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Like other Austrian cities Salzburg also cherishes the culinary traditions and quintessential style of modern cuisine. Most of the restaurants in Salzburg favor the ‘neue Küche' (a lighter version of the traditional Austrian). The most distinctive and famous places in town are the enchanted hotel restaurants, where one can find luxury and exquisite cuisine side by side.
Here's a list of some of the famous and distinctive restaurants in Salzburg, offering varied cuisines and tastes.
Ährlich
Austrian Cuisine
Ährlich restaurant is famous for its all-organic menu. The dining room has a comfortable and casual ambience with cozy booths.
Address: Wolf-Dietrich-Strasse 7, Salzburg, Austria
Tel: 0662/871275
K&K am Waagplatz
Austrian & Contemporary Cuisine
K&K am Waagplatz restaurant was once the property of the Freysauff family, who once was counted among their close friend Leopold Mozart, the composer's father. Its cellar, the downstairs section of the restaurant, is still called the Freysauff. The interior of the restaurant is particularly pleasant, with white-linen tablecloths, candles, and flowers, and windows opening onto the street. Menu selections consist of locally caught fish, delicious chicken-breast medallions, lentil salad with strips of goose breast, and traditional Austrian dishes and game in season.
Address: Waagplatz 2, Salzburg, Austria
Tel: 0662/842156
Café Tomaselli
Austrian Cuisine
Enjoying more than 14 types of coffee was none other than Mozart's beloved, Konstanze, who often dropped in as her house was just next door. The Tomasellis set up shop here in 1753, became noted as "chocolatmachers," and are still running the place. You'll want to feast on the famous "Tomaselliums Café" (mocca, Mozart liqueur, and whipped cream) and the large selection of excellent homemade cakes, tarts, and strudels. Inside, the decor is marble, wood, and walls of 18th-century portraits.
Address: Alter Markt 9, Salzburg, Austria
Tel: 0662/844488-0
Website: http://www.tomaselli.at
Coco Lezzone
Austrian & Italian Cuisine
Coco Lezzone is popular spot on the quay on the Altstadt side of the river. Spacious with a contemporary it offers informal dining room. The menu changes with the seasons.
Address: Franz-Josef-Kai 7, Salzburg, Austria
Tel: 0662/846735
Ristorante Pizzeria al Sole
Italian Cuisine
Ristorante Pizzeria al sole is a famous Italian restaurant with Venetian prints in the more casual downstairs area. The impressive menu includes scrumptious thin-crust pizzas, Pasta dishes, tagliatelle with grilled shrimp or penne with tuna and capers.
Address: Gstättengasse 15, Salzburg, Austria
Tel: 0662/843284
Wilder Mann
Austrian Cuisine
Wilder Mann opened its doors in 1884 and became one of the most important burgher houses in the Altstadt. Today, it offers a true time-stained ambience of an old Salzburg Gasthau. The specialties include plates of Bauernschmaus (farmer's dish) overflowing with veal, pork, sausage, sour cabbage, and dumplings.
Address: Getreidegasse 20, Salzburg, Austria
Tel: 0662/841787
Zum Mohren
Austrian Cuisine
Zum Mohren is very popular with both Salzburgers and tourists offering good food, a central location by the river, a welcoming ambience, attentive service and pretty reasonable prices. The restaurant is in the cellar of a 15th-century house, with cozy lighting, polished copper pots adorning the walls, and a vaulted Gothic room. The menu features dishes as Zanderfilet (pike perch) in an herb-cheese crust with potato leek ragout.
Address: Judengasse 9/Rudolfskai 20, Salzburg, Austria
Tel: 0662/842387
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