The Top 73 Places to Eat Near de Wanne
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Rank 1. de Wanne
Modern French
The terrace looks out over the grounds of the Parkhotel de Wiemsel, and inside, the linen and silverware signal that this is the kind of French-rooted fine dining room where the staff knows the menu cold. The kitchen works in the classic tradition with the occasional international detour, and the room is quiet enough that you can hear your table talk, which some people consider a feature.
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Rank 2. Landgoed de Holtweijde
Modern French
A country estate in the Twente farmland, all wooden beams, terracotta floors, and a fire that earns its keep. The kitchen runs creative French with a Bib Gourmand and a clear preference for regional produce, so the menu shifts with what's growing nearby. Tournedos Rossini sits alongside more adventurous plates, which is a neat trick. The kind of place that makes driving into the rural Netherlands feel like a reasonable idea.
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Rank 3. De Bloemenbeek
French
Deer may genuinely cross the fields mid-course at this country manor outside De Lutte, which sets the mood as well as any decor. De Bloemenbeek holds a Michelin star for French fine dining built around Twente game, local farmers' vegetables, and the occasional Far Eastern flourish. Dark carpet, chandeliers, and an open fireplace keep things cozy rather than stiff. Aperitifs in the lounge first; the kitchen handles the rest.
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Rank 5. 't Lansink
Modern French
A Michelin-starred French restaurant inside a charming old house in Hengelo's Tuindorp neighborhood, where the front-of-house team operates with the kind of attentiveness that feels personal rather than performed. The chef leans into local Twente produce, and the sauces alone make a case for the kitchen's confidence. A chef's table option exists for those who want the full show.
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The kitchen garden supplies the herbs and vegetables, and the open kitchen turns prep into theater at this Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant on the edge of Enschede. The listed building dates back a century or so, and the room carries that old-bones warmth, while the cooking leans into bright acidity, aromatic spice, and careful balance. The wine list draws the kind of attention that usually belongs to the food.
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Rank 7. Het Seminar
French
A former monastery outside Zenderen, converted into an upscale French restaurant where the kitchen draws almost everything from the grounds around it, including vegetables from the garden, pigs reared on site, and cheese from the neighboring creamery. The chef builds a set menu you compose yourself from classically anchored dishes, the kind of place where the sourcing does the talking and the service knows the wine list cold.
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Rank 8. Dorset
Modern French
A stately villa on the main street of Borne houses this French restaurant, where the lounge mood and terrace greenery make the room feel more relaxed than the cooking's ambition might suggest. The chef pairs regional lamb with beetroot, celeriac, and mustard in ways that hit earthy, sweet, and sharp in the same bite. Local produce does a lot of the heavy lifting, though exotic seasonings turn up when the mood strikes.
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Rank 9. Ledeboer
Modern French
The dining room lives inside a former bank building, all high ceilings and elegant bones softened just enough to feel like a restaurant rather than a film set. This is a French fine dining spot where the kitchen leans into careful technique and premium ingredients, with a full set menu that also runs in a vegetarian version, or dishes ordered à la carte if a long tasting isn't the plan. Dress accordingly and expect to linger.
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Rank 10. Carelshaven
French
The chef keeps a kitchen garden on the grounds of a castle estate and it shows up in every plate, from duck breast finished with mole to sweetbreads brightened with kumquat. This is a fine-dining restaurant with a leafy terrace that looks out over the Twickel estate, the kind of setting that makes French cooking feel like a reasonable response to the surroundings. The menu leans plant-forward without making a manifesto of it.
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Rank 11. Amused Food & Wine
Modern French
A French restaurant in Hardenberg where the chef grows his own vegetables and builds surprise tasting menus around them. The room is elegant and chic, and a connected wine bar next door handles the pre-dinner browsing. Expect beautifully plated courses where the pairings take unexpected turns, a grilled game-stew sandwich alongside a roe fillet, for instance. The Michelin Guide lists it, and intensity appears to be the kitchen's guiding principle.
