Vineus Restaurant ★ 4.3
Riverside restaurant of the Hilton Mainz at Rheinstrasse 68, with seasonal modern German cooking, an extensive German wine list and Rhine views. Anchored in Rheinhessen, Rheingau and Pfalz producers.
Bodenheim country tavern and Landhotel at Rheinstrasse 2, with traditional Rheinhessen Hausmannskost and a Rheinhessen-led wine list. The estate sits 10 minutes from the northern Roter Hang and the Kuehling-Gillot cellar.
Address: Rheinstrasse 2, 55294 Bodenheim, Germany, Rheinhessen
Riverside restaurant of the Hilton Mainz at Rheinstrasse 68, with seasonal modern German cooking, an extensive German wine list and Rhine views. Anchored in Rheinhessen, Rheingau and Pfalz producers.
Restaurant in the 13th-century Heiliggeistspital at Rentengasse 2 in Mainz Altstadt. Modern German cooking with a Rheinhessen-leaning wine list and a full cocktail bar in the historic vault.
Half-timbered Mainz Altstadt wine house at Badergasse 1, with French-Mainz fusion cuisine. Recipient of the Great Wine Capitals Best of Wine Tourism Award 2024 in Art and Culture under restaurateur Murielle Stadelmann.
Awards: Great Wine Capitals Best of Wine Tourism (Art and Culture) 2024
One-Michelin-star restaurant in Mainz-Finthen at Poststrasse 4, run by sixth-generation chef Philipp Stein. Market cuisine combining Rheinhessen produce with creative French technique, paired with a 300-bottle Rheinhessen-heavy wine list.
Awards: Michelin (one star) 2025
One-Michelin-star restaurant at the FAVORITE Parkhotel overlooking Mainz Stadtpark. Modern fine dining under chef sommelier Sebastian Lisges pairs each course with two producer wines, leaning Rheinhessen, Rheingau and Pfalz.
Awards: Michelin (one star) 2025
Family-owned wine restaurant in Mainz Neustadt since 1887, with a 150-wine Rheinland-Pfalz-led list. Regional and contemporary German cooking in a wood-panelled room, recommended in the Michelin Guide.
Awards: MICHELIN Guide (recommended) 2025