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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

Mohrenwirt

Awarded Styrian restaurant.
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Restaurant Schlossberg | © Schlossberg - Werner Krug
  • Graz

Restaurant Schlossberg

Enjoyment with a view.
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  • Graz

Kornati

Fresh seafood and fish from Croatia.
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Johann Rainer | © Lukas Mats Brunner
  • Thal

Kreuzwirt

The Kreuzwirt in Thal is a charming inn that offers traditional Styrian-Austrian cuisine in a cosy atmosphere with...
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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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Mohrenwirt | © Mohrenwirt - Christina Birnhuber
  • Graz

Mohrenwirt

Organic with tradition and culinary curiosity.
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Liebocher Stub`n_Speise | © Region Graz-Mias Photoart
  • Lieboch

Liebocher Stub'n

Modern interpreted dishes with a focus on Austrian and homemade ingredients.
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  • Graz

Restaurant Artis

Philipp Dyczek cooks at Restaurant Artis according to the motto "We cook, you enjoy".
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  • Graz

Restaurant Florian im Parkhotel Graz

Excellent restaurant near the Graz Schlossberg.
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Mais-Melanzani-Avocado | © Kupferdachl-Heidi Edelsbrunner
  • Premstätten

Restaurant Kupferdachl

Two worlds under one roof – honest regional cuisine and exquisite fine dining
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El Pescador | © El Pescador - Werner Krug
  • Graz

El Pescador

Fresh fish in the old town
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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”.