in central Colmar, Au Cygne represents a strand of Alsatian dining that prioritises regional produce over culinary spectacle. The address at 15 Rue Edouard Richard places it within walking distance of the city's historic core, and the setting reflects the kind of understated seriousness that the region's mid-tier restaurant scene does well. For visitors building a fuller picture of Colmar's table, it belongs in the itinerary.
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Au Soleil Levant serves authentic Japanese sushi at 15 Rue Berthe Molly in Colmar, with sushi, sashimi, and sukiyaki; quiet, casual service suits lunch or dinner.
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Bartholdi sits at 2 Rue des Boulangers in the heart of Colmar's old town, a few steps from the fountain that gave the restaurant its name. The address places it squarely inside Alsace's most visited historic quarter, where the dining ritual moves at its own deliberate pace. For visitors working through Colmar's restaurant scene, it represents an entry point into the city's everyday table culture.
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On Rue Saint-Jean in Colmar's medieval core, Bistrot des Lavandières occupies the quieter, neighbourhood-facing tier of Alsatian dining, less formal than the city's creative tasting-menu rooms, more considered than the tourist-oriented winstubs along the waterfront. It positions itself in the bistrot register: a format that, in Alsace, tends to mean regional produce, direct cooking, and a wine list drawn from local growers rather than the grand caves of Burgundy or Bordeaux.
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L'Auberge sits at 7 Place de la Gare in Colmar, a city where Alsatian dining tradition and contemporary French technique overlap in ways found almost nowhere else in France. The address places it squarely in the flow of the city, steps from the main rail connection and within walking distance of Colmar's dense concentration of serious restaurants. For visitors building a meal-led itinerary through Alsace, it belongs on the shortlist alongside the neighbourhood's better-documented addresses.
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L'Essentiel sits in the heart of Colmar's old quarter, at 9 Rue Jacques Preiss, within walking distance of the city's most-visited streets and its serious dining corridor. The address places it among a tight cluster of mid-to-upper-range restaurants that define contemporary Alsatian dining, a scene where Alsace-rooted cooking meets modern French technique. For visitors structuring a serious meal around a day in Colmar, it is a practical and editorially credible choice.
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On Place de l'École in central Colmar, La Cocotte de Grand-Mère occupies the comfort-cooking register that defines a particular strand of Alsatian dining: generous portions, slow-cooked foundations, and the kind of menu that frames grandmother's recipes as a serious editorial statement rather than nostalgic shorthand. It sits in the mid-market tier of a city where the restaurant spread runs from winstubs to Michelin-starred creative kitchens.
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On Rue des Marchands, one of Colmar's most photographed medieval streets, La Soï occupies a setting where the city's Franco-Alsatian character is at its most concentrated. The address places it among a tier of Colmar restaurants where neighbourhood atmosphere and culinary intent reinforce each other, making it a reference point for visitors moving beyond the old town's more tourist-facing options.
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La Table du Lac occupies a quiet address on the Kraehenbruckle Weg in Colmar, positioning it at a remove from the town's more crowded tourist circuit. The setting points toward a lakeside dining tradition that pairs Alsace's Franco-German culinary identity with a slower, more considered pace. For context on where it sits within Colmar's broader restaurant scene, see our full city guide.
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A wistub in Colmar's Petite Venise quarter, Wistub de la Petite Venise delivers the Alsatian tradition of convivial, ingredient-led cooking in one of the city's most photographed canal-side settings. The format sits squarely in the regional bistro tier, where tarte flambée, choucroute, and local Pinot Gris define the rhythm of the table. For visitors mapping Colmar's dining scene, it anchors the accessible end of a city that runs all the way up to creative tasting menus.
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A 1609 townhouse whose sculpted sandstone façade announces the ambition within: La Maison des Têtes runs a Michelin-starred restaurant alongside a historic brasserie, with 21 minimalist rooms rated 4.6/5 and Gault & Millau Exceptional Hotel status for 2025. Rates from US$289 per night place it among Colmar's most serious hospitality addresses, where Alsatian gastronomy and architectural heritage occupy the same building.
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Awarded 5 points by Gault & Millau in 2025, L'Esquisse Hôtel & Spa earns its place among Colmar's most considered addresses. The MGallery property sits within the city's historic fabric, offering a spa-anchored stay where Alsatian architectural character meets contemporary hotel craft. With a 4.7 rating across nearly 750 reviews, the consistency speaks for itself.
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A small address on Rue Berthe Molly that holds its own against Colmar's more celebrated dining rooms, L'Un des Sens draws on classic Alsatian technique while operating at an intimate scale that larger venues in the old town cannot match. The room rewards unhurried visits, and the drink program works harder than most of its neighbours to earn attention on its own terms.
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A wine bar in Colmar's historic centre, Le Cercle des Arômes pours 180 wines by the glass, among the more extensive by-the-glass programmes in Alsace. Pair them with tapas-style small plates in a relaxed, sociable setting that draws locals and visitors alike. It sits on Place Jeanne d'Arc, within easy reach of the old town's major landmarks.
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