Restaurant in Wuppertal, Germany
Two Michelin stars, one reason to book.
Shiraz is Wuppertal's most decorated dining address, holding a Michelin star in both 2024 and 2025 under chef Silvio Nickol. At the €€€€ price point with a creative tasting menu format, it is the clear choice for a special occasion meal in the region — but book four to six weeks ahead minimum, as tables fill fast.
Yes — if you are planning a celebration dinner or a serious meal out in the Bergisches Land region, Shiraz is the clear answer. Chef Silvio Nickol holds a Michelin star for both 2024 and 2025, making this one of the most consistently decorated creative dining rooms in the city. At the €€€€ price point, you are committing to a full fine-dining investment, but the track record justifies it. Book early, dress for the occasion, and treat the evening as a dedicated experience rather than a casual dinner out.
Shiraz sits at Einern 120 in the northern reaches of Wuppertal — not the address you would stumble across by accident. That physical remove is part of what makes the restaurant work as a special occasion destination: arriving here requires intent, and the room rewards it. The dining space carries the spatial character you expect from a venue operating at this level , contained, considered, with a seating arrangement that gives each table enough separation to feel like the room belongs to you. For a celebration meal, a date, or a business dinner where the setting needs to do some of the talking, the atmosphere holds up on its own terms.
The cooking is filed under Creative, which at Michelin-starred level means a tasting menu format built around technique and seasonal produce rather than a single national tradition. Silvio Nickol has held the star consecutively, which signals consistency rather than a one-cycle anomaly. A 4.8 rating from 216 Google reviewers reinforces that picture: this is not a restaurant coasting on critical credentials while disappointing guests in practice. The alignment between award recognition and guest satisfaction is genuinely useful information when you are deciding whether to spend at this level.
For wine, the pairing question matters at €€€€. A restaurant earning Michelin recognition in Germany's fine dining tier typically carries a wine list with real depth , German Rieslings, Austrian whites, and a Burgundy and Bordeaux backbone are the standard architecture at this level of investment. The creative cuisine format, which tends to involve multiple small courses with shifting flavour registers, rewards a structured wine pairing rather than a single bottle chosen at the start of the meal. If you are visiting for a special occasion, the paired menu is the format that extracts the most from both the kitchen and the cellar. A confident sommelier pairing is often where the value case at a venue like this gets made or lost, and at Shiraz the credentials suggest the wine program has been built to keep pace with the food.
Wuppertal does not have a saturated fine dining market, which means Shiraz carries a weight of local significance beyond what the same star might signal in Düsseldorf or Cologne. For anyone based in the region, this is the benchmark address. For visitors travelling to Wuppertal specifically for the meal, that local scarcity also means fewer backup options if your booking falls through , securing a reservation before you travel is non-negotiable. For context on where else to eat in the city, see our full Wuppertal restaurants guide.
If you are coming from outside Wuppertal and want to make a weekend of it, pair the dinner booking with a hotel reservation and consider exploring the city's bar and experience scene. Our Wuppertal hotels guide, bars guide, and experiences guide cover the surrounding options. For a lighter meal earlier in the trip, 79° (farm to table) and Scarpati (Italian) are two other options in the city worth considering.
Beyond Wuppertal, if you are building a broader itinerary around serious German dining, the comparable tier in nearby cities includes Vendôme in Bergisch Gladbach and further afield, The Table Kevin Fehling in Hamburg and JAN in Munich. For the dessert-forward creative format, CODA Dessert Dining in Berlin is a different but genuinely interesting point of comparison. Germany's creative fine dining tier also includes Victor's Fine Dining by Christian Bau in Perl, ES:SENZ in Grassau, and Schanz in Piesport, all operating at a comparable award level. For creative cooking outside Germany entirely, Quique Dacosta in Dénia and Arpège in Paris represent what the format looks like at the highest international tier.
Booking difficulty is high. With two consecutive Michelin stars, a small dining room, and a location that draws guests from across the wider Rhineland region, tables at Shiraz fill well in advance. Plan to book a minimum of four to six weeks out for a standard weekend slot; for peak dates , Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve, anniversary weekends in summer , eight weeks or more is a safer window. There is no confirmed online booking method in our database, so check the restaurant's own contact channels directly. If a date you want shows as unavailable, a cancellation list inquiry is worth making.
Quick reference: Michelin 1 Star (2024, 2025) · Creative cuisine · €€€€ · 4.8/5 (216 reviews) · Wuppertal, Germany · Booking: 4–8 weeks ahead recommended.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiraz | €€€€ | Hard | — |
| Schwarzwaldstube | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Aqua | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Vendôme | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| CODA Dessert Dining | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Tantris | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
A quick look at how Shiraz measures up.
There are no direct Michelin-starred competitors in Wuppertal itself, which is part of why Shiraz draws guests from across the Rhineland. For comparable creative fine dining in the wider region, Vendôme in Bergisch Gladbach (three Michelin stars) is the step up, while CODA Dessert Dining in Düsseldorf is a strong lateral move for guests who want boundary-pushing tasting menus in an urban setting. If you are unwilling to travel, Shiraz is effectively the only answer at this level in the city.
Shiraz sits at Einern 120 in Wuppertal's northern fringes — a deliberate, out-of-the-way address that rewards planning rather than impulse. At the €€€€ price point with two consecutive Michelin stars (2024, 2025) under chef Silvio Nickol, this is a destination meal, not a casual drop-in. Book well in advance, plan your travel, and treat the journey as part of the commitment.
It depends on format. At a €€€€ Michelin-starred creative restaurant, solo seats at a counter or chef's table tend to work well, but Shiraz's specific room configuration is not documented here. Solo diners willing to commit to a tasting menu at this price will generally find the format suited to single covers — the meal structure does the conversational work. check the venue's official channels to confirm solo seating arrangements before booking.
Specific menu items and dishes are not available here, and at a two-Michelin-star creative restaurant under chef Silvio Nickol, the menu changes with the kitchen's direction in any case. Expect a tasting menu format rather than à la carte options — that is standard practice at this tier. Check directly with the restaurant for current menu details before your visit.
At the €€€€ price point with two consecutive Michelin stars, the tasting menu is the format Shiraz is built around — and the accolades suggest the kitchen is executing at a level that justifies it. If a multi-course creative menu under a recognised chef in a destination setting is what you are after, yes. If you prefer à la carte flexibility, Shiraz is not the right fit and Tantris in Munich or a more casual regional option would serve you better.
Two consecutive Michelin stars (2024 and 2025) under chef Silvio Nickol make a strong case at the €€€€ tier. For Wuppertal specifically, there is no comparable alternative at this level, which means the price reflects both the cooking and the scarcity. If you are benchmarking against three-star restaurants like Vendôme or Aqua, Shiraz offers serious creative cooking at one tier below that ceiling — and priced accordingly.
Yes — this is the clearest use case. Two Michelin stars, a destination address, and chef Silvio Nickol's creative format make Shiraz the obvious answer for a celebration dinner in the Bergisches Land region. The out-of-the-way location at Einern 120 actually reinforces the occasion: you are going there deliberately, which the meal rewards. Book as early as possible; demand consistently outpaces capacity.
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