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Nuremberg food took us by complete surprise!
We recently spent three days in Nuremberg, Germany on an unexpected Eurail trip across five countries while we waited for our van to get out of the shop.
Grab your Eurail pass here before your trip.
We actually had no plans of visiting this area of Germany, but when we saw the train route from Belgium to Slovakia took us through Nuremberg, we knew we wanted to stay there for a few days.
The city is beautiful, complete with a castle, a waterway with Love Island, picturesque cobblestone streets, and surprisingly a lot of local cuisine that originates in Nuremberg.
*Nuremberg is spelt Nürnberg in German, so I’ll be using both spellings interchangeably in this article.
Using This Nuremberg Food Guide
To make the most of this food guide, we recommend pinning the locations of each restaurant on a map. For each of our food recommendations, we include coordinates for you to copy and save on whatever map app you use. We’ve always used maps.me for an offline map app, but have started using and really enjoying pinning locations on Google Maps instead.
If you’re going to use Google Maps, be sure to bring a portable phone charger and have an eSim before you land!
We strongly recommend never letting yourself get truly hungry while traveling. I feel like that’s when frustration occurs and you miss out on things if you’re only thinking about food. Thankfully, in Nuremberg, food is easy to find.. and cheap snacks and meals are waiting around every corner!
Don’t want to do your own food guide. Try all these foods and more on a Nuremberg Food Tour.
Nuremberg Food To Try
Nuremberg Gingerbread
- Cost | €16 for a 5 piece variety pack
- Where To Try It | Market stalls near St. Lorenz Cathedral | 49.4507814, 11.0780711
No trip to Nürnberg is complete without trying the gingerbread! Nuremberg’s position in trade had a huge impact on the gingerbread made in Nuremberg. In fact, it has a special name, lebkuchen, and can only be made within Nuremberg. It has a much different taste and texture than any gingerbread we’ve had.
It’s light, fluffy, and so soft that a very thin cookie wafer has to be on the bottom of the gingerbread to prevent the gingerbread from crumbling.
We were lucky enough to visit Nuremberg when they had market stalls set up in the shopping area near St. Lorenz Cathedral. This allowed us to try gingerbread from a local man who’s been making gingerbread for decades. He even recently was awarded in making the top five best gingerbread in Germany!
And after trying gingerbread from three different places in town, we can attest to his being the best! Just look for him directly in front of the church!
Nuremberg Sausage
- Cost | €4-5
- Where To Try It | market stalls or at Bratwursthäusle | 49.4549770, 11.0768128
We had no clue a Nürnberg sausage was a thing until after we ate two of them. We left our accommodation on a hunt to find something to eat, and stumbled across the market set up in front of St. Lorenz Cathedral.
We were immediately draw to the smells of cooked sausages. And upon getting closer to the market stall, we saw a picture of a sausage sandwich. It had three sausage links, and saurkraut stuffed inside a sandwich roll. And it looked delicous.
The lady running the stall told us it’s traditionally eaten with a line of mustard, and so naturally we had to put that on there.. and holy smokes, the combo is unreal.
We later learned that not only is Nuremberg sausage a speciality from the area, but the tradtional way of eating it is in a sandwich just like we had it.
These sandwiches are on multiple menus and are a very cheap Nuremberg food. In our opinion, the ones from the market stall by St. Lorenz Cathedral are the best.
If the market stalls aren’t open, you can snag a sandwich togo from Bratwursthäusle. To get them from Bratwursthäusle, walk into the building, through the door in the foyer, and then stop at the window on the right. Here you can order sandwiches (be sure to ask for saurkraut) and then the man will tell you where to stand to pick them up.
Potato Soup
- Cost | €4.90 – €6.90
- Where To Try It | Augustiner Zur Schranke for traditional German atmosphere | 49.4572560, 11.0743287
When something is on every single menu you look at, you know you have to try it. This was the case for the potato soup.
And what better way to try potato soup than after a day outside exploring in the cold. Visiting Nuremberg in February was the perfect time to load up on all the warm, cozy meals!
We recommend snagging a drink, pretzel, and potato soup for a pregame appetizer before going to have a Nürnberg sausage sandwich for your main course! It’s a meal that’s easy on the budget and a fun way to try all different things!
Augustiner Zur Schranke is a restaurant that was full of locals, we found it when looking for places with mulled wine (below) and instantly fell in love. It’s a small German restaurant at the top of town by the castle and the food is good and the atmosphere is a very cozy traditional German feel.
Kaiserschmarrn
- Cost | €13.90
- Where To Try It | Cafe Trödelmarkt on Love Island | 49.4532428, 11.0736957
We stumbled across this cafe when we were wandering around taking photos in Nuremburg and were delighted with both the menu and the outdoor seating area!
This restaurant is right along the water with traditional German buildings around it. The food is incredibly good and the prices are surprisingly really low!
Kaiserschmarrn is a traditional sweet treat in Germany served with either plum or apple compote, and holy smokes is it a treat! We also had eggs Benedict here, also for €13.90 (so cheap for US standards) and it was equally as amazing.
This restaurant is the perfect place to go to give yourself a break from the sausage and saurkraut… ahhh.. my mouth is watering just thinking about this food!
German Pastries | Pretzel & Berliner
- Cost | under €2
- Where To Try It | Literally anywhere
There’s something special about having a pretzel in Germany. It’s the perfect salty treat to have with a drink.
You’ll find pretzels everywhere, usually hanging on a wooden pretzel stand right at the entry of restaurants. Good by itself or with some mustard.. pretzels in Germany are a must!
And berliners.. boy oh boy, a sweet treat that’s going to leave you wanting more! We can’t even count the amount of berliners we had in Germany.
We always go for the jam filled berliners, and while we’re never sure what’s inside.. it’s good every time.
In fact, Nuremberg had a filling that we can’t quite put our finger on, and it is one of our favorite fillings to date. I think that the fillings are traditionally whatever fruit is in season, and you can find berliners at cafes, bakeries, and even at the grocery store too!
Drinks To Try In Nürnberg, Germany
Nuremberg’s Red Beer
- Cost | €4.80 – €6
- Where To Try It | Bratwursthäusle | 49.4549770, 11.0768128
We’re big into trying the local drinks in places we visit. And while we know that cutting alcohol purchases is a great way to save money, sometimes you just have to try the local beer.
Nuremberg is said to be the place where red beer was created. The Nuremberg Rotbier is still made in traditional ways and accompanies all the pork dishes really well!
Glühwein
- Cost | €4.50 – €5.50
- Where To Try It | Wirtshaus Albrecht | 49.4550356, 11.0772218
I’m not sure if glühwein is available year-round, but if it is, you’ve got to try it. Glühwein is a warm wine with spices and it’s one of my favorite drinks across the globe.
In Nuremberg was my first place trying white mulled wine — I’ve always had red, and trust me on this one.. try the white! So many fun flavors all in one warm drink. It’s so good.
Nuremberg Food Guide
This food guide is based on our four-day stay in Nuremberg, Germany. We really didn’t have any expectations of the Nuremberg food, but were pleasantly surprised to find how good the food is in the city!
It’s easy to be in the Bavarian region and get overloaded with heavy meals, lots of meat and sauerkraut. However, in Nuremberg, it was just as easy to find balance with those meals by finding places serving things like eggs benedict with loads of veggies, and starting our days with pastries!
If you want to try all these foods and more, we suggest booking a food tour in Nuremberg. You’ll learn a bit about the history of food while getting to sample all the goodness, that’s a win-win!
Where to Stay in Nuremberg Germany
Recommended Stays
- Budget | Apartment Stay with kitchenette | Browse budget apartments in Nuremberg
- Average | Nuremberg B & B Hotel | Where we stayed, check prices now.
- Luxury | Landgasthof Hotel | check availability for you to stay like royalty
