Restaurant in Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Michelin value on Luxembourg's main square.
A Michelin Bib Gourmand Mediterranean restaurant on Luxembourg's central Place Guillaume II, Bazaar delivers consistent kitchen quality at the €€ price tier — the clearest value proposition for a special-occasion meal in the city centre. Chef Karla Hoyos has earned Opinionated About Dining recognition three consecutive years. Easy to book, well-reviewed, and a strong alternative to Luxembourg's €€€€ French fine-dining circuit.
With 2,423 Google reviews averaging 4.1 and a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2025, Bazaar is one of Luxembourg's most-reviewed restaurants at the €€ price tier. For a Mediterranean meal in the city centre without paying €€€€ prices, this is the clearest recommendation on the square. Chef Karla Hoyos has held Opinionated About Dining recognition three consecutive years (2023, 2024, 2025), climbing from Recommended to a ranked position of #363 in 2024 and #456 in 2025 — a trajectory that signals consistent kitchen quality rather than a one-season spike.
Book here if value-to-quality ratio matters to you and you want a special-occasion meal that does not require a fine-dining budget. Skip it if you are specifically chasing tasting-menu format or the kind of tableside theatre that Luxembourg's €€€€ restaurants provide.
Place Guillaume II is Luxembourg's central civic square, and Bazaar occupies it at 46 Pl. Guillaume II in the Ville-Haute — the upper town that holds most of the city's notable restaurants. The address matters: you are walking distance from the Grand Ducal Palace and the main shopping streets, which makes Bazaar a practical anchor for a day in the city centre. The ambient energy here reads as relaxed and convivial rather than hushed and reverential, which is consistent with the €€ positioning and the Mediterranean kitchen. Expect a room with some noise and movement, not a cathedral of gastronomy , and on a special occasion, that energy can work in your favour rather than against it.
The cuisine type is Mediterranean, a category that in a landlocked northern European city carries real weight. Luxembourg's restaurant scene skews heavily toward French and Contemporary French at the leading end , see Ma Langue Sourit and Léa Linster for that register , so a Michelin-recognised Mediterranean kitchen at €€ occupies a genuinely different space in the market. Chef Hoyos brings the kind of consistency that earns three consecutive years of OAD recognition, which is harder to do than a single strong year.
Mediterranean cuisine is inherently seasonal, and that seasonality matters for timing your visit. In the current period, spring and early summer bring the produce that Mediterranean kitchens build their leading plates around: young vegetables, fresh herbs, lighter fish preparations, and the kind of ingredient-led cooking that distinguishes a confident kitchen from one relying on technique to mask off-season produce. If you are visiting Luxembourg now, this is an advantageous time to eat Mediterranean , the supply chain from southern European markets is at its strongest, and a kitchen with OAD recognition three years running will use that. Autumn shifts the register toward warmer preparations and preserved ingredients. Winter is workable but the cuisine's strengths are less pronounced. For a special occasion, a spring or early summer booking at Bazaar is the higher-percentage call.
The Bib Gourmand designation itself is a seasonal trust signal worth understanding: Michelin awards it specifically for good cooking at moderate prices, and it is reviewed annually. Holding it in 2025 means the kitchen passed that test this year, not three years ago. That is a more useful data point than a static award from a different era.
At €€ pricing with a Michelin credential, Bazaar works well for a date or a celebratory lunch where the pressure is on the experience rather than the budget. It is not the right call for a formal business dinner where the venue itself needs to signal status , for that, you want Ma Langue Sourit or Apdikt. But for a relaxed anniversary dinner, a birthday lunch, or a first date where you want the food to be genuinely good without the stakes of a three-hour tasting menu, Bazaar is a well-calibrated choice. The city-centre location means you can build an evening around it without commuting effort, and the price point leaves room for wine without the bill becoming a talking point.
Solo diners also fare well here: a 4.1 average across 2,423 reviews at a Mediterranean restaurant in a European city centre typically indicates a room that is comfortable for single covers, not a layout optimised purely for groups. See the FAQ below for more on solo dining specifically.
Booking at Bazaar is rated Easy. With a Bib Gourmand and consistent OAD ranking, demand is real but not the kind of scarcity you encounter at Luxembourg's leading fine-dining addresses. Plan two weeks ahead for weekend evenings; weekday lunches are likely bookable on shorter notice. The address at Place Guillaume II is central enough to reach on foot from most of Luxembourg City's main areas. For broader context on where Bazaar sits in the city's dining geography, the full Luxembourg restaurants guide is the right starting point.
| Detail | Bazaar | Apdikt | Ma Langue Sourit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price tier | €€ | €€€ | €€€€ |
| Cuisine | Mediterranean | Creative | Contemporary French |
| Michelin status | Bib Gourmand 2025 | Check listing | Check listing |
| OAD 2025 rank | #456 | , | , |
| Google rating | 4.1 (2,423) | , | , |
| Booking difficulty | Easy | Moderate | Hard |
| Leading for | Value special occasion | Creative tasting | Formal celebration |
If you are exploring Mediterranean cuisine beyond Luxembourg specifically, the format has strong representatives across Europe. La Brezza in Ascona and Beat in Calp sit at the higher end of the category. Closer to Luxembourg, SENSA in Weiswampach and Loxalis are worth knowing for different registers of the Luxembourg dining scene. For bars, hotels, and experiences in the city, Pearl's Luxembourg bars guide, hotels guide, and experiences guide cover the broader picture.
