Located on Lindleystrasse in Frankfurt’s Ostend, an industrial port district quickly becoming a vibrant creative quarter, the hotel is an homage to British engineer William Lindley, who planned Frankfurt’s drainage and sewerage system in the 1800s. Designed by local architects FrankenArchitekten, the striking cast iron and glass façade displays the hotel’s split-level communal areas
For dining, the Leuchtendroter wine bar, bakery and restaurant sprawls throughout the ground floor. Its seasonal vegan and vegetarian menu, conceptualised by Ricky Saward, head chef of Michelin-starred Seven Swans, lists small plates for sharing. Dishes such as onion mushroom balls with caramelised cherries and lovage use regionally sourced ingredients; the bakery serves sandwiches and vegan cakes alongside fair-trade coffee roasted at local craft coffee makers Hoppenworth & Ploch
