Michelin Restaurants Aachen: What Starred Tables Cost
Aachen has two restaurants reported to hold a Michelin star: La Bécasse near the Westpark and St. Benedikt out in Kornelimünster.
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Aachen has two restaurants reported to hold a Michelin star: La Bécasse near the Westpark and St. Benedikt in the old center of Kornelimünster, roughly 20 minutes by car from downtown. Both cook French-leaning food at splurge prices, and the gap between a weekday lunch and a weekend tasting menu is the single biggest factor in what you pay. This guide sets out what each kitchen does, the reported menu prices, the vegetarian alternatives, and the ambitious addresses one tier down.
Treat every euro figure here as reported pricing rather than a quote; menus change with the season, so confirm the current card when you reserve. The picture below comes from a regional price survey and a restaurant guide's Aachen listings, and the wider best restaurants in Aachen picks put these rooms in context.
What a starred meal in Aachen looks like
The two starred addresses share a style: French technique, regional produce, and multi-course menus rather than a long à-la-carte list. La Bécasse is the closer of the two to the center, about a ten-minute walk from the cathedral to Hanbrucher Straße, while St. Benedikt sits in a listed building in Kornelimünster and needs a car, bus, or taxi. Neither is a spot for a quick plate before a train; both are evening-filling meals.
Expect to choose between a shorter lunch menu and a longer evening sequence. That structure, more than the star itself, decides whether the bill lands near the price of a good bistro or climbs into three figures per person.
La Bécasse: French cooking near the Westpark
La Bécasse, on Hanbrucher Straße near the Westpark, serves mostly French cuisine, with oysters, scallops, and Wagyu among the starters and duck and regional venison loin among the mains. As of the October 2024 reporting, the lunch menu ran Tuesday to Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. and cost 48 euros for three courses, against 111 euros for three courses at dinner, 122 for four, 133 for five, and 144 for six, with dinner served Tuesday to Saturday from 7 p.m.
That lunch slot is the same kitchen and the same address at less than half the dinner price. If you want the French cooking without the full evening outlay, book the midday seating.
St. Benedikt: the starred table in Kornelimünster
St. Benedikt occupies a heritage-listed house on Benediktusplatz in Kornelimünster, about 20 car minutes from the center. In the October 2024 figures, the weekday lunch menu changed weekly from Tuesday to Friday and cost 60 euros with meat or 51 euros vegetarian for three courses. The star menu, served Saturday lunch and Thursday through Saturday evening, came as five, six, or seven courses with meat at 158, 181, and 201 euros, or vegetarian at 130, 152, and 175 euros.
The kitchen's register is broad: regional potatoes, roulade, and fish on the lunch menu, and Wagyu, lobster, pike-perch, or mackerel among the choices on the long menu. This is the bigger occasion of the two starred rooms, and the price reflects it.
The price ladder in euros
Lined up, the ladder is easy to read. Lunch starts at 48 euros at La Bécasse and 51 to 60 euros at St. Benedikt, evening menus at La Bécasse run 111 to 144 euros, and the St. Benedikt tasting range reaches 158 to 201 euros with meat. A couple ordering the top menu with a modest bottle of wine is looking at a serious evening's spend, so decide the budget before you pick the restaurant rather than after.
Midday is where the starred kitchens become reachable for more travelers, and both put their shortest menu there. The longer evening sequences, especially on Friday and Saturday, are the bigger commitment.
Vegetarian menus at both starred restaurants
St. Benedikt runs a vegetarian version of its menus, and the saving is real rather than token: the vegetarian three-course lunch costs less than the meat version, and the vegetarian tasting menus cost less than the meat menus. La Bécasse prices its menus by course count, with the vegetarian options offered alongside the meat menus at lunch and dinner.
For a mixed group, knowing that St. Benedikt prices its vegetarian menus lower helps everyone plan the bill. Say so when you book, so the kitchen knows how many vegetarian covers to prepare.
