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Restaurants We have selected 25 restaurants, which we have divided into five categories: Gastronomic, Business, Trendy, Budget and Personal Recommendations. The restaurants are listed alphabetically within these different categories, which serve as guidelines rather than absolute definitions of the establishments. Most restaurants in Strasbourg include tax and a 15% service charge within their prices. If service is good, guests will often leave an extra FFr10 tip or the small change from their bill if they pay in cash. If service is not included, it is customary to leave a 15% tip. The prices quoted below are for a three-course meal and for a bottle of house wine or equivalent, including tax and service charge unless otherwise stated. Gastronomic Au Crocodile Alsatian chef Emile Jung combines his love of haute cuisine and regional cooking at his top Strasbourg restaurant, blessed with three Michelin stars. Born in Masevaux, in the foothills of the Vosges Mountains, Jung built his experience in the culinary capital of Lyons (where he was inspired by the great Paul Bocuse) and at renowned Parisian restaurants, Fouquet’s, Ledoyen and Maxim’s. Located near the Cathedral and place Kléber, Au Crocodile is decorated in a classical style with ochre tones and modern paintings along the walls. House specialities include truffle surprise and duck liver in baeckeoffe (traditional Alsatian dish – meat, vegetables and potatoes cooked in white wine and herb sauce). Guests should expect a long and well-chosen wine list and attentive service. Closed Sunday and Monday. 10 rue de l’Outre France Tel: (03) 8832 1302. Fax: (03) 8875 7201. E-mail: info@au-crocodile.com Website: www.au-crocodile.com Price: FFr410/EUR63. Wine: FFr180/EUR27. Buerehiesel Antoine Westermann serves refined and regional cuisine at Buerehiesel, a 17th-century country house, originally located in Molsheim, then uprooted and reinstated in its present location, the heart of the Orangerie park, for the 1895 Industrial Exhibition. The chance to dine in a timber-beamed room overlooking the lush greenery of the Orangerie park, and dine on dishes such as Les Schniederspaetle et les cuisses de Grenouilles poêlées (ravioli with onions and chervil served with frogs’ legs) and La Poularde de Bresse en Baeckeoffe (chicken and vegetable casserole with rosemary), is an expensive but memorable experience. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday. 4 parc de l'Orangerie Tel: (03) 8845 5665. Fax: (03) 8861 3200. E-mail: westermann@buerehiesel.fr Website: www.buerehiesel.com Price: FFr900/EUR137. Wine: FFr300/EUR46. Julien Julien, located in an elegant 1900s building with Belle Epoque decor, overlooks the Ill River. Eric Lestuzzi’s cuisine and the attentive service assured by owners Françoise and Jean-Paul Schaller has won the restaurant its Michelin star. Popular for working lunches with European Parliamentary members, this gastronomic restaurant is renowned for its scallops and oysters, roast lamb, duck foie gras and bitter chocolate icecream. Closed Sunday and Monday. 22 quai des Bateliers Tel: (03) 8836 0154. Fax: (03) 8835 4014. Website: www.strasbourg.com/julien Price: FFr340/EUR52. Wine: FFr180/EUR27. La Vieille Enseigne Jean-Christophe Langs serves regional cuisine in this cosy but classic restaurant, located in the heart of Strasbourg. His excellent cooking has won a star in the Michelin guide. Specialities include roasted bream fish stuffed with crunchy fennel and served with aniseed veal juice. Closed Saturday lunchtime and Sunday. 