JY'S

Jean-Yves Schillinger comes from Colmar restaurant royalty. His father, Jean, held Michelin stars in the town for decades. Jean-Yves spent the better part of a decade cooking in New York, came home to Alsace in the early 2000s, and now runs the only two-Michelin-star table in Colmar himself. The food is French at the bones with Asian accents he calls cuisine fusion à sa façon. It is the most ambitious cooking in town, and it knows it.

The room sits on the ground floor of the MGallery hotel at 3 allée du Champ de Mars, facing the park. Olivier Gagnère designed the interior: oversized sofas, tall windows onto the green, warm light, a jazz playlist kept to a murmur. It could have been lifted from SoHo, which is rather the point. Perhaps two dozen covers across a dozen tables, spaced wide enough that a conversation stays at the table.

Schillinger cooks across borders without losing the French spine. A duck foie gras turned with cocoa; Breton lobster, the kitchen's signature, cooked gently and finished in butter; Hida beef à la plancha; a bouillabaisse scented with kaffir lime. The discovery menus run in six or ten courses, and that is how the kitchen wants to be eaten. The lunch formula at €94 is the way in; dinner climbs to about €275 a head before wine.

The wine list is deep in Alsace — Trimbach, Zind-Humbrecht, Weinbach, Boxler — with proper coverage of Burgundy and the Rhône. The sommelier paces the meal rather than performing across it. Tuesday is the quiet service; Friday and Saturday need booking two to three weeks out.

For a client dinner in Alsace, JY'S is the correct address. Two Michelin stars settle the question of seriousness before anyone reads the menu. The room is architectural rather than fusty, the cooking has range a well-travelled guest will register, and the wide-spaced tables let a deal proceed without the next table hearing it. Take a window table facing the Champ de Mars, order a discovery menu for the table, and let the sommelier do the rest. It reads as effort without showing off.

Is JY'S worth it?
Yes. JY'S holds two Michelin stars in the 2025 Michelin Guide France, the only two-star table in Colmar, and Jean-Yves Schillinger cooks the most ambitious food in the town. It is expensive and formal, French at the core with Asian accents. If you want serious cooking in Alsace beyond the wine-route winstubs, this is it.

What should I order at JY'S?
Take a discovery menu, six or ten courses, rather than à la carte; the kitchen is built around them. Schillinger's Breton lobster, his duck foie gras, and Hida beef à la plancha are the dishes that show the French-Asian style. Lunch is the value entry at €94. Let the sommelier pace the Alsace-heavy list.

How much does JY'S cost?
The set lunch is €94, Wednesday to Friday. Dinner discovery menus run up to about €275 a head before wine, in six or ten courses. Wine pairings add to that. It is two-Michelin-star pricing, high for Colmar but in line with the cooking and the room.

Where is JY'S and how do I book?
JY'S is on the ground floor of the MGallery hotel at 3 allée du Champ de Mars, facing the Champ de Mars park in Colmar. Book ten days to three weeks ahead; Friday and Saturday go first. Smart dress, jacket preferred. See more restaurants in Colmar.