Waldhorn

The two chefs met in Marseille, which explains why a Swabian restaurant in Stuttgart's Rohr neighbourhood tastes like it can't quite decide between the Black Forest and the Balearic Islands. That tension turns out to be the whole point. It's a dinner restaurant running a surprise tasting menu, with a shorter lunch option on the side. Old wood panelling keeps things grounded while the cooking quietly gets on with something more ambitious.

One honor, in evidence: