On our Christmas market trip in December 2025, Dan and I took a food tour our second evening in Strasbourg with Do Eat Better. This tour, the Strasbourg Food Tour, ran about 3.5 hours. We paid 89.95 euro per person in December 2025; as of November 2026, it is 95.95 euro per person. I signed up for this tour because I had never taken an Alsatian food tour, and I was concerned about eating in Strasbourg during the Christmas market crowds. The food tour was delicious and fun, but it focused on Alsatian food generally, not Christmas market food (we didn’t even visit a Christmas market on the tour proper; we did after on our own). If you are still choosing between the two Alsace towns, see how Strasbourg compares to Colmar. This post reviews our tour in detail. For how we spent the rest of our time, see our Christmas market itinerary.

Meeting Our Group: Le Point de Convergence

Our tour met in Place d’Austerlitz, specifically at Le Point de Convergence. Le Point de Convergence is a 3D bronze relief map of Strasbourg’s Grande-Île district in 1727 (the original being located in Strasbourg’s History Museum). This map is a popular meeting point for many tour groups, as it’s centrally located and easy to find, but it’s also pretty cool. Visitors can make out individual houses and you can view and touch the map, making it family friendly. This bronze version has been here since 2012, designed by Alsatian artist Raymond-Emile Waydelich.

From the relief map, we made quick introductions, as it began to rain and departed for our first food stop!

Stop 1: Alsatian Saucissons from Les 3 Ptis Cochons

A short walk from Le Point de Convergence is Les 3 Ptis Cochons. This is an adorable gourmet shop specializing in sausages and cured meats, but also having a sizeable selection of craft beer, wine, and related products. The sausage, however, is the main draw. Les 3 Ptis Cochons had so many cured sausages of all flavors. This shop has two locations in Strasbourg, this being the original, and has been open since 2016.

At Les 3 Ptis Cochons, we sampled a local craft beer, 6 sausages, and a small piece of bread to pair with the sausage. I cannot recall the flavor of all the sausages, but the last one was a Christmas spice sausage, and it was excellent and very timely!

If you are in Strasbourg, Les 3 Ptis Cochons sells their sausages 3 for 12 euro. I really wanted to bring some home but I could not, for the life of me, determine if I could legally bring them into the United States (the rules changed to permit the import of some European sausages), so I did not. If you know, please comment on this! If you are in Europe, however, Les 3 Ptis Cochons ships all over Europe.

Stop 2: An Alsatian Bakery for a Kougelhopf at Pâtisserie Buhler.

We next walked toward the famous “Strasbourg Capitale de Noël” sign and before taking photos, stopped into a tiny patisserie called Pâtisserie Buhler – La Maison du Kougelhopf to purchase a treat for later. This family bakery, literally called the house of the Kougelhopf has been open since 1955, now on its second generation, and specializes in the Kougelhopf! And what is a Kougelhopf you may ask? It is a traditional Alsatian brioche made in a tall bundt-cake style (some say a chimney style). The cake is light, slightly sweet, and made with almonds and raisins. It is dusted with powdered sugar when finished. Here, our guide picked up a mini Kougelhopf to try later!

And, fun fact, the Kougelhopf (or Guglhupf in German) is the traditional cake sold at the carousel bar at Oktoberfest, which is one of my favorite stops at Oktoberfest!

Stop 3: The Famous Strasbourg Capitale de Noël Sign!

After securing the Kougelhopf, it was time to stop for photos at the famous “Strasbourg Capitale de Noël” sign. It’s near impossible to get a picture without others in the background, even in the rain, but we took a few. For reference, this was on a rainy Sunday night in early December. I would come extremely early if you want pictures without the crowds! I share more of Strasbourg’s Christmas markets in Finally, I Made It To The European Christmas Markets!

We continued to walk through Strasbourg, passing lots of cute stores and eventually the Cathedral, before locating our dinner stop! As you can see from the pictures, despite the rain, this Sunday evening was extremely crowded.

Stop 4: A Traditional Alsatian Dinner at Le Gruber!

We eventually stumbled upon our next stop, Le Gruber! Dan and I remembered this restaurant from earlier, as it has absolutely fantastic and over the top Christmas decorations. In December 2025, it was decorated as an Advent Calendar, which I thought was just so much fun. Le Gruber apparently does stunning outdoor Christmas decor, and it’s very popular for photographs.

