4 Best Restaurants in Altstadt, Frankfurt

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Margarete

$$$ | Altstadt

This modern restaurant with an open-kitchen design is named for the Viennese architect Margarete Scütte-Lihotzky, who created the style in the 1920s. There are three-course prix-fixe menus both for lunch and dinner, or you can order à la carte from an eclectic and creative menu including homemade soups, risotto, and meats with the ubiquitous Frankfurter green herb sauce.

Braubachstr. 18–22, Frankfurt, 60311, Germany
069-2199--9903
Known For
  • Extensive bar bites menu
  • Regional specialties including lentil dishes
  • Desserts including chocolate tart with bitter orange marmalade and berry sorbet
Restaurant Details
Closed Sun.

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Metropol am Dom

$ | Altstadt

Breakfast is the main attraction at this café near the Römerberg and Dom. The dining room is large, and in the warmer months there are also tables on a garden patio. The kitchen serves until 11 pm. Reservations are accepted for dinner only, and not for the terrace.

Weckmarkt 13–15, Frankfurt, 60311, Germany
069-288–287
Known For
  • Cakes and pastries
  • Pastas and traditional German dishes
  • Housemade lemonade
Restaurant Details
Closed Mon.

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Steinernes Haus

$ | Altstadt

At this friendly spot, diners share long wooden tables beneath traditional clothing mounted on the walls. The house specialty is a raw steak brought to the table with a heated rock tablet (Stein is the German word for stone) where you do your own cooking. The house beef broth is the perfect antidote to cold weather. By the way, if you order a beer, specify a Kleines, or small glass; if not, you'll automatically get a liter.

Braubachstr. 35, Frankfurt, 60311, Germany
069-283–491
Known For
  • Traditional, meat-centric German menu
  • Old-fashioned ambience
  • Kitchen open late
Restaurant Details
Credit cards accepted
Reservations essential

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Zum Schwarzen Stern

$$ | Altstadt
This restaurant in a historic half-timber house that dates from 1453 offers a menu focusing on traditional Hessian food, but presented in a modern way, with carefully arranged plating. Try to get a table by the windows for people-watching across the busy square. The restaurant is named for the historic six-pointed black metal star which marks the entrance.
Römerberg 6, Frankfurt, 60311, Germany
069-291–979
Known For
  • "Frankfurter Teller" sampler with sausages, pork loin, and crispy pork knuckle
  • Chicken and local pike-perch
  • Mushroom and aparagus dishes in season

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