Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Salzburg from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Salzburg
Five restaurants in our guide hold Michelin stars for 2026, accounting for seven stars in total. They sit in Flughafen, Kasern, Inneres Mülln, Hallwang, and Mönchsberg.
Ikarus, in Flughafen, holds two Michelin stars for 2026 and a Star Wine List the same year. A different chef builds the monthly tasting menu inside Hangar-7, the aircraft museum at Salzburg Airport, with set menus alongside. Chef Martin Klein oversees a modern European menu. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led.
Senns, in Kasern, holds two Michelin stars and a Star Wine List, both dated 2026. Tasting menus are the format, served in a former 19th-century bell foundry with an open kitchen. Chef Andreas Senn cooks Austrian produce in a contemporary style, including brook trout with caviar and carabinero shrimp with quinoa. The wine list draws from the Alpine arc and beyond.
Esszimmer, in Inneres Mülln, holds one Michelin star dated 2026. The family-run restaurant serves classical cooking with Asian and Mediterranean influences, on tasting menus and a la carte. Chef Andreas Kaiblinger runs a direct, flavor-forward kitchen. Andrea Kaiblinger leads the dining room and the wine selection. The list is extensive and sommelier-led, with wine pairings.
Pfefferschiff, in Hallwang, holds one Michelin star for 2026. The restaurant occupies a historic former parsonage with a garden terrace, just outside Salzburg. Cooking is modern Austrian and ingredient-driven, served a la carte and as a tasting menu. The wine program is exceptional.
Nine wine programs citywide are exceptional. They include restaurants in Flughafen, Hallwang, Äußeres Nonntal, Gneis Moos, Mönchsberg, Linke Altstadt, and Rechte Altstadt.
Pfefferschiff, in Hallwang, has an exceptional wine list of over 600 vintages, weighted toward Austrian producers, including grapes from the Vignés' own Kamptal vineyard. The restaurant is a historic former parsonage with a garden terrace. Modern Austrian cooking is served a la carte and as a tasting menu.
magazin, in Mönchsberg, has an exceptional wine program and 95 Falstaff points for 2026. The gallery restaurant is built into the Mönchsberg mountain, with an attached wine shop, a gourmet food store, and a cooking school around a central courtyard. Cooking is Austrian-international fusion, served a la carte, as a set menu, and in small plates, with craft cocktails on the list.
Restaurant Zirbelzimmer, in Rechte Altstadt, has an exceptional wine program that is extensive and sommelier-led, with a beer program alongside. The dining room has been preserved since 1866, with wood paneling, tableside preparation, and views over the Salzach. The cuisine is Austrian fine dining, served a la carte and as a prix fixe menu.
St. Peter Stiftskulinarium, in Linke Altstadt, has an exceptional wine program that is extensive and sommelier-led. It is Europe's oldest continuously operating restaurant, open since 803 AD in a baroque abbey, and serves Austrian-Mediterranean fine dining a la carte and as a prix fixe menu. A Mozart dinner is served in the Baroque Hall, with musicians who are graduates of Mozarteum University Salzburg.
Tasting menus in our guide include every Michelin-starred restaurant, plus Plate kitchens such as Brunnauer and das Schrei. The formats include a monthly guest-chef menu and surprise menus.
The Glass Garden, in Mönchsberg, holds a Michelin star for 2026. Dining is under a glass dome at Schloss Mönchstein, with a Dale Chihuly sculpture and panoramic views of Salzburg. The kitchen offers four- and six-course set menus, including a vegan option, plus a la carte. The wine list is weighted toward Austrian labels and French classics.
das Schrei, in Gneis Moos, holds a Michelin Plate and a Star Wine List, both dated 2026. Salzburg chefs trained in Austria and Germany serve a surprise menu of four to seven courses built on regional ingredients. The room is relaxed casual fine dining. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive list. A menu line reads Salzburg prawn, pea, and tomato.
Brunnauer, in Äußeres Nonntal, holds a Michelin Plate for 2026 and 93 Falstaff points for the same year. Chef Richard Brunnauer applies French technique to avant-garde Austrian cooking with seasonal ingredients, in the historic Ceconi Villa, with views of Salzburg Castle. The wine program is exceptional, extensive, and sommelier-led. Formats include a tasting menu, a la carte, and a set menu.
Ikarus, in Flughafen, changes the tasting menu each month: a different chef composes it inside Hangar-7, the aircraft museum at Salzburg Airport. The restaurant also offers set menus alongside its tasting menu.
Our guide lists five Michelin-starred restaurants in Salzburg, holding seven stars in total. They are Ikarus in Flughafen, Senns in Kasern, Esszimmer in Inneres Mülln, Pfefferschiff in Hallwang, and The Glass Garden in Mönchsberg. Those are the latest dated Michelin awards for these restaurants, all from 2026.
Linke Altstadt and Rechte Altstadt have the most venues in our guide, with 18 venues in each neighborhood. Restaurant Zirbelzimmer in Rechte Altstadt and St. Peter Stiftskulinarium in Linke Altstadt are two restaurants with exceptional wine programs in those neighborhoods.
