- Updates
- 2018-12-02: Taj Mahal
- 2019-01-20: Ichi Go Ichi E
- 2019-02-15: Price indications and La Meskla
- 2019-09-14: Ramen of Yamamoto
- 2019-11-11: BoboQ → Panda Asia Graz
- 2020-07-21: Yamauchi
- 2021-09-21: Le Burger
- 2022-07-24: Artis, Moin
- 2022-08-02: Tonkin; Café Moses; El Gaucho; removed Burgerista
- 2022-09-09: Replaced Moin (R.I.P.) with Rostmary
- 2023-01-14: removed Tonkin (R.I.P.); added Toshi and Burgerista
- 2024-02-18: Nudelhaus, Hummel, Humuhumu, Wiki Wiki Poke, Mohrenwirt,
Bar Amouro, Café Promenade, Tamada, Swing Kitchen, Rangoon, Haru, Herzl
Weinstube, Ginko
- Removed Rostmary which is gone (R.I.P.).
- Renamed from "The Best Restaurants In and Around Graz"
From time to time, I do love to eat in more or less fancy restaurants.
If I'm in the right mood, I blog about my experience.
Here is my list of my personal restaurant recommendations for Graz mostly in no particular order:
- Asian
- yamamoto sushibar (map,
€€)
- Best Sushi in town
- Ramen is not as good as Ichi Go Ichi E
- Note 2023-01-14: Haven't been at yamamoto for years. Heard that its quality has declined.
- Miss Cho (map,
€€€)
- Asian fusion kitchen
- Nudelhaus (map,
€)
- previously: BoboQ and Panda Asia Graz (map, €)
- Very authentic Chinese restaurant, self-made noodles, Dim Sum and more
- Taj Mahal (map,
€€)
- Best Indian food in town
- my recommendations:
- Keema Samosa
- Lassan Naan
- Seasoned Rice
- Lamm Taj Mahal (lamb)
- Ichi Go
Ichi E (map,
€€)
- Best Ramen in town
- my recommendations:
- Genmai tea or home-made ice-tea
- Gyoza as a starters
- Black Garlic Ramen + extra chashu
- Yamauchi (map,
€€)
- Also best Ramen in town ;-)
- Humuhumu Da Poke Bar (map,
€€)
- Great (DIY) bowls
- Wiki Wiki Poke
(map,
€€)
- Good (DIY) bowls
- Toshi (map,
€€)
- Really great sushi and bowls.
- Haru Sushibar
(map,
€)
- Cheap but good Sushi and Japanese food
- yamamoto sushibar (map,
€€)
- Burgers
- Kirby's (map,
€€)
- Great burgers
- Poke Nachos: you have to order this starter
- Freigeist (map,
€€)
- Great burgers but I definitely can not recommend the service
- Burger Factory (map,
€)
- Great burgers
- Le Burger
(map,
€€)
- Great burgers
- Burgerista (map,
€)
- Good burgers with very good price/value ratio
- 2023-01-14: they were gone for a couple of months because of bankruptcy but re-opened in 2022-12. They're not associated with the chain Burgerista any more it seems.
- Swing
Kitchen (map,
€€)
- Good vegan burgers
- Kirby's (map,
€€)
- Steaks
- Steak Boutique (map,
€€)
- One of the best steaks in town
- El Gaucho (map,
€€€)
- Great steaks
- Steak Boutique (map,
€€)
- Austrian Kitchen
- Brandhof (map,
€€)
- Good old Austrian kitchen with many rarities you can't find elsewhere any more
- Schlossbergrestaurant
(map,
€€€)
- Great food with a breathtaking view over Graz
- Mohrenwirt (map,
€€€)
- Really good heavy food
- Herzl Weinstube (map,
€€)
- Great Austrian food in the center of the Bermuda Triangle of Graz
- Brandhof (map,
€€)
- Italian
- Don Camillo (Franziskanerplatz,
Murpark,
€€)
- One of the best pizza in town
- Pizzaiolo (map,
€€)
- One of the best pizza in town
- Don Camillo (Franziskanerplatz,
Murpark,
€€)
- Miscellaneous
- Caylend (map,
€€€)
- Mix of exotic and local kitchen
- La Meskla ("the mixture", map,
€€)
- Peruvian, South American, Vegetarian Friendly, good cocktails
- Artis (map,
€€€)
- Fancy kitchen, extremely great
- Hummel (map,
€€)
- Levant kitchen
- Recommendation: Mezze classic with the sweet chicken. You also get bio-feta in sesame which is delicious!
- Café Moses (map,
€, opening hours)
- Previously known as "Café Beirut"
- Lebanese kitchen (vegan, vegetarian)
- It's really a tiny restaurant with few and small tables
- Owner is very friendly
- Ask for the 10€ special where you get a variety of almost everything
- Best hummus in town
- Frankowitsch (map,
€€)
- Classic downtown sandwich
- Sax Eis (Sporgasse,
€€) or Eis Greissler (Sporgasse,
€€)
- Best ice in town
- Steckerlfisch
& Friends (map,
€€)
- A bit outside of Graz, best reachable by bicycle
- Only for weekends and fine weather
- Chilled atmosphere directly at the river Mur
- Fish on a stick and more
- Bar Amouro (map,
€€€)
- Best cocktails in Graz
- Small and good dishes, stylish interior
- A bit in-crowd
- Café Promenade (map,
€€)
- Small and very fine dishes
- Great ambiance in Stadtpark Graz
- Tamada (map,
€€)
- Georgian kitchen
- Beautiful outdoor garden for fine weather
- Rangoon (map,
€€)
- Great cocktails!
- Ginko (map,
€€)
- Awesome vegetarian food.
- Caylend (map,
€€€)
- Still in evaluation:
- Klyo
- Das Leo (Kalsdorf)
- Propeller
- Die goldene Banane
- Die Loge
- Kaisers Smoked BBQ
- Gasthof Plasch (Ferlach)
- Sakana (homepage doesn't work)
- Schmidhofer im Palais
- Subarashii Pfauengarten (no web page)
- Galliano
- Not my recommendation
- Kornati (Fish): way too expensive for the good fish food and very small sizes
- Steirerpub
Please note that I did not get any money or other benefit for this list.