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The selected restaurants have been divided into five categories: Gourmet, Business, Trendy, Budget and Personal Recommendations. The restaurants are listed alphabetically within these different categories, which serve as guidelines rather than absolute definitions of the establishments.

Some restaurants might not accept credit cards and visitors should check before getting a table. Prices usually include 19% VAT. Normally, a tip of 5 to 10% is expected for good service.

The restaurants below have been classed into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over €75)
$$$ (€50 to €75)
$$ (€25 to €50)
$ (up to €25)
The above prices are for an average three-course meal for one person and for a bottle of house wine or cheapest equivalent; they include VAT but not a tip.

Gourmet

Gargantua
Initially, Klaus Trebes, Gargantua's chef, was determined to cook only one dish a day - like an original family-run kitchen. But popular demand soon forced him to turn Gargantua into a 'normal' restaurant. And as such, with its elegant setting, antique furniture, German ingredients-meet-international recipes and a big wine list, it has been extraordinarily successful.

Liebigstrasse 47, Westend
Tel: (069) 720 718.
Website: www.gargantua.com
Price: $$$$

Business

Restaurant Weidemann
Spanish-born owner Angelo Vega offers outstanding Mediterranean/French-style cuisine in charming and relaxing surroundings in the Niederrad district, immediately to the north of the city center. Aimed firmly at a gourmet and upper-end business clientele, this restaurant has four separate eating areas, including a covered terrace and a chestnut tree-lined garden.

Kelsterbacher Strasse 66
Tel: (069) 675 996.
Website: www.weidemann.vegapohl.com
Price: $$$$
Tigerpalast
A trendy Michelin star restaurant, Tigerpalast offers live music, song and even acrobats. As well as an innovative range of dishes - with the likes of artichokes with an experimental foam or an unusual fried lobster cannelloni - the wine list is comprehensive. The more informal Tiger Bar or Tiger Bistro on the same site are options when the main restaurant is fully booked.

Heiligkreuzgasse 16-20
Tel: (069) 920 0220
www.tigerpalast.com
Price: $$$$

Trendy

Die Leiter
'The Ladder' is a fashionable eating place for the young, stylish and beautiful people. Mediterranean flair and bold French cuisine blended with an edgy, contemporary décor make this a top trendy spot in the city. Great selection of European wines and digestifs.

Kaiserhofstrasse 11
Tel: (069) 292 121.
Website: www.dieleiter.de
Price: $$$
Sushi Circle
One of a chain of restaurants, this centrally located sushi bar, near the Alter Oper and Fressgass, serves specialty fresh fish dishes on a conveyor belt. Appealing to businesspeople and shoppers, as there is no waiting involved, it is great for a healthy lunchtime treat with green tea. However, it is equally enjoyable with sake rice wine in the evening.

Neue Mainzer Strasse 84
Tel: (069) 9139 9302.
Website: www.sushi-circle.de
Price: $$

Budget

Andalucia
Situated in the quarter of Bockenheim, Andalucia is one of those very rare places that serves traditional Spanish home cooking at its best. Its comfortable atmosphere and affordable prices attract students but also a wide range of clientele, from Spaniards and big families to businesspeople. Within its atmospheric interior of wooden tables and landscape paintings, Andalucia serves traditional tapas and à la carte dishes.

Konrad-Brosswitz-Strasse 41, Bockenheim
Tel: (069) 773 730.
Website: www.restaurante-andalucia.de
Price: $
Chicago Meatpackers
The interior décor is eclectic industrial meets 1930s Chicago, with the focus on all things railway - two electric trains run around tracks on the ceiling, sounding alarmingly like rain. And everything else is very American, including the playful menu, filled with burgers, barbecues and brownies. An all-American experience in the middle of Frankfurt. Open Sunday to Thursday until 0100 and Friday and Saturday until 0200.

Untermainanlage 8
Tel: (069) 231 659.
Website: www.chicago-meatpackers.de
Price: $
Romanella
This cosy Italian place treats every guest like family. And most of the regulars might as well be, they come back so often. If there is no space to sit down inside or in the little garden outside, they just take their favorite food home.

Wolfsgangstrasse 84
Tel: (069) 596 1117.
Price: $$

Personal Recommendations

Edelweiss
Hidden in the quarter of Sachsenhausen, this Austrian restaurant is not overloaded with Alpine kitsch but decorated in a genuine country-house style. As one might suspect, Wiener Schnitzel is served in this authentic Austrian 'Gasthaus', but there are also a few typical traditional dishes with a twist. The menu is not short of Austrian wines or its famous strong Schnapps.

Schweizer Strasse 96
Tel: (069) 619 696.
Website: www.edelweiss-ffm.de
Price: $$
Gickelschlag
Located at the top end of Bergerstrasse, the main restaurant and bar area of the Bornheim district to the east of the city center, Gickelschlag offers an extensive choice of traditional Alsatian cooking, from the ubiquitous flammkuchen to rich and extremely tasty dishes such as coq au vin and zander fillet with sauerkraut. Excellent value, and a good selection of Alsace wines.

Bergerstrasse  257
Tel: (069) 9459 8522.
Website: www.gickelschlag.de
Price: $$
Jasper's
Despite its modest location hidden at the rear of a building, Jasper's has conquered a well-deserved place in the ranks of Frankfurt's top restaurants - primarily through imagination and quality. The bistro setting, with its dark leather seats, art nouveau flair and colorful pictures, is in harmony with its French menu and is ideal for a romantic occasion or for a more lively evening.

