Whether it’s Judd mat gaardebounen (slow cooked smoked pork collar with beans) or wäinzoossiss mat moschterzooss (sausage with mustard sauce), and kniddelen mat speck (dumplings with bacon bits), Luxembourgish cuisine is getting rarer to find on menus in the Grand Duchy.
Sadly some of Luxembourg’s most famous purveyors of local cuisine closed in the past year when we said goodbye to Am Tiirmschen and Mousel’s Cantine in Clausen.
However we’ve hunted out a selection of restaurants with local specialities on their menu, if you want to tuck into some traditional Luxembourgish cuisine.
If we’ve missed a place, let us know and we’ll add it as a reader recommendation.
Restaurant Um Dierfgen – Luxembourg City
Set over two floors and a sunny terrace, with simple décor and wooden tables, this is THE place for a good selection of local dishes, not just dumplings and sausage in mustard sauce, but feierstengszalot or slices of beef with salad and potatoes, roasted ham and tête de veau (calf’s head). They also have popular local dishes including steak tartare, and rabbit in mustard sauce, plus plenty of seafood options. Vegetarians can try the non-meat version of kniddelen.
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Bistro de la Presse – Luxembourg City
Don’t be scared by the puppets hanging from the ceiling in this charming bistro, where the walls are filled with old photos. You’ll get Luxembourgish dumplings with bacon and cream, or with raclette (melted cheese), and sausage with mustard sauce, plus a home-made Luxembourgish platter with local meats and cheeses. What’s more you’ll dine with views of the Grand Ducal Palace.
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Brasserie du Cercle – Luxembourg City
Cosy in the winter with furs and blankets, but light and airy in summer, this brasserie on Place d’Armes has a good selection of Luxembourgish dishes from sausage in mustard sauce, kniddelen and Judd mat gaardebounen to Luxembourgish cooked ham, and gromperekichelcher with bacon, cheese and a fried egg. It also has a good choice of flammkuch.
Brauerie - Big Beer Company
The popular Mousel’s Cantine may be on the market for new owners, but this place is still open bringing gromperekichelcher with apple compote, flammkuchen, wainzossis, and kniddelen with bacon to Clausen.
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Beim Zeutzius – Luxembourg City
A simple charm emanates from this café which is surprisingly spacious inside and has a few tables outside. You’ll get feierstengszalot and Luxembourgish ham with salad, plus kniddelen, sausage and mustard sauce, and even a spot of kachkeis (Luxembourgish cheese), plus a good selection of local beers.
Juegdschlass and Sieweburen – Biergerkräiz and Rollingergrund
These two restaurants are the ying/yang of the Bämbesch forest, one in Rollingergrund and the other in Biergerkräiz, both great family restaurants with terraces and playparks nearby. They’re often featured in our lists, but this time it's for their Luxembourgish cuisine.
You don't have to wait for the Christmas markets to try Gromperekichelcher, served as a side at Sieweburen© Photo credit: LW Archives
These two restaurants are the ying/yang of the Bämbesch forest, one in Rollingergrund and the other in Biergerkräiz, both great family restaurants with terraces and playparks nearby. They’re often featured in our lists, but this time it's for their Luxembourgish cuisine.
At Juegdschlass you’ll find Judd mat gaardebounen, feierstengszalot and sausage with mustard sauce, and in season they dish up a tasty wild boar stew. You’ll get the same dishes at Sieweburen plus side orders of gromperekichelcher. Both places have a children's menu too.
Brasserie du Musée – Rumelange
Part of the mining museum in this Red Rock regional town, with a lovely big terrace and a playground, this restaurant serves up jambonneau, Judd mat gaardebounen, sausage and dumplings. It’s a good choice if there are people in your party who don’t want to try the heartier local cuisine, and prefer pasta or a salad.
Koeppchen – Wormeldange
Perched on a hill overlooking the Moselle, with two lovely terraces, this is the place to snaffle up some friture de la Moselle (fried freshwater fish in a Riesling batter) which it has been dishing up since 1907. You can also tuck into some sausage, kniddelen or feierstengszalot, plus there are plenty of other options including burgers, veggie dishes, and horse steak.
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Wäistuff A Possen - Bech Kleinmacher
A relatively new places picked out in 2024 by Gault & Millau, it’s a cosy little place attached to the museum, with wooden tables and comfy chairs. Try Feierstengszalot for starter (or snails), fried or baked fish and kniddelen with bacon or vegetarian style.
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Brideler Stuff - Bridel
As you might expect from this traditional restaurant with a staggeringly long menu, there are some Luxembourgish specialities on offer, plus a huge number of regional dishes. Choucroute and jambonneau grace the menu together with Judd mat gaardebounen, black pudding, sausage in a mustard sauce, and of course, kniddelen. If you have a big enough group (50 people plus) they will prepare a Luxembourgish buffet where your guests can try a little of everything.
The best of the rest
De Feierwon in Kirchberg has a daily menu which changes but when on offer they deliver an unusual twist on Luxembourgish recipes and also offers f’rell am rèisleck or trout cooked in Reisling. It's meats are sourced from local butchers too.
In Bertrange, Lentze Park is a popular family place that dishes up feierstengszalot, plus friture du lac (battered, deep fried freshwater fish), calf’s head and sausage with mustard sauce.
Kuddelfléck is tripe in a tomato sauce, served up at Mont Chalet in Dudelange© Photo credit: René Meyer/Dan Majerus
In Bertrange, Lentze Park is a popular family place that dishes up feierstengszalot, plus friture du lac (battered, deep fried freshwater fish), calf’s head and sausage with mustard sauce.
Head to Mont Chalet in Dudelange for some kuddelfleck or tripe in tomato, which looks surprisingly delicious, plus some great bouneschlupp, feierstengszalot and traditional lentil soup with smoked sausage. You can also try Rieslingspaschtéit, a type of sausage roll with a white wine jelly, and Kabesmatsch a hearty mix of cabbage, potatoe and speck.
Kniddelen and wäinzoossiss are on the menu at Beim Adelheid in Beaufort which has a big terrace and a nice interior with wood and red leather.
If you’re dining on a budget then check out Café Beim Kuerb at Pontpierre where the long selection of kniddelen is about €15 a dish, and you’ll find sausage and feierstengszalot also on the menu. More Luxembourgish dumplings, sausage and other delicacies at Um Scheff in Remich too.
Brasserie Schmëdd in the grounds of the Ellergronn in the south has a lovely location and terrace and serves up Feierstengszalot, kniddelen (including a vegetarian version), and sausage with mustard sauce.
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