Top Restaurants in the Greater Frankfurt Area – Michelin and Gault/Millau Favorites (2016), Germany

Pictures: Römer (City Hall) and Frankfurt Skyline at Night

The 2 leading German restaurant guides – Michelin and Gault/Millau – just came out with their 2016 ranking. This prompted me to update my earlier list of the best restaurants in the greater Frankfurt am Main region(Michelin 2013 and Gault Millau 2013). The Michelin groups its top restaurants into star categories (1 to 3) and Gault Millau groups its top restaurants into toque categories (13 to 20).

There are no 3 star Michelin restaurants in the greater Frankfurt am Main area. The highest ranked restaurant in the Gault Millau Guide is Villa Rothschild Kempinski in Koenigstein im Taunus with 18 toques.

Michelin Stars

2 Stars

Lafleur in Frankfurt

Tiger Restaurant in Frankfurt

Villa Rothschild in Königstein

1 Star

Jean and Kronenschlösschen in Eltville am Rhein

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Burg Schwarzenstein in Geisenheim

Camelo Greco, Erno’s Bistro, Francais, Gustav, Villa Merton, Seven Swans, SRA by Juan Amador, Weinsinn in Frankfurt

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Winemaker Dinner with John Kolasa (Château Canon und Château Rauzan Ségla) and Wine Journalist Panos Kakaviatos at Restaurant Le Français in Frankfurt, Germany

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Ente in Wiesbaden

Picture: Ente in Wiesbaden

Favorite in Mainz

Schellers in Bad Homburg

Gault Millau Toques

18 Toques

Lafleur in Frankfurt

Villa Rothschild in Königstein

17 Toques

Carmelo Greco, Français, Lohninger, Tiger-Restaurant in Frankfurt

Schwarzenstein in Geisenheim

16 Toques

Emma Metzler, Erno’s Bistro, Gustav, Weinsinn in Frankfurt

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Lunch and Beaujolais at Weinsinn in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Pictures: Christian Schiller with Owner Matthias Scheiber and Chef Andre Rickert and his Team at Weinsinn

Schaumahl in Offenbach

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Dirk Maus, Buchholz (will close end of 2015), Favorite in Mainz

Ente in Wiesbaden

15 Toques

Adler Wirtschaft, Kronenschlösschen in Eltville

Goldman, Heimat, Seven Swans, Villa Merton in Frankfurt

Pictures: Christian G.E. Schiller with Owner/Sommelier Oliver Donnecker and Chef Gregor Nowak at Heimat

Schützenhof in Glashütten/Taunus

Sra Bua by Juan in Neu-Isenburg

Kraftwerk in Oberursel

Schiller's Favorite Apple Wine Taverns in Frankfurt

I grew up with apple wine in Frankfurt. Although there are 3 beer breweries in Frankfurt and the world renowned Rheingau and Rheinhessen wine regions just 30 minutes away from Frankfurt by S-Bahn or car, I would say that Frankfurt am Main is a city of cider.

Frankfurt has a large number of traditional apple wine taverns, where you sit on communal benches, eat hearty local food and drink sour and tart German apple wine. Typically, there is only one apple wine – the house apple wine – available, in some cases made on the premise.

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Picture: With Host Louie at Mainlust "Desche-Otto"

Schiller’s Favorite Wine Taverns in Mainz

Not more than 30 minutes away from Frankfurt by S-Bahn on the Rhein River in the wine region Rheinhessen is Mainz, which is - along with Bilbao in Spain, Bordeaux in France, Cape Town in South Africa, Christchurch in New Zealand, Firenza in Italy, Mendoza in Argentina, Porto in Portugal and San Francisco in the US - one of the 9 wine capitals in the world.

But there is not a single wine bar in Mainz, as I know them from London, New York City, Berlin or Washington DC. However, there are a large number of cozy wine taverns in Mainz, a bit like the apple wine taverns in Frankfurt. Typically, wine taverns do not have an elaborated list of wines, nor do they serve fancy and sophisticated food. They serve good, local wines, at very reasonable prices, typically from a handful of local winemakers and good, hearty, regional food. My favorite is “Spundekaes mit Bretzeln”. You share the table with others.

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Schiller’s Favorite Wine Taverns in Mainz, Germany

Picture: Weinhaus Bluhm, with Roland Ladendorf

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