Schifferstrasse 8
Tel: (069) 614 117.
Website: www.jaspers-frankfurt.de
Price: $$



Nightlife:

Many bars in Frankfurt also offer live music, particularly jazz. The best venues are around Kleine Bockenheimer Strasse, otherwise known as Jazzgasse (Jazz Alley).

Bars stay open until 0100 during the week and remain open significantly later at the weekend. The minimum drinking age is 18 years. Dress code is smart to casual - a tie is not necessary but many places will not allow trainers or jeans. Clubs and discos often charge admission.

Prinz (www.prinz.de) is the magazine (in German) to pick up for the latest bars, club and nightlife information. The free magazines Strandgut (www.strandgut.de), and Kultur News (www.kulturnews.de) all have information on culture and nightlife in Frankfurt in German and are available at the tourist information center. Excellent sources of information and listings are available from the online service for Frankfurter Neue Presse and Journal Frankfurt (www.rhein-main.net), and Toytown Germany, an English-language website for expats (www.toytowngermany.com/frankfurt).

Bars: To experience the best of a dying breed of ebbelwei (apple wine) taverns, trawl the streets of Alt Sachsenhausen around Affentorplatz. However, if an up-to-the-minute scene is more your style, try the super-trendy Soho, Fritschengässchen 5, Coconut Groove, Kaiserstrasse 53, a stylish restaurant-bar with live music and tables spilling onto the pavement in summer, or Moloko, Kurt-Schumacher Strasse 1, with its funky tunes, mood lighting and stylish staff.

A popular spot is the very large O'Reilly's 'Irish' bar, am hauptbahnhof 4, opposite the main railway station, which offers live music and a wide variety of large-screen sports coverage. A place with understated style is Luna Bar, Stiftstrasse 6. Expats and tourists alike enjoy the friendly atmosphere and cosy surroundings of Anglo-Irish, Kleine Rittergasse 1, Sachsenhausen, while the Fox and Hound, in the heart of the banking district at Niedenau Strasse 2, has an extensive outdoor seating area for the warmer weather. One funky new phenomenon has been the emergence of rooftop ‘beach bars' with beaches and pools. Pick of the bunch is City Beach, Auf dem Parkhaus Peek & Cloppenburg, a sexy rooftop hideaway where you can pretend you are in Ibiza.

The Main Tower Bar, on the 53rd floor of the only public skyscraper in Frankfurt at Neue Mainzer Strasse 52-58, offers breathtaking drinks as well as views from 1830 onwards. Prices are quite steep at Jimmy's Bar in the Frankfurt Hessischer Hof Hotel, Friedrich Ebert Anlage 40, but anyone on an expense account will enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere and the American-style gentleman's club surroundings.

Clubs: Nachtleben, Kurt-Schumacher Strasse 45 (www.konstabler.com), is two places in one - upstairs a trendy bar and downstairs a dance club playing house on Thursday and drum'n'bass on Saturday. House and trance features prominently at the gay club, Blue Angel, Brönnerstrasse 17. Das 21. Jahrhundert, Oeder Weg 21 (www.das-21-jahrhundert.de), hosts DJs from around the world every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A palatial villa in Bethmann Park is the chic setting of the Odeon disco, Seilerstrasse 34 (www.theodeon.de). A variety of music themes is offered in the central station area by Velvet, Weissfrauenstrasse 12-16 (www.velvet-ffm.de). International superstar DJs flock to the literally underground U60311, Rossmarkt, (www.u60311.net), housed in a disused underground station, while King Kamehameha Suite, Hanauer Landstrasse 192 (www.king-kamehameha.de), offers an impressively decadent club experience.

Live Music: Elfer Music Club, Maybachstrasse 24 (www.11-er.de), offers regular performances by local and smaller international acts. The most exciting venue in the city is Die Brotfabrik, Bachmannstrasse 2-4 (www.brotfabrik.de), which features live international music. There is also a cafe and restaurant on site. Batschkapp, Maybachstrasse 24 (www.batschkapp.de), hosts rock, pop and DJ acts. Cabaret and live concerts get an airing at Sinkkasten, Brönnerstrasse 5-9 (www.sinkkasten-frankfurt.de) and Neues Theater Höchst, Emmerich-Josef-Strasse 46A (www.neues-theater.de). The most famous and atmospheric venue on Jazzgasse is Der Jazzkeller, Kleine Bockenheimer Strasse 18A (www.jazzkeller.com), which is open Wednesday to Sunday. NuJazz is featured at the popular live music venue, King Kamehameha, Hanauer Landstrasse 192 (www.king-kamehameha.de). More earthy nightlife is on offer down in Sachsenhausen at Dreikonigskeller, Farberstrasse 71 (www.dreikoenigskeller.com), a cosy basement venue that stages live blues, rock and indie bands, while Stereobar, Abtsgasschen 7 (www.stereobar.de) cuts a happy medium with cool club action on its bijou dancefloor, plus a lively bar scene too. International pop and rock stars pack out the Festhalle, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1 (www.messefrankfurt.com/corporate/de/festhalle.html) and Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt, Pfaffenwiese Frankfurt-Höchst (www.jahrhunderthalle.de).

Variety: Tiger Palast, Heiligkreuzgasse 16-20 (www.tigerpalast.com), a converted chapel, hosts celebrated variety shows featuring magicians and circus performers, with a restaurant, bar and bistro on site. The first and oldest cabaret in town is Die Käs, Waldschmidtstrasse 19 (www.die-kaes.com), which guarantees German humor at its best.

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