Hôtel Aster

A charming little Italian restaurant run by a chef who hails from Lorraine but has Sicilian roots, and his Milanese partner. By no means fixated on the classic repertoire, the restaurant serves a tasting menu entitled "Scoperta della Pasta", which showcases their house-made pasta. Much care goes into dishes that incorporate top-notch, at times premium ingredients, many imported from Italy. With its pared-back decor, just a handful of tables, dark parquet flooring, white walls and colourful Abstract paintings, the interior is both contemporary and intimate. Excellent selection of local wines.

In the heart of the Centre Pompidou-Metz is one of the few fine dining restaurants to be located in a French museum. The sleek, bright space is housed in a glass and metal setting with glimpses of the canopy of this stunning building; wood and cardboard furniture designed by Shigeru Ban adds to the serenity of the place. Roxane and Charles Coulombeau homed in on the smallest of details in a quest for excellence when it comes to the table design. A big fan of Japan, where he used to work, the chef cleverly combines seasonal ingredients from Lorraine with his passion for the Land of the Rising S

Louis Linster has added his own spin to the family restaurant. His mother, Léa, made it a first-rate fine dining establishment and her youthful successor is now leaving his own hallmark. The interior is the quintessence of casual luxury in a reworked vein with modern artwork on the walls and a knock-out terrace overlooking the rolling countryside. Chef Louis is upholding the establishment’s classical repertory, albeit with some lively, exotic touches.Don’t expect plates piled high in victuals, but rather creations that underscore the essence of each ingredient in a bid to let them enjoy the li

Alexis Baudin has had extensive work carried out on this building to transform it into a spacious contemporary restaurant. Lovely high ceilings and a palette of beiges bring understated elegance to this space opening onto a pleasant garden terrace with a hundred-year-old cedar tree. The chef aims to showcase local produce in his carte blanche menus: delicious ingredients such as vegetables from small market gardeners, mushrooms from the Meuse, saffron from Guémar, Wagyu beef from cows reared in Lorraine go into beautifully presented and perfectly balanced dishes. Flawless service.

Located in a village on the banks of the Moselle, this local institution has been given a new lease of life by chef Benoit Potdevin (Le K - Domaine de la Klauss in Montenach). Either in the refurbished dining room or on the peaceful terrace to the rear, diners tuck into classic local dishes, lovingly prepared using carefully selected ingredients: eg asparagus with mousseline sauce, pike quenelle with a lemon-infused beurre blanc, free-range Moselle poultry with morels, braised ham with Auxerrois sauce and bouchée à la reine. The food is generous, indulgent and delicious – and served with a smi

La cucina italiana has no secrets for Roberti Fani. After earning a Michelin star in his homeland, he has put down his roots in the Luxembourg village of Roeser, where he demonstrates how far his cuisine has evolved. On the ground-floor of a rather ordinary residential complex, he has opened a snug, stylish establishment, in the company of a seamless professional front-of-house team and a first-rate sommelier. Chef Fani is a seasoned chef who deploys his immense know-how apparently effortlessly in the kitchen, while his brigade of young chefs adds their own creative spin. You might taste class

Fans of Gallic fare adore Guillou Campagne. This family-run restaurant was for many years in the hands of Pierrick Guillou and the chefs he trained continue to pay tribute to his legacy on a daily basis. Lysianne and Katell, his widow and daughter, also continue to uphold the family tradition of hospitality in this old stone edifice flanked by an exquisite garden terrace. Authenticity and intensity are the watchwords of Guillou Campagne, so you can expect lashings of cream and butter and ingredients such as foie gras and scallops. The focus is primarily on wholesome, hearty flavours, rather th