Restaurant in Stuttgart, Germany
Serious tasting menu, easy booking, fair price.
Waldhorn in Stuttgart's Rohr district runs a six-course surprise tasting menu that blends French classical technique with Spanish and Swabian influences — a combination rooted in the two chefs' shared background in Marseille. Awarded a Michelin Plate in 2024 and rated 4.8 on Google, it sits at the €€€€ tier with booking currently easy. Best for occasion dinners where the meal is the event.
Waldhorn is the right call for couples or small groups who want a serious tasting menu without the formality or price ceiling of Stuttgart's Michelin-starred rooms. If you are marking an anniversary, a milestone birthday, or any occasion where a six-course surprise menu feels like the right register, this is one of the more interesting options in the city at the €€€€ price point. The Rohr neighbourhood means you are outside the city centre, so build your evening around the meal rather than combining it with pre-dinner drinks somewhere central. A weekday dinner is the quieter, more considered way to experience the room.
Waldhorn sits in Stuttgart's Rohr district and runs a six-course surprise tasting menu that crosses French classical technique with Spanish and Swabian reference points. That combination is not arbitrary: the two chefs, José María González Sampedro from Mallorca and Caroline Autenrieth from Swabia, met while working in Marseille, and the menu reflects where each of them comes from as much as where they trained together. The Michelin Guide awarded the restaurant a Michelin Plate in 2024, which signals cooking that meets Michelin's quality threshold without yet carrying a star — a useful benchmark when you are deciding whether the price is justified.
The six-course format is a surprise menu, meaning you do not select dishes in advance. That structure rewards diners who are open to being led rather than those who want to control every element of the meal. If you or your party have strong dietary restrictions or dislikes, contact the restaurant before booking to clarify what is possible , the surprise format only works when the kitchen knows what it is working around.
The menu's documented highlights give a clear signal of how the kitchen builds a meal. A course of aromatic lamb and braised shallot arrives with a filling of blood sausage ragout seasoned with Mediterranean spices , a dish that plants one foot in Swabian tradition and the other in the kind of spicing more common along the Spanish and French Mediterranean coastlines. That layering of regional identities is the through-line of the tasting menu rather than a one-off trick. French classical structure provides the architecture; the ingredient choices and seasoning logic reflect the chefs' backgrounds. For diners who have eaten their way through Stuttgart's more straightforwardly French or German fine-dining options, Waldhorn offers a different point of view on what a tasting menu in this city can be.
Six courses is a considered length , long enough to develop a narrative across the meal, short enough that the evening does not drag into an endurance event. It positions Waldhorn closer to a focused, purposeful dinner than to the extended formats you find at Germany's most ambitious tasting-menu destinations such as Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn or Aqua in Wolfsburg. That is a feature rather than a limitation if your preference is for a meal that ends at a reasonable hour.
The dining area combines old wood panelling with modern furnishings , a mix that reads as considered rather than conflicted. It is the kind of room that works for a quiet dinner for two without feeling cavernous, and the Rohr setting gives it a neighbourhood character that the more hotel-adjacent fine-dining rooms in Stuttgart's centre do not have. Google reviewers rate the restaurant at 4.8 across 71 reviews, which is a strong signal of consistent execution at a venue that has not yet built up the volume of reviews that more established rooms accumulate.
Waldhorn carries a Michelin Plate rather than a star, and it is located outside the city centre in Rohr, which means booking is currently rated as easy relative to Stuttgart's starred rooms. That said, a six-course tasting menu venue with a 4.8 Google rating and limited seating will fill on weekends, particularly around holidays. Book at least one to two weeks ahead for a weekend slot; midweek is more flexible. The address is Krehlstraße 111, 70565 Stuttgart. No website or phone number is listed in current records, so your leading approach is to check current booking platforms or contact the restaurant directly through any listings that carry updated contact details. Plan transport in advance given the Rohr location , it is not within easy walking distance of central Stuttgart hotels.
