Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Nuremberg from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Nuremberg
Nuremberg’s tasting-menu scene centres on starred kitchens and a few focused rooms with strong wine service.
Essigbrätlein in Altstadt - St. Sebald is a two-star restaurant with a tasting menu, an exceptional wine program, and sommelier-led service. Its modern German Gewürzküche focuses on spices, seasonal vegetables, and regional organic ingredients, and it remains the city’s most decorated table in our guide.
etz in Mitte is a two-star restaurant with tasting-menu and counter-dining formats, plus a wine list and zero-proof options. The kitchen works with 95% locally sourced ingredients, and makes everything from ham to miso in-house, with fermentation and sustainability at the centre of the room.
Tisane in Mitte holds one Michelin star for 2026. Chef René Stein serves a modern creative tasting menu at a 16-seat chef’s table. The room has an extensive wine list and sommelier-led service.
075 Weinbar & Handel in Weinmarkt pours natural and conventional wine. VINERIA Nürnberg has over 800 wines, and [w]einklang in Johannis has an extensive wine list.
075 Weinbar & Handel in Weinmarkt is a compact wine bar and retail shop with a selection, natural and conventional wine, and a Falstaff Wine Bar score. Run by sommelier Difan Xu, it brings fine-dining precision to a focused old-town format.
VINERIA Nürnberg is a Mediterranean wine bar with an exceptional wine program, an extensive list and over 800 wines in a vinotheque. It serves Mediterranean cuisine as a la carte dishes and small plates. It holds 94 Falstaff Wine Bar points for 2026.
[w]einklang in Johannis is a modern fine-dining restaurant with an extensive wine list. Chef Tomas Spanu has Sardinian-French heritage. He serves ingredient-focused set menus and tasting menus in a cosy room with decorative wine racks. The restaurant holds a Michelin Plate for 2026.
Mitte, Altstadt - St. Lorenz and Altstadt - St. Sebald have the most venues in our guide. etz and Tisane are Michelin-starred restaurants in Mitte. Essigbrätlein in Altstadt - St. Sebald has an exceptional wine program and sommelier-led service.
Nuremberg has 8 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide, and 10 Michelin stars in total. etz and Tisane are in Mitte, Essigbrätlein in Altstadt - St. Sebald, Veles in Gostenhof, Waidwerk in Großreuth, Entenstuben in Wöhrd, ZweiSinn Meiers | Fine Dining in East Nuremberg and Wonka in St. Johannis.
Essigbrätlein, etz, Tisane, Waidwerk, ZweiSinn Meiers | Fine Dining, Wonka, Entenstuben, MINNECI, [w]einklang, 1515 RHINOCERVS, Imperial by Alexander Herrmann, Jøwåy, Restauration Fischer and Koch und Kellner serve tasting menus in our guide. etz also offers counter dining, while Wonka serves Franconian regional ingredients with Asian nuances.
Essigbrätlein, MINNECI and VINERIA Nürnberg have the exceptional wine programs in our guide. Essigbrätlein pairs that program with an extensive, sommelier-led list. MINNECI, in Old Town, has an extensive sommelier-led list with its Italian tasting menu. VINERIA Nürnberg holds over 800 wines and 94 Falstaff Wine Bar points.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Selected entries from the current guide for Nuremberg.
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Essigbrätlein holds two Michelin stars and a place in Opinionated About Dining's top 60 European restaurants, making it one decorated table in Nuremberg. Yves Ollech and Andree Köthe run a tightly focused modern German menu from a medieval address on the Weinmarkt. Wednesday through Saturday, lunch and dinner services operate on strict hours, with no walk-in culture at this level.
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etz holds two Michelin stars and scores 83 points in the 2026 La Liste rankings, placing it at the upper tier of creative fine dining in Germany. Chef Felix Schneider operates from a quietly industrial address in Nuremberg's north, where the distance from the old town's tourist circuit shapes the atmosphere as much as the cooking does. This is destination dining that rewards advance planning.
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Inside the Augustinerhof complex in Nuremberg's old town, Tisane holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining ranking of #224 in Europe for 2025. Chef René Stein runs an open-kitchen counter format where a pared-down modern European set menu is prepared in full view of diners. Four evenings a week, Thursday through Saturday, make advance planning non-negotiable.
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Entenstuben holds a Michelin star (awarded 2025) under chef Fabian Denninger, placing it among Nuremberg's small cluster of fine-dining addresses where modern technique meets Franconian culinary tradition. At the €€€€ tier, it sits in the upper bracket of the city's dining scene alongside starred peers Essigbrätlein and etz.
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Koch und Kellner holds a Michelin star (2024) and a Michelin Plate (2025) in Nuremberg's competitive fine-dining tier, placing it alongside a small group of €€€€ addresses that have reshaped the city's modern cuisine reputation. Located on Ob. Seitenstraße 4 in the Maxvorstadt quarter, the restaurant draws a mix of local regulars and visitors tracking Germany's rising second-city dining scene.
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Veles holds a Michelin star for the second consecutive year in 2025, placing it firmly within Nuremberg's small but serious modern cuisine tier. Chef Steven Fair leads the kitchen at Kernstraße 29, where the cooking operates at a level that has drawn sustained critical attention in a city better known for bratwurst than contemporary tasting menus. For visitors tracking Germany's emerging fine dining cities, Veles is a fixed reference point.
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Waidwerk earned its first Michelin star in 2025 as the fine dining centrepiece of Romantik Hotel Gasthaus Rottner, where head chef Valentin continues a family culinary tradition with five- and seven-course menus built around select, super-fresh ingredients and modern technique. A hunting-themed interior with minimalist lines and rustic accents sets the tone, while sommelier Thomas Wachter leads a service team that balances professionalism with warmth.
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Wonka holds a Michelin star earned consecutively in 2024 and 2025, placing it among Nuremberg's most decorated creative kitchens. The restaurant occupies an address on Johannisstraße in the city's northern quarters, where a compact, design-considered space frames a menu that positions itself outside the region's heavier German culinary tradition. For creative fine dining in a city still better known for bratwurst than tasting menus, Wonka is the clearest reference point.
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ZweiSinn Meiers | Fine Dining holds a Michelin star, retained through both 2024 and 2025, placing it firmly within Nuremberg's small tier of destination-grade restaurants. Chef Stefan Meier works in the creative format, where the kitchen's ambitions reach beyond regional convention. For a milestone dinner in a city more often associated with market bratwurst than white-tablecloth cooking, it represents among the more considered choices on the local map.
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Zirbelstube brings German regional cooking into sharp focus, operating at the intersection of Franconian tradition and considered technique under chef Sebastian Kunkel. Ranked #244 in Opinionated About Dining's Classical in Europe list for 2025 and recognised with a Michelin Plate, it earns a 4.8 on Google across 233 reviews. At the €€€ tier, it sits a step below Nuremberg's most expensive tables while delivering food that consistently outpaces its price point.
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[w]einklang holds consecutive Michelin Plates for 2024 and 2025, placing it firmly within Nuremberg's mid-to-upper contemporary dining tier at €€€ pricing. The address on Johannisstraße puts it north of the Altstadt in a quieter residential stretch, offering a less tourist-facing context than the city's more prominent fine-dining rooms.
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At Rathausplatz 1, directly beside Nuremberg's medieval town hall, Bratwursthäusle is the city's most-reviewed bratwurst address, holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025. The menu centres on the city's protected Nürnberger Rostbratwurst, grilled over beechwood in a setting that reads as living culinary history.
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Imperial by Alexander Herrmann occupies a prominent position on Königstraße in central Nuremberg, holding consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions in 2024 and 2025. The international menu sits at the summit of the city's price tier, placing it in the same bracket as Nuremberg's most decorated dining rooms..
