Caveau d'Eguisheim

The Caveau d'Eguisheim is on the place du Château Saint-Léon, the centre of Eguisheim's rings, facing the castle and the fountain. It is the safe lunch for a day on the Wine Route: traditional Alsatian cooking, open every day of the week, and at weekends without a midday break, so you can eat at Spanish hours with no problem.

The menu

Among the Alsatian specialities, the three-meat baeckeoffe with green salad costs €25; the five-meat choucroute garnie, €22.50, and the confit duck one, €23.50. There is chicken in Riesling with spaetzle (€20.50), grilled fleischkiechle (€21), braised knuckle on choucroute (€23.50), maennerstolz, the Alsatian smoked sausage, with old-style mustard (€21.50) and bibeleskaes, the fresh cheese with herbs, with ham and potatoes (€17.90). To start, tarte à l'oignon (€10.50), Alsatian-style snails (€9.90 for six) or Munster cream puff pastry with cumin (€12.50).

If you do not want pork, there is fish choucroute with beurre blanc (€27.50), pretzel-crusted cod (€26.90) and beef fillet from €33. For vegetarians, spaetzle gratin with Munster (€18) or the morel vol-au-vent (€26.50).

When to go and how to book

Monday to Friday it serves from 11:30 to 14:30 and from 18:30 to 21:30; Saturday and Sunday, from 11:30 to 21:30 continuously. Book online through Zenchef on its website. The menu has a QR code with the Spanish version. They do not accept cheques; the allergen list is requested from the staff.

Getting there

It is on Eguisheim's central square, the natural starting point for the walk around the rings. If you come by bike from Colmar, leave it on the outskirts and walk in.