I am currently planning a trip and would appreciate any recommendations on restaurants/dining experiences that you think shouldn't be missed while in the above listed towns. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

In Salzburg you must must must have dinner at the Cafe Winkler at sunset. If you're lucky you might see a couple of rainbows above the castle from the restaurant's deck. Have a taxi take you to the elevator entrance below the restaurant but then walk back to your hotel from there, stopping for a gelato. Enjoy! In Rothenburg eat at the Hotel Goldene Rose. Great food!

For Salzburg: Hotel Blau Gans-inexpensive french also very nice hotel next to Mozart Birthouse <BR> <BR>For Munich: Kartoffel Haus-next to Glockenspiel

In Berchtesgaden the Hubertus Stuben has a terrific cheese fondue ( Kase fondue, the Kur and Kongress Haus has great outdoor seats to have coffee and kuchen(cake) while listening to the outdoor music, Gasthof Sonneck on the Kelstein has lots of good choices, much less costly than town. Avoid the restaurants out by the Konigsee. <BR>Our favorites in Munich are the Haxenbauern, the Doninsl, and Dallmayers for both take out, take home, and eat in!

For Salzburg - - every who goes to Salzburg more than once evetually tries the Sankt Peter Stifitskeller for a Mozart dinner concert - - that's an OK experience - - the food is competent, the beverages are pushed at you (and rather over-priced), and the music was very entertaining (to me) my one time there - - I am not an opera connoisseur - - and I think this was very much opera "with training wheels". <BR> <BR>But I have also been there on a non-concert night (a communications screw-up; the concerts are NOT nightly in the off season) - - and I thought it stood on its own very nicely - - just as a restaurant. <BR> <BR>And for Munich - - just the week before Christmas, Munich was featured in the "Choice Tables" section of www.nytimes.com - - you have to register to access this page, but there is NOT a fee - - unlike other articles in their archives: <BR> <BR>www.nytimes.com/2000/12/17/travel/17TAB.html <BR> <BR>"Beyond the Beer Garden, Munich's Fine Cuisine" <BR> <BR>By MAUREEN B. FANT <BR> <BR>Best wishes, <BR> <BR>Rex <BR> <BR> <BR>

Thank you very much! I appreciate all of your recommendations.

Mike: <BR> <BR>In Vienna, I would recommend Brezel Gwolb restaurant. It's in an old pretzel factory. They cater to a tourist clientele; the food is good and reasonably priced (for Vienna!) <BR> <BR>Enjoy!

Mike <BR> <BR>I just got back from Garmisch, Salzburg, Munich, and other parts of Tyrol. I stayed in Garmisch and it was wonderful. My favorite places to eat may sound odd because they're Italian. Italy is very close so it might not seem too weird. I highly recommend Bruno's in Garmish and the Spaghetti&Co Restaurant in Salzburg. We also spent some time at Salsilito's in Garmisch---not so much for the food (decent Mexican--try the quesidillas) but for the drinks. Salsilito's is mostly a bar that happens to have a restaurant in it---but guaranteed fun! Email if you need more help.

Try the Schnitziel Place in Fussen, <BR>over 15 types of Schnitziel.

Beerhalls have their own appeal, as much for the atmosphere as for the food and drink. Don't miss the Augustiner Brau hall in Salzburg.
http://www.augustinerbier.at/pages/estuebl/index.htm

Hi,
In Fussen we liked the Gasthof Krone. Medievel decor and atmosphere. Try the Honig (honey)wine there. Fantastic and it's served in horns on stands instead of glasses!

paul

In Vienna, the wine garden experience can be fun and economical. We particularly enjoy the Hirsch in the Grinzing area. Simply take the tram to Grinzing (end of the line) walk out of the station, turn right and walk a few hundred yards.

If it's nice out, I'd recommend the beer garden in the Englischer Garten in Munich. Reasonable enough prices, pretty good food, excellent beer (Hofbrauhaus), great atmosphere (both tourists and Germans) and, if you're lucky, the oompah band will be playing in the Chinese tower.

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I realize that this thread is very old, but I will go ahead and give my opinions.

In Salzburg we ate at Stiftskeller St. Peter, located at St. Peter Bezirk 4, and the food and ambience was phoenomenal. The restaurant is near the church and cemetary, and is said to be one of the oldest restaurants in the world, dating back to 803 I believe. See http://www.stiftskellerstpeter.at/ for more info.

While we were in the Berchtesgaden area, we drove to Ramsau to eat at the Gasthof Nutzkaser. I found it in a small guidebook I picked up, and it was mentioned because of the spectacular views from the restaurant. We drove through Ramsau and went high up into the mountains. The restaurant has huge windows on three sides with views of the surrounding mountains. The food was great and the views incredible. Its worth the drive if you have a car. http://www.hotel-nutzkaser.de/engl/index.html

In Rothenburg we have a very nice meal at our hotel, the Kloster-Stuble.http://www.klosterstueble.de/index_e.html.

In Vienna we mostly stuck to cafe food, with the exception of lunch at the Hotel Sacher. Lunch was decent but a little &quot;stuffy&quot;. I honestly can't remember where we ate in Fussen or Garmisch.

Tracy

Leaving Fussen, on the road leading to the castles, you will see several small hotels about a mile before the castles on the left hand side of the road. One of these has an excellent outdoor restaurant facing the road. Can't miss it. Delicious Bavarian food at a surprisingly good price. It's a pretty good budget hotel too with castle views from some of the rooms.

In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, we like to dine outdoors at the Alpenhof, in the pedestrian zone. Very nice menu with imaginative salads and well-prepared Continental dishes. In a 3-night stay there, we'll happily eat 2 nights at the Alpenhof. And after dinner, instead of eating dessert there, we'll wander up to the Dolomiti Eis-Cafe for the most wonderful Spaghetti-Eis I've ever tasted.

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Kind of contributing to the choir, but I really liked Hot. Wolf-Dietrich and the adjacent near-world class restaurant Ahrlich in Salzburg; Hot. Berg and the rest just x the street in Rothenburg, and the rest at Hot. Gasthof Fraundorfer in Partenkirchen - the food was less than great, but inexpensive and a very, very fun evening among all the world's travelers.
M (SMdA, Gto.)