We'd like to try to keep to a budget while on our trip to Alsace. Under 25E for lunch and under 35E for dinner (per person) not including wine

What restaurants, winstubs, ferme auberges etc. would you recommend in/around the any of the following areas:

Strasbourg
Bergheim
Hunawihr
Riquewhir
Kaysersberg
Turckheim
Eguisheim
Colmar

And is there one restaurant in Alsace that shouldn't be missed....our one splurge?

Can't wait to see your suggestions!

<<And is there one restaurant in Alsace that shouldn't be missed....our one splurge?>>

L'Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern. It's held its third Michelin star for over 40 years, longer than any other except Paul Bocuse.

Strasbourg: Maison Kammerzell, Chez Yvonne--both near the cathedral

Riquewihr: Le Sarment d'Or

Kaysersberg: Le Chambard (winstub)--the "restaurant" is more expensive, but we had a lovely lunch in the winstub.

A la Grappe d'Or in Riquewihr is a charming Winestub that serves delicious food. It's down a side alleyway off of the main part of the village. We returned a second night for dinner since the food and setting were so good.

Lee, my husband and I were in Alsace for two weeks in May 09

In Bergheim we had a delicious lunch at La Cave du Bailli. My husband had baeckaoffa and a beer and I had their choucroute poisson and small pichet of pinot blanc for 39 euros.

In Strasbourg, our only poor dining experience was at Chez Yvonne regarding food and service. I expected the Coq au Reisling to have even a hint flavor but it was sadly lacking. We had better choucroute garnie at other restuarants, as well. Some of the comments I saw later on Tripadvisor echoed our experience regarding Madame Yvonne. Obviously we did not have the same experience there as grandmere!! C'est la vie
Deborah

"couscous" in Colmar. A very gay Moroccon restaurant right in the centre. Low cost and filling

Eguisheim, higher cost, there are a couple of wines in the centre with "Bruno Sorg wines" advertised in the window. What can I say. There is a more reasonable one inside the outer wall at roughly NW if you view the walls as a circle. Again the wines are to die for and the food prices are moderate.

Strasbourg, the gatehouse to the university grounds (to the north of the city) is dirt cheap at lunch time

Just in case you were not aware the trick to a cheap lunch in france is to eat the meal of the day. Roughly 11 to 15 Euros for 2 or 3 courses with a carafe of wine. No choice so you need to read the menu (or chalk board) carefully. Also the timing has to be perfect. If you walk into a busy lunch time bar at 1pm there may not be any food left at the special prices. If you walk in at 12 you will be certain to get it

Le Jardin de Pourtalès is the name in Strasbourg

biloburgler,

I did a google search for Le Jardin de Pourtalès and couldn't find it. I'm assuming the restaurant has a garden or courtyard? I adore eating outside

Even though I was in Alsace in Oct. I did not eat at Chez Yvonne this trip; it has been many years since I have eaten there. It always had a great reputation, but perhaps it has slipped; I should not have recommended w/o a recent personal experience.

My other recos are up to date.

grandmere,

There are many mixed reviews about this restaurant. Some say it's fantastic and others say "au contraire"! I do know that the restaurant has changed hands and I'm not sure what impact (positive or negative) this has had on this establishment of late.

I'm not even sure that Travel & Leisure knows as this article attests:
http://www.travelandleisure.com/arti...omments_page=1

Nonetheless, be assured that I appreciate your input. We can only share what we know and you do this with a generous spirit.....

From my TR;

"One of the best meals [in Strasbourg] was the first, at Strissel (www.strissel.fr/FR/accueil.php ), in an historic building near the river. While the main course wasn’t special, the half portion of “Foie gras d'oie ‘maison’ gelée au Gewurztraminer et toasts” was delicious, as was the white wine the waiter recommended as an accompaniment. I should probably have gone back, instead of trying other places, as I found Chez Yvonne unfriendly, and Gruber Journale rushed and noisy. Lunch in Colmar, however, at the Palais des Ange, starring salad with foie gras, would also have tempted me to return if I’d been staying in town."

Nice article in T and L, LeeRitchey; thanks for sending the link. I get the magazine and don't remember reading it last year; was it just online? Wish I had seen it before our trip. Or perhaps I skimmed over it b/c our trip hadn't even been planned at that point.

I see that Le Sarment d'Or gets a mention under Le Clou, in Strasbourg.

http://www.cepa-europe.com/cms/uploa...nt/chateau.pps

Annual Roundtable Networking Event in Strasbourg, France - A Great Success! ... opened Jardin Pourtalès Restaurant at the front gatehouse, where Mme. ...
schilleralumni.com/cms/front_content.php?idcat=4&idart=144

These two links ight help

Its mainly indoors but is on the start of the trail where the french hid a whole defensive line against the Germans, mainly still there so an interesting walk