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Where to Eat in Hochzillertal-Hochfugen

By Sean Newsom | on September 19, 2012 | 0 Comment
Ski Resorts
Where to Eat in Hochzillertal-Hochfugen

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There are two top-notch mountain restaurants that solve the problem of where to eat in Hochzillertal-Hochfugen – the Kristalhutte and the Wendelhutte, both on the Hochzillertal side of the ski area.

The Kristalhutte came first – and is the brainchild of its restless young manager, Stefan Eder. You’ll enjoy it in fair weather or foul – thanks to its enormous free-standing fireplace indoors, and the sun-drenched terrace outside (complete with DJs, champagne buckets and sheepskin rugs). The atmosphere is laid-back and welcoming, and you’ll find everyone in here from hip young city slickers from Munich, to parties of school kids. The menu focuses on Tirolean and Austrian specialities, and is not expensive, by French standards.

The Wendelhutte is more recent and more obviously upmarket. There’s a choice of fine-dining restaurant and a more informal Tirolean “inn”. The locals like it, “an incredible wine cellar, a fantastic atmosphere, a great kitchen,” says Hochfugen ski guide Kevin Benk. You can overnight in both in considerable comfort, too – though you’ll need to book many weeks in advance if you want to stay for the weekend or during one of the peak holiday periods.

Highest pizzeria in the Alps?

Over in the Hochfugen sector there’s nothing of the same gastronomic quality. The only restaurant on the mountain is the 8er Alm at the top of the main gondola out of the village – “probably the highest pizzeria anywhere in the Alps.

When it comes to dinner, there’s one target everyone’s aiming for – the Alexander Restaurant at the four-star Sporthotel Lamark in Hochfugen. The chef, Alexander Fankhauser, is the son of the hotel’s owners, and they’ve done well to woo him back to such a pocket-sized resort. He came back from his apprenticeship in 1999, and in 2005 was named ‘Chef of the Year’ by the prestigious Gault Millau guide. The restaurant has 18/20 Gault Millau points. Menus range from three to ten courses.

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Sean Newsom

As well as founding Welove2ski in June 2007, Sean has written about skiing and snowboarding in the British press for 28 years. For the last 20 of them, he’s also been the ski travel editor at The Sunday Times.

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