Schlossschaenke auf dem Johannisberg ★ 4.4
Hilltop restaurant of Schloss Johannisberg above Geisenheim with conservatory and sun-terrace seating. Set menus and a la carte built around the estate's own Riesling range with views over the Rheingau.
Monastery tavern at the 12th-century Kloster Eberbach, the Cistercian abbey above Eltville. The list is entirely Kloster Eberbach wines from the 200-hectare estate run by the Hessische Staatsweinguter.
Address: Kloster Eberbach, 65346 Eltville am Rhein, Germany, Rheingau
Hilltop restaurant of Schloss Johannisberg above Geisenheim with conservatory and sun-terrace seating. Set menus and a la carte built around the estate's own Riesling range with views over the Rheingau.
Restored gourmet restaurant of Hotel Schloss Reinhartshausen in Erbach, reopened September 2025 with chefs Simone Kubitzek and Hella Eggers under Tristan Brandt. Vignette Collection by IHG.
Restaurant in the Baiken vineyard pavilion above Rauenthal, run by Dirk Schroeer and Amila Begic-Schroeer. Classical fine-dining cooking with views over the Rheingau slopes and a Rheingau-led wine list.
Restaurant of the 1927 Hotel Lindenwirt on the Drosselgasse, run by the third generation of the Ohlig family. Regional cooking with Rheingau wines in the wine garden or the Wirtshaus zum Drosselmueller alongside.
Restaurant at the Ruedesheimer Schloss on the corner of Steingasse and Drosselgasse, set in a 1729 former tithe barn. Regional Rheingau plates with the estate's Rieslings and the local Spatburgunder.
Restaurant in the Gothic former Heiliggeist hospital in Mainz old town, with vaulted ceilings and stained glass. Rheingau, Rheinhessen and Pfalz wines paired with seasonal regional plates.