My Mum and myself have one day in Strasbourg (after a mini cruise) and we will have the day to wander around the town - spend the night and then leave for Paris the next morning. I am wanting some recommendations for local restaurants serving traditional food but for a moderate budget. We don't want Michelin stars etc.

We are staying at the Gutenberg so anywhere close to there for dinner would be excellent.

Hope someone can help, I have done a search but nothing comes up.

Schnauzer

It's been over ten years, but I had two good, reasonably- priced dinners at Chez Tante Liesel (although if you google it, the reviews are mostly bad!) and Maison Kammerzell. The latter is way touristy, but the food was not bad at all and the service was very good. It's a very festive place - I enjoyed it (and I was alone, so I think that says a lot!)

Central Strasbourg is full of places. Frankly, I would not worry about it. Since more than 60% of the tourists in Strasbourg are German, you may find a heavy influence of dishes that Germans like.

A big LOL. Let them Strasbourgians keep their local dishes and native cuisine! Even if "Germans" eat all those things as well. Let them drink their native Riesling as dry as possible with tons of their native sourkraut like they have done for centuries. Prost et Bon Appétit

Strasbourg has a very strong german influence, as it used to be a part of Germany.. Many native Strasbourgians have german names,they speak a german dialect and not french( even though younger generations tend to speak french only), all villages have german names too, even though they are pronounced french ... Alsace kitchen couldn't be different..
The famous Choucroute isn't anything else but the german Sauerkraut.... Local dishes and native cuisine is very similar to german, with Germany being just around the corner..
and it is delicious !!!!!

Hi schnau,

From my 2009 trip report:

the Kammerzell www.maison-kammerzell.com. Very nice room. Food, especially the choucroute, and service was good. Menu from 30.5E.

Discovered an Amorino gelateria at 11, rue Mercière. That enhanced our day.

Dinner at La Cloche à Fromage (http://www.cheese-gourmet.com/restous.html).
Very interesting place. As you might guess, their speciality is cheese, and my Lady Wife had her stomach set on fondue. Asking for fondue here is like asking for a coffee at Starbucks. She settled on the Fondue Bleu and a salad (29E). I had the 25E menu.

Nothing surprising about the fondue. Just a very good blending of cheeses and wine. (Caution: The fondue pot is heated by a candle. It must be adjusted regularly. If the fondue gets too hot, it will curdle. If it is too cold it will become sludge.)

The Menu was a variety of cheeses arranged in a spiral pattern, with various condiments decorating the spiral, accompanied by copius amounts of breads. A delightful young woman (working on her Master's Certificate) explained the order in which the cheeses should be eaten, the particulars and a bit of history of each cheese portion. (I have in my notes that some of these were the best I had ever had. Unfortunately, I didn't write down which. Garçon. Another glass of wine.)

Along with wine and a Baba au Rhum for dessert - a more than pleasant and interesting dinner.

Enjoy your visit.