Le Saint-Sépulcre: ham in pastry beside the cathedral
One of the best rated winstubs in the centre, a listed shopfront, ham baked in pastry and carved at the table, and a legend about a tunnel to the cathedral.
The verdict
A few dozen metres from the cathedral, in a building several centuries old with a listed shopfront, Le Saint-Sépulcre (Hailich Graab in Alsatian) pulls off what few winstubs, the Alsatian taverns, of the Carré d'Or manage: staying a genuine local restaurant in the middle of the tourist flow. A 4.5 from more than 1,800 Google reviews makes it one of the best rated winstubs in the centre, and the local press was still praising in 2024 the arrival of chef Michel Supper, whose specials dust off the menu without betraying it.
What to eat
The signature gesture is ham baked in pastry, carved in the dining room. Around it: waedele (pork knuckle), snails, grilled Munster cheese, and more inventive seasonal suggestions such as horseradish gravlax or red mullet baeckeoffe, the Alsatian slow cooked casserole. The house also keeps its legend alive: a tunnel is said to link the cellar to the cathedral, from the days when the address watered the workers on the building site.
Visiting tip
Book for dinner, especially in season: the location makes it an obvious target and the dining room cannot stretch. Lunch is still the slot for regulars from the neighbourhood.
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Camille Roth
Born in Schiltigheim, Camille spent ten years working in Strasbourg kitchens before swapping the apron for a notebook. She writes about winstubs, the city's newer tables and Alsatian produce. Her rule: never recommend an address she would not send her own parents to.
