Innsbruck – Eating between Habsburgs and snow sports enthusiasts

As already written, our trip to Innsbruck was a stunner in every respect and therefore I don’t want to withhold our culinary highlights from you and apologize in advance for the following flood of pictures.

Innsbruck offers an extremely diverse selection of restaurants and I have the good feeling that everyone will find their culinary happiness there. Unfortunately, you can’t dine in the Hofburg itself like in Emperor Maximilian’s time, but we ate almost at equally great and historic places.

Brunch – Das Schindler

In Innsbruck there are some restaurants where you can enjoy brunch. On Saturday morning we went to Das Schindler, which is centrally located on Maria-Theresien Strasse, and chose the following breakfast menus:

1x Nordkette breakfast (18.90 Euro):

• Coffee (I had a latte macchiato)
• Freshly squeezed orange juice
• Bircher Muesli
• Tyrolean Bacon Egg
• Prosciutto with fresh horseradish and cheese
• Schindler’s Weisswurst with homemade mustard (sausage in the morning ?! – and yes, it was good)
• Small pancake with sour cream

1x Breakfast Golden Roof (22.90 Euro)

• Coffee
• 1 glass of Prosecco
• Freshly squeezed orange juice
• Bircher Muesli
• Scrambled eggs with ham, cheese and tomatoes
• Kleines Beef Tartare
• House-pickled salmon

In addition, there are fresh rolls, jam and butter. Breakfast can be enjoyed on Saturday with live music.

Conclusion: Great start to the day!

Lunch – Seegrube

The Alpenlounge Seegrube is located high above Innsbruck and can be reached in about 20 minutes from the Kongresshaus with the Nordkettenbahn. The Alpenlounge has both a self-service area on the ground floor and a serviced parlour on the upper floor. Brunch is also possible up here, but we were here for lunch. The lunch menus cost between 10 and 20 euros and are beautifully presented. My ricotta-filled Schlutzkrapfen (a Tyrolean noodle speciality) were super tasty. I especially liked the rustic, elegant ambience of the parlour.

Conclusion: Great restaurant in the middle of the ski slopes

In between – Café Sacher

The traditional Viennese coffee house Café Sacher is located in Innsbruck in the middle of the old town in a wing of the Hofburg Palace. If you feel a slight hunger or chocolate cravings in between, you will certainly not be disappointed in here. By the way, the original Sacher Torte can also be ordered here as small cubes (with or without whipping). For those who are a little more hungry, there are also small menus, soups and various sandwiches.

Conclusion: I liked it

Abendenssen – Ottoburg

The Ottoburg, whose name derives from the word “barren”, is one of the oldest buildings in the city of Innsbruck and was originally a lookout and defensive tower in the city wall. The old battlement, which is located in the men’s toilet on the second floor, is a reminder of these times. The building looks rather small from the outside and surprises the guest inside with many different rooms, all of which have their own individual history and shape. At the top is the Prince’s Room with the oldest ceiling construction in the house, namely a beautiful wooden Gothic ceiling. The restaurant owner showed me all these exciting architectural details on a little tour of the house and also told funny ghost stories. In addition to the exciting history, there is also great food here. Our table was in the dark wood furnished Frundsbergstube and we decided on the following dishes:

• Colourful salads, seasonal salad plate (5.50 Euro)
• 1x steak pan (20.40 Euro)
• 1x Baked potato with rump steak strips (18.80 Euro)
• Fruity sorbet variations (6.80 Euro)

The portions were huge and bombastic good! We were both really absolutely thrilled!

Conclusion: Great food in a great ambience at a good price – what more could you want?

Note: I was able to experience these culinary delights as part of my “Mountain Winter History Tyrol”, to which I was invited by Tirol Tourismus – thank you very much!. Views and impressions, however, remain my own.