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
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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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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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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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
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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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 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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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 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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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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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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