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A restobar tucked into a charming old building on Meiboomplein, where the menu runs long enough that you'll have opinions before you've ordered. The kitchen leans French but isn't precious about it, grilling entrecôte to medium-rare and finishing it with a stroganoff sauce spiked with smoked sausage. The tiramisu reportedly demands the last spoonful. Comfortable, crowd-pleasing, and selected by the Michelin Guide.
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Rank 13. De Swarte Ruijter
French
A thatched villa on the Holterberg where the pine forest pressing against the windows feels less like scenery and more like an ingredient. This Michelin-starred French restaurant draws its menu from the Salland countryside: mushrooms, venison, air-dried veal, and vegetables treated with a seriousness that makes the meat feel like the supporting act. The terrace, on a good day, makes it hard to go back inside.
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Rank 14. De Uitkijk
Modern French
Perched above the Sallandse Heuvelrug with a lavender-scented terrace and views that make you feel like you've taken a wrong turn into Provence, De Uitkijk is a country-house restaurant earning a Michelin Bib Gourmand with French-leaning modern cooking. The chef grows his own herbs and lets the seasons steer the menu, with generous plates that feel both careful and unfussy. Pair it with a walk through the national park next door.
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Rank 16. Bistro T-bone
Steakhouse
The charcoal grill sits at the center of everything at this steakhouse, tucked inside an old Dutch village building that looks exactly as you'd hope. The chef works the fire with obvious confidence, sending out T-bones and rack of lamb in portions that leave no one complaining. The owner makes a point of walking you through the menu, which mixes the grill's main event with classics like snails and onion soup. A Michelin Selected Restaurant.
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Rank 17. Landgasthof Backers
Regional German
A country inn in the village of Twist where venison and Diepholz geese anchor a menu that follows the region and the season closely. The family has been at it for generations, and a Slow Food membership signals where their loyalties lie. It reads as a proper sit-down dinner, the kind where guestrooms upstairs make lingering over four courses feel like the obvious choice rather than an indulgence.
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A snug, old-school dining room sitting right beside the village church in the Westphalian countryside, the kind of place locals have been coming to for generations without feeling the need to tell anyone about it. The kitchen works the seasons hard, turning out traditional regional cooking, slow-cooked beef with onions alongside the occasional pasta flourish. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and service that's warm without being performative.
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The drive through the Salland countryside does half the work before you reach the door. This is a restaurant with a terrace that channels hunting lodge, set in the kind of rural Dutch landscape that makes you want to linger. Lunch runs à la carte and keeps things easy; evenings shift to a daily-changing set menu where the chef reworks classic combinations with a light modern hand. Worth noting there are rooms if leaving feels like the wrong call.
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A working water wheel turns outside, water lilies drift past the window, and somehow the interior matches it. This is a French restaurant in a converted mill, the kind of place where the lobster travels from a tank to the table and the bisque arrives full-bodied and spiced. The kitchen leans classic, with foie gras terrine and sweetbreads in veal jus, though a modern flourish sneaks in here and there to lift the richness.
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Rank 22. Beesten
French
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A whitewashed country inn outside Dalfsen where the menu rotates with the seasons and the kitchen and front-of-house move in easy sync. The cooking leans Asian but lands somewhere personal, with a Michelin Bib Gourmand to show for it. A generous terrace handles the warmer months, and the wine list is broad enough to keep things interesting across courses. Unhurried and unpretentious, which is harder to pull off than it sounds.
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Rank 25. De Gaffel
French
A Saxon farmhouse with a thatched roof and an open fire sets the scene for this French-leaning restaurant in the Drenthe countryside. The chef grows his own vegetables on site, then runs them through contemporary technique on a four or five course surprise menu, the only choice being how much you want. Venison with a long-reduced jus is the kind of thing that ends up here. Unhurried and quietly serious about what's on the plate.
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Rank 26. De Keuken van Arragon
Contemporary French
A former inn at the edge of the Spaarbankbos, De Keuken van Arragon is a French restaurant where the cooking is seasonal and quietly confident. The room feels like someone's well-loved dining room, and front-of-house treats newcomers like they've been coming for years. The kitchen leans contemporary without making a fuss about it, letting the plate do the talking.
