Restaurant in Luxembourg, Luxembourg
New Michelin star, serious garden-to-plate cooking.
A 2025 Michelin-starred restaurant in Echternach with a rare dual-menu format: fully plant-based or classically inspired, both built around a working kitchen garden. Earned four radishes from We're Smart for its organic, seasonal cooking. At €€€€, this is a serious special occasion table — book well ahead, it's a hard reservation and getting harder.
Archibald De Prince earned its Michelin star in 2025 after a Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 — a fast ascent that has made reservations difficult to secure. The restaurant runs a seasonal menu built around local plants, which means what's on the plate in spring is gone by summer. If you're planning a special occasion dinner, treat this like a one- or two-Michelin-star booking in Paris: secure your table weeks out, not days. Walk-in availability is not something to count on at this price tier.
Archibald De Prince sits in Echternach, in the Müllerthal region east of Luxembourg City, at an address that doubles as a working kitchen garden. The format gives diners a meaningful choice: a fully plant-based menu or a more classical menu with meat and fish, both anchored in the same seasonal, locally sourced produce. That flexibility is genuinely rare at this level. Most vegetable-forward fine dining restaurants in the Benelux region ask you to commit entirely to one format. Here, two guests at the same table can eat from different menus without compromise.
Chef Archibald de Prince trained alongside René Mathieu, Luxembourg's most prominent advocate for plant-based fine dining and the chef behind Fields by René Mathieu. That lineage shows in the cooking's technical precision with vegetables, but De Prince has developed a distinct identity. The garden adjacent to the kitchen supplies edible flowers, herbs, and other aromatics, and the team has begun growing its own vegetables — still in early stages, but a sign of where the restaurant is heading. We're Smart, the plant-based restaurant guide, awarded four radishes and noted the chef has room to grow further within their community.
At €€€€ pricing, you are looking at tasting menu territory. This is not a place to drop in for a quick dinner before a show. Expect a multi-course format, pacing that takes the full evening, and a bill that reflects the ambition on the plate. For a special occasion , an anniversary, a significant birthday, a serious business dinner , the combination of Michelin recognition, a garden-to-table ethos, and genuine menu flexibility makes a strong case. The 4.9 rating across 164 Google reviews suggests consistent execution, which matters more than a single strong meal when you're choosing a celebration venue.
The kitchen garden is worth mentioning not as a romantic detail but as a practical one. Restaurants that grow their own produce are making a long-term commitment to seasonality that affects what's on your plate. When We're Smart assessed Archibald De Prince, the garden was described as producing edible flowers, herbs, fruits, and flavour enhancers , ingredients that shape the texture and taste of a plant-based menu at this level in ways that sourced produce often cannot match. This is a restaurant in active development, which means it will likely be better in two years than it is today. Booking now means you're eating a kitchen on the way up.
The restaurant is in Echternach (address: 6 Lauterborn, 6562 Echternach), not Luxembourg City, so factor in travel time if you're coming from the capital , roughly 40 minutes by car. No phone or website is listed publicly through Pearl's data, so the most reliable booking route is via a direct online search for current reservation availability. Hours are not confirmed in our data; contact the restaurant in advance to confirm service times, particularly if you're planning a late dinner. This is not a venue with confirmed late-night service, and its rural setting outside the city means the late-evening logistics are worth checking before you commit.
Luxembourg's leading end is a small field. At €€€€, Ma Langue Sourit holds two Michelin stars and represents the ceiling of Luxembourg fine dining , book there if classical contemporary French is your preference and you want the most decorated table in the country. Léa Linster offers modern French at the same price tier with a longer track record. Fani at €€€€ covers Italian fine dining for those who want something different from French-influenced cooking.
For plant-forward cooking specifically, the most direct comparison is Fields by René Mathieu, where De Prince trained. Both restaurants operate at €€€€ and both centre on seasonal, vegetable-led menus. Archibald De Prince offers more menu flexibility for mixed-preference groups; Fields by René Mathieu carries greater name recognition internationally. If your group includes both committed plant-based diners and guests who want a classical option, De Prince is the more practical choice. If you want the established reference point in this style of cooking in Luxembourg, René Mathieu's restaurant is it.
At €€€ and one tier down in price, Apdikt offers creative cooking for diners who want serious food without the full tasting menu spend. Worth considering if budget is a constraint.
