About gourmaris

A guide for people who travel to eat

gourmaris grew out of a simple habit: booking the restaurant before the flight. We wanted one place that tells the truth about dining in the cities we love, from the three-star counters of Paris and New York to a fish shack on the harbour wall of List, with the prices, the hours, the dress codes and the reservation tricks that the restaurants’ own websites leave out.

How we choose

Every restaurant in this guide meets three conditions: it has a character of its own, it cooks at a level that justifies a detour and it works for guests who are in town for the first time. We name the price level, the signature dish and the best hour, because a rooftop at lunch is a different restaurant from the same rooftop at ten in the evening.

No paid recommendations

Restaurants cannot buy their way into gourmaris. A few venues are gourmaris members, which means we work with them on their presentation and say so on the entry; the member badge marks them clearly. The text is still ours. Opening hours, prices, chefs and stars change quickly, so please check the restaurant’s own information before you book, and tell us about anything we got wrong at info@gourmaris.com

The tools

Table Finder, Dinner Budget, Gourmet Weekend Planner, Table Roulette, City Duel, Wine Pairing Finder, Tipping Guide, Legendary Tables and the quiz run entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent to us and nothing is tracked. You share results yourself, as a link or as an image.

Images and videos

The mood images on gourmaris illustrate our topics and were created for this guide. They do not show the specific restaurants, dishes or people described unless the entry says so, as with our members, whose own photography we use with permission.

Who we are

gourmaris is published by NexTao GmbH in Düsseldorf, a digital agency with a long habit of eating well. The editorial team writes in English for an international audience; a German edition is planned.