Cologne loses three stars: The new Michelin restaurant list 2025!

Cologne loses three stars: The new Michelin restaurant list 2025!

On the evening of June 17, 2025, the Michelin Guide published the latest star awards and this brought a bitter disappointment for the Cologne gastronomy. As reported ksta.de, the number of stars in Cologne was downgraded from twelve to nine. That means a loss of three sought-after stars.

In Cologne, the "Ox & Klee" restaurant remains the only house with two Michelin stars. It is located in the Rheinauhafen and offers a creative, modern kitchen with surprising menus that focus on regional cuisine. The other Cologne star restaurants are: "Le Moissonnier", "La Cuisine Rademacher", "La Société", "Maximilian Lorenz", "Pottkind", "Sahila - The Restaurant", "Taku" and "Zur Tant"

losses and causes

The loss of the star for "Maibeck" is particularly painful, which after 14 years now stands without this award. Chief Jan C. Maier is disappointed and emphasized that there were no changes in the kitchen. The "Neobiota" restaurant also had to give up its star, which is a big setback for Erik Scheffler. He expresses that the temporal communication on the part of Michelin left a lot to be desired, which considered his restaurant to be closed and thereby sectioned in the evaluation.

Eric Werner, who closed the "Astrein" restaurant in January 2025, is now pursuing new paths in "Augustin" without star ambitions. As reports Liebtinkoeln.com, every loss for Cologne gastronomy is a hard blow. The "Fine Food Days Cologne", an initiative to promote gastronomy in the city, regret the negative assessment and hope for upcoming stars.

The Cologne restaurants at a glance

Despite the returning number of stars, the remaining Cologne restaurants can still be seen. Here is the full list:

• 2-star restaurant: ox & klee
• 1-star restaurant:
  • Le Moissonnier Bistro
  • la Cuisine Rademacher
  • la Société
  • Maximilian Lorenz
  • Pottkind
  • Sahila - The Restaurant
  • taku
  • zur Tant

like ruhrnachrichten.de noted in North Rhine-Westphalia Currently there is no restaurant with three stars, which the Cologne Places gastronomy in another context. Overall, the region with Düsseldorf now also has nine star restaurants, while the total number in NRW was reduced to 46.

In the summer Cologne gastro scene, the hope for future stars and exciting culinary developments remains, while the restaurateurs still have to prove a good hand for creative dishes-maybe it is the next step to get the lost stars back.