Paradoxon — Restaurant in Salzburg

If you’re looking for a fine dining experience with modern, fusion cuisine, Paradoxon is the place to be. Located close to Salzburg old town, you could easily reach the restaurant by foot or by car (there’s a huge parking spot right next to the restaurant)

Plus points: I love the food here and the way the chef presented them. You could taste that ingredients in every dishes are high quality products and they were cooked by skilled, complicated techniques in order to bring out the best flavors. So great compliments to the chef and the kitchen’s crew. The service team was very friendly, professional and fast with our dishes. Recommendation: restaurant 4-course menu or 6 if you’re hungry 😉

Minus points: ONLY CASH!!! Please prepare in advance. Whenever it comes to fine dining, the wine paring is as important as the food. Unfortunately, there is no wine card for any references or tasting notes so I’m a bit lost. You have to go the shelves and check the wine yourself, which is kinda cool and they have a great collection btw. Yet, I would prefer to have some tasting descriptions, price point on some kind of reading material or at least from the staff, instead of walking around which might disturb the other guests enjoying their time. Despite the fact that the service was very pleasant, when it comes to wine, they weren’t very helpful and informative.

If these points could be improved, I am more than sure this will be my favorite place in Sbg for dining out. That’s why I put 4/5 for improvement and really hope to...

Meeting the Paradoxon started with my mistake in a reservation. However, it was professionally solved by the administrator and yet offered a table for our show-up time. This credited to a nice impression in the very beginning. All the dishes were remarkably delicious, from appetizers to desserts. The full course is literally cannot be left unfinished, as it tastes very vibrant and makes you try more and more. The dishes are quite small, but typical for haute cuisine serving. It seems they change the menu every now and then, so not surely you can get the same dish you found online. Likely, the chef can surprise you with dishes, if to follow their offered options. We got an attractive and concise menu of 3 options per dish, all were absolutely enjoyable. Thank you for the first-rate service!

They don't have a wide assortment of cocktails, but you can choose a drink/bottle from the fridge in front of you.

Just a few things make an experience less impressive: cash-only option, controversial interior, close wc location...

Not recommended. Very bad experience. Having a dinner at this place we still don’t know what we paid 120 euros for. The question is why this place in Michelin Guide… seriously. Poor interior and not cozy atmosphere.

Dishes look nice in the photo but in reality it is nothing that you can not get in a school canteen for 10 euros.

Beginning from the butter they serve you with the bun. It is just butter: no spices, no herbs or unusual serving. It is just butter you can get from your fridge. Dishes are Very simple, nothing special. When you order fish&chips for 26 euros you expect it to be special. But in the end i tried street food quality fish&chips for 10 euro plenty of times in my life and those were delicious.

Carrot tartar - one big disappointment. They give you rubbed on a grater carrot with a few drops of mayo on it. This what they call a carrot tartar…

Unfortunately I can’t recommended you any other place in Salzburg as we stayed there only for one day. But definitely don’t spend your time and money...