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Award-winning culinary delights

Fine dining

If you’re a fan of fine dining, you will find plenty of opportunities to treat yourself to an exquisite meal in and around Graz.

The bible of good taste

However, in the German-speaking area, gourmets and foodies mostly rely on two sources to make their culinary choices. The Guide Michelin and Gault & Millau are something like the “bibles of fine dining”. Would you like to know what the culinary experts have to say about Graz Region? 

  • Guide Michelin
    • Rates hotels and restaurants
    • Awards up to 3 stars to outstanding restaurants
    • in Austria, Guide Michelin now only rates estaurants in Vienna and Salzburg 
    • Consequently, there are no Michelin-starred restaurant in Styria

 

  • Gault & Millau 
    • the "gourmet experts"
    • published in Austria by Martina and Karl Hohenlohe 
    • rating system from 0 bto 20 Punkten 
    • one toques = stands for a very good, beyond-average coisine 
    • five toques = the top rating for the world's best restaurants
  • Graz

Restaurant Schmidhofer im Palais

Awarded by Gault Millau (2025): 3 hats / 15 points At just 21 years old, Herbert Schmidhofer was once Austria's...
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  • Graz

Kehlberghof

Traditional cooking crafts meet modern and creative interpretation skills.
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Sakana | © Sakana
  • Graz

Sakana

Japanese cuisine in the university quarter.
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Gasthof "Zur Linde" | © TV Region Graz - Donner
  • Gratwein-Straßengel

Restaurant Gasthof "Zur Linde"

restaurant close to the Cisterian monastery of Rein
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Stammtisch am Paulustor | © Stammtisch - Paul Stajan
  • Graz

Stammtisch am Paulustor

Tradition and creativity in harmony.
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Restaurant Schmidhofer im Palais | © Schmidhofer im Palais
  • Graz

Restaurant Schmidhofer im Palais

Culinary at Palais Herberstein.
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  • Graz

nullneun

Traditional meets sensational.
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Starcke Haus | © Graz Tourismus - Werner Krug
  • Graz

Starcke Haus

A romantic little spot high above the city.
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El Pescador | © El Pescador - Werner Krug
  • Graz

El Pescador

Fresh fish in the old town
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Landhaus Rois_2 | © TV Region Graz - Rene Vidalli
  • Frohnleiten

Country house Rois

Austrian cuisine with international aspirations
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Gerüchteküche | © Gerüchteküche
  • Graz

Gerüchteküche

Vegetarian restaurant: Always seasonal. Always regional. Always different.
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el Gaucho im Landhaus

El Gaucho serves steaks and creative native dishes with a focus on locality.
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The most important food critic: the guest

If you rather rely on your own taste buds than on expert reviews, you have plenty of opportunities to sample your way through the culinary landscape of the Graz region. Numerous wine taverns, traditional inns, cafés and restaurants invite you to be your own “food critic”.