Cafe-Pension Fritz — Restaurant in Gemeinde Lech

There is so much to the outstanding pieces of the puzzle of this beautiful resort town in Lech, and Pension Cafe Fritz fits right in. It is a wonderful spot, very convenient to the Cable Car to Zurs and then St Anton, and to the Cable car to Oberlech. Its also just across the river from the main chairlift at Lech, leading to Warth and Zug. Its a 3 or so minute walk.|The hotel is old and new. Old in that the furniture is classical. Traditional. New in that its super clean, well finished and clearly well kept. AND, there is nothing in the hotel from IKEA. Anywhere. There is nothing bad about IKEA. But this is all the good stuff. From the old days.|LOCATION: A bus brings you from the St Anton train station to downtown Lech and stops in front of the Strolz ski shop. Right behind this is the Hotel Berghof. There is an elevator from the alley up to the level of the Berghof and Cafe Fritz. Go up the elevator, Walk north 100 - 150 feet feet and you'll see Cafe Fritz just adjacent to Sanbur and Schwarzwand.|Also, across the street from the Krone (and the K Club), there is a ramp up the hill that passes into the beautiful St Nikolaus Cathedral. You can walk up there and the road leads right to Cafe Fritz. |ENTERTAINMENT: right down the road - is Cafe Gotthard, a great little restaurant and one of the all time favorite restaurants in Lech, Hus no. 8 is right across the street next to the Spar grocery store. And many many others. |PEOPLE and FOOD: Andreas is a great guy and he runs a good ship. The food at Cafe Fritz is wonderful. Breakfast is included, at least it was when I was there. Beautiful Renata is your host for breakfast. They serve a full lunch and dinner also. It can get busy there as the kids ski school is right next to Cafe Fritz, and the locals all know where to eat.|ROOM: The room was bigger - far bigger - than a room at 2.5X the price in the area of the Lechs fancy hotels. I had a view of the mountain. There were big closets, dresser with drawers and shelves, super comfortable bed, water boiler to make coffee tea. Bathroom was nice with hot shower and a wall heater to warm up gloves and dry out stuff. And 40 feet from the elevator, The window opened - an unusual thing in the days of hermetically sealed hotel rooms. Good couch to sit and ponder. Overall, as big as an American hotel room but nicer as it had the Austrian charm. Also, the walls must have had good insulation as no noise came in - at all.|SKI ROOM and STORAGE: The ski room is the best I have seen. To have dry boots and a clean place to get into your ski gear is a luxury. And to walk only 2-3 minutes to the lifts? Thats a big part of the experience. |Overall, this was a great place to stay central to many restaurants and shops and tons of entertainment. But key for skiers: its so close...

Thought I'd add a review as the Fritz doesn't seem to have many. For the English, do not be put off by the name, (this is nothing like Rene's Cafe!). This is a small central hotel in Lech close to, but above the main street, and quite close to the lifts etc. It actually overlooks the nursery slope, (Lech also has a very good school who will look after your child all day if necessary). The Fritz we found to be warm and friendly with a restaurant serving typically good Austrian fare,you may need to reserve a table. Our rooms were comfortable, some already refurbished. We were there early April so not many people about, but the hotel staff were attentive, friendly and helpful. We would certainly go again. I'm sure that winter sports people will know that Lech is a fine place for skiing, but bear in mind that Austria is expensive for food and drink, although there is good value in Lech if you're...

We spotted this hotel whilst watching our daughter at kinder club, the ski school for under 5s in Lech. If you have kids in kinder club it is the perfect hotel given it's a stone throw from the slopes (and a v short walk to the office/indoor play area). ||||It's typical family run Austrian hotel - i.e. the sons run reception, wait tables, cook breakfast (awesome ham and eggs in the morning!) and man the bar. Board is B&B but there are plenty of places to eat around. Each room is a good size, ours had recently been renovated, and we had a lovely south facing balcony. We ate in the hotel a couple of evenings - it's standard Austrian fayre but very edible. Staff were super friendly and being the end of season there was lots of jolly banter and accordion playing from locals.||||It's excellent...