Salzburg at Christmas
Sep 18th, 2006 | 12:52 PM
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We will be in Salzburg over Christmas too and will have dinner at our hotel. Suggest you check if the hotel you want to stay in has a restaurant and if so, will it be open for Christmas.
FWIW, I stayed at the Best Western zum Hirschen in Salzburg in May with my mother and we ate most of our dinners at the hotel's restaurant. Surprisingly good, with a strong emphasis on organic food (vegetarian and non). Two thumbs up for the draft Hirter organic (bio) pils!
FWIW, I stayed at the Best Western zum Hirschen in Salzburg in May with my mother and we ate most of our dinners at the hotel's restaurant. Surprisingly good, with a strong emphasis on organic food (vegetarian and non). Two thumbs up for the draft Hirter organic (bio) pils!
Sep 18th, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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We were in Salzburg at Christmas two years ago staying in a small hotel. Our hotel made reservations for us for Christmas even dinner at a mediocre Italian place that was crammed to the gills. Check with your hotel. Christmas eve will probably be easier than Christmas day. We laid in a stock of cheese bread and yoghurt.
Sep 18th, 2006 | 05:19 PM
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Hi JKR, I've answered a similar question in the past, here's a copy:
A few years ago, we had a nice formal christmas dinner at the Hotel Sacher which has a terrace overlooking the river & old town. It is a very well renovated grand-style hotel in Salzburg.
Hotel SACHER Restaurant: www.sacher.com
Another traditional place for christmas dinner is at the Goldener Hirsch hotel restaurant which has curving ceiling arches. It was just featured in a christmas travel article so it was booked solid when we tried to pre-book it in November. This would've been my first choice based on ambiance/decor.
HOTEL GOLDENER HIRSCH Restaurant: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury...caleoverwrite=
"Sankt PetersKeller" located behind St Peter's church also had a special christmas outdoor festivities with gluhwein & wandering musicians in traditional costumes inside their festively decorated front courtyard. We didn't have a reservation so couldn't enter the restaurant but were able to join the gluhwein & music festivities on the 23rd. Food was decent when we went back to eat there a few days later.
SANKT PETERSKELLER:Tel 43-662-8412680/fax 43-662-841206875.
You can view the inner courtyard(Innenhof) and various dining rooms at http://www.haslauer.at/deutsch/Stift...plettframe.htm
"Alt Salzburg" is a traditional gourmet restaurant where you can dine inside a large cave in the back of the restaurant. We had the most attentive service here compared to all the restaurants we've been in Salzburg though I have no complaint about service in any restaurant in Salzburg.
ALT SALZBURG: email [email protected] Tel 43-662-841476
"Zum Eulenspiegel" is a narrow restaurant that has a great traditional ambiance and a very crowded bar downstairs. You climb the small stairway for their standard but good traditional fare served in the five floors above the bar. Service is a bit hectic as the waiters climb up & down between floors. I've eaten here 3 or 4 times because I enjoy the relaxed, cozy atmosphere and comfort food they serve.
ZUM EULENSPIEGEL: Tel 43-662-8431800/FAX 43-662-8431806
Two other good but simple restaurants (not for christmas dinner):
STERNBRAU: sprawling hectic German diner, least attentive service with its own brewery :www.sternbraue.at
K+K RESTAURANT am WAAGPLATZ I've dined here twice for the gastronomic quality food but the restaurant interior is more for simple business lunch:
www.kkhotels.com/inside.aspx?code=RE&lang=en
Hope that helps
A few years ago, we had a nice formal christmas dinner at the Hotel Sacher which has a terrace overlooking the river & old town. It is a very well renovated grand-style hotel in Salzburg.
Hotel SACHER Restaurant: www.sacher.com
Another traditional place for christmas dinner is at the Goldener Hirsch hotel restaurant which has curving ceiling arches. It was just featured in a christmas travel article so it was booked solid when we tried to pre-book it in November. This would've been my first choice based on ambiance/decor.
HOTEL GOLDENER HIRSCH Restaurant: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury...caleoverwrite=
"Sankt PetersKeller" located behind St Peter's church also had a special christmas outdoor festivities with gluhwein & wandering musicians in traditional costumes inside their festively decorated front courtyard. We didn't have a reservation so couldn't enter the restaurant but were able to join the gluhwein & music festivities on the 23rd. Food was decent when we went back to eat there a few days later.
SANKT PETERSKELLER:Tel 43-662-8412680/fax 43-662-841206875.
You can view the inner courtyard(Innenhof) and various dining rooms at http://www.haslauer.at/deutsch/Stift...plettframe.htm
"Alt Salzburg" is a traditional gourmet restaurant where you can dine inside a large cave in the back of the restaurant. We had the most attentive service here compared to all the restaurants we've been in Salzburg though I have no complaint about service in any restaurant in Salzburg.
ALT SALZBURG: email [email protected] Tel 43-662-841476
"Zum Eulenspiegel" is a narrow restaurant that has a great traditional ambiance and a very crowded bar downstairs. You climb the small stairway for their standard but good traditional fare served in the five floors above the bar. Service is a bit hectic as the waiters climb up & down between floors. I've eaten here 3 or 4 times because I enjoy the relaxed, cozy atmosphere and comfort food they serve.
ZUM EULENSPIEGEL: Tel 43-662-8431800/FAX 43-662-8431806
Two other good but simple restaurants (not for christmas dinner):
STERNBRAU: sprawling hectic German diner, least attentive service with its own brewery :www.sternbraue.at
K+K RESTAURANT am WAAGPLATZ I've dined here twice for the gastronomic quality food but the restaurant interior is more for simple business lunch:
www.kkhotels.com/inside.aspx?code=RE&lang=en
Hope that helps
