10 Best Restaurants in The Black Forest, Germany

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Restaurants in the Black Forest range from award-winning dining rooms to simple country inns. Old Kachelöfen (tile stoves) are still in use in many area restaurants; try to sit near one if it's cold outside.

Kaiserstuhler Hof

$$$ Fodor's Choice

For quality dining and impeccable service, this handsome ivy-clad inn and restaurant, an easy stroll from the port, is the place to go in Breisach. You'll feel pampered from start to finish, from the elegant wood-paneled dining room sparkling with crystal and white linen, to the gourmet menu of market-fresh dishes: housemade goose-liver pâté or creamy cauliflower and white truffle soup to start, followed by tender roast veal with spring vegetables, sautéed monkfish complimented by a buttery shallot-wine sauce, or pasta and scallops with fresh basil coulis. The expert staff is delighted help you choose just the right pairings from an extensive wine list.

Wanderhütte Sattelei

$$ Fodor's Choice

One of several restaurants run by the team behind the five-star Hotel Bareiss, this hiker's hut is more moderately priced than many of the town's more famous Michelin-starred gourmet restaurants, but the quality of the regional specialties served remains high. It's the perfect place for coffee and cake or a simple lunch, and it's also open for dinner on Sunday; atop a 700-meter-high (½ mile) hill near hiking trails, it has loads of outdoor seating from which to enjoy the natural surroundings.

Wolfschöhle

$$$$ Fodor's Choice

Celebrated Michelin-starred chef Martin Fauster, formerly of Munich’s Restaurant Königshof, shows off his prowess with modern German cuisine at this charming restaurant in Freiburg’s Altstadt. Choose from a five- or six-course tasting menu or order á la carte, with such dishes as yellowtail with mussels, corn, and curry or pigeon with mole and pumpkin.

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Berghütte Lauterbad

This traditional mountain hut in the woods is run by the nearby Hotel Lauterbad. The restaurant has an outdoor seating area and a beautiful panoramic view that you can enjoy while munching regional delicacies after a hike.

Café Ihringer

All roads lead to this pretty peach-colored café-bakery smack in the center of town, where an eye-popping variety of German style cakes, tortes, and tartes make for a difficult choice indeed, further complicated by towering ice cream sundaes topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit and an array of homemade pralines and truffles. Savory soups, salads, and crêpes make this a good choice for a quick lunch or a resplendent brunch featuring fresh breakfast pastries hot from the oven. A large, sunny terrace is perfect for a coffee and a quick bite or a beer and some people watching. Deservedly popular, it gets very crowded in high season.

EigenArt

$$$

At this elegant restaurant inside a centrally located townhouse filled with contemporary art, the short but smart menus focus on regional ingredients prepared with a contemporary flair. Depending on the season, you might find local fish, Königsberger Klopse (German meatballs in white caper sauce), or veal cheeks with mushroom ragu.

Kühler Krug

$$$$

Fresh fish and wild game are the specialties at this elegant yet homey restaurant around 2 km (1½ miles) south of the Old Town in Günterstal. Interesting dishes include rabbit in hazelnut sauce with baby vegetables, as well as salmon in saffron foam with a Riesling risotto.

Oberkirchs Weinstube

$$$$

Across from the cathedral and with a terrace on the market square in summer, this hotel, restaurant, and wine cellar is a bastion of tradition and Gemütlichkeit (comfort and conviviality). The proprietor personally bags some of the game that ends up on the menu, which features simple but filling dishes and includes around 20 Baden wines served by the glass, many supplied from the restaurant's own vineyards.

Restaurant Lamm

$$$

With a log-cabin look and traditional Black Forest architecture, there's little clue this restaurant is inside a spa hotel. Moderately priced dishes focus on local ingredients, including Schwarzwälder Schinken (Black Forest ham) and Zanderfilet (pike perch filet).

Turmbräu Freudenstädt

Lots of wood paneling, exposed beams, and a sprinkling of old sleds and hay wagons give this place on the main square its rustic atmosphere. Along with beer from its own brewery, the restaurant also serves everything from soups and salads for lighter appetites to hearty traditional dishes like Maultaschen (meat-filled dumplings), Flammkuchen (Alsatian flatbread), and Schnitzel (breaded fried meat).

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