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IU & ON brings Thai cooking to Roritzerstraße in a Nuremberg dining scene dominated by German and modern European formats. Consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 places it among the city's editorially acknowledged tables, while its single-euro price marker makes it one of the more accessible entries in that set. The kitchen works within a cuisine where rice is not a side but a structural element of every meal.
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Holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, MINNECI brings Italian cooking to Nuremberg's medieval Altstadt at a price point that sits below the city's starred tier. The kitchen works within a tradition that prizes sourcing discipline over theatrical technique, making it a reference point for Italian cuisine in a city better known for its Franconian pantry.
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Würzhaus holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, placing it inside Nuremberg's mid-to-upper tier of modern cuisine addresses at the €€€ price point. Situated on Kirchenweg 3A in the northern residential reaches of the city, the restaurant applies contemporary technique to produce with recognisable Franconian roots.
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ZweiSinn Meiers | Bistro sits at the more accessible end of Nuremberg's Michelin-recognised dining tier, holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025. Located on Äußere Sulzbacher Strasse, the bistro format positions it as a mid-price entry point into modern cuisine for a city whose fine-dining scene tilts heavily toward the €€€€ bracket.
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Kakehashi occupies a quiet stretch of Johannisstraße in Nuremberg's northern residential belt, operating in a city where serious Japanese-influenced dining is rare enough to register as an event. Positioned well outside the tourist-dense Altstadt, it draws a local crowd that tracks the city's smaller, more considered dining rooms rather than its historic landmarks.
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VINERIA Nürnberg occupies a specific corner of the city's wine-bar scene, drawing a crowd that comes for the bottle list as much as the food. Located on Kleinreuther Weg in the northern districts, it sits outside Nuremberg's densely covered old town circuit, which tends to filter for intent. Visitors who make the trip generally know what they want.
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1515 RHINOCERVS occupies a distinct address in Nuremberg's fine dining circuit, positioned alongside destination restaurants like Essigbrätlein and Tisane in a city that has built a credible reputation for ambitious modern cuisine. The Rohledererstraße address places it in the northern reaches of Nuremberg, where the dining scene operates at some remove from the tourist-heavy Altstadt. For visitors building a serious table around Germany's Franconian capital, it belongs in the planning conversation.
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Chai Roti Nürnberg occupies a corner of Nuremberg's Innere Laufer Gasse with the kind of low-key address that rewards those who pay attention to where a city actually eats. The name signals its register: chai and roti, two of the subcontinent's most ingredient-driven staples, reframed for a Franconian audience. For a city better known for bratwurst than South Asian cooking, the address is a marker worth noting.
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Gusto Natural Steakrestaurant in Nuremberg's Bürgweg district positions itself within a growing German appetite for sourcing-driven beef dining, where provenance and breed specificity matter as much as preparation. In a city whose fine dining scene skews toward modern German and creative European formats, Gusto occupies a more focused niche: the serious steakhouse built around natural rearing and identifiable supply chains.
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Ishihara occupies a quiet address on Schottengasse in Nuremberg's old town, placing Japanese culinary tradition inside one of Bavaria's most historically layered cities. The restaurant sits within a dining scene that has grown more internationally minded over the past decade, alongside recognised names such as Essigbrätlein and etz. Booking ahead is strongly advised for this compact address.
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Karl August - a Neighborhood Hotel occupies a considered position in Nuremberg's lodging scene, earning Michelin Selected recognition in 2025 for hotels that demonstrate consistent quality without formula. Placed at Augustinerhof 1, it operates as a deliberate counterpoint to the city's larger institutional properties, offering a quieter, more residential register that suits travellers arriving for the city's medieval architecture, Christmas markets, and Franconian food traditions.
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Le Méridien Grand Hotel Nuremberg occupies Bahnhofstraße 1-3, steps from the central station, placing guests at the threshold between the city's medieval core and its modern rail gateway. The hotel sits in a tier of German grand-address properties where architecture and location do significant work, making it a logical base for both business travellers and those spending time in the Altstadt and its surrounding cultural circuit.
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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.
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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.
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