Seerestaurant Ritzen — Restaurant in Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer

While on holiday recently in Austria I also visited my old home town Saalfelden which I left 7 years ago. Many things changed but thanks God many also stayed the same.

Like every time being in good old Austria I passed by the Restaurant Ritzensee. I love this place for their good food, but also the view on the Ritzen lake is stunning.

When I don't go for local sourced fish or meat I always have a bit of a space for their desserts.

The Austrian Cuisine is famous for its desserts so I couldn't resist to have one piece of the famous Sacher Cake with Cream. My wife opted for a lighter version and had a Strawberry Cream assortment with fresh fruit.

Its amazing what value you get for your money, look at that piece of cake, Jesus, and the chocolate on top, it was just like a dream.

Close to the Restaurant lives a lovely Family offering traditional or modern style B&B at the Pension Kroell and Alte Schmiede. In the summer you can avail of the Summer Alpin Card which provides you with many free entries to local attractions, a taxi ride, and much more. We used that card so much and with all that savings we actually saved so much, worth 2 nights staying at the B&B.

Looking back, I miss Austria, but my current home Ireland got lots to...

We experienced racism at this restaurant when we arrived for snacks at 3 pm on October 31, 2024. The gentleman who received us to give us a table was polite, but when I asked if it was safe for my wife and I to leave our bikes outside he said it's safe if there are no Pakistani's outside. My wife asked him why he said that, and he said that Pakistanis were thieves. We shared that we were Pakistani and he said that we shouldn't take his comment personally, which was obviously a silly comment. He offered no apology for his racist remark despite knowing we are Pakistani, and that we were clearly perplexed by his generalization. We asked where he was from as he spoke English with a Southern European accent and he said he was Greek, and added that people say "Greeks are part of mafia" but he doesn't take it personally. Which was strange. In the end, we left because we simply cannot eat in a racist restaurant.

We ate at the Ritzenhof Hotel and Spa am See across the road which was friendly and had excellent food and service but no lake view from...

Leider muss ich eine schlechte Erfahrung teilen. Es war klar, dass es schwierig wird, an die Vorbesitzer anzuschließen. Ich war jetzt zweimal dort. Das erste mal war „ganz ok“, das zweite mal, Samstag 2.3. bestätigt andere negative Einträge. Es begann damit, dass die Essens- und Getränkeaufnahme auf sich warten lies, nachdem wir bei der ersten Frage (da haben wir uns gerade hingesetzt) noch nicht gewusst haben was wir wollen. Als die Sonne plötzlich so stark durch das Fenster schien, dass ich meinen Sitznachbar nicht mehr in die Augen sehen konnte, erlaubten wir uns, das Plisee auf Augenhöhe runter zu lassen. Als der Besitzer/Kellner? das erblickte, war er sichtlich nicht erfreut und fragte uns, ob wir das waren. Er meinte, dass das nicht geht, da sonst die Gäste an der Wand quasi im Dunklen sitzen und wir uns ja wo anders hinsetzen könnten. Das wär ja nicht so schlimm, wenn man die richtigen Worte finden würde mit einem Hauch von Freundlichkeit. Und nicht wie in der, bereits in anderen Rezessionen erwähnten Unfreundlichkeit. Dafür durften wir dann ungefragt ca. 1,5 Stunden bei einem Getränk sitzen. Wir wurden nicht einmal gefragt, ob wir noch etwas wollen, es wurde auch kein Blickkontakt gesucht und wir mussten dann „italienisch“ an der Bar bezahlen, von der sich der Herr kaum weg bewegt hat. Das Essen schmeckt tadellos, aber bei dem Service werde ich/wir das Restaurant sicher nicht...