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Experience Michelin-starred cuisine
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**Gourmet restaurants in Niedersachsen**

 

**Fine dining, creative recipes and the highest quality – Niedersachsen’s magnificent landscapes go hand in hand with an outstanding culinary scene.**

Looking for somewhere truly exceptional to eat? Niedersachsen offers a wealth of top-class restaurants. Across the region, excellent establishments delight guests with the sheer skill of the culinary craftsmanship and artistry they bring to the region’s top ingredients. Many have been awarded the coveted  and  distinctions – proof of the region’s steadily growing gourmet culture. From the coast to the Harz Mountains and deep into the heathlands, you will find culinary highlights of the highest calibre – from innovative fine dining to award-winning modern country house cuisine.

 

**Here are our award-winning gourmet restaurants** 
**(at least one Michelin star, a green Michelin star or three Gault Millau toques):**

Aqua

Restaurant Handwerk Hannover

Eingedeckter Tisch im Restaurant Iko

Restaurant Jante

Kesselhaus Osnabrück in ehemaliger Fabrikhalle

Seesteg Norderney

Badhotel Sternhagen - Sterneck

 **Michelin stars and Gault Millau**

**The Benchmark for Culinary Excellence**
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What lies behind the ratings from these prestigious restaurant guides? Restaurants around the world are assessed according to defined criteria, with the evaluation standards of Michelin and Gault Millau bearing strong similarities. Alongside the quality and freshness of the ingredients, expert and imaginative preparation, culinary refinement, originality and presentation all play a key role. The price-to-quality ratio and consistent quality across the entire menu also contribute to the final assessment.

 

Michelin stars

Michelin stars are awarded by experts from the Michelin Guide. These accolades are highly coveted by chefs and restaurants and count among the highest honours in culinary world.

Refined cuisine – worth a stop

Excellent cuisine – worth a detour

Exceptional cuisine – worth a special journey

Recognizes restaurants that demonstrate a strong commitment to responsible practices in their operations, philosophy, or seasonal focus.

### Gault Millau

The Gault Millau restaurant guide is renowned for its international restaurant ratings. Its scoring system uses ‘toques’ to recognise culinary achievement.

Ambitious cuisine

Very good cuisine that goes beyond the everyday

A high standard of culinary skill, creativity and quality

Distinctive cuisine, leading in creativity, quality and execution

Top rating reserved for the world’s best restaurants