Au Vieux Couvent

Au Vieux Couvent is a family-run, Michelin-starred auberge in Rhinau, continuing a tradition begun with the chef’s grandmother and first awarded a Michelin star in 1983; hospitality is offered by the chef with his wife Évelyne and a longstanding team. The house has held a Michelin star for decades, earned a Michelin Green Star for Gastronomie Durable in 2021 and had its pastry team honoured by Gault & Millau in 2015. Sourcing, seasonality and a rooted network of fishermen, farmers and hunters underpin the kitchen. An Alsatian family home on the banks of the Brunnwasser, the bright dining rooms look onto the river through large windows; interiors pair sober modernity with vegetal ceiling motifs, warm orange tones and resin marquetry evoking the local landscape. The modern, inventive, season-led cuisine centres on vegetables from the family potager, rare plants and edible flowers, and showcases fish from the Rhine, game from local hunts and meats from known regional breeders. Menus evolve with the seasons; themed events include bouillabaisse weeks and an Italian‑themed menu. Alexis Albrecht is the chef. Specialties include house foie gras d’oie, Smoked Saumon Bömlo, tourte de pintade with foie gras and Truffle Melanosporum, seasonal bouillabaisse of fish and shellfish, and vegetable-led dishes from the family potager finished with edible flowers.