Alsatian wine with out meals is like selfmade waffle cones with out ice cream. What makes a go to to the northeastern French wine space notably attention-grabbing is the extent to which culinary decisions have improved. Having lived in Strasbourg for the upper part of the ultimate 27 years, I’ve noticed over this time an upturn in buyer help – and by no means just for the expensive locations.
Consuming in Alsace: 9 prime spots to aim
Amitié
Hartmannswiller
Credit score rating: Panos Kakaviatos
Part of the not too way back renovated twelfth century manor Château Ollwiller, Amitié opened in Might 2024 and combines class and insouciance with indoor and outside seating, along with a private desk going via a formidable Galician-made Charcoa grill for wonderful steaks. Chef Holger Strütt has worldwide experience, using property yard grown produce to craft regional and worldwide dishes. Don’t miss his lobster soup. Some consuming locations skimp on the lobster, nevertheless not proper right here.
L’Atelier du Peintre
Colmar
Credit score rating: Panos Kakaviatos
From grilled sea bream with cassis and chanterelles in sweet onion sauce with dill, to roasted rabbit with gnocchi and sweet and bitter zucchini served in a saffron and coriander infused low cost jus, chef Loïc Lefèbvre and his workforce proceed to profit the Michelin star earned in 2011. Centrally located throughout the historic Alsatian metropolis of Colmar, an ideal choice for an necessary day. Elegant décor inside a fifteenth century establishing in semi-private rooms, the attentive and nice service meets the necessities of the superlative delicacies served proper right here.
Le Belvédère
Voegtlinshoffen
Credit score rating: Panos Kakaviatos
Take a break from the Alsatian wine route for native cheese and charcuterie – the up to date oven-baked pretzels are to not be missed – and delicious Crémant at this wine bar located at Maison Joseph Cattin, acknowledged for typical method glowing wines. My favourite is the Cattin Sauvage Brut: pure, dry, actual and delicious. Whereas sipping, soak in a formidable view of vineyards, the Vosges mountains, the Black Forest and even the Alps.
Le Buerehiesel
Strasbourg
Credit score rating: Panos Kakaviatos
Set in Strasbourg’s enticing Orangerie Park in an early seventeenth century establishing, a major consuming trip spot in Alsace for lunch or dinner. Chef Eric Westermann and his workforce stress native parts – from in-season greens and herbs grown on location, to domestically farm-raised pigeon. An absolute ought to: frog legs in chervil and butter sauce, crafted from a 45-year-old recipe, balanced by Alsace Melfor vinegar. End your meal with the colour coordinated brioche à la bière – an distinctive and delicious dessert of ache perdu infused with domestically brewed beer, accompanied by poached pear and beer ice cream. Sommelier Maxime Petit has 1,000 wines from which to resolve on the right pairings.
Ondine
Strasbourg
From left: Marin Remy, Noémie D’hooge and sommelier Valeria Barrera. Credit score rating: Panos Kakaviatos
Cooks Noémie D’hooge and Marin Remy counsel delicate however intensely flavoured meals akin to filet of river trout, which is the tenderest I do know. Marinated and left for six days throughout the fridge, it is cooked at low heat for two hours then served with zesty citron sauce and mild fennel puree for textural complement. Attempt the celeriac, decrease like tagliatelle and barbecued for savoury flavour served over celeriac puree, topped with whisked egg whites, vinaigrette and parsley. An autumn menu alternative is selfmade saffron-infused ravioli filled with garlic cream and kaffir lime zest, topped with pumpkin sauce with saffron and lime leaves for zing. A big number of every ‘pure’ and conventional wines (and non-alcohol infusions). Two years after opening, Ondine has obtained a deserved itemizing throughout the 2025 Michelin Data. Make sure you reserve as a result of it solely fits 12 guests in a discrete location near Petite France.
Marie & Cyril: Le Parc Hôtel
Obernai
Credit score rating: Panos Kakaviatos
After having labored for prime consuming locations in Paris, Tokyo, Las Vegas and Dubai, Marie and husband Cyril Bonnard use native produce for refined delicacies in a discerning setting that deserves a Michelin star. As a starter, savour the sheer tenderness of their Wagyu beef carpaccio accompanied by chanterelles in a tangy ponzu truffle sauce. A significant course highlight is copious and opulent pan seared Noix de Saint Jacques with mushrooms in a creamy parmesan sauce. Sommelier Jean-Noël Graff has an prolonged wine guidelines with many prime Alsatian dry whites for optimum pairings.
La Pompette
Strasbourg
Credit score rating: Panos Kakaviatos
‘The French lack the phrase “hospitable” nevertheless we attempt for that,’ says co-owner Ilona Garnier, a talented sommelier who has labored at Chateau Montelena in Napa Valley and the luxurious Hôtel Cala Rossa in Corsica. With zero pretentiousness, La Pompette, which opened in 2023, proposes wonderful meals in a relaxed however elegant Art work Nouveau setting with prime notch staff, notably proficient chef Mahaut Michel. The menu and by-the-glass options change month-to-month. In October 2024, I beloved selfmade mushroom-stuffed ravioli in a lightweight cream sauce with livèche parsley, served with pan-seared girolles and chanterelles. One different plus is the pricing, which in our inflation plagued interval, will be nice.
La Vieille Enseigne
Strasbourg
Credit score rating: La Vieille Enseigne
For typical Alsatian delicacies with class, search no further. Richly elegant wooden seating and décor – along with distinctive lithographs by well-known Alsatian artist Tomi Ungerer – models the stage for a menu ranging from selfmade goose foie gras and seven-meat choucroute Alsacienne to pikeperch filet on a mattress of choucroute in a Riesling sauce. The up to date greens are wonderful and do not miss the right onion tart I’ve ever had in my over 25 years in Alsace. Wine lovers attain nirvana with over 400 Alsatian wines on the guidelines that embody verticals of prime estates like Maison Trimbach and Domaine Josmeyer. Reverse to what the determine suggests, this restaurant not solely survived opening merely sooner than Covid struck, however it absolutely has thrived with a present, well-deserved itemizing throughout the Michelin Data.
3.14 Bistrot Authentique
Strasbourg
Credit score rating: Panos Kakaviatos
This spot proposes 100 wines by the glass and native charcuteries and cheeses – and has become a large hit throughout the coronary coronary heart of Strasbourg. Emilie Forterre – who labored for Grands Chais de France for six years – and husband and chef Pierre Bonnet have created an opulent however easy-going twin setting: Sixties-era bistro ambiance on the underside stage and Nineteen Twenties speakeasy décor on the lower stage along with a hidden passage to a cigar lounge. They counsel all types of spirits along with single malt whiskies and constructive Cognacs to go along with your cigar.