Outside Luxembourg, the organic and plant-forward fine dining category has strong regional comparisons: Barge in Brussels, Hors-Champs in Ernage, and Atelier de Bossimé in Loyers are all worth looking at if you're travelling across Belgium and want to build a comparable itinerary. For a full view of the Luxembourg dining scene, see our full Luxembourg restaurants guide. If you're planning the wider trip, our Luxembourg hotels guide, bars guide, and experiences guide round out the picture.
Yes, for a special occasion or for anyone who takes vegetable-forward fine dining seriously. The 2025 Michelin star, the We're Smart four-radish recognition, and a 4.9 Google rating across 164 reviews make this one of the most consistently regarded tables in the Müllerthal region. The menu flexibility for mixed groups is a genuine advantage over most competitors at this level. The location outside Luxembourg City requires planning, but for the right occasion, the drive is worth it. Book as far ahead as possible , this is a hard table to secure and getting harder as the reputation builds.
If you're exploring organic fine dining beyond Luxembourg, Pearl tracks several strong options in the area: Elders in Gent, Ivresse in Uccle, De Dyck in Woubrugge, and Hiç Lokanta in Izmir for a wider geographic range. Closer to Luxembourg, SENSA in Weiswampach is worth checking if you're travelling north through the country. See our Luxembourg wineries guide for pairings if you're planning a full regional food and wine trip.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archibald De Prince | Chef Archibald de Prince was raised on vegetables — quite literally. He spent years honing his craft alongside vegetable pioneer René Mathieu in Luxembourg, an experience that clearly echoes through his own cuisine today. Now running a top restaurant together with his wife, he allows guests to freely choose between purely plant-based or more classically inspired dishes. We were pleasantly surprised by the thoughtful seasonal menu, built around local plants and full of creativity. Next to the kitchen lies a stunning garden bursting with edible flowers, herbs, fruits, and other natural flavor enhancers. The team is even beginning to experiment with growing their own vegetables — a sign of true ambition and vision. The four radishes are well deserved. We’ll be following closely from We’re Smart, as we believe this chef still has great potential to grow within our community — with just a few fine adjustments.; Michelin 1 Star (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | €€€€ | — |
| Ma Langue Sourit | Michelin 2 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Léa Linster | Michelin 2 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Apdikt | Michelin 1 Star | €€€ | — |
| Fani | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Fields by René Mathieu | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
Comparing your options in Luxembourg for this tier.
Bar seating details are not confirmed in available venue data. Given the €€€€ price point and Michelin-starred format, this is a destination dining room rather than a drop-in bar. check the venue's official channels before assuming informal seating is an option.
Yes. A 2025 Michelin star, a We're Smart four-radish recognition, and a husband-and-wife operation running a working kitchen garden make this a credible choice for a serious occasion. The format suits couples or small groups who want a considered, seasonal menu rather than a conventional celebration dinner. Book well in advance given the fast-rising profile.
For Luxembourg's ceiling, Ma Langue Sourit holds two Michelin stars and is the harder booking. Léa Linster offers a more classically French reference point. Apdikt and Fani represent different registers at Luxembourg's top end, while Fields by René Mathieu — where chef Archibald de Prince trained — is the direct philosophical predecessor to what he is doing now.
Specific dishes are not documented here, so naming menu items would be guesswork. What is confirmed: the kitchen offers both plant-based and more classical options, built around a seasonal menu using locally grown plants, edible flowers, and herbs from the restaurant's own garden. Go in open to the seasonal format rather than hunting for a specific dish.
At €€€€ in Luxembourg, tasting menu pricing is in line with one-star expectations. The We're Smart four-radish award signals genuine commitment to vegetable-forward cooking, not a token plant option. If seasonal, produce-driven menus are the format you prefer, the value case is solid. If you want a conventional protein-anchored tasting menu, the offering here may not suit.
The kitchen explicitly offers a purely plant-based route alongside more classical dishes, so vegetarian and vegan guests are accommodated by design rather than as an afterthought. For other restrictions, check the venue's official channels. No additional dietary information is confirmed in the venue record.
For vegetable-forward fine dining, yes. The 2025 Michelin star and We're Smart four-radish recognition both arrived quickly and from independent sources, which is a meaningful signal at this stage of a restaurant's life. At €€€€ it sits at Luxembourg's top pricing tier, but below the two-star benchmark of Ma Langue Sourit. The value holds if seasonal, plant-led cooking is what you're after.
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