Ikarus, Senns, Paradoxon, and das Schrei hold Star Wine List awards for 2026 in our guide. Ikarus is in Flughafen, Senns in Kasern, Paradoxon in Inneres Nonntal, and das Schrei in Gneis Moos. Paradoxon also holds a Star Wine List from 2021, ranked number one that year.
Tasting menus appear at Ikarus in Flughafen, Senns in Kasern, Esszimmer in Inneres Mülln, The Glass Garden in Mönchsberg, Pfefferschiff in Hallwang, Paradoxon in Inneres Nonntal, Brunnauer in Äußeres Nonntal, das Schrei in Gneis Moos, and Nagano in Linke Altstadt. Ikarus rebuilds its menu each month with a different chef, and das Schrei runs a surprise menu.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Housed inside Hangar 7 at Salzburg Airport, Ikarus operates at the upper tier of Austria's fine dining scene, holding two Michelin stars and 96 points on La Liste 2026 alongside Les Grandes Tables du Monde membership. Chef Martin Klein oversees a modern European menu that draws a loyal following of repeat visitors, with dinner service running Tuesday through Saturday and weekend lunch available.
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Inside a converted metal factory on the edge of Salzburg, Senns holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 92 points (2026). Chef Andreas Senn's cooking moves through Austrian produce with a distinctly contemporary hand, pairing brook trout with caviar and carabinero shrimp with quinoa alongside a wine list that draws from across the Alpine arc and beyond. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday from 6:30 pm.
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A Michelin-starred fixture on Müllner Hauptstraße, Esszimmer earns its place among Salzburg's most consistent fine-dining addresses through classical Austrian foundations inflected with restrained Asian and Mediterranean technique. Chef Andreas Kaiblinger's cooking is direct and flavour-forward, while Andrea Kaiblinger's front-of-house presence and wine selection add a layer of warmth that the city's more formal rooms rarely match. Opinionated About Dining ranked it #169 in Europe's Classical category for 2025.
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A Michelin-starred creative restaurant set in a 17th-century parish house in Hallwang, just outside Salzburg, Pfefferschiff pairs bold, ingredient-driven cooking with a wine list weighted toward Austrian producers, including grapes from the Vignés' own Kamptal vineyard. Open Tuesday through Saturday evenings, with Saturday lunch service, it draws a focused audience willing to travel beyond the city centre for serious seasonal cooking.
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Perched above Salzburg inside Schloss Mönchstein's glass-vaulted dining room, The Glass Garden holds a Michelin star and offers a focused choice between four- and six-course set menus, including a dedicated vegan option. The format suits milestone meals: the panoramic city views, advance-order salt-crust fish, and a wine list weighted toward Austrian labels and French classics give the occasion genuine structure.
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A farm-to-table address in Salzburg's residential west, Paradoxon holds a Michelin Plate and the Star Wine List #1 ranking (2021), pairing seasonal Austrian produce with a wine room guests are invited to browse themselves. At the €€€ tier, it sits in Salzburg's mid-upper dining bracket, offering a more relaxed, family-run character than the city's formal fine-dining counters.
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Brandstätter holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) for its country cooking in Salzburg, positioned along Münchner Bundesstraße at a mid-range price point that sits below the city's starred fine-dining tier. It draws a loyal local following alongside visitors seeking honest Austrian regional cooking rather than tasting-menu formality.
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Brunnauer brings French technique to Salzburg's Fürstenallee 5, earning consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025. At the €€€€ price tier, it occupies a specific niche in the city's fine-dining scene: classical French discipline applied with enough restraint to feel contemporary rather than ceremonial. The kitchen's consistency is one of the more reliable signals in this category.
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Animo by Aigner brings Mediterranean cuisine to Salzburg's Nonntal neighbourhood, holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 at the more accessible end of the city's dining spectrum. At the €€ price point, it occupies a distinct position from Salzburg's starred heavyweights, offering olive-oil-forward cooking rooted in southern European technique.
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das Schrei sits off Salzburg's tourist circuit in a deliberately low-key setting, where two young chefs trained across Austria and Germany run a surprise menu of four to seven courses at the €€€ price point. Dish constructions like 'Salzburg prawn. Pea. Tomato.' signal precise sourcing and restrained creativity.
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A Michelin Plate-recognised address on the wooded hillside above Salzburg, Die Gersberg Alm delivers serious regional Austrian cooking at a price point that sits well below the city's starred competition. It holds its position as one of the more compelling arguments for eating outside the Altstadt, honest, rooted, and worth the short drive up the hill.
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Gasthof Auerhahn holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it among Salzburg's most consistent addresses for Austrian country cooking.
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A Michelin Plate recipient in the heart of Salzburg's old town, Gasthof Goldgasse operates from a 700-year-old building on Goldgasse 10, reviving Austrian classics drawn from a 1719 cookbook. The €€ price point, vaulted timber interior, and menu anchored by Wiener schnitzel and Topfenschmarrn make it a reliable reference