Strasbourg Restaurants

  1. Adan

    An informal vegetarian-organic restaurant with tasty soups, salads, quiches and lots of legume dishes, some without milk products.

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  2. Au Coin des Pucelles

    A winstub (literally 'wine room'; a traditional Alsatian restaurant) with just six tables, a red-checked tablecloth on each, and solid Alsatian fare such as choucroute au canard (sauerkraut with six kinds of duck meat; around €18 ). Perfect for a very late dinner.

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  3. Au Crocodile

    This superb restaurant, named after a stuffed toothy critter (now suspended over the foyer) brought back from Egypt by an aide-de-camp of one of Napoleon's generals, has the hushed solemnity of a true temple of French gastronomy. Elegant down to the tiniest detail, it serves up all-out gastronomique indulgence. Specialities include foie de canard cuit en croûte de sel (duck liver cooked in a crust of salt crystals; around €55 ).

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  4. Au Renard Prêchant

    A stuffed, bespectacled renard (fox) preaching to ducks presides over this warm, woody and very Alsatian restaurant, housed in a 16th-century chapel. Gibier (game) bagged by Molsheim-area hunters is an autumn and winter speciality. Take bus 30 to get here.

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  5. L'Assiette du Vin

    The décor changes with the seasons (the summer flowers come from the chef's mother's garden) as does the French cuisine, inspired by what's available fresh in the marketplace. The award-winning wine list encompasses 250 vintages, 14 of which can be sampled by the glass (around €4 to around €7 ). Has an enthusiastic local following.

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  7. La Bourse

    While dining on excellent flammeküche (Alsatian pizza made with crème fraîche; around €8 -10; vegetarian available) and bæckeoffe (around €16 ) at this Art Deco brasserie, you can watch veteran waiters teaching trainee serveurs the art of being sullen and surly without actually causing anyone to walk out.

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  8. La Cloche à Fromage

    The world's largest cheese platter - with some 90 different cheeses - greets you at this haven for the lactose addicted. A plate of 15 cheeses matured and selected by a master fromager (cheese maker) costs around €23 .50; all-you-can-eat fondue Savoyarde (cheese fondue) will warm your insides for around €23 .50. Cheaper options are also on offer.

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  9. Le King

    In the heart of Strasbourg's Jewish neighbourhood, this kosher place specialises in Moroccan-style grilled meats and fish.

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  10. Moozé

    A hip and hugely popular Japanese place, given good marks by local cognoscenti, where colour-coded plates (around €3 .50 to around €6 ) go round on a dual-carriageway conveyor belt. The bathrooms are integrated into a rock garden so those who come seeking physical relief will find spiritual repose as well.

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  11. Tiger Wok

    Locals chic-sters tired of pigs' knuckles and fois gras flock to this wokkery, where you choose your ingredients (vegies, fish, meat) and then tell your personal wokeur (wok guy) - muscular and short-sleeved - how to prepare them and with which sauces. The result: a quick, crunchy meal.

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  13. Winstub Le Clou

    Diners sit together at long tables with paisley tablecloths, so come here for an evening in the company of fellow diners, not an intimate tête-à-tête. Specialities include baeckeoffe (around €17 .90) and wädele braisé au pinot noir (around €15 .90). A dozen Alsatian wines are available by the glass.

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