Gasthaus Höhwald

Verdict: A Michelin-Recognised Seasonal Kitchen at Mid-Range Prices in the Swiss Alps

At the €€ price point, Gasthaus Höhwald is one of the more direct value decisions in Klosters. If you are looking for a special-occasion dinner or a quality lunch in Klosters without the four-figure bill that comes with the canton's top-end tables, book here first.

Portrait: What Gasthaus Höhwald Actually Delivers

The address — Monbielerstrasse 171, in the Serneus quarter just outside central Klosters, places this firmly in the category of destination you travel to rather than stumble upon. That is worth knowing before you go. The surrounding area is quiet Alpine residential, and the atmosphere inside tracks that: expect a warm, unhurried room rather than a buzzing après-ski floor. The energy here is settled and convivial, running at a pitch that makes conversation easy across the table. For a date, a family celebration, or a business dinner where you need to actually hear the other person, that is a meaningful advantage over the louder hotel dining rooms that dominate the Klosters restaurant scene.

The kitchen's focus is seasonal cuisine, which in the Swiss Alpine context means the menu moves with what the region and season actually offer. This is not a marketing position, the Michelin Plate is awarded on the basis of consistent kitchen quality, and earning it in two consecutive years indicates the team is executing at a level the guide's inspectors found worth flagging. Do not arrive expecting theatrical modernist plating or a parade of amuse-bouches; the Gasthaus format implies a more grounded, ingredient-driven approach. That is precisely the point.

Lunch vs. Dinner: Which Sitting Makes More Sense?

This is the practical question most visitors to Klosters should be asking. At a €€ venue with Michelin recognition, the gap between lunch and dinner value is often sharper than at higher price tiers, where the kitchen runs a single tasting menu regardless of sitting. At Gasthaus Höhwald, if a lunch menu is available, it almost certainly represents the stronger value proposition: the same kitchen, the same seasonal sourcing, at a price point that leaves room in the budget for the rest of your day in the Prättigau valley. For a special occasion where the full dinner experience matters, arrival drinks, unhurried pacing, a longer wine list conversation, the evening sitting makes more sense. For a working lunch or a mid-trip meal that you want to remember without it becoming the centrepiece of your spend, the midday option is the call. Check directly with the venue for current sitting times and any lunch-specific menu, as specific hours are not confirmed in our data.

For context on where Gasthaus Höhwald sits in the wider Swiss dining picture, you can benchmark against the Michelin three-star standard at Hotel de Ville Crissier in Crissier or the creative regional cooking at Schloss Schauenstein in Fürstenau. Closer in price tier, Einstein Gourmet in Sankt Gallen and Mammertsberg in Freidorf offer reference points for what Michelin-recognised seasonal cooking looks like elsewhere in German-speaking Switzerland. If you are exploring the Graubünden region more broadly, Da Vittorio in St. Moritz represents the luxury end of the spectrum at a significantly higher price tier.

Ratings and Recognition

• Michelin Plate: 2024 and 2025, two consecutive years of recognition
• 4.6 from 271 ratings, a meaningfully large sample for a venue of this type in a small Alpine town
• Price tier: €€, mid-range by Swiss standards, accessible relative to the region's starred competition

The combination of a strong public rating and Michelin acknowledgement across two years gives more confidence than either signal would alone.

Booking and Practical Details

Booking difficulty here is rated Easy. In a ski town like Klosters, that can shift during peak winter weeks (late December through February) and again in the summer hiking season, so booking a few days ahead is sensible even if last-minute tables are often available. No phone number or website is confirmed in our data, contact the venue directly via search or through your hotel concierge, who will typically have a direct line. If you are staying in Klosters and looking for wider context on where to eat, drink, and stay, our full Klosters restaurants guide covers the full range. See also our Klosters hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide for a fuller picture of the destination.

For comparable seasonal cuisine concepts in other Alpine contexts, Mesnerhaus in Mauterndorf and The First in Blankenhain offer useful reference points on how this kitchen category performs across different markets.