The Best Restaurants in the Greater Frankfurt am Main Region, Germany

Pictures: Chef Frank Buchholz in Mainz and the Roemer - which has been the City Hall for over 600 Years - in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The 2 leading German restaurant guides – Michelin and Gault/Millau – just came out with their 2013 ranking. This prompted me to compile a list of the best restaurants in the grater Frankfurt am Main region, according to 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 in the Greater Frankfurt am Main Area

2 Stars

Villa Merton in Frankfurt
Villa Rothschild Kempinski in Koenigstein im Taunus

1 Star

Kronenschlosschen in Eltville am Rhein
Schwarzenstein in Geisenheim
Camelo Greco, Erno’s Bistro, Francais, Lafleur, Tiger Restaurant, Weinsinn in Frankfurt
Buchholz, Favorite in Mainz
Navette in Ruesselsheim
Ente in Wiesbaden

Pictures: Christian G.E. Schiller with Co-owner Matthias Scheiber and Chef Andre Rickert and his Team at Weinsinn

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Gault Millau Toques in the Greater Frankfurt am Main Area - Hessen

18 Toques

Villa Rothschild in Königstein

17 Toques

Carmelo Greco*, Français, Tiger-Restaurant* und Villa Merton in Frankfurt
Schwarzenstein in Geisenheim

16 Toques

Kronenschlösschen in Eltville
Emma Metzler, Erno’s Bistro, Lohninger* und Max on One in Frankfurt
Navette* in Rüsselsheim
Ente in Wiesbaden

15 Toques

Adler Wirtschaft* in Eltville
Biancalani, Die Leiter, Heimat*, Holbein’s*, Seven Swans und Weinsinn** in Frankfurt
Schützenhof* in Glashütten/Taunus
Sänger’s und Schellers** in Bad Homburg
Kraftwerk in Oberursel
schauMahl in Offenbach

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

Gault Millau Toques in the Greater Frankfurt am Main Area - Rheinland Pfalz

16 Toques

Buchholz, Der halbe Mond, Dirk Maus* und Favorite in Mainz

15 Toques (2012)

La Gallerie in Mainz

*Promoted **Newcomer

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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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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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