Restaurant in Metz, France
Reliable Italian with two Michelin Plates.
83 Restaurant holds back-to-back Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) and a 4.5 Google rating across 239 reviews, making it the most credentialed Italian option in Metz at the €€ price point. Book it for a date or business dinner when you want Michelin-recognized cooking without the starred-restaurant spend. Booking is easy — a week ahead is sufficient for weekends.
At the €€ price point, 83 Restaurant on Rue Mazelle delivers a credible Italian kitchen with enough consistency to earn back-to-back Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025. That two-year recognition matters: a single Plate can be a fluke, but consecutive years suggest a kitchen operating at a reliable standard. For a special dinner in Metz without committing to the higher spend of La Lanterne or the creative ambition of Yozora, 83 is one of the stronger calls on the Rue Mazelle corridor.
Metz is not a city typically associated with Italian cuisine, which is precisely what makes 83 Restaurant an interesting proposition. The city's dining identity leans heavily on Lorraine tradition and Franco-German border cooking, so an Italian address with two consecutive Michelin Plates occupies a genuinely distinct position. It is not competing on home turf — it is making the case that Italian cooking, done with enough seriousness, earns its place in any city's better-restaurant tier.
The address on Rue Mazelle sits in one of Metz's more characterful stretches, within reach of the cathedral quarter and the tightly woven streets that give the city its particular stone-and-river atmosphere. For visitors using 83 as an anchor for an evening out, the location integrates well with the broader old town. It is worth noting that Metz's compact center makes most of its better restaurants walkable from the main hotel cluster, and 83 is no exception. If you are planning an extended evening, you can move easily between dinner here and a drink elsewhere without a taxi. Our full Metz bars guide and Metz experiences guide can help structure the rest of the night.
On atmosphere: Italian restaurants at the €€ tier in French provincial cities tend to split into two camps. The first is the reliably warm, slightly loud trattoria format, where the room carries its own energy and the noise level climbs steadily from about 8 PM. The second is the quieter, more composed dining room that leans into the bistrot aesthetic of its French surroundings. Based on a Google rating of 4.5 across 239 reviews, 83 appears to hold its room well enough to sustain that rating over meaningful volume. A 4.5 with over two hundred reviews is a harder number to dismiss than a high score on thirty reviews — it suggests the experience is consistent rather than occasionally exceptional. For a date or a business dinner where conversation matters, that consistency is the relevant signal: you are booking a room that has demonstrated it works across many different visits, not just a handful of enthusiastic early adopters.
The Michelin Plate recognition, while not a star, is a specific credential worth understanding. Michelin awards the Plate to restaurants offering good cooking , it sits below Bib Gourmand (which requires exceptional value) and below the star tier, but it is a formal acknowledgment that inspectors found the food worth noting. For Italian cuisine in a city where French cooking dominates the critical conversation, holding that recognition for two consecutive years is a meaningful data point. To see how that positions 83 against the broader French Italian scene, consider that Michelin-starred Italian restaurants in France are rare enough that even a Plate earns genuine attention. If the Italian format interests you globally, 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana in Hong Kong and cenci in Kyoto represent what the format achieves at its most ambitious internationally.
For a special occasion within Metz, the calculus at 83 is direct. The €€ bracket means you are not overcommitting financially for a celebration dinner, and the Michelin recognition provides enough credibility to frame it as a considered choice rather than a fallback. Compared to the only other Italian option in the peer set, Timilìa operates at €€€ and positions itself a tier higher. If the budget has room, Timilìa may offer more occasion-ready ceremony. But if the priority is a well-executed Italian meal in a room with a proven track record, 83 at €€ is the more accessible answer.
Booking is direct. With no evidence of hard-to-get reservations and a mid-range price point, 83 does not require the advance planning you would need for a Michelin-starred table. That said, Metz draws steady tourism around its cathedral and the Centre Pompidou-Metz, and weekend tables at recognized restaurants fill on shorter notice than the city's size might suggest. Booking a week ahead for a Friday or Saturday dinner is sensible. For a weekday or a Sunday lunch, shorter notice is typically manageable. Our full Metz restaurants guide covers the broader landscape if you want to compare options before committing.
For visitors building a longer Metz stay, the restaurant sits within a city that rewards slow exploration. The Metz hotels guide and Metz wineries guide can help round out the trip. If your appetite for French restaurant ambition extends beyond Metz, the broader northeast region connects logistically to some of France's more decorated tables: Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern is within reasonable driving distance, and the Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen anchors what a Paris commitment looks like at the leading of the French dining tier. Closer in ambition to 83's positioning, Flocons de Sel in Megève, Mirazur in Menton, Troisgros in Ouches, and Bras in Laguiole define what French regional fine dining at the starred level looks like, providing a useful benchmark for the gap between Michelin Plate recognition and the starred tier.
The bottom line: 83 Restaurant is a well-positioned Italian at a fair price in a city where Italian cooking of this caliber is genuinely uncommon. Book it for a date, a relaxed business dinner, or a celebration where you want the Michelin signal without the starred-restaurant price commitment.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83 Restaurant | Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | €€ | — |
| Yozora | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Derrière | €€ | — | |
| La Lanterne | €€€ | — | |
| Timilìa | €€€ | — | |
| La Réserve | €€ | — |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
For French bistro cooking at a similar price point in Metz, La Lanterne is the most direct comparison. If you want a livelier, more social atmosphere, Derrière offers a different format. 83 Restaurant is the stronger choice if Michelin-recognized consistency at the €€ level is the priority.
Book at least one to two weeks ahead for weekday dinners, and closer to three weeks for Friday or Saturday. A Michelin Plate at the €€ price point draws steady local demand in Metz, and this is not a large room.
It works well for a low-key celebration or a work dinner where you want credible food without a high-end price tag. The back-to-back Michelin Plates for 2024 and 2025 give it enough signal to justify the occasion, though it is not a destination-level splurge venue.
No group capacity details are in the public record for 83 Rue Mazelle, so check the venue's official channels before planning a party of six or more. At the €€ price point and Michelin Plate tier, the dining room is unlikely to be large, so early confirmation matters.
Bar or counter seating details are not confirmed for 83 Restaurant. Given its Italian kitchen format at the €€ level in Metz, it is more likely a conventional table-service setup. Call ahead if walk-in bar dining is your plan.
Yes, at the €€ price point, back-to-back Michelin Plates for 2024 and 2025 represent solid value. You are getting a kitchen consistent enough to earn repeated recognition without paying fine-dining prices. For Italian food in Metz at this tier, there is no obvious stronger option.
No tasting menu is confirmed in the available data for 83 Restaurant. If a set menu format is important to your booking decision, verify directly with the restaurant before you commit. At the €€ price range, a full tasting menu would be unusual but not impossible for a Michelin Plate venue.
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