Lohninger Frankfurt: Michelin Star, Menu and Chef

Lohninger is chef-patron Mario Lohninger’s Austrian and international restaurant at Schweizer Straße 1 in Frankfurt’s Sachsenhausen district, on the south bank of the Main. It won its first Michelin star in the Michelin Guide Germany 2026, announced in June 2026. Its signature dish is a €44 Wiener Schnitzel. If you came here for a burger, there isn’t one on the menu. The closest thing is a €28 New York style pastrami sandwich. I checked every price and fact below on 31 October 2026.

Lohninger Frankfurt at a glance

Lohninger is a family-founded, Michelin-starred restaurant open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. The facts below come from the official site and the Michelin Guide, checked on 31 October 2026.

Map of Lohninger at Schweizer Straße 1, 60594 Frankfurt am Main (Sachsenhausen-Nord), a short walk south of the Main river and the city-centre bridges. (Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)

Mario Lohninger: the chef behind the restaurant

Mario Lohninger is an Austrian chef, born in 1973, who founded Lohninger with his parents and still runs it as patron and head chef. He grew up in Leogang, near Zell am See in the state of Salzburg. According to the restaurant’s website, he spent his boyhood helping in his grandfather’s bakery and his parents’ restaurant.

Then came the big names. He cooked under Rudi and Karl Obauer and under Hans Haas, trained with Guy Savoy in France, was sous-chef to Wolfgang Puck and worked with David Bouley in New York (sources: lohninger.de and Hoga-Presse). Few chefs in Frankfurt can show a CV like that.

Chef Mario Lohninger in chef’s whites and apron, holding a menu in a dining room set for service, photographed in March 2010, the spring he opened Lohninger in Frankfurt. (Photo: Christine Beneke (Studio85.de), CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mario\_lohninger\_by\_christine\_beneke.jpg)

From Silk at the Cocoon Club to his own restaurant

Lohninger came to Frankfurt in 2003–2004 to run two restaurants inside the Cocoon Club with his parents: Silk and Micro. Silk was one of the oddest fine-dining rooms Germany has had. Guests lay on cushioned beds for a multi-course menu while a DJ played. It still earned a Michelin star in the mid-2000s, according to FienholdBiss and Journal Frankfurt.

Gault&Millau Germany named him Discovery of the Year in 2005. In spring 2010 the family opened Lohninger in Sachsenhausen, and that November Gault&Millau named him Chef of the Year in its 2011 guide (Journal Frankfurt, 15 November 2010). He closed Silk and Micro in 2012 to work only at Lohninger (FienholdBiss).

Mario Lohninger career timeline

Each date comes with its source.

Lohninger’s Michelin star in 2026

Lohninger won its first Michelin star in the Michelin Guide Germany 2026, announced in June 2026. Several other Frankfurt restaurants also got new stars that year, and Journal Frankfurt called it a historic shower of stars for the city (24 June 2026). Michelin classes Lohninger as Austrian and international cuisine in its €€€€ price band.

My view: this star rewards staying power more than reinvention. The restaurant had been open for sixteen years, and its chef had already held a star at Silk twenty years earlier. Some aggregator pages still show Lohninger with a Michelin Plate. They are out of date. The Michelin Guide’s own page shows the star, so Lohninger belongs on any 2026 list of Michelin-starred restaurants in Frankfurt.

What is on the Lohninger menu?

The Lohninger menu has two halves: ‘Die Heimat’ (the homeland) for Austrian classics and ‘Die Welt’ (the world) for international dishes with Asian, Mediterranean and American influences. That split is the best way into the kitchen. It is the cooking of a Salzburg boy who spent his formative years in France and the United States.

The Michelin inspectors pick out three dishes: Carinthian Schlutzkrapfen (Austrian filled pasta), K.u.K. beef cheek goulash, and Spencer Gulf kingfish sashimi with foie gras and a buttermilk-horseradish dressing.

Lohninger menu prices (checked 31 October 2026)

These prices come from the official menu at lohninger.de on 31 October 2026. Menus change, so check before you book.

Lohninger menu prices in Frankfurt, checked 31 October 2026: à la carte mains run from €28 (pastrami sandwich, sesame tuna taco) to €54 (Alaska black cod), with the Wiener Schnitzel at €44. (Chart: Burger Breton, data from the official Lohninger menu (lohninger.de, 31 October 2026), rendered with QuickChart; original work, CC BY 4.0)

Only the official site lists the two set menus, and I could not confirm them anywhere else. Ask about them when you reserve.

Is Lohninger the best Wiener schnitzel in Frankfurt?

The Wiener Schnitzel is the dish Lohninger’s guests mention most. OpenTable reviewers single it out, and the restaurant held a 4.8/5 rating there on 31 October 2026. It costs €44 and comes the Austrian way, with cucumber salad, potato salad and lingonberries.

Illustrative photo, not taken at Lohninger: a classic Austrian Wiener Schnitzel with lemon, lingonberries and potato salad topped with lamb’s lettuce, at Figls in Vienna. Lohninger’s €44 version comes with cucumber salad, potato salad and lingonberries. (Photo: Brücke-Osteuropa, CC0 1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Original\_Wiener\_Schnitzel\_in\_Wien\_mit\_Erd%C3%A4pfel-Vogerlsalat\_und\_Preiselbeeren\_1.JPG)

I haven’t eaten it, so I won’t call it the best in the city. But the price says a lot. At €44 it costs the same as the goulash and is in the same range as the lobster and the black cod. The kitchen clearly treats it as a main event, not a nod to tradition. If I booked one dish here, it would be this one.

No burger at Lohninger: what to order instead

Lohninger has no burger on its current menu. I found none in the Michelin, Feinschmecker, OpenTable or speisekarte.de listings either, and no source that mentions one in the past.

If you want something you can eat with your hands, order the €28 New York style pastrami sandwich from the ‘Die Welt’ side. It is the menu’s nod to the American deli, and the closest you will get to a burger here. For an actual burger, our Frankfurt burger hub covers the neighbourhoods to explore, from the Nordend and Bornheim to Sachsenhausen itself.

Where to eat in Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt: why Lohninger stands out

Lohninger is the Michelin-starred address in Sachsenhausen, on the south bank of the Main. It fills the ground floor of an old corner building with high stuccoed ceilings, where Schweizer Straße begins, a short walk from the district’s apple-wine taverns.

Schweizer Straße 1 seen from the street: the stuccoed façade of the building that houses Lohninger, at the river end of Sachsenhausen’s main shopping street, with the terrace parasols on the left (September 2014). (Photo: Karsten Ratzke (Karsten11), CC0 1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frankfurt,\_Schweizer\_Stra%C3%9Fe\_1\_(1).jpg)

According to speisekarte.de, Lohninger runs a café service between lunch and dinner, from 14:00 to 18:00, with Viennese pastries, homemade cakes and savoury snacks. The official site doesn’t mention it, so call ahead before you plan an afternoon visit around it.

Who runs Lohninger today?

Lohninger is still a family business, with Mario Lohninger in the kitchen. The official site lists him as patron and head chef, with Sabine Mischke in operations, Max Gedon as sous-chef and Mustafa Kara as restaurant manager. Kate Lohninger appears as the ‘next generation’.

How I put this profile together

This profile is desk research, not a review. My sources were the restaurant’s official website, the Michelin Guide, and German press and guides: Journal Frankfurt, Hoga-Presse, FienholdBiss, Feinschmecker, Visit Frankfurt and the Rheingau Gourmet & Wein Festival. I checked every price, opening hour and rating on 31 October 2026. Where sources disagreed on a date, I used the wording they all support: ‘June 2026’ for the star, ‘the 2011 guide’ for Chef of the Year, ‘mid-2000s’ for Silk’s star. I give no rating of my own because I haven’t eaten there.

For another German restaurant story, read my piece on Jim Block, Hamburg’s homegrown burger chain. For more cities, browse our burger restaurant guides by destination.

Lohninger Frankfurt FAQ

Who is Mario Lohninger?

Mario Lohninger is an Austrian chef, born in 1973 and raised in Leogang near Zell am See. He is the founder, patron and head chef of Lohninger in Frankfurt. He trained with the Obauer brothers, Hans Haas, Wolfgang Puck and Guy Savoy, and was Gault&Millau Germany’s Chef of the Year in the 2011 guide.

Does Lohninger in Frankfurt have a Michelin star?

Yes. Lohninger won its first Michelin star in the Michelin Guide Germany 2026, announced in June 2026.

How much is the Wiener Schnitzel at Lohninger?

The Wiener Schnitzel costs €44 on the official menu, checked on 31 October 2026. It comes with cucumber salad, potato salad and lingonberries.

Does Lohninger serve burgers?

No. There is no burger on Lohninger’s menu. The closest item is the €28 New York style pastrami sandwich.

What kind of food does Lohninger serve?

Lohninger serves Austrian and international cuisine. The menu is split into ‘Die Heimat’ (Austrian classics such as Schlutzkrapfen and goulash) and ‘Die Welt’ (international dishes with Asian, Mediterranean and American influences).

Is Lohninger open for lunch, and what does the lunch menu cost?

Yes. Lunch runs from 12:00 to 14:00, Tuesday to Saturday. The official site lists a 3-course lunch menu at €69 (checked 31 October 2026).

Where is Lohninger and which days is it closed?

Lohninger is at Schweizer Straße 1, 60594 Frankfurt am Main, in Sachsenhausen by the Main. It is closed on Sunday and Monday.

What was the Silk restaurant at Frankfurt’s Cocoon Club?

Silk was Mario Lohninger’s restaurant in Frankfurt’s Cocoon Club, where guests reclined on cushioned beds for a multi-course menu set to DJ music. It earned a Michelin star in the mid-2000s and closed in 2012.

Where can I get a good burger in Frankfurt?

Not at Lohninger. Our Frankfurt burger hub covers the neighbourhoods to explore for burgers: the Nordend, Bornheim, the Bahnhofsviertel and Sachsenhausen.