9 rue des Tonneliers Tel: (03) 8832 5850. Fax: (03) 8875 6380. E-mail: ch.langs@mcf.fr Website: www.la-vieille-enseigne.com Price: FFr350/EUR53. Wine: FFr180/EUR27. Restaurant Zimmer Sengel Georges and Danièle Sengel serve traditional Alsatian cuisine mixed with the flavours of Southeast Asia at the picturesque Zimmer Sengel, situated in a building close to place Broglie and place Kléber that has served as a restaurant since 1312. In summer, the terrace (on the corner of rue du Temple Neuf and rue du Sanglier) is perfect for alfresco dining, whilst private rooms are available for banquets, business lunches and parties all year round. Specialities include goose liver foie gras, snails in ginger sauce and glazed kougelhopf (raisin and nut cake) with gingerbread and cherries. Closed Sunday. 8 rue du Temple Neuf Tel: (03) 8832 3501. Fax: (03) 8832 4228. Website: www.restoclub.com/67000/sengel.htm Price: FFr195/EUR30. Wine: FFr85/EUR13. Business Le Panier du Marché This centrally located restaurant, near place Kléber, is decorated in a Parisian bistro style. A fixed-price menu offers a wide choice of delicious entrées, main courses and desserts, making this a good venue for an economical but delicious business lunch. Specialities include foie gras, coquilles Saint-Jacques and copious, mixed salads. A good wine list complements the dishes. Closed Saturday and Sunday. 15 rue Sainte-Barbe Tel: (03) 8832 0407. Fax: (03) 8823 6452. Price: FFr168/EUR26. Wine: FFr80/EUR12. Le Pont des Vosges This trendy Parisian-style brasserie is a favourite with Strasbourg’s jet set and business community, largely due to its location near the city’s business district. Owner Annie Voegel ensures that the service is impeccable while chef Jean-Philippe Schnubnel offers a menu based on the region’s best seasonal produce which may include wild mushrooms and game. Closed Saturday lunchtime and all day Sunday. 15 quai Koch Tel: (03) 8836 4775. Fax: (03) 8825 1685. Price: FFr200/EUR30. Wine: FFr100/EUR15. Maison des Tanneurs Located in the heart of the Petite France district, the riverside Maison des Tanneurs (also known as the Gerwerstub) must be one of Strasbourg’s most picturesque restaurants. The building, built in the late 16th century, is where Nancy Reagan chose to dine during her Strasbourg visit in 1985 – with its rustic, wooden interior, it is still a firm favourite with locals and visitors alike. The specialities, created by chef René Breitel, include Alsatian favourites, such as choucroute and foie gras. Closed Sunday and Monday. 42 rue du Bain aux Plantes Tel: (03) 8832 7970. Fax: (03) 8822 1726. E-mail: maison.des.tanneurs@wanadoo.fr Website: www.maison-des-tanneurs.com Price: FFr250/EUR38. Wine: FFr120/EUR18. Maison Kammerzell The local business community, in particular, have a soft spot for the Maison Kammerzell, situated in a stunning 16th-century building, complete with wooden beams and frescoes, on place de la Cathédrale. The food matches up to the restaurant’s fabulous setting and specialities include Alsatian favourite choucroute au poisson. 16 place de la Cathédrale Tel: (03) 8832 4214. Fax: (03) 8823 0392. E-mail: baumann@maison-kammerzell.com Website: www.maison-kammerzell.com Price: FFr220/EUR34. Wine: FFr88/EUR13. Restaurant winstub L’Ami Schutz Located between the two forks of the Ill River, next to the Ponts Couverts (covered bridges), this is one of Strasbourg’s most picturesque bierstubs, with a wooden beamed interior. It is an excellent place to try regional specialities, such as chef Ervé Nachbauer’s rendition of choucroute au Riesling and braised pork in beer. The lunch menus are particularly popular with businesspeople and in summer, the shady terrace is perfect for alfresco dining. 1 Ponts Couverts Tel: (03) 8832 7698. Fax: (03) 8832 3840. E-mail: ami-schutz@strasbourg.com Website: www.strasbourg.com/ami-schutz Price: FFr200/EUR30. Wine: FFr190/EUR29. Trendy Cinecitta After seeing a film, this cosy cinema restaurant offers up pizza, pasta, fresh salads and ice cream named after filmstars and blockbuster movies, from James Dean to Titanic. Posters of film stars decorate the walls. Advance booking is recommended at this trendy venue, which stays open until midnight. Closed all day Monday, and Saturday and Sunday lunchtimes. 