Dining in the Salzkammergut

Culinary in the Salzkammergut is a pleasure. Everything that the Austrian cuisine has to offer is put on the table, and perhaps a bit more. Because origin, seasonality and regional products are the main players in the kitchens of the Salzkammergut. Whether in a traditional inn, at a hip food truck or in an upscale gastronomy - the food in the Salzkammergut convinces with down-to-earthness, refinement and freshness. This is how the flavors taste between mountains and lakes!

Vor der Erlachmühle in Mondsee hat sich eine gesellige Runde aus drei Frauen und zwei Männern zur Jause an einem Tisch versammelt.

Restaurants and inns

Whether in a gourmet restaurant, a traditional inn or a hip food truck - sample regional specialities and eat well in the Salzkammergut! Here you will find a list of all restaurants and establishments in the region.

Culinary Highlights

Culinary delights in the Salzkammergut invite you to actively experience them with their great variety and strong regional character. Culinary delights and traditional food production are an inseparable pair in the Salzkammergut. Our direct marketers prove this every day. Various culinary highlights await you all year round in the Salzkammergut - from freshly caught lake fish to sweet gingerbread, from gourmet cuisine, Alpine delicacies, home cooking or vegetarian/vegan creations. Taste your way through the varied cuisine of the Salzkammergut!

Toque-awarded restaurants

Fine dining in the Salzkammergut

A man and a woman hold two ice cream cones in the air in Lindenallee in Mondsee. In the background the green trees of the avenue.

Ice cream parlours

The best ice cream in the Salzkammergut

Two hikers walk along a path towards the Pühringer Hut in the Tote Gebirge.

Hut magic

Alpine huts and mountain restaurants

Salad with soft cheese and roasted vegetables

Vegetarian & Vegan

Meatless indulgence

Viele Kuchen und Torten in einer Vitrine.

Drinking coffee

The top coffee houses in the Salzkammergut

A couple is eating a burger and fries in a restaurant garden.

Streetfood

Snack stands & food trucks

Regional specialities

They produce and refine regional products with love and dedication: our direct marketers. Here you will find an overview of the regional farmers' and weekly markets as well as all the farmers, agricultural businesses, manufacturers and other artisans from whom you can buy regional Salzkammergut specialities directly.

A woman with an egg basket at the organic farm Bunte Hühner at Mondsee in Salzkammergut, holding an egg in her right hand.

Fresh from the producer

In the Salzkammergut, farmers, gatsronomen and self-producers offer regional, organic and sustainable products.

Farmers' & weekly markets

Bread, meat, fish, fresh dairy products and much more are on offer at the regional markets.

Going out & celebrating

Whether it's a nice glass of wine, a colourful cocktail, a cool beer or a non-alcoholic mocktail - there are many ways to end the day in the Salzkammergut. Enjoy first-class drinks and spend some quality time with your loved ones in a relaxed atmosphere. There's plenty on offer - just click through.

Bars & nightclubs

Whether it's a sundowner by the lake or a cocktail in the bar, round off your evening in style.

A master brewer takes wort out of a brew kettle at the Schloss Eggenberg brewery in Vorchdorf in the Salzkammergut region by means of a vessel attached to a metal rod; the woman next to him looks on with interest.

Breweries in the Salzkammergut

Taste the regional beers of the Salzkammergut!

The taste of the Salzkammergut

We serve fresh local char, trout and whitefish. Spicy and mild cheeses from cows, goats and sheep refine many a dish and homemade sausage specialities, fresh meat and spicy wood-fired bread are of the highest quality: this is good taste from the farm in the Salzkammergut. These regional specialities are made by hand according to a long tradition and find their way into the cooking pots of many restaurants and inns in the Salzkammergut. There they delight the palates of true connoisseurs.

Crystal-clear lakes and countless mountains and alpine pastures characterise the natural backdrop of the Salzkammergut. It goes without saying that the active experience of the magnificent natural landscape is a priority for many guests, and we know that exercise makes you hungry! After your adventures and cultural experiences in the Salzkammergut, treat yourself to culinary delights in the cosy restaurants. Experience genuine hospitality and savour the Salzkammergut with all your senses. Your hosts look forward to welcoming you!

Das Gasthaus Rettenbachalm liegt im Almgebiet der Rettenbachalm. Wir sehen das Gasthaus von vorne mit dem Gastgarten davor.

Visit to a pub

on the Rettenbachalm

Mustard factory

From mustard seed to caviar

Organic sheep's milk ice cream

Creamy pleasure from Lake Wolfgang

Verschiedene Spezialitäten aus Schafmilch sind auf einem Holzbrett angerichtet - Joghurt, Frischkäse und Schafkäse

Sheep's milk

From the meadow to the plate

Close-up of a few Zaunerstollen in the Zauner confectionery in Bad Ischl.

Sweet Salzkammergut

A paradise for those with a sweet tooth

Eine Person fügt in einen Bottich voller Zitronen, Ingwerscheiben und Himbeeren kleine Fichtenzweige hinzu.

Lake Distillery

Fine gin from the Salzkammergut

Recipes from the Salzkammergut

For us it is the flavour of home, for guests it is the genuine taste of the Salzkammergut. Do you love good food? Bring the flavour of the Salzkammergut into your kitchen!