2 Best Restaurants in Bingen, The Rhineland

With its position right on the market place in the center of town, you'd be forgiven for suspecting the Alte Wache to be a tourist trap. However, you'd be mistaken, as good regional cuisine such as local trout (Forelle) with potato and apple salad as well as salads, sandwiches, and a very popular spaghetti bolognese are on the reasonably priced menu in this spacious, friendly, air-conditioned café.

It's well worth the 10-minute drive from Bingen (just across the Nahe River) to enjoy the refined country cooking and wines produced by the Rumpf family, whether inside the 1790s house, or outside on the large, wisteria-draped suntrap of a patio. Seasonal house specialties include geschmorte Schweinebacken (braised pork jowls) with kohlrabi, boiled beef with green herb sauce, and Winzerschmaus (a casserole of potatoes, sauerkraut, bacon, cheese, and herbs).