Restaurants in Salzkammergut
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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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Restaurant zum Salzbaron
One of the best gourmet acts in town, the Salzbaron is perched alongside the lake inside the Seehotel Grüner Baum and serves a seasonal pan-European menu; local trout features strongly in summer.
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San Giorgio
This Italian restaurant by the lake has eat-in (inside or in the garden) and takeaway food. The bar-disco downstairs, the Zwolfer Alm Bar (open from 9pm), claims to be the oldest nightclub in Austria (it was founded in 1930) and hosts lots of sponsored events.
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Konditerei Lewandofsky-Temmel
The favoured place in town for coffee and cake or a postwork tipple on the terrace alongside the Kurpark.
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Café Brandl
This smart cafe-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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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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Restaurant-Pizzeria Simmer
Easily the most atmospheric of all the budget restaurants in the region, this Italo-Austrian place has cosy indoor seating and outdoor tables alongside a gurgling brook; the pizza is great, and there’s ten-pin bowling out the back.
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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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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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Restaurant Timbale
Reserve ahead for a table in one of the finest restaurants on the Wolfgangsee. The atmosphere is informal and it specialises in seasonal regional dishes.
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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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Bräugasthof
Meats of all descriptions are an 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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Fischer-Wirt Restaurant
Situated on the water’s edge, this popular seafood restaurant does a well-priced fish platter for two people; some meat dishes also feature on the menu.
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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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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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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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Konsum
To stock up on provisions for a hike, you’ll find a Konsum between Hallstatt and Lahn.
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Zum Lebzelter
Next door to the gingerbread factory. Many ingredients used in this Austrian cafe are organic.
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Rettenbachmühle
Situated 2.5km southeast of the centre in the lush Rettenbach Valley, this restaurant in a former mill alongside a gurgling stream is a relaxing place to enjoy some regional and Austrian classics on a warm day in the garden. To get here, take Grazer Strasse from the Goldener Ochs Hotel and after the B145 turn left into Rosenkranzgasse/Rettenbachtalbezirksstrasse. A taxi is easiest if you don’t have your own wheels.
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Im Weissen Rössl
There are two restaurants and a lovely wine cellar in this highly respected hotel. The Seerestaurant (kitchen open all day, mains €12.50 to €19) tempts with regional and international dishes, while the Romantik has à la carte dining (dinner only, mains €25 to €31) and an exceptional six-course menu for €56.50.
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Balthazar im Rudolfsturm
With the most spectacular terrace in the region, Balthazar is situated 855m above Hallstatt. Both the views over the lake and the food are excellent.
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Balthazar
With its small but eclectic menu of dishes ranging from baked potatoes (€4.90 to €8.20) to wok or Asian-inspired mains, Balthazar offers a greater variety of flavours than most places in town.
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K.u.K. Hofbeisl
For quality grub at a decent price, try this simple eatery. It doubles as a lively bar come sundown.
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