See the full comparison below for how Waldhorn sits against Stuttgart's other serious dining options. For broader planning, our full Stuttgart restaurants guide covers the city's range at every price point. If you are also looking at where to stay or what else to do, the Stuttgart hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide are worth a look. Further afield in Germany, tasting-menu restaurants worth knowing include JAN in Munich, Vendôme in Bergisch Gladbach, CODA Dessert Dining in Berlin, and Victor's Fine Dining by Christian Bau in Perl. For contemporary tasting-menu benchmarks internationally, Jungsik in Seoul and César in New York City offer useful points of comparison.
| Venue | Awards | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waldhorn | This restaurant in Stuttgart's Rohr neighbourhood serves an intriguing take on classic French cuisine that draws on Spanish and Swabian influences. This concept wasn't simply plucked out of thin air: the two chefs – José María González Sampedro, who hails from Mallorca, and Caroline Autenrieth from Swabia – met while working in a restaurant in Marseille. The six courses on their surprise menu include deliciously aromatic lamb and braised shallot with a filling of blood sausage ragout with Mediterranean spices. In the attractive seating area, old wood panelling and modern furnishings add to the charm.; Michelin Plate (2024) | €€€€ | — |
| Speisemeisterei | Michelin 2 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Hupperts | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Der Zauberlehrling | Michelin 1 Star | €€€ | — |
| 5 | Michelin 1 Star | €€€€ | — |
| Wielandshöhe | Michelin 1 Star | €€€ | — |
A quick look at how Waldhorn measures up.
Specific dietary accommodation policies are not documented in the venue record. Because Waldhorn runs a fixed surprise tasting menu, dietary restrictions are worth flagging directly at the time of booking — a set-format kitchen needs advance notice to adjust courses meaningfully. Contact the restaurant before your visit to confirm what can be accommodated.
At €€€€ pricing, Waldhorn delivers a six-course surprise menu built on genuine culinary crossover — French technique, Spanish influence, Swabian grounding — rather than a generic tasting format. That concept has earned a Michelin Plate in 2024, which signals kitchen credibility without the price ceiling of a starred room. If you want serious cooking at a slightly more accessible spend than Stuttgart's starred options, the value holds up.
Yes, particularly if you respond to menus with a clear identity. The six courses are set as a surprise menu, so you're committing to the kitchen's direction rather than choosing à la carte. Documented highlights include aromatic lamb and braised shallot with a blood sausage ragout filling seasoned with Mediterranean spices — a dish that reflects exactly how the Spanish-Swabian-French fusion works in practice. If that kind of layered, cross-regional cooking interests you, the format is worth it.
It works well for a special occasion, especially for couples or small groups who want something considered without the stiffness of a fully formal dining room. The space combines old wood panelling with modern furnishings in a way that reads as warm rather than austere. The surprise menu format also adds a sense of occasion without requiring you to navigate a lengthy à la carte list.
Waldhorn sits outside Stuttgart's city centre in the Rohr district and holds a Michelin Plate rather than a star, which means demand is currently more manageable than the city's starred rooms. Booking a week or two in advance should be sufficient for most evenings, though for a specific Saturday or a special date, two to three weeks is a safer margin. No booking phone or website is publicly listed in the venue record, so check current availability through a restaurant booking platform.
For a step up in formality and accolade weight, Wielandshöhe and Speisemeisterei are Stuttgart's more established fine dining references. Hupperts and Der Zauberlehrling offer serious cooking in a slightly more relaxed register. If Waldhorn's cross-regional tasting menu format appeals but you want to compare options before committing, those four cover the main range of Stuttgart's serious dining scene.
The menu is a fixed surprise format — you won't see a list in advance, so come prepared to trust the kitchen. The concept was shaped by two chefs, José María González Sampedro from Mallorca and Caroline Autenrieth from Swabia, who met while working in Marseille, and that backstory is relevant: the French-Spanish-Swabian blending is intentional and consistent, not arbitrary fusion. Waldhorn is in Rohr, a residential neighbourhood southwest of the city centre, so factor in travel time if you're staying centrally.
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