9 Best Restaurants in The Black Forest, Germany

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.

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.

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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.

Schwarzer Adler

$$$$

About a five-minute drive from the Franz Keller winery (and owned by the same family) this charming Michelin-starred restaurant and hotel serves up a mix of luxe international ingredients (such as Canadian lobster) and more local fish, meat, and veggie choices. Try the five-course set menus with wine pairings or the signature truffled chicken for two to four people—just come with a healthy appetite as the portions are substantial.

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).

Wanderhütte Sattelei

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 hill near hiking trails, it has loads of outdoor seating from which to enjoy the natural surroundings.

Warteck

$$$

With leaded, stained-glass windows, vases of flowers, and beautifully upholstered banquettes, this hotel's two dining rooms are a bright spot in local cuisine. Regularly changing multicourse menus feature seasonal organic products, or you can order a wide selection of delicious meat dishes (with a smattering of fish and vegetarian choices) à la carte.

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