The Best Restaurants In and Around Graz

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

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
  • Panda Asia Graz (map, €)
    • Very authentic asian restaurant, fresh food and shopping
    • Previously known as "BoboQ" and located at Jakominiplatz 11
  • 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 ;-)
  • Toshi (map, €€)
    • Really great sushi and bowls.
• Burgers
  1. Kirby's (map, €€)
     • Great burgers
     • Poke Nachos: you have to order this starter
  2. Freigeist (map, €€)
     • Great burgers but I definitely can not recommend the service
  3. Burger Factory (map, €)
     • Great burgers
  4. Le Burger (map, €€)
     • Great burgers
  5. 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 Burgerista any more it seems.
• Steaks
  • Steak Boutique (map, €€)
    • One of the best steaks in town
  • El Gaucho (map, €€€)
    • Great steaks
• 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
• Italian
  • Don Camillo (Franziskanerplatz, Murpark, €€)
    • One of the best pizza in town
  • Pizzaiolo (map, €€)
    • One of the best pizza in town
• 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
  • Rostmary (map, €€)
    • Ribs and steaks
  • Café Moses (map, €, opening hours)
    • Previously known as "Café Beirut"
    • Lebenese 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
• Not my recommendation
  • Kornati (Fish): way too expensive for the good fish food and very small sizes

Please note that I did not get any money or other benefit for this list.