Restaurant in Stühlingen, Germany
Michelin-recognised value in rural Baden-Württemberg.
Gengs Linde holds back-to-back Michelin Plates (2024–2025) and a 4.8 Google rating from 678 reviews, making it the most credentialled traditional kitchen in Stühlingen at the €€ price tier. Book it if you are routing through southern Baden-Württemberg and want recognised quality without a starred-house budget. Easy to book and practical for both lunch and dinner.
Gengs Linde sits in Stühlingen, a quiet town in Baden-Württemberg's southernmost corner near the Swiss border, and it has earned a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025. That consecutive recognition places it in a different category from your average regional restaurant. If you are driving through the Black Forest fringe or staying near the Rhine, this is the stop worth planning around.
The venue is priced at €€, which in the context of German fine dining means accessible rather than premium. For a Michelin Plate holder, that price point is genuinely useful: you get recognised quality without the financial commitment of a three-hour tasting marathon at a starred house. The decision to book here is relatively simple for food-minded travellers who want something above the ordinary without a full occasion-dining budget.
The Michelin Plate, awarded since 2017, denotes restaurants where inspectors believe the kitchen produces good cooking. It sits below the Bib Gourmand and star designations, but it is not a consolation category. Consecutive plates across two years indicate consistency, which is often more meaningful for a traveller than a single year of recognition. At this price tier, consistent kitchen quality is not a given, and Gengs Linde appears to be holding its level.
Cuisine is classified as Traditional, which in a southern German context suggests regional dishes prepared with care: solid technique applied to familiar forms rather than experimental plating or fusion concepts. For a traveller who wants to eat well in the region without decoding a modernist menu, that framing is a practical asset. Traditional cuisine at this standard is not a fallback; it is a specific choice, and in the right hands it is the most satisfying kind of meal to eat after a day of travelling.
Specific seating details are not available in our data, but the address places the restaurant in a residential-scale building on St.-Gallus-Straße, suggesting an intimate dining room rather than a large-volume operation. In venues of this type in rural Baden-Württemberg, the spatial experience tends toward the warm and close rather than the grand. That works in favour of visits where conversation matters, whether a partner dinner or a quiet meal with a serious traveller companion.
For timing, midweek visits at lunch tend to offer the most relaxed version of this type of regional restaurant. Weekend evenings in small towns can fill quickly as locals book for special occasions, so if you want to walk in or book with minimal lead time, a Thursday or Friday lunch is the lower-friction option. Booking difficulty is rated Easy, which means you do not need to plan months ahead, but confirming a reservation is still worth doing before a long drive to Stühlingen specifically.
The late spring through early autumn window, roughly May to October, suits the region well. The southern Black Forest and Hochrhein area are worth exploring by road during these months, and a meal at Gengs Linde integrates naturally into a broader itinerary covering the Wutach Gorge or the Rhine between Schaffhausen and Basel. If your trip has a food-and-landscape arc, Stühlingen is a workable stop on that route.
At €€ for a Michelin-recognised traditional kitchen, the value case is strong. The comparison that matters here is not against Germany's starred houses but against similar-tier regional restaurants where the Michelin Plate is absent. The plate signals that an outside authority has verified the kitchen's output, which removes some of the risk from eating in an unfamiliar town. For a food-minded traveller who cannot pre-screen every meal through personal contacts, that credential does real work.
If you are already in the area or routing through southern Baden-Württemberg, this is an easy yes. If you are considering a dedicated trip from Basel or Freiburg, the calculus depends on how much you value the combination of accessible pricing and recognised quality in a rural setting. There are stronger culinary destinations in the region for a pure food pilgrimage, but Gengs Linde offers something those destinations do not: a grounded, traditional meal at a price that does not require the occasion to justify itself.
For context on the broader local options, see Gasthaus Schwanen for country cooking in the same town, and consult our full Stühlingen restaurants guide for a complete picture. If you are building a wider trip, Stühlingen hotels, bars, and experiences are covered separately.
