Restaurant in Wasserburg am Inn, Germany
Seasonal regional cooking, lunch deal worth knowing.
Herrenhaus holds a Michelin Plate (2024) and a 4.7 Google rating in Wasserburg am Inn's medieval old town, making it the most credentialed dining option in the area. The farm-to-table kitchen works with seasonal regional produce, offered à la carte or as a set menu, with an inexpensive lunch deal that makes the midday visit strong value. At the €€€ tier with an attractively priced German, Austrian and Italian wine list, it delivers above its apparent weight.
At the €€€ price tier, Herrenhaus earns its place as Wasserburg am Inn's most considered dining option. You are paying for seasonal, regionally sourced cooking in a first-floor dining room inside a centuries-old building in the heart of one of Bavaria's most intact medieval old towns. The Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 confirms the kitchen is operating at a level above the local average — not at starred intensity, but with enough technical discipline to justify the price for anyone who cares about what ends up on the plate. If you are after a direct Bavarian tavern, this is not that. If you want cooking that takes its ingredients seriously and a room that feels historically grounded without being stiff, Herrenhaus makes a strong case.
The building sets the tone before you sit down. A cloister at street level off Herrengasse leads you through to the staircase — in summer, that cloister becomes a terrace, one of the more atmospheric outdoor dining spots in the region. The main dining room sits on the first floor, where the historical fabric of the building , the proportions, the materials, the sense of age , does meaningful work. This is not a renovated-barn aesthetic or a designed-to-look-old interior; it is the real thing, and it reads as warm rather than museum-like. The setting makes it appropriate for a date, a small celebration, or a business dinner where the environment is expected to carry some weight. Solo diners will find the room welcoming rather than exposing, though the à la carte format means you can pace a meal at your own speed.
This is where Herrenhaus separates itself from most comparably priced rooms in the region. An inexpensive lunch deal is explicitly on offer, which changes the calculus significantly depending on your goals. If you are visiting Wasserburg am Inn for the day , and many people do, given how well-preserved the old town is , lunch here delivers the full experience of the kitchen and the room at a lower price point than dinner. You get the same seasonal produce, the same historical setting, and the cloister terrace if the weather cooperates, for less outlay. That makes lunch the smarter entry point for first-timers or anyone who wants to assess whether the kitchen justifies a return dinner visit.
Dinner at the €€€ tier is still reasonable by the standards of Michelin Plate restaurants in Bavaria, and the set menu format available alongside à la carte means you can structure the spend. The wine list , dedicated to German, Austrian and Italian labels and described as attractively priced , reduces the risk of the bill escalating in the way it often does at this level. That is a practical detail worth noting: choosing from a regionally focused wine list at fair prices is a different proposition than navigating a broad, marked-up cellar. For a special occasion dinner, it keeps the evening coherent without requiring you to over-spend to drink well.
Herrenhaus works with select in-season regional produce, and the Michelin Plate designation signals that the execution meets a documented standard rather than a marketing claim. The format is flexible: à la carte for those who want to construct their own meal, or a set menu for those who prefer to hand the decisions over. The waitstaff are noted for being genuinely helpful with menu guidance, which matters more at a restaurant like this , where the menu shifts with seasonal availability , than at venues with fixed, year-round offerings. Do not expect a tasting menu in the contemporary fine-dining sense; this is not that kind of restaurant. The cooking is grounded in regional produce and prepared with care, and the Michelin recognition reflects that, without implying the kind of avant-garde ambition that defines higher-starred kitchens.
Herrenhaus is not a hard reservation to secure by German fine-dining standards. Booking a few days to a week ahead should be sufficient for most dates, though summer weekends in a popular day-trip destination like Wasserburg am Inn will require more lead time , the terrace in the cloister is a draw, and the town sees significant visitor traffic during the warmer months. If the terrace is part of the appeal, book the moment your travel dates are confirmed. For lunch on a weekday, walk-in availability is plausible, but calling ahead remains the safer approach given the room size and the quality of the experience on offer. No online booking details are currently listed; contacting the restaurant directly at Herrengasse 17 is the approach to use.
The combination of accessible booking, fair pricing relative to its Michelin recognition, and a genuinely distinctive physical setting puts Herrenhaus in a narrow category: a restaurant that delivers above its apparent weight without requiring significant planning effort or a significant financial commitment. For Wasserburg am Inn specifically, it is the most credentialed dining option in the old town. See our full Wasserburg am Inn restaurants guide for additional options, and Weisses Rössl for a regional cuisine alternative at a different price point and register.
If you are planning a broader trip through Bavaria, ES:SENZ in Grassau and JAN in Munich represent the next tier up in ambition and price. For farm-to-table peers at the European level, Au Gré du Vent in Seneffe and Wein- und Tafelhaus in Trittenheim are worth comparing. Explore the full picture of what Wasserburg offers through our hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide.
Quick reference: Michelin Plate 2024 | €€€ | Herrengasse 17, Wasserburg am Inn | Seasonal farm-to-table, à la carte and set menu | German, Austrian and Italian wine list | Summer cloister terrace | Lunch deal available | Google rating 4.7 (209 reviews).
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herrenhaus | €€€ | Easy | — |
| Schwarzwaldstube | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Aqua | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Vendôme | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| CODA Dessert Dining | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Tantris | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
Yes. The à la carte format and first-floor dining room suit solo diners well — you are not locked into a multi-hour tasting format. The lunch deal in particular makes a solo visit easy to justify at the €€€ price tier, and the waitstaff are noted for being attentive without being formal.
Herrenhaus holds the Michelin Plate in Wasserburg am Inn, which makes it the most credentialled dining option in town. For more ambitious tasting-menu cooking in Bavaria, you would need to look further afield — Tantris in Munich is the regional benchmark for that format, though it operates at a significantly higher price point and booking difficulty.
The venue data does not confirm bar seating as a dining option. The restaurant operates on the first floor above the cloister entrance, and in summer the cloister terrace functions as an additional seating area. check the venue's official channels via Herrengasse 17 to confirm current layout options.
Yes, with a caveat on format. The historical setting — a medieval townhouse in Wasserburg's old town, accessed through a cloister — provides genuine atmosphere rather than generic restaurant décor. The set menu option suits a celebratory dinner better than a quick à la carte visit, and the German, Austrian and Italian wine list adds to the occasion without requiring you to spend at the level of a full fine-dining destination.
At €€€, Herrenhaus is priced in line with Michelin Plate recognition and delivers seasonal regional produce in a setting that most rooms at this price tier cannot match. The lunch deal shifts the value calculation further in your favour — if your schedule allows a midday visit, it is the clearest yes in the building.
The entrance is through a cloister off Herrengasse — expect a first-floor dining room, not a street-level walk-in. The kitchen works with in-season regional produce, so the menu changes; do not arrive with fixed dish expectations. Book a few days ahead rather than assuming availability, and check whether the lunch deal applies to your visit date.
The set menu is available alongside à la carte, which gives you the choice rather than forcing a commitment. At the Michelin Plate level, the set menu is a reasonable way to let the kitchen show its range with seasonal produce — but Herrenhaus is not a multi-course omakase-style destination. If a longer tasting format is the priority, Tantris in Munich operates at that level.
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