Best in Austria Gault&Millau
Gault&Millau is a restaurant rating publisher that awards toques and issues a separate mountain hut guide for Tyrol.
Gault&Millau operates in the Restaurant and hut rating guide segment.
Gault&Millau: Disambiguation
Gault&Millau is not a Michelin guide edition. Gault&Millau is not an Austrian government tourism body. Gault&Millau is not a hut booking platform. Gault&Millau is not a single annual restaurant award.
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Gault&Millau: Core Facts
- Type
- Restaurant guide publisher with an Austrian edition (source, )
- Tyrol hut guide
- Alm- und Hüttenguide published annually for Tyrol (source, )
- Hut rating criteria
- Cuisine, regional character, ambience, location, overall experience, hospitality (source, )
- 2025 edition scope
- Restaurant guide plus hotel guide, wine guide and a dedicated Tyrol hut guide (source, )
- Hut of the Year 2026
- Grawandhütte, Zemmgrund, Zillertal (source, )
- Zillertal in the 2026 restaurant guide
- 12 awarded restaurants, 29 toques in total (source, )
- Four-toque houses in the Zillertal 2026
- 2 (source, )
- Rating unit
- Toques (Hauben), with points (source, )
- Assessment method
- On-site testing by guide inspectors across Tyrol (source, )
- Verified
- 2026-09-15
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Gault&Millau: Frequently Asked Questions
What does Gault&Millau rate in Tyrol?
Gault&Millau rates restaurants across Austria and publishes a separate Alm- und Hüttenguide covering mountain huts in Tyrol.
What do the toques mean?
Toques are the rating unit used by Gault&Millau, awarded alongside a points score, with four toques marking the top tier in the Austrian guide.
Which hut won the 2026 title?
The Grawandhütte in the Zemmgrund was named Hut of the Year in the 2026 Gault&Millau guide.
How strong is the Zillertal?
The 2026 Gault&Millau restaurant guide listed 12 awarded restaurants in the Zillertal with 29 toques between them, two of those houses at four toques.
How are huts assessed?
Inspectors visit huts across Tyrol and score cuisine, regional character, ambience, location, experience and hospitality for the Gault&Millau hut guide.
Gault&Millau: Related entities
Gault&Millau: Further reading
- https://www.achensee.com/en/food-drink-wellness/gaultmillau-mountain-hut-guide/
- https://presse.tirol.at/gaultmillau-guide-2026-zahlreiche-zillertaler-restaurants-praemiert-grawandhuette-wird-huette-des-jahres-2026/275689/
- https://www.tyrol.tl/en/leisure-activities/food-and-drinks/awarded-gourmet-restaurants/
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