For Mediterranean food at a similar price tier, Bazaar has no direct Michelin-recognised competitor in Luxembourg at €€. If you want to spend more and shift cuisine, Apdikt at €€€ gives you a creative kitchen with more format ambition. Ma Langue Sourit and Léa Linster are the reference points for Contemporary and Modern French at €€€€ , different budget, different proposition. Bosque FeVi is worth checking if you want something in a different style. For the full picture, see our Luxembourg restaurants guide.
Mediterranean cuisine generally accommodates vegetarians and pescatarians better than most European restaurant categories, given its produce and seafood emphasis. That said, specific dietary restriction handling , allergies, gluten-free, vegan , is not confirmed in available data. Contact the restaurant directly before booking if restrictions are non-negotiable. Do not assume the kitchen can accommodate complex requirements without advance notice; a Bib Gourmand kitchen at €€ pricing is unlikely to have the same mise en place depth as a €€€€ operation for off-menu substitutions.
Yes, on balance. A Mediterranean restaurant with 2,423 Google reviews and a 4.1 average at €€ in a European city centre almost always has a layout and service style that works for solo covers , the volume of reviews alone suggests a room that sees high traffic and is comfortable with varied party sizes. The price point makes a solo meal financially painless, and the Bib Gourmand credential means the food quality justifies the trip even without a group to share dishes with. If solo dining logistics are a concern, calling ahead to confirm counter or bar seating is available removes any uncertainty.
Two weeks ahead is a safe lead time for weekend evenings. Weekday lunches are likely available on shorter notice given the easy booking difficulty rating. Bazaar is not in the same scarcity bracket as Luxembourg's harder-to-book addresses , the Bib Gourmand drives interest but not the six-week wait lists you see at starred restaurants. If your dates are fixed and the occasion matters, book two to three weeks out and you should be fine. Last-minute availability may exist mid-week.
Three things: First, the price tier is €€, which in Luxembourg means genuinely accessible , arrive with normal dinner-out expectations, not tasting-menu ones. Second, the Bib Gourmand is a current 2025 credential, not a legacy award, so the kitchen is performing now. Third, Mediterranean cuisine here means a different register from Luxembourg's dominant French fine-dining mode , if you have only eaten at the city's French addresses, this is a worthwhile contrast. The city-centre location on Place Guillaume II makes logistics simple. Go hungry, keep the occasion relaxed, and you are likely to leave satisfied.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazaar | Mediterranean Cuisine | Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in North America Ranked #456 (2025); Michelin Bib Gourmand (2025); Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in North America Ranked #363 (2024); Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in North America Recommended (2023) | Easy | — |
| Ma Langue Sourit | Contemporary French, Modern Cuisine | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Léa Linster | Modern French | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Apdikt | Creative | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Archibald De Prince | Organic | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Fani | Italian | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
Ma Langue Sourit is the ceiling pick for Luxembourg fine dining — more ambitious kitchen, higher price. Apdikt is a closer comparison if you want a modern European format at a similar spend. Fani is worth considering for a more casual Mediterranean mood, while Léa Linster and Archibald De Prince suit celebratory occasions where formality matters.
There is no documented dietary policy in the available venue record. Given the Mediterranean format at €€ pricing, the kitchen is likely accustomed to common requests, but confirm directly when booking — Mediterranean menus can lean heavily on gluten, dairy, and seafood.
Yes. At €€ with an easy booking rating and a central location on Place Guillaume II, Bazaar is a practical solo lunch or dinner option in Luxembourg. Mediterranean cuisine at this price point typically works well counter or small-table solo, and the volume of Google reviews (2,423) suggests a lively but approachable room rather than an intimidating one.
Booking is rated Easy, so a few days ahead is generally sufficient outside peak periods. That said, the Michelin Bib Gourmand and consistent OAD rankings mean weekend evenings fill faster — if you have a fixed date, book three to five days out to avoid a miss.
Bazaar sits at 46 Place Guillaume II in the Ville-Haute, Luxembourg's upper town, making it easy to combine with a wider visit to the city centre. The €€ price point with a Michelin Bib Gourmand is the core draw — this is the category that over-delivers on quality relative to spend. Chef Karla Hoyos leads the kitchen, and the OAD ranking has climbed from Recommended in 2023 to #363 in 2024 and #456 in 2025, which reflects a kitchen worth tracking.
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