L'Essentiel

Rating: 11.5
Author: Gault&Millau

9 Rue Jacques Preiss, 68000 Colmar, France

11.5/20
Gourmet Restaurant

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Location: Colmar
Cooking: French | Traditional
Style: With family

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

26 to 45

Gault&Millau's review 2026

11,5/20

Gourmet Restaurant

With over twenty years of experience and a consistently high standard, the restaurant run by Olivier Reither and his wife Anne-Lise stands out. The dishes are executed with great skill, showcasing a distinct flair for seasoning that finds the essential in the details. The €45 set menu features butternut squash prepared as a crumble with honey and squash seeds; pike quenelles with lobster cream, a Thai basil, yuzu, and fennel sauce; a confit lamb shank, cinnamon jus, figs, and crushed celery, a pear poached in black tea, tonka bean, and salted butter Florentines.