Gengs Linde occupies a different tier from Germany's most ambitious fine dining rooms. Aqua in Wolfsburg, Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn, Vendôme in Bergisch Gladbach, CODA Dessert Dining in Berlin, and JAN in Munich are all €€€€ operations with starred credentials and full tasting menu architecture. If you are visiting Germany specifically to eat at that level, Gengs Linde is not in that conversation and is not trying to be.
Where Gengs Linde earns its place is as the best-credentialled option at its price point in this specific corner of Germany. Against comparable traditional kitchens in rural Baden-Württemberg without Michelin recognition, it is the lower-risk choice. Against the starred houses listed above, it is the right choice if your budget is €€ and you are not driving to Baiersbronn or Bergisch Gladbach. Travellers who want to compare it against other traditional cuisine venues elsewhere in Europe might also look at Cave à Vin & à Manger in Narbonne or Auberge Grand'Maison in Mûr-de-Bretagne for a sense of how Michelin-recognised traditional cooking sits at the €€ tier across France and Germany.
For a pure splurge in the wider region, Schwarzwaldstube is the standard-setter in the Black Forest, though at a significantly higher price and with correspondingly harder booking. Waldhotel Sonnora in Dreis and Victor's Fine Dining in Perl are worth the detour if you are routing through the Moselle or Saar. Gengs Linde is the right answer to a different question: where do I eat well in Stühlingen without spending €€€€.
| Detail | Gengs Linde | Schwarzwaldstube | Gasthaus Schwanen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price tier | €€ | €€€€ | Not rated |
| Michelin recognition | Plate (2024, 2025) | 3 Stars | None listed |
| Booking difficulty | Easy | Very hard | Not available |
| Cuisine type | Traditional | Classic French | Country cooking |
| Location | Stühlingen | Baiersbronn | Stühlingen |
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gengs Linde | Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | €€ | — |
| Aqua | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Schwarzwaldstube | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| CODA Dessert Dining | Michelin 2 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Tantris | Michelin 2 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
| Vendôme | Michelin 2 Star, World's 50 Best | €€€€ | — |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
No tasting menu is confirmed in the available data for Gengs Linde, which is consistent with its traditional cuisine format at the €€ price point. This is a kitchen where the Michelin Plate signals reliable, grounded cooking rather than a multi-course tasting experience. If a structured progression of courses is what you're after, look at starred houses in the region. If you want a honest traditional meal at fair prices, Gengs Linde is the stronger call.
Seating specifics are not documented in the available data. The St.-Gallus-Straße address places the restaurant in a residential-scale building in Stühlingen, which typically means a compact, table-service format rather than a counter or bar dining option. check the venue's official channels to confirm before planning around it.
Stühlingen is a small town, so in-town alternatives are limited. For Michelin-recognised cooking in the wider Baden-Württemberg region, Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn is the benchmark for serious fine dining. For something closer in price and format to Gengs Linde, look at well-reviewed Gasthäuser in the Hochrhein area near the Swiss border.
The €€ price range and traditional cuisine format in a small German town suggest a relaxed, unfussy standard. Neat everyday clothing is almost certainly appropriate. No dress code is specified in the available data, so if you are planning something formal, a quick call ahead will settle it.
Specific menu items are not available in the current data, and inventing dish descriptions would not serve you well. What the Michelin Plate tells you is that inspectors found the cooking consistently good across the kitchen's traditional range. Order what is seasonal or recommended by the staff on the day.
At €€ with a 2025 Michelin Plate and a 4.8 Google rating from 678 reviews, yes. The value case here is straightforward: this is Michelin-recognised traditional cooking at mid-range pricing in a region where starred alternatives cost significantly more. The price-to-quality ratio is one of the stronger arguments for booking.
It works for a low-key celebration where good food and a relaxed setting matter more than ceremony. The Michelin Plate gives it credibility as a destination meal, and the €€ pricing keeps it accessible. If the occasion calls for white-tablecloth theatrics or a tasting menu format, you would need to travel to a starred kitchen in the region.
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