Setting aside its Christmas decorations, Le Gruber is an Alsatian winstub located inside an old Strasbourg house. It is very picturesque. The interior feels like you have stepped inside someone’s home, but many, many years ago. Lots of wood and antique things. Despite it being the market season, we saw both tourists and locals in Le Gruber on this Sunday evening. Le Gruber’s specialty is local Alsatian cuisine, and that is exactly what we had! I would point out for those visiting that Le Gruber’s interior is not decorated for Christmas like its exterior. You may see one or two decorations but you are not getting a crazy Christmas vibe inside (for example, Rolf’s in NYC).

We began with Alsatian wine. I went red; Dan went white, as white is generally the better Alsatian wine. That being said, my red was good and not too sweet.

For food, we split the two offered dishes. First, the “gratin de spaetzles au fromage et champignons de Paris”. This dish is essentially spaetzle, or noodles, paired with local cheese and white button mushrooms. It was served in an iron dish, and it was incredibly good. I would absolutely return here to eat at Le Gruber (despite it not getting great reviews online). This dish costs 13.50 euro on the menu as of November 2026.

The second dish is the La Petite Choucroute on the menu. This dish consists of sauerkraut, potato, and three meats: a sausage, salted pork neck, and pork bacon. It was large, and quite filling. The meats were good, particularly paired with French mustard. This dish is served on the regular menu at 14.10 euro as of November 2026.

While both dishes were very good, we both preferred the spaetzle. We ended our meal with the Kougelhopf from Pâtisserie Buhler.

Stop 5: A Tasting of Comté & Munster Cheese at Mon Oncle Malker de Munster.

Our next stop was for a traditional French dessert, cheese, particularly cheese! The tasting was at a cheese shop called Mon Oncle Malker de Munster. The store specializes in products from the Munster region, particularly those from the Christlesgut farm and Maison Dischinger, in addition to other small producers in the area. I wanted to buy everything in this shop (there is also one in Colmar).

Here, we sampled two cheeses: Munster and Comté cheese. And for those unfamiliar, Munster is a cheese from the Alsace region. It’s creamy and pungent, and we would have more later (keep reading). Comté cheese, on the other hand, is a French hard or semi-hard cheese made from unpasteurized cow’s milk. Due to the fact that it is not pasteurized, it’s kind of difficult to find in the US, whereas Munster is easy to find. Both cheeses were very tasty, and the perfect small bite between dinners.

Stop 6: Tartes Flambées in La Petite France at Brasserie Le Meteor.

The final stop of our tour was at a cool restaurant called Brasserie Le Meteor. This “restaurant” is actually a brewery that also happens to serve tasty food all day long. It’s popular for Alsatian specialities, including tarte flambée, also known as Flammkuchen. This dish is a very thin pizza topped with savory or sweet things. Brasserie Le Meteor is even a member of Confrérie du Véritable Flammekueche, or the Brotherhood of the True Flammekueche. Le Meteor is huge, with both indoor and outdoor seating (in nice weather). That being said, it was really crowded when we visited on a Sunday evening.

To start at Meteor, everyone ordered a beverage. I probably should have gone with craft beer, but I opted for a French red wine.

For food, the group split three tartes flambées. First, La Traditionnelle, which is a thin rectangular pizza topped with crème fraîche, onion, and lardons. I ate a lot of this on this trip. The second tarte flambée was Le Munster. This one was just like La Traditionnelle, just also topped with Munster cheese. The final tarte flambée was my favorite: sweet and topped with cinnamon apples.

Our tour ended here, close to 9:00 p.m. We caught a final glass of vin chaud at the La Petite France Christmas market for the walk back to our hotel.

Food tours are one of our favorite ways to get to know a city. If you enjoyed this one, read about our Seville food tour and our Tbilisi food tour. Later on this trip, we headed to Basel, Switzerland, where we found the most delicious cheese fondue in Basel.

Steal Our Trip

Les 3 Ptis Cochons: 24 Rue d’Austerlitz. Open Monday to Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., until 8:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Pâtisserie Buhler – La Maison du Kougelhopf: 11 Rue du Dôme, 67000 Strasbourg, France. Open Monday – Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Le Gruber: 11, rue du Maroquin. Open daily 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. (until 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday). Reservations highly recommended during the Christmas markets and can be made here.

Mon Oncle Malker de Munster: 4 Pl. de la Grande Boucherie, 67000 Strasbourg, France. Open daily 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Brasserie Le Meteor: 10 Rue du 22 Novembre /27 Grand Rue, 67000 Strasbourg. Open 7:00 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., kitchen closes at 11:00 p.m.

Do Eat Better: We did the Strasbourg Food Tour with this company. We paid 89.95 euro per person in December 2025; the price is 95.95 euro per person as of November 2026.