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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

El Pescador

A fish restaurant which reflects the open-minded attitude towards life of a harbour inn.
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Landhaus Rois | © TV Region Graz - René Vidalli
  • Frohnleiten

Country house Rois

Awarded by Gault Millau
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  • Graz

aiola upstairs

Higher than the highest step, you experience the deepest relaxation.
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Restaurant Wörgötter_Team | © Die Abbilderei
  • Ligist

Restaurant Wörgötter

At Restaurant Wörgötter in Ligist, Styria, tradition and innovation merge to create unforgettable moments of...
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  • Graz

Miss Cho

A meeting place, getting acquainted with your senses and a fantastic kitchen to feel, hear and taste.
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  • Graz

Zur goldenen Birn

Fine dining restaurant at the Parkhotel Graz.
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  • Graz

el Gaucho im Landhaus

El Gaucho serves steaks and creative native dishes with a focus on locality.
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  • Graz

Vina Vietnam Restaurant

You can find the taste of Vietnam in Vietnam, 11,000 km from Graz, or right here in this restaurant.
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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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  • Graz

nullneun

Traditional meets sensational.
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  • Graz

Caylend

A delightful fusion of exotic and Styrian cuisine.
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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”.