42 rue de Zurich Tel: (03) 8837 9595. Website: www.restoclub.com/67000/cinecitta.htm Price: FFr110/EUR17. Wine: FFr60/EUR9. La Cloche à Fromage Visitors follow their nose to this temple to cheese, situated near place Gutenberg and serving more than 100 different cheeses – there is a bewildering choice of cheeses and cheese dishes on the menu, accompanied by delicious homemade breads. The restaurant has a quirky decor with a large mural along one wall and a wooden interior. Guests are strongly advised to book ahead to guarantee a seat. Closed Tuesday. 27 rue des Tonneliers Tel: (03) 8823 1319. Fax: (03) 8832 9960. E-mail: tourrette@cheese-gourmet.com Website: www.cheese-gourmet.com Price: FFr180/EUR27. Wine: FFr90/EUR14. L’Art Café This trendy restaurant, decorated by Yves Taralon (who designed the Café Marly under the arcades of the Louvre in Paris), is just as contemporary as the modern art museum it serves. Visitors can sidestep the museum and head straight for this colourful, modern café. The cuisine is seasonal and innovative and, unlike many French restaurants, the restaurant is open non-stop Tues-Sun 1100-2300. Dishes include good mixed salads, fish and meat dishes. In summer, it is best to dine on the terrace, which offers fabulous views of the Ill River, the Cathedral and the rooftops in the Old Town. 1 place Jean Arp Tel: (03) 8822 1888. Fax: (03) 8822 0099. E-mail: artcafe@mamcs.com Website: www.culture-espaces.com/art_cafe Price: FFr200/EUR30. Wine: FFr78/EUR12. Le Noctambule For those who get hungry in the night, Le Noctambule is the answer. This friendly restaurant, with Art Deco bar and live piano music opens at 1900 and keeps serving decent French food until 0600 (until 0700 Friday and Saturday). Duck foie gras is the house speciality. Closed Sunday. 9 petite rue de la Course Tel: (03) 8832 8374. Fax: (03) 8821 9691. E-mail: info@noctambule.com Website: www.noctambule.com/noctfr.html Price: FFr150/EUR23. Wine: FFr100/EUR15. Le Plum’art For those who tire of Alsatian cuisine, Le Plum’art, located in a quiet street in the lively Krutenau quarter, is a wise restaurant choice, offering food from a different French region every week. Monthly exhibitions display contemporary art. 7-9 rue du Renard Prêchant Tel: (03) 8825 7660. Price: FFr129/EUR20. Wine FFr80/EUR12. Budget Fink’Stuebel This perennially popular winstub (pronounced ‘veenshtub’, meaning a winebar-restaurant serving local specialities), located in the Petite France district, excels in Alsatian specialities, including onion tart with crème fraîche and pork or chicken with spätzles and Riesling sauce. Closed Sunday and Monday. 26 rue Finkwiller Tel: (03) 8825 0757. Fax: (03) 8836 4882. Price: FFr200/EUR30. Wine: FFr100/EUR15. Hippopotamus The Hippopotamus chain offers sumptuous steaks and decent salads in a young, fun environment and is perfect for families (children’s menus are available at FFr47/EUR7) and large groups. This restaurant is located in the heart of Strasbourg’s shopping district, close to the place des Halles. 40-42 rue du Vieux Marché aux Vins Tel: (03) 8823 8490. Fax: (03) 8823 8491. Website: www.hippopotamus.fr Price: FFr76/EUR12. Wine: FFr84/EUR13. L’Alsace à Table Located near place Kléber, this 1920s Parisian brasserie is decorated with paintings on the wall, wooden tables and sea scenes. Chef Guy-Pierre Baumann masterminds this excellent restaurant, which applies Alsatian culinary traditions to fish and seafood. The house speciality is a dish invented by Baumann some 20 years ago – choucroute aux poissons. The first floor is tailor-made for business meetings or banquets. 8 rue des Francs-Bourgeois Tel: (03) 8832 5062. Fax: (03) 8822 4411. E-mail: info@alsace-a-table.fr Website: www.alsace-a-table.fr Price: FFr159/EUR24. Wine: FFr85/EUR13. Le Medicis This Italian restaurant, a stone’s throw from the IECS business school, offers up high-quality dishes in a friendly environment and is popular with students prepared to exceed their standard budget for a high-class meal, as well as locals not wishing to break the bank. Pasta dishes include tagliatelle with salmon and fresh cream or penne in a spicy tomato sauce. Closed Sunday. 38 rue Wimpheling Tel: (03) 8860 5880. Fax: (03) 8860 0571. Price: FFr100/EUR15. Wine: FFr100/EUR15. S’Munsterstuewel A stone’s throw from the Cathedral, this traditional winstub (pronounced ‘veenshtub’, meaning a winebar-restaurant serving local specialities) is one of the best places in Strasbourg to try out the local gastronomy. Chef Patrick Klipfel (founder of the Michelin-starred Auberge du Kochersberg) reinterprets regional cooking with his own light touch. House specialities include queues de crevette à peine poêlées sur choucroute caramélisée au miel ou curry (shrimps’ tails lightly fried in a caramelised honey or curry sauerkraut) or pied de porc désossé maison en baeckeoffe farci aux trois viandes (boned and stuffed pig’s trotters). Closed Sunday and Monday. 8 place du Marché aux Cochons de Lait Tel: (03) 8832 1763. Fax: (03) 8821 9602. E-mail: munsterstuewel@wanadoo.fr Website: www.strasnet.com/munsterstub.htm Price: FFr190/EUR29 (including wine). Wine: FFr95/EUR14. Personal Recommendations Eggcellence This intimate, friendly little restaurant in the Krutenau district serves eggs in every way possible, from scrambled to poached, omelettes and more. The eggs are laid by free-range chickens in the Alsace region. Ingredients as varied as truffles, smoked salmon and crab add to the flavours of the dishes, which interpret Greek, Vietnamese, Spanish, Tunisian and French styles, always using egg as a key ingredient. Closed Sunday. 18 rue de la Krutenau Tel: (03) 8835 7474. Website: www.actweb-fr.com/eggcellence Price: FFr90/EUR14. Wine: FFr70/EUR11. Fujiyama Traditional Japanese dishes are served in an attractive setting in this recently opened Japanese restaurant, decorated in traditional Japanese style with lacquered wooden tables and chairs. Fujiyama is under the same ownership as Strasbourg’s other excellent Japanese eating place, L’Osak (located at 50 rue du Jeu des Enfants). Closed Monday lunchtime and all day Sunday. 19 rue des Veaux Tel: (03) 8824 5829. Fax: (03) 8875 1647. Price: FFr100/EUR15. Wine: FFr100/EUR15. La Bolée…de cidre This typical Breton crêperie is a wise budget option, as well as being an intimate little restaurant, decorated with a sea theme. Sweet and savoury pancakes are served with their perfect accompaniment – cider from Brittany. There are over 120 different pancake fillings, including spinach and cheese, mushroom, ham and egg or seafood. The cellar is available for group bookings. Closed Sunday and Monday. 55 rue du Fossé des Tanneurs Tel: (03) 8875 9975. Price: FFr70/EUR11. Bottle of cider: FFr40/EUR6. Le P’ti Max Le P’ti Max is a Strasbourg institution, open non-stop from 1130 to 0100. Situated on three levels, with a terrace on place de l’Homme de Fer, there is space for everything from a tête-à-tête to group bookings for forty. The restaurant has its own distinctive decor – bistro style with flowered tablecloths on the lowest level, feminine style on the intermediate level and arty style on the top level where a large painting in the style of Toulouse-Lautrec dominates. The cuisine is traditional, with many local dishes on the menu. The house speciality is beef carpaccio and there are also may other beef dishes. 4 place de l’Homme de Fer Tel: (03) 8823 0500. Fax: (03) 8823 9909. E-mail: info@pti-max.com Website: www.pti-max.com Price: FFr109/EUR17. Wine: FFr88/EUR13. Poêles de Carottes Grated carrots is not the only dish served in this vegetarian restaurant, where 80% of the ingredients are organic. House specialities include vegetable gratin, bread baked on the premises, pizzas and fresh juice drinks. Prior booking is recommended, particularly at lunchtimes. Closed Sunday. 2 place des Meuniers Tel: (03) 8832 3323. Fax: (03) 8844 0722. Price: FFr80/EUR12. Wine: FFr58/EUR9. |
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