Kreuzberg
Eat well at Markthalle Neun, a 19th-century market hall and community hub in Kreuzberg.
Must-see restaurants in Central Europe
Vienna
Owner Piano, who named her restaurant for her mum Mon, has spiced up Vienna's burgeoning Southeast-Asian food scene with a menu of southern Thai flavours,…
The Black Forest
Schwarzwaldstube commands big forest views from its rustically elegant dining room. Head chef Torsten Michel performs culinary magic, carefully sourcing…
Schloss Belvedere to the Canal
Heinz Reitbauer is at the culinary helm of this two-starred Michelin restaurant, beautifully lodged in a 20th-century former dairy building in the leafy…
Styria
T.O.M. R, located in the village of St Andrä im Sausal, 20km north of Leutschach, has long been southern Styria's dining hotspot. Tom Riederer and partner…
The Zillertal
On its panoramic perch above Zell am Ziller, this old schoolhouse turned restaurant is Tyrolean through and through. The larch-wood interior is drenched…
Budapest
Chef Ákos Sárközi's approach to Hungarian cuisine at this Michelin-starred restaurant is contemporary, and the menu changes every week or two. Go for the…
Kobarid
Provenance is everything at this restaurant in Staro Selo, just west of town and one of the best in the country. Menus change with the seasons and…
The Black Forest
Claus-Peter Lumpp has consistently won plaudits for his brilliantly composed, French-inflected menus at Restaurant Bareiss. On paper, dishes such as…
Lugano
This Michelin-starred restaurant at the exclusive lakefront Villa Castagnola is Lugano’s culinary star. Chef Frank Oerthle does remarkable things with…
Basel
Shining with the near-unattainable Holy Grail of three Michelin stars, this incredibly sophisticated restaurant ranks as one of the world's best. Head…
Graz
This neo-Beisl (bistro pub) in the uni quarter serves a lunch special weekdays from 11am, and other excellent lunch and dinner dishes ranging from Styrian…
Bitzinger Würstelstand am Albertinaplatz
Vienna
Behind the Staatsoper, Vienna's best sausage stand has cult status. Bitzinger offers the contrasting spectacle of ladies and gents dressed to the nines,…
Warsaw
'Without Stars' is a supremely successful expression of contemporary Polish cooking. Each month chef Robert Trzópek takes inspiration from a different…
Salzburg
Andreas Kaiblinger puts an innovative spin on market-driven French cuisine at Michelin-starred Esszimmer. Eye-catching art, playful backlighting and a…
Ticino
Super-chic Ecco flaunts two Michelin stars and dining here is an event. Chef Rolf Fliegauf runs the stove and works wonders with carefully selected…
Tyrol
On the fringes of the village, this utterly charming restaurant is housed in the picture-perfect chalet of the St Anton Museum. Winter salad with…
Ljubljana
This is haute cuisine from on high –the Archer's Tower of Ljubljana Castle, no less – with a menu that traces the city's history chosen by ethnologist…
Vienna
Stretching 500m along Linke Wienzeile between the U4 stops of Kettenbrückengasse and Karlsplatz, this is Vienna's biggest and best market. The western …
Budapest
Like something out of a Jules Verne novel, Krak’n Town Steampunk Saloon certainly lives up to its name, with giant hot-air balloons, brass accents and a…
Vienna
Wrenkh specialises in vegetables, like lentils in white-wine sauce with bread dumplings, roast sweet potato stuffed with goat's cheese, and pumpkin…
Graz
This neo-Beisl (bistro pub) and wine bar has a beautiful selection of Styrian dishes, including great goulash, crispy Backhendl (fried breaded chicken)…
City West & Charlottenburg
At this Sofitel hotel's château-worthy French restaurant, head chef Felix Mielke applies punctilious artisanship to top-notch regional ingredients,…
Castle District
This stylish, long-established restaurant, housed in what was a bakery in the Middle Ages, specialises in dishes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, revamped…
Munich
One of Munich's classic beer halls, this place is charged in the evenings with red-faced, ale-infused hilarity, with Alpine whoops accompanying the rabble…
Frankfurt am Main
Aromatic stalls inside this bustling traditional market hall sell artisan smoked sausages, cheeses, roasted nuts, breads, pretzels, loose-leaf teas,…
Kraków
A perfect combination of excellent Polish and international mains and unfussy, relaxed service. Dine downstairs in an evocative cellar, or in the secluded…
City West & Charlottenburg
The 1920s get a 21st-century makeover at this stylish outpost with an open kitchen, where chef Nicholas Hahn and team create dishes with technique and…
Budapest
Punters would be forgiven for thinking that the 'Pest Pig' was all about pork. In fact, of the 10 or so main courses more than half are beef, poultry,…
Kreuzberg
At his canal-side restaurant, Sebastian Frank performs culinary alchemy with Austrian classics, fearlessly combining products, textures and flavours. The…
Eastern Slovenia
Gregor Vračko's restaurant is all wood and floor-to-ceiling window minimalism. Its chic simplicity is a worthy contrast to the food. This is boldly…
The Jura Mountains
It's worth the 19km journey from La Chaux-de-Fonds to dine on the two-Michelin-starred magnificence of master-chef Georges Wenger, opposite little Le…
Slovakia
A playground for lovers of sheep's cheese, Salaš Krajinka has not only a modern-rustic restaurant but a booth selling smoky, chewy cheese to be eaten at…
The Salzkammergut
Langostinos in Kammer is the first place to head to if you would like to try the lake's delicious seafood. This is seasonal and depends on what the local…
Schloss Belvedere to the Canal
Lingenhel is an ultraslick deli-shop-bar-restaurant, lodged in a 200-year-old house. Salamis, wines and own-dairy cheeses tempt in the shop, while the…
Leipzig
Founded in 1525, Auerbachs Keller is one of Germany’s best-known restaurants. It’s cosy and touristy but the food’s actually quite good and the setting…
Gdańsk & Pomerania
That Słupsk has one of Poland's best restaurants may come as a surprise – that it's buried in the suburbs 2.3km west of the train station is an even…
Chinkalnia Restauracja Gruzińska
Wrocław
Georgian restaurants are popular in Poland, and this is one of the best. A tiny front dining room hung with Georgian artefacts encourages familiarity, as…
Graz
What started as a spit-and-sawdust pub in the 16th century has evolved into a darkly atmospheric, super-stylish restaurant serving modern takes on Styrian…
Carpathian Mountains
'Half and Half' is something new in Tarnów: a modern, idiosyncratic, food-focused restaurant that takes forays into innovation without ever abandoning…
