The best restaurants Germany

Timetable

Breakfast is often served as early as 6:30 am, at worst as early as 7:30 am, lunch is usually served in restaurants between 11:30 am and 2 pm. Pastries are served at tea time between 3pm and 5pm. You can have dinner as early as 6pm and most often until 10pm.

Budget & Tips

When you eat at a sausage stand, you're eating for just a few euros. This is the most economical formula. If you're cooking or picnicking, go to the discounters, invented and specialized in by the Germans (Aldi, Lidl, Penny, Norma) to find quality ingredients at very low prices.

What costs extra

Tips are at your convenience, ask if you want to round up the bill when you pay. We do not leave coins on the table.

Some restaurants print bills with the notification tip not included, which is against the law. Taxes and tips are included in the bill, tipping is at the discretion of each person.

The local way

Germans don't stay as long at the table as the French, as menus often consist of just one dish. Breakfast is hearty at weekends, and quick during the week.

To be avoided

Don't arrive late if you've reserved a table at the restaurant. Come properly dressed, except for alternative establishments where originality is the order of the day.

Kids

Children are well catered for, with adapted seats in the restaurants.

Smokers

Smoking is prohibited in restaurants, except on the terrace. Diners must leave the restaurant to smoke.

Tourist traps

As elsewhere, seasonal restaurants around the most popular tourist sites are not to be recommended either for taste or for value.