One tier down without losing ambition
Ratskeller Aachen, in the historic vaults at Markt 40 by the Rathaus, serves a five-course menu reported at 85 euros vegan and 95 euros with meat, with individual plates such as calf's back and blood sausage available à la carte. The restaurant guide lists it as modern cooking in historic surroundings, and it is the most straightforward step down from star level while keeping a proper multi-course evening.
lokal Restaurant keeps a deliberately small card with a three- to six-course menu, vegetarian on request, and lets you order dishes such as onion tarte tatin or guinea fowl à la carte. Dario&, run by chef Dario Breuer with service chef Nico, sits between France and Asia with a finely tuned menu plus à-la-carte plates. Both are dinner bookings in the city center and suit a table that wants ambition without the tasting-menu outlay, and you can compare them with the rest of the German Restaurants in Aachen.
Aachen classics with a modern hand
When the mood is local rather than French, Postwagen zum Ratskeller is the obvious counterweight: a timber house from 1675 directly on the Rathaus square, rustic and historic, with Öcher (Aachen) specialties on the menu. The restaurant guide describes it as warm and old-fashioned in the best sense, with a historic pub downstairs.
Am Knipp, decorated with antiques and described as Aachen's oldest inn, cooks plain, solid dishes and is a short walk from the center. It is the place to send anyone who wants a hearty plate and a beer rather than a six-course sequence, and a glance at what to eat in Aachen shows how these plates fit the local repertoire.
Pippin: seasonal and small in the Jakobsviertel
Pippin, on Hubertusstraße in the Jakobsviertel, is a small restaurant run by owner-chef Torger Jan Schlennstedt, open Tuesday to Saturday from 6 p.m. with Sunday and Monday as rest days. The kitchen builds a new menu around a theme each month, uses regional and seasonal suppliers, and keeps the room in a period building with stucco ceilings and wooden floorboards.
Its published card shows the pricing style directly: starters around 14 to 15 euros, mains around 28 to 31, desserts at 9. The house recommends reserving at weekends and takes bookings by phone or email ahead of the evening.
How to book
For the starred rooms, plan around the long menus, which run on Saturday lunch and Thursday through Saturday evening at St. Benedikt, and Tuesday to Saturday dinner at La Bécasse. Lunch at La Bécasse runs Tuesday to Saturday and is the shorter, cheaper seating. Pippin takes reservations by phone or email and advises booking ahead at weekends.
Before you travel, confirm the current menu and service days directly with the restaurant, since both starred kitchens change their cards with the season. Then decide between the midday value and the full evening, which is the real fork in the road for a splurge in Aachen.
La Bécasse or St. Benedikt?
Choose La Bécasse for the cheaper entry into starred French cooking and the easier walk from the center, and St. Benedikt for the fuller occasion in Kornelimünster with the wider tasting range. If the budget is flexible but the calendar is not, book La Bécasse at lunch and put the saved money toward a second dinner.
If you would rather spend the evening on local cooking, book Postwagen zum Ratskeller or Am Knipp instead and keep the starred tables for a celebration. Either way, the choice comes down to lunch versus dinner and French versus Öcher, not to which kitchen has the star.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a Michelin-starred restaurant in Aachen?
Yes. La Bécasse near the Westpark and St. Benedikt in Kornelimünster were reported in October 2024 as the two Aachen restaurants holding a Michelin star. Both cook French-leaning, multi-course menus and take bookings ahead of service.
Can you eat vegetarian at Aachen's starred restaurants?
St. Benedikt offers vegetarian versions of its lunch and tasting menus and prices them lower than the meat ones. La Bécasse offers vegetarian variants alongside its lunch and dinner menus; mention vegetarian preferences when you reserve so the kitchen can plan.
Do you need to book ahead for fine dining in Aachen?
Yes, particularly for the longer evening menus. Weekday lunch is the shorter, cheaper seating, and Pippin, a small seasonal restaurant in the Jakobsviertel, also advises reserving at weekends.
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