Stoagrubn Hütte — Restaurant in Hopfgarten im Brixental

Stayed in the region for a week, so we tried different places near the slopes. This place was by far the coziest and the most friendly. The waiters are very attentive, the service is very fast and our waitress even remembered what we wanted to order maybe later without noting it down. If it is full everything is very efficiently organized, so staying long after you finished is not really possible, but that makes totally sense to me. The food itself is great as well, compared to for example the places on top of Hartkaiser, everything seems a bit more genuine and it is cheaper here, as well (as far as both is possible in a skiing area). I tried the Spätzle with Broccoli and Mushrooms. These were a bit too wet, for my taste. I tried the Chicken pieces on potato salad. Great meat, portion huge and everything fresh. The Schnitzel was amazingly fried and the French fries are good as well. I tried the oven potato with various fillings and they were all great. I had the Germknödel and the Kaiserschmarrn for dessert. The Germknödel are nice, because they seem to be cooked for longer, so they are quite soft on the inside. The Kaiserschmarrn was very sweet for my personal taste though. To summarize: best place to go...

This is a great mountain restaurant with wonderful views. We stopped for lunch to enjoy a wonderful goulash beer and roaring fire. After a wonderful snowfall we arrived back the next morning to have pancakes and the best latte on the mountain at 8.30am. The staff were really friendly and welcomed us back each time. Well worth a visit and lovely clean loos. The outside seating in some areas had heaters overhead which was wonderful to appreciate the awesome views whilst having a beer. Well...

Nein Danke! Von der Hütte aus wird der halbe Berg mit österreichischer Bierzeltfolklore beschallt. Innen ist die Musik ebenfalls deutlich zu laut. „Andere mögen das“. Das mag sein, passt für uns aber einfach nicht „auf‘m Berg“. Auch der Nachbartisch schüttelte ebenfalls immer wieder den Kopf. Es ist nicht nur eine Vermutung, warum!

Essens-Bestellung erst auf Zuruf möglich, da auch nach langem Warten, niemand Blickkontakt mit uns aufgenommen hatte, obwohl die Hütte um 11 Uhr fast leer war. Am Nachbartisch das gleiche Problem, dort war ein persönlicher Gang zum Tresen notwendig.

Das Essen kam dann extrem schnell, zu schnell: Gröstl mit halbrohem Speck, labberigem Eiweiß, „Bratkartoffeln“ sehr matschig mit „irgendwas“ drin. Definitiv keine Bratkartoffeln im klassischen Sinn.

Die große Ofenkartoffel war gut, aber nur, wenn man die versalzene Speckwürfel-Quark-Sauce weglässt.

Das dritte Gericht, Holzfällerpfanne „ na ja, geht so“ war der Kommentar.

Und am Ende nur Barzahlung mit der unwirschen Ansage „Cash only“.

Liebe Hüttenmannschaft, die Hütte ist schön, aber die...