Restaurant in Mannheim, Germany
Michelin-recognised French at a manageable price.
Le Comptoir 17 is Mannheim's best-value French option for diners who want Michelin-recognised cooking without the €€€€ price tag of the city's formal rooms. With a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 and a 4.4 Google rating, it is a reliable neighbourhood French restaurant that is easy to book and well-suited to solo dinners, dates, and relaxed special occasions.
If you want French cooking in Mannheim without paying the four-figure bills that come with the city's top-tier rooms, Le Comptoir 17 is the booking to make. This is a restaurant for the kind of traveller who wants genuine French technique at an accessible price point, whether you are visiting for a weeknight dinner, a low-key date, or a quiet meal before or after a night exploring Mannheim's bar scene. The €€ price range puts it in a different category from the city's French and modern European competition, and the Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 confirms that the kitchen is cooking at a level worth your attention.
Le Comptoir 17 sits on Lameystraße in the Oststadt district, a quieter residential stretch that gives the restaurant a neighbourhood feel rather than a grand dining-room atmosphere. Without confirmed seat count data, it is not possible to state whether this is a tight twelve-seat affair or a more generous room, but the name itself signals something: comptoir is French for counter, and that framing suggests an intimate, proximity-first experience where the cooking is close and the setting is stripped of ceremony. For diners who find the formal dining rooms of OPUS V or Marly Privé too stiff, that informality is a selling point. Plan for a room that rewards conversation rather than performance.
The cuisine is French, and the Michelin Plate designation in consecutive years is the clearest indicator available here of consistent kitchen quality. A Michelin Plate is awarded to restaurants the guide considers good cooking worth knowing about, distinct from a Bib Gourmand (which signals value) and the star tier above it. Two consecutive Plates in 2024 and 2025 suggest the kitchen is stable and delivering at a recognised level, even if the details of the current menu are not available for review here.
On the drinks side, the editorial angle for this page points toward the bar program, and a French-oriented kitchen at the €€ level in Germany typically supports its food with a curated wine list weighted toward French regions: Burgundy, the Loire, and Bordeaux are natural fits for this kind of cooking. What we cannot confirm from available data is whether Le Comptoir 17 runs a dedicated cocktail program or focuses purely on wine and digestifs. If drinks depth is your primary filter, verify this directly before booking. For a city-wide view of where to drink, the full Mannheim bars guide gives you the broader picture. For comparison, French restaurants with serious beverage programs at a similar price tier across Germany include JAN in Munich and Schanz in Piesport, both of which have documented wine lists worth referencing as benchmarks.
At the €€ price range with a 4.4 Google rating across 233 reviews, Le Comptoir 17 is not an impossible table to get, but that rating volume tells you it is a local favourite with a regular clientele. Booking difficulty is rated Easy, which means you are unlikely to need more than a week or two of lead time for a standard evening. That said, Friday and Saturday evenings at neighbourhood French restaurants with Michelin recognition tend to fill faster than the weekday slots. If you are flexible, Tuesday through Thursday gives you the easiest access. There is no online booking confirmation available in the current data, so plan to contact the restaurant directly to confirm availability and any current menu or hours information before you travel.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Awards | Booking Ease |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Comptoir 17 | French | €€ | Michelin Plate (2024, 2025) | Easy |
| Marly Privé | French | €€€€ | — | Moderate |
| OPUS V | Modern European | €€€€ | — | Moderate |
| Dobler's | Classic Cuisine | €€€€ | , | Moderate |
For broader context across Mannheim's dining scene, see the full Mannheim restaurants guide. If you are planning accommodation alongside dinner, the Mannheim hotels guide covers the options near Oststadt. For day-trip dining across the wider German region, Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn and Vendôme in Bergisch Gladbach are the reference points for what serious French-influenced cooking looks like at the starred level in this part of Germany. For French cooking benchmarks further afield, Les Amis in Singapore and Hotel de Ville Crissier show what the leading of the French tradition looks like internationally.
Yes, for what it is. A Michelin Plate at the €€ price tier is strong value by any measure. You are getting kitchen quality that the Michelin guide has recognised in consecutive years without the cost of the city's four-price-bracket restaurants. If the question is whether it competes with OPUS V or Dobler's on ambition, probably not. But at this price point, it does not need to.
Menu format is not confirmed in available data. Given the French cuisine style and Michelin recognition, a set menu or prix fixe is plausible, but verify directly before booking. If tasting-menu format is your priority, CODA Dessert Dining in Berlin and ES:SENZ in Grassau are documented tasting-menu destinations for comparison.
It works well for a relaxed special occasion, particularly if you prefer a neighbourhood setting over a formal dining room. The Michelin Plate gives it enough credential to feel considered. For a milestone dinner where setting and service formality matter more, Marly Privé at the €€€€ tier is the local French alternative.
The counter framing implicit in the name suggests solo diners are genuinely welcome here, and the neighbourhood price range means the bill stays manageable. French restaurants at this tier typically seat solo guests at the bar or counter without issue. A good option for a solo food traveller who wants French cooking without a formal setting.
Group capacity is not confirmed in available data. Given the likely intimate scale of a comptoir-style restaurant, large groups may be a tight fit. Contact the restaurant directly before planning a party of more than four. If group dining flexibility matters, the full Mannheim restaurants guide has broader options.
No dietary policy data is available. For a French kitchen with set or semi-set menus, it is worth raising restrictions at the time of booking rather than on arrival. Call or email ahead, and confirm what flexibility the kitchen can offer.
For more on dining, drinking, and staying in the city, see the full Mannheim experiences guide, the Mannheim wineries guide, and the Mannheim bars guide. Wider German fine dining context: Aqua in Wolfsburg and Victor's Fine Dining by Christian Bau in Perl are useful reference points for the starred end of the spectrum.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le comptoir 17 | €€ | Easy | — |
| OPUS V | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Dobler's | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Marly Privé | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
How Le comptoir 17 stacks up against the competition.
No dietary policy is confirmed for this venue. For a French kitchen at this level — Michelin Plate recognised in both 2024 and 2025 — it is practical to raise any restrictions at the point of booking rather than on arrival. check the venue's official channels via the address at Lameystraße 17 to confirm before you commit.
The comptoir format implied by the name points toward solo diners being a natural fit here, not an afterthought. The €€ price range keeps the solo bill manageable, and the Michelin Plate recognition means the cooking quality justifies a table for one. It is a more comfortable solo proposition than a formal Mannheim dining room.
Group capacity is not confirmed in available data, but comptoir-style venues tend to run small and intimate, which makes large parties a tighter fit. For groups of four or more, it is worth calling ahead to confirm availability and seating configuration before booking. Parties seeking a larger private dining setup should compare against OPUS V.
Yes, particularly if you want a relaxed rather than formal setting. The Michelin Plate in consecutive years gives the cooking enough credibility to mark an occasion without the stiffness of a full fine-dining room. At €€, it also avoids the price pressure that comes with Mannheim's top-tier venues, which makes it a low-friction choice for birthdays or anniversaries.
Menu format is not confirmed in the available data, so a tasting menu cannot be verified as an option. Given the French cuisine style and back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition, a set or semi-set format is plausible, but confirm with the restaurant before planning around it. If a prix fixe is available at the €€ price point, the value case is strong.
Yes. A Michelin Plate at the €€ price tier is a strong value ratio — the guide's recognition for consistent kitchen quality, without the bill that comes with starred rooms. In Mannheim's French dining bracket, Le Comptoir 17 sits comfortably as the option that delivers on cooking standards without requiring you to budget for a special-occasion splurge every time.
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