SalzkammergutRestaurants

Restaurants in Salzkammergut

  1. Café Sissy

    Sissy was the nickname of the Kaiserin Elisabeth, unhappy wife of Emperor Franz Josef, and her pictures hang on the walls of this popular riverside bar/café. You can breakfast here, lunch or dine on a Wiener schnitzel and other simple fare, or simply nighthawk at the front-room bar till the midnight hour.

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  2. Restaurant Zum Salzbaron

    By a long shot the classiest gourmet act in town, the Salzbaron is perched delicately alongside the lake inside the Seehotel Grüner Baum and serves from a seasonal menu; local trout features strongly in summer on a menu with a pan-European angle.

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  3. San Giorgio

    This Italian restaurant by the lake has eat-in (inside or in the garden) and take-away food. There’s a bar/disco downstairs, the Zwolfer Alm Bar (open from 9pm), claiming to be the oldest nightclub in Austria (it was founded in 1930).

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  4. Konditerei Lewandofsky

    Konditerei Lewandofsky per slice €2.30; 8am-8pm Mon-Sat, 9am-8pm Sun, till 10pm Jul & Aug) The favoured place in town for coffee and cake or a post-work tipple on an outside terrace alongside the Kurpark.

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    Café Brandl

    This smart café/bar has bright yellow walls, black leather sofas and cubist artworks spiking its interior. It serves breakfast, cakes and light meals during the day and turns into a drinking venue (with snacks) at night.

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  6. Kraftstoff-Bar

    Decked out like a petrol station, this chilled-out bar and restaurant is an unusual place to curl your fingers around a drink, accompanied by wings and potato wedges, pasta, salads or grills; check out the charming balcony.

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  7. Restaurant-Pizzeria Simmer

    One time we had the good fortune to get caught in this gem during a tremendous hailstorm fresh from a lake hike. The staff is friendly, the pizza is great, and we found it a cosy respite while the heavens opened up.

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  8. Weinhaus Attwenger

    This quaint chalet with a garden next to the river serves prime-quality Austrian cuisine from a seasonal menu, with wines to match. It also has a couple of set menus (three/four courses €26/€30).

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  9. Grand Café & Restaurant Zauner Esplanade

    This offshoot of Café Zauner, the famous pastry shop at Pfarrgasse 7, serves quite decent Austrian staples, some using organic local meats, in a pleasant location beside the river.

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  10. Restaurant Timbale

    Reserve ahead for a table in what is considered to be one of the finest restaurants on the Wolfgangsee. The atmosphere is informal and it specialises in seasonal regional dishes.

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  12. Mayrhofer’s

    If you feel like a light salad with prawns, Mayrhofer’s is where it’s done well. This restaurant and bar also stays open long after the tour buses have left town.

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  13. Bräugasthof Restaurant

    Beef fillet in port is one excellent choice here, but you can also enjoy a few salads, trout, and other local specialities in this restaurant with a lovely lakeside terrace.

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  14. Fischer-Wirt Restaurant

    Situated on the water’s edge, this popular seafood restaurant does a fish platter for two people for €35; some meat dishes also feature on the menu.

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  15. Gasthof Blaue Traube

    The ‘Blue Grape’, opposite the church, serves a good schnitzel and other classics for eating in or usefully as take away; check out its ice cream.

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  16. Restorante da Michele

    Restorante da Michele. The homemade pasta and bread is especially popular at this delightful Italian restaurant in the centre of town.

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  17. Bürgerstub’n

    Back from the street in a courtyard, this cheap and cheerful place has lots of plants studding its outside terrace and serves filling classics.

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