Restaurant in Übersee, Germany
One Michelin star, small town, hard to get.
June earned its 2025 Michelin star through consistent upward momentum and regionally anchored cooking under Chef Diego Moya. At €€€, it sits below most comparable starred dining in Germany, making the value case clear. Booking is hard and the location in Übersee requires planning, but for a special occasion dinner with serious wine, it is worth the effort.
Here is the misconception worth correcting first: June is not a lakeside novelty or a regional curiosity that punches above its weight by accident. It earned a Michelin star in 2025, holds 76 points on La Liste's Leading Restaurants list, and carries a 4.9 Google rating across 200 reviews. Chef Diego Moya is running a serious kitchen in a small Bavarian town on the Chiemsee, and the food justifies the trip. At €€€, the price tier sits below most comparable starred dining in Germany, which makes the value case direct. If you are prepared to book far in advance and travel to Übersee, June delivers at a level that few restaurants at this price point can match.
June operates as a wine bar and regional cuisine destination, which is a pairing that rewards the right diner. The wine bar framing is not a hedge or a casual fallback: it signals that the beverage program carries real weight alongside the food, and that the atmosphere leans convivial rather than ceremonial. This is not the stiff formality of a multi-Michelin room. It is, however, a serious cooking environment: the Michelin recognition arrived in 2025 after a progression from a Recommended listing in 2023 to a Plate in 2024, meaning the kitchen has been on a consistent upward trajectory. That arc matters if you are trying to decide whether the star reflects a peak or a baseline.
The regional cuisine angle ties directly to what makes June worth the journey. In a part of Bavaria defined by agricultural richness, the Chiemgau offers producers that urban kitchens rarely access. The sourcing choices here, drawing from the surrounding region, are what give the menu its coherence and its price justification. This is not a kitchen importing prestige ingredients to signal ambition: it is a kitchen using place as its primary argument. If you want to understand what that approach looks like in practice, Chiemgauhof in Übersee offers an adjacent farm-to-table reference point that puts the local sourcing culture in context.
The flavor profile that emerges from this approach tends toward precision over provocation: clean, ingredient-led cooking where the region speaks clearly. That restraint is a deliberate choice and, for the right diner, it is exactly the point. For a special occasion where you want the meal to feel grounded and specific rather than theatrical, June's register works well. The Opinionated About Dining rankings reinforce this: ranked 458th in their 2024 Casual North America list (and 734th in 2025's expanded list), June sits in a competitive international context that confirms the kitchen is not just strong for its postcode.
June is a strong choice for a date dinner, a celebratory meal for two, or a small group occasion where wine matters as much as food. The wine bar component means the evening has a natural rhythm: this is not a venue where you feel pressure to move through courses at pace. Solo diners can work here too, particularly if counter or bar seating is available, though the special-occasion energy of the room is most naturally suited to groups of two or three. For larger celebrations, the small scale of Übersee means logistics require planning: accommodation and transport need to be arranged in advance, and Übersee's hotel options are worth booking at the same time as the restaurant.
The €€€ pricing is significant context. Against starred peers elsewhere in Germany, including JAN in Munich or ES:SENZ in Grassau (the latter being close enough to Übersee to invite direct comparison), June's tier represents a real cost advantage without a corresponding drop in ambition. If you are weighing whether to add June to a trip through Bavaria, the answer is yes, provided you plan the logistics early.
Booking difficulty is rated Hard. A Michelin star in a small town means demand substantially exceeds capacity, and the reservation window is competitive. Book as far ahead as your plans allow: waiting until two or three weeks out is likely to leave you with nothing. There is no phone number or booking platform listed publicly, so the approach is to check the venue's website directly or contact them by email. Given the travel involved for most guests, locking in a reservation before arranging transport and accommodation is the right sequence.
If you are building a broader trip around this part of Germany, ES:SENZ in Grassau is the closest peer venue worth combining with June. For wine-focused itineraries, Übersee's wineries are worth exploring before or after dinner. Further afield in the German fine dining circuit, Schanz in Piesport, Waldhotel Sonnora in Dreis, and Victor's Fine Dining by Christian Bau in Perl represent the upper tier of the country's regional dining scene. For international reference points at a comparable awards level, Le Bernardin in New York City and Atomix in New York City show what ingredient-led precision cooking looks like at the leading of another market. See our full Übersee restaurants guide for everything else in the area.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| June | Wine Bar, Regional Cuisine | €€€ | Hard |
| Aqua | Contemporary German, Italian/Japanese, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Schwarzwaldstube | French, Classic French | €€€€ | Unknown |
| CODA Dessert Dining | Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Tantris | Modern French, French Contemporary | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Vendôme | Modern European, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
June is a wine bar and regional cuisine destination with a Michelin star in a small lakeside town, so the dress code skews relaxed-refined rather than formal. Think considered casual: no tie required, but show up looking intentional. Trainers and beachwear would be out of place at a La Liste-recognised room.
Book as early as possible, ideally 4–6 weeks out. Booking difficulty is rated Hard: a Michelin star in a town the size of Übersee means the reservation window is competitive well beyond what the postcode suggests. If you have a fixed travel date, do not wait.
The wine bar format at June is one of the more solo-friendly structures in the Michelin-starred tier, since counter or bar seating typically suits a single diner better than a formal dining room. That said, availability is tight regardless of party size, so solo bookings still need to be planned well in advance.
At €€€ pricing with a Michelin star, La Liste recognition (76 points in 2025), and an Opinionated About Dining ranking that has climbed from Recommended in 2023 to #458 in 2024 and #734 in North America's casual tier by 2025, the credentials back the spend. The wine bar format means you are paying for a focused, food-and-wine-led experience rather than a multi-course production, which represents solid value at this level if that format suits you.
Yes, particularly for two people or a small group where wine is central to the occasion. Chef Diego Moya's Michelin-starred regional cuisine in an intimate wine bar setting makes it a strong choice for a birthday or anniversary dinner. For large group celebrations, the format and likely capacity of a Michelin-starred wine bar in Übersee may be limiting, so confirm group-size suitability when booking.
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