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    MiZAR

    1. 01CuisineModern Franconian Fine Dining
    2. 02CityWürzburg, Germany
    3. 03RecognitionOne Michelin Star
    MiZAR

    Four tables, Franconian produce

    A Croatian hand at a Franconian pass

    The oeuf parfait reaches the pass with mushrooms and dashi held in careful tension. Konstantin Kuntzsch leads the kitchen at MiZAR in Würzburg, having earned a Michelin star at Speiseberg in Halle an der Saale before opening here with his business partner Florian Mack, who runs the floor and the cellar. The brief is Franconian: local produce, contemporary technique, and a room small enough for the hands to stay visible from the table. The restaurant opened in April 2024 in a former riverside pub in the Mainviertel, close to the Old Main Bridge, and its scale keeps the work close to the guest. Four tables change the pressure in a kitchen. There is little distance between decision and plate, and less room for drift, so the reading is always on the plate: regional material, precise technique, and a method that asks each element to earn its place.

    Seven to nine courses, held to the region

    The menu moves as a tasting sequence of seven to nine courses, with the kitchen using the season as its governing measure. Franconian sourcing gives the program its ground; modern technique gives it its edge. The oeuf parfait with mushrooms and mushroom dashi shows the house’s preference for depth without weight, building savor through eggs, fungi, and broth rather than through ornament. Bavarian fawn saddle appears with hazelnut crust, celery, apple, Japanese hollandaise, and venison jus, a plate that puts regional game into contact with a cleaner, more contemporary line. Cauliflower has been worked with leaf salad ice cream, which tells you something about the kitchen’s appetite for contrast: cold against vegetal sweetness, familiar produce pushed into a less expected register. The vegetarian menu receives the same degree of composition as the main menu, not a reduced version of it. That matters in a dining room this small, where every plate carries the weight of the whole evening.

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    Four tables and the open kitchen

    The room keeps its voice low. Warm-toned furnishings, contemporary artwork, and views into the open kitchen make MiZAR feel less like a stage than a bench-side exchange, with the pass close enough for concentration to become part of the atmosphere. Service stays formal in shape but not stiff in temperature, and the wine program leans toward Franconia, keeping the cellar in the same conversation as the food. The setting matters because the kitchen’s modernity does not arrive as spectacle. It arrives in the sequence of gestures: a sauce held back until the plate is ready, a saddle cut to preserve its center, a mushroom note stretched through dashi. In a former pub by the river, the transformation is measured by the discipline at the pass.

    Recognition held inside the work

    MiZAR holds one Michelin star, recognition that belongs to this Würzburg address. At MiZAR in Würzburg, four tables and a seven to nine course menu keep the work nearer to the guest. If the kitchen sharpens further, it will do so through the vocabulary already on the table: oeuf parfait, Bavarian fawn saddle, and the four tables at MiZAR.

    Questions

    Frequently asked

    Who cooks at MiZAR in Würzburg?

    Konstantin Kuntzsch leads the kitchen at MiZAR.

    What kind of menu does MiZAR serve?

    MiZAR serves a Franconian tasting menu of seven to nine courses, shaped by local produce and contemporary technique.

    What are some dishes associated with the restaurant?

    The oeuf parfait with mushrooms and mushroom dashi is one of the house dishes, and Bavarian fawn saddle appears with hazelnut crust, celery, apple, Japanese hollandaise, and venison jus.

    What recognition does MiZAR hold?

    MiZAR holds one Michelin star.

    What should guests know about booking and opening times?

    Reservations are essential, and the restaurant is open Wednesday to Saturday from 6:30 PM to 11:30 PM.

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