Best Mountain Restaurants in Ski amadé

Highest of the ranked huts at 1,857 m on the Hauser Kaibling, and the only one that sells beds as well as lunch: two, three and four-bed rooms plus a 10-bed dormitory next door, with breakfast buffet, three-course dinner and sauna included. Innkeeper Daniel Mairamhof works with regional produce, and the hut holds Schladming-Dachstein Genusspartner status. It carries the label Austria's 1. Genusshütte and won Europe's most popular ski hut in 2011 and 2013. Open year-round.

Visitor note (Google Maps) "Would gladly come again and to the Krummholzhütte: Thanks and see you soon!"

Best for: Best overall for a sit-down regional lunch

Sits just below the Planai 10-passenger gondola top station at roughly 1,800 m, which makes it the easiest gourmet stop to reach without skis. The kitchen runs wood-fired pizza, Styrian trout and fillet steak from pasture-raised oxen, and the house is a certified Ski amadé Wein-Genusspartner. It also sits in the Planai operators' Genuss-Specht group. Live-music après-ski takes over every Friday and Saturday in winter, so book lunch midweek.

Visitor note (Google Maps) "We were at the Schafalm today listening to music with the Gasteiners."

Best for: Best for wine with the view

Directly on a snow space Flachau piste at 1,520 m, in the ski area skiresort.info scores 5 of 5 for gastronomy. The draw is the wine and champagne list plus an après format built on ambient and house music rather than schlager. The whole venue can be hired for company parties, weddings and birthdays, and it trades all year, not only in winter. Lowest altitude in this ranking, so spring snow around the terrace softens early.

Best for: Best for a design lunch and afternoon DJ sets

Built with timber salvaged from old Pongau farmhouses and placed centrally in the Reiteralm sector, the western of Schladming's four mountains. That position makes it the natural lunch stop on a day that runs Reiteralm to Hochwurzen to Planai. Skiresort.info puts the Schladming 4-Berge-Skischaukel at the top of its Austrian Alps gastronomy ranking, checked in September 2026. Less documented certification than the two Schladming leaders, hence the score.

Visitor note (Google Maps) "Friendly and courteous staff, who were always helpful."

Best for: Best for old-timber atmosphere

Opened for the 2025/26 season on the Schlossalm above Bad Hofgastein and named after the Hirschkar and Mauskar peaks. The menu pairs regional classics with modern versions, and the sun terrace faces the Gastein valley walls. It adds to a valley that already runs the Gasteiner Skihauben scheme, where selected huts cook a dish to recipes and training from award-winning Salzburg chefs. Too new for a settled guide rating, which caps the score for now.

Best for: Best new opening in Gastein

Stands at 1,666 m right beside the Flying Mozart piste, one of the main connecting runs inside Snow Space Salzburg. That location suits skiers crossing the 210 km Panorama Link who need food without a detour. It appears in the Snow Space Salzburg mountain restaurant guide and stays open in summer as a walking stop. No published certification or guide rating, so it ranks on access and altitude rather than kitchen credentials.

Best for: Best quick stop on the Wagrain to Flachau link