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A small-plates restaurant set inside a historic bathhouse, with views over a natural pond that make the room feel like it's floating. The Bib Gourmand-winning menu swings between comfort food and sharper, more technically playful dishes, the kind of spread where you keep ordering one more round. Winterswijk isn't exactly a dining destination, which makes finding something this considered here a quiet surprise.
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Rank 28. Lindenhof
Mediterranean
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The glass-covered courtyard of a former prison in Zwolle turns out to be the perfect setting for a three Michelin star tasting menu: serious enough to match the cooking, strange enough to keep you honest. The late Jonnie Boer, the most influential Dutch chef of his generation, shaped a style built on local ingredients and fermented brightness that the team carries forward with evident care. Dress up; this is a full evening.
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Rank 30. IJssel Restobar
Modern French
The terrace looks straight out over the River IJssel, with Deventer's skyline filling the frame. This modern French restaurant inside the Pillows hotel runs from steak tartare through more adventurous plates built on playful textures and North Sea ingredients. The conservatory is a good fallback when the Dutch weather has opinions. A Michelin Selected restaurant with a spot on the Lekker 500.
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Driftwood and drying herbs hang from the ceiling above a wine wall that spans most of the room, which sets the tone nicely for a Michelin-starred restaurant on Zwolle's prettiest square. Jonnie and Thérèse Boer run the kitchen with a team that leans on local produce and turns out dishes that feel inventive without being theatrical. The terrace overlooks the Nieuwe Markt, and the whole place runs more casual than the star might suggest.
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Rank 33. Restaurant Affect
French
A Michelin-starred French restaurant on a Zwolle canal, where the chef trained under Jonnie Boer and now runs his own quiet ambitions. The cooking is technically precise but not showy, built around regional ingredients and unexpected global pairings that tend to stay with you. Set menu or à la carte, with a sommelier who takes the wine pairing seriously. The room is warm and unhurried, exactly the kind of place where nobody seems to be in a rush to leave.
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Rank 34. Restaurant L'église
Modern French
A converted church on Zwolle's Bethlehems Kerkplein sets the scene for this French restaurant that doubles, comfortably, as a wine bar. The hostess runs the floor and the wine list with equal ease, and the chef keeps plates spare and sharp, a few well-chosen elements doing the arguing. You can drop in for a glass and something small, or commit to the full menu. Either way, nobody makes you feel like you chose wrong.
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There is no written menu at this intimate restaurant in Zwolle's old fish market, so your options arrive by word of mouth and you decide on the spot. The chef cooks plant-forward with occasional meat dishes, leaning into Asian-inflected sauces and unexpected textures. The host runs the floor and the wine list with equal ease, and her pairings tend to steer the whole meal somewhere better than you'd planned.
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The menu here is largely decided by a sustainable fisherman from Urk, whose daily catch shapes what lands on the plate. This seafood restaurant on Zwolle's main square has the feel of a fisherman's hut that got a thoughtful renovation. Vegetables come from the team's own garden, sauces run deep, and fish trimmings get turned into soup rather than the bin. Lunch is à la carte; evenings are set menu only.
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A seventeenth-century warehouse on the Rodetorenplein, now dressed in spare Scandinavian lines, houses this Dutch restaurant where the cooking leans heavily on seasonal, regional vegetables with just enough international edge to keep things interesting. The summer terrace offers cover from the city centre's noise. The chef plays with acidic and bitter notes in a way that feels considered rather than showy, and the Michelin Guide has taken notice.
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Rank 39. Broederenklooster
Modern French
The open kitchen cuts a sharp contrast against the vaulted medieval stonework, and that tension is basically the whole point. This is a French fine dining restaurant inside a former monastery, where the chef's cooking leans into bold flavors and contemporary techniques without apology. The room is quiet enough that the food does the talking, and the ingredients are the kind that make you slow down. Guest rooms are available if leaving feels unnecessary.
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Rank 40. De Voorburcht
French
A moat and medieval fortifications are a bold opening act for a French restaurant, but De Voorburcht commits. Cross the drawbridge, find the building with the sloping wall, and settle into a dining room where the stone bones of the place have been polished up beautifully. The cooking is classical in instinct but playful in execution, and it holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for the effort.
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Rank 41. Olde Marckt
Modern French
A Michelin-starred modern French restaurant on the main square of a small Gelderland town, where a father-son team runs the room with the kind of quiet coordination that looks effortless. The father steers you through a wine list heavy on French, German, and Austrian bottles; the son cooks with enough classical grounding to handle eel and game, and enough range to make langoustines with XO sauce feel completely natural beside them.
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A spiral staircase winds through what was once an arsenal, and the courtyard tucked between the buttresses of the Lebuinuskerk is where you want to be on a warm evening. This farm-to-table restaurant in Deventer offers an à la carte menu or a surprise tasting format, the kitchen pulling in just enough international influence to keep things interesting without losing the thread. The room is bright and sleek despite its age, and the bar is genuinely atmospheric.
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Rank 43. Coperto Restobar
Mediterranean French
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Rank 44. Poppe
French
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A monumental 1860s warehouse on the Stoombootkade, where exotic goods including candied citrus peel once changed hands, now hosts a restaurant leaning into Asian-inflected contemporary cooking. The chef puts vegetables and fruit at the center of the plate in ways that feel considered rather than compensatory. Lunch runs simpler, evenings more elaborate, and the waterfront terrace earns its own argument for timing your visit around the weather.
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Rank 47. Restaurant Nectar
Contemporary French
A contemporary French restaurant tucked into the old city center of Zutphen, Nectar serves medium-sized plates that work equally well à la carte or strung together as a tasting menu. The chef's cooking borrows from wherever it likes, landing tandoori spices in a beurre blanc and XO glaze on monkfish without making a fuss about either. The room is warm and the portions are generous enough that no one leaves doing the math.
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Rank 48. Tante Blanche
French
A terrace-fronted French restaurant in a small Gelderland town, named for the chef's aunt whose recipes quietly anchor the surprise tasting menu. The cooking is contemporary, pulling warmth and brightness from curry, lemongrass, and spice without losing its French footing. A vegetarian version runs alongside. The wine list is well chosen, and the staff actually know it, which in a town this size feels like its own small miracle.
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Rank 49. De Lindenhof
French
A thatched farmhouse in the canals of Giethoorn, with the chef's sailing boat tied up out back and broad beans from the kitchen garden making their way onto the plate, sets the tone for this two-Michelin-star French restaurant. The cooking is classic at its core, with just enough international influence to keep things lively. Hostess Marjan runs the room with the kind of warmth that makes a long tasting menu feel like a good idea.
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Rank 50. Lokaal
French
Set inside a former school building, Lokaal is an elegant but genuinely warm restaurant where the name nods to both the building's past and the chef's philosophy: everything on the set menu comes from small-scale local suppliers who share a zero-waste commitment. Coffee grounds flavoring a dessert, fermented spruce paired with locally farmed trout. The Achterhoek countryside ends up on the plate in ways a classroom never quite managed.
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Street art covers the walls of this Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant housed in an elegant corner building in Apeldoorn, where Asian-inflected cooking leans on organic ingredients and exotic spice blends. The chef's tasting menu runs longer and more adventurous than the à la carte, which tells you something about his priorities. Wine pairings are a genuine focus, and the service has the kind of attentiveness that comes from a team that has put in the hours elsewhere.
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Rank 52. Orangerie De Pol
French
A wood-framed orangery flooded with light, set among the farmland of the Achterhoek, is a quietly striking place to eat a surprise tasting menu. The kitchen leans hard on its own garden and local suppliers, then pulls in a yuzu here, a soy vinaigrette there, without it feeling like a detour. The Michelin Guide has selected it, and the room feels like the reason they did.
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Rank 53. Coeur D'Artichaut
Modern French
A courtyard hidden a short walk from the cathedral, with a terrace that fills up fast in warm weather. Inside, a ceiling dense with pendant lights frames an open kitchen that the dining room faces like a stage. This is two-Michelin-star casual fine dining, where French-born chef Frédéric Morel works Breton technique into Northern German ingredients. The monthly tasting menu runs six or eight courses, and the house non-alcoholic pairings are taken as seriously as the wine list.
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Rank 54. Engelenburg
French
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A few steps down from street level and you're in a spare, minimalist dining room where a Michelin-starred kitchen runs two tasting menus, one vegetarian, one not, each in three to six courses. The house-made non-alcoholic pairings are taken as seriously as the wine list, which the staff navigate with quiet confidence. A small terrace faces the street, and the bar is a perfectly good reason to stop in for just a glass and something small.
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Rank 56. Kaatje bij de Sluis
French
A canal-side fine dining restaurant in a postcard-pretty Dutch village, where a window table looks out over the lock and, if you're upstairs, a stork's nest across the street. The chef works local and organic produce into French-rooted dishes that occasionally take a sharp left turn into something more daring. Kaatje bij de Sluis holds a Michelin star, and the cheese and wine selection runs as deep as the kitchen does.
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Rank 57. Bovenmeester
Classical French
The coat hooks are still on the walls from when this building was a school, which sets the tone perfectly for a brasserie that takes itself just seriously enough. French classics get a precise modern treatment on the à la carte and tasting menus, with portions sized for people who actually came to eat. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the kind of room that earns a return visit before you've finished dessert.
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Rank 58. Spitzner
Modern French
Set inside a handsome aristocratic palace in Münster's city centre, Spitzner is a Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant where modern French cooking is kept clean and precise, the plating free of any fussy business. The chef steps out of the kitchen to serve on occasion, which somehow feels natural rather than theatrical. On warm days, the terrace is the obvious call.
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Rank 59. Wild Atelier
French
Pheasants and ducks hang aging in a glass cabinet near the pass, which tells you most of what you need to know about Wild Atelier. This is a fine-dining restaurant in the Veluwe forests where the chef reads "wild" broadly, from Wadden Sea fish and regenerative farm produce to classic hare preparations. The room is warm and modern, the cooking precise, and the surroundings tend to drift indoors in ways that feel considered rather than decorative.
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Rank 61. De Oude Smidse
French
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The restaurant runs its own bakery, patisserie, and smokehouse, so almost nothing arrives from elsewhere. Farm-to-table cooking in a former café in central Doetinchem, earning a Michelin Bib Gourmand, with generous à la carte and set menus that lean heavily into vegetarian options alongside the kind of pork that makes you glad someone raises pigs on herbs. The beer list is treated with the same seriousness as the food, and the taps are worth exploring.
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Rank 64. LEV. FOOD & WINE BAR
Modern French
Snack-sized sharing plates come out in quick succession at this relaxed food and wine bar on the Iseldoks waterfront, earning it a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The kitchen keeps things unfussy, leaning on local Achterhoek producers and letting a handful of ingredients do the work. The table fills fast, and the beer list is long enough to make that a pleasant problem.
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Rank 65. Karels
French
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Dinner is served inside a greenhouse on a castle estate, which sets a certain tone before the food even arrives. Restaurant Judith is a fine dining room where the kitchen leans on classical technique and pours that energy into vivid sauces and sharp, bright flavors. The wine list is serious, and a whisky collection in the lounge gives you a reason to linger after dessert that requires no inventing.
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Rank 67. Achter de Poorte
French
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Rank 68. von Rhemen
Classic French
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Rank 70. Hinterding
Classic French
A spruce urban villa with high ceilings and a terrace that earns its keep year-round, Hinterding is a classic French restaurant in the kind of small German city where nobody expects to find one. The cooking leans ambitious and old-school, the sort of place that pre-orders takeaway set menus for you without breaking a sweat. Cookery classes and rooms are also on offer, so you can apparently just move in.
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Rank 71. Villa Medici
Mediterranean
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Rank 73. Hof Grothues-Potthoff - Hasenklee
Modern New American
The restaurant sits inside a working farm compound, where a bakery, farm shop, and café share the same attractive courtyard. It's a set-menu dinner spot, four to eight courses of modern seasonal cooking that leans hard on the kitchen garden just outside. The vegetarian menu gets the same serious treatment. Service is warm rather than stiff, and the wine pairings are actually explained, not just poured.