The 21st edition of Luxembourg’s independent restaurant guide, Explorator, hit newsstands Thursday. This year’s Explorator (published by the same firm as Delano) reviews 250 screened establishments, including 30 new additions, in French and English.
“Some of them seduced us, while others disappointed us,” France Clarinval, the guide’s editor-in-chief, said in an announcement. “Because you cannot only say that you work with fresh seasonal produce; it has to be true. People who serve me asparagus or strawberries in January are never going to make it into these pages. Broken promises are one of the worst faults.”
Explorator is published in the handy “pocket guide” format, and for easy reference restaurants are listed by geographic area and type of cuisine. It is available for €10 on newsstands and via the Maison Moderne website.
The title’s digital companion, Explorator.lu, features more than 1,300 restaurants.
Also on Thursday Explorator issued its annual “people’s choice” awards of best restaurants in the Grand Duchy, in 13 categories, as voted by more than 1,000 readers. The winners are:
Business meal
1. Clairefontaine (Luxembourg-Centre)
2. Le Fin Gourmand (Luxembourg-Hollerich)
3. Maho, rive droite (Luxembourg-Clausen)
Romantic meal
1. Toit pour toi (Schouweiler)
2. Ma langue sourit (Moutfort)
3. Le Fin Gourmand (Luxembourg-Hollerich)
Meal with friends
1. Mamacita (Luxembourg-Centre)
2. L’Annexe (Luxembourg-Centre)
3. Le Fin Gourmand (Luxembourg-Hollerich)
Atmosphere & décor
1. Toit pour toi (Schouweiler)
2. Maho, rive droite (Luxembourg-Clausen)
3. Um Plateau (Luxembourg-Clausen)
New restaurant
1. Hitch (Luxembourg, Limpertsberg)
2. Brasserie Mansfeld (Luxembourg-Clausen)
3. Come à la maison (Luxembourg-Hollerich)
Fine dining
1. Ma langue sourit (Moutfort)
2. Clairefonfaine (Luxembourg-Centre)
3. Toit pour toi (Schouweiler)
French cuisine
1. Le Fin Gourmand (Luxembourg-Hollerich)
2. La Bergamote (Luxembourg-Hollerich)
3. L’Annexe (Luxembourg-Centre)
Italian cuisine
1. Notaro (Luxembourg-Clausen)
2. Al Bacio (Luxembourg-Centre)
3. Sapori (Luxembourg-Eich)
Asian cuisine
1. Kamakura (Luxembourg-Grund)
2. Aka Cité (Luxembourg-Centre)
3. Yamayu Santatsu (Luxembourg-Centre)
Centre region
1. Bistronome (Strassen)
2. Auberge de la Gaichel (Gaichel)
3. A Guddesch (Beringen)
Southern region
1. Brasserie K116 (Esch-sur-Alzette)
2. Postkutsch (Esch-sur-Alzette)
3. Cibo’s (Bettembourg)
Northern region
1. Manoir Kasselslay (Roder)
2. Aal Veinen (Vianden)
3. Äppel & Biren (Ingeldorf)
Eastern region
1. Mathes (Ahn)
2. La Rameaudière (Ellange)
3. Le Bistrot Gourmand (Remerschen)