Chalet La Petite Ourse

Set in a cosy hotel, this eatery’s trendy, minimalist interior is the HQ of a chef who adds a new spin to regional ingredients: pan-fried Vosges ceps and hazelnuts; seabass roasted in champagne, tartare of oysters and watercress gnocchis; a meringue, chestnut and cream delight… His flawless modern score is paired with a fine list of Alsace wines. It makes the heart sing!

On the edge of the Munster Valley, La Nouvelle Auberge ("New Inn") is a lovingly maintained former coaching inn. The regional-style bistro on the ground floor serves up delicious lunch options during the week. The fine dining restaurant occupies a lovely space on the first floor with exposed timberwork. Bernard Leray, who hails from Rennes in Brittany, has taken to Alsace like a duck to water. After honing his skills at Bernard Loiseau, Leray puts a delicate new spin on local produce, each dish demonstrates his painstaking work and consummate technique – medallion of pike-perch, medley of sals

In this family-run hotel-restaurant, you will first fall in love with the irresistible vintage interior and its parquet floors and chandeliers. The extensive menu reveals a weakness for purebred classicism (tournedos steak and black mushrooms), regional dishes (smoked trout and bibalakas) and the odd more contemporary composition (gravlax salmon and beetroot emulsion). Sweeping view over the valley.

This cosy family-run restaurant in Alsace's Vosges mountains has many regulars who come for the mouth-watering traditional cuisine. This is refined and flavourful fare: baeckoffe with snails, fish matelote, venison stew and the like. Attentive service and refurbished guestrooms for overnight stays.

Venture over the threshold of this large regional-style 1920s building with oriel and stained-glass windows into a handsome, inviting dining room. Poultry pâté en croûte and confit lemon; honey-lacquered loin of pork, cream of sweetcorn and sautéed seasonal mushrooms; chocolate soufflée tart: the young chef delights diners from start to finish. A concise wine list with a focus on organic and biodynamic wines; possibility of gin and tonic pairings (with local gins of course!).

Located in a picture postcard wine-growing village, this inn, helmed by a young couple, strives to uphold Alsace traditions by way of no-nonsense, gutsy, wholehearted fare and premium local produce: presskopf, snails in garlic and parsley butter, Heimbach arctic char, beef in coarse salt, braised ham hock and choucroute... The ice cream is house made.

The family behind this quintessential Kaysersberg valley farm has been perpetuating the spirit of Alsace's terroir since 1975. Renovated and enlarged over the years, the premises now house a bright dining area overlooking the valley. Precise and skilful cuisine showcases ingredients sourced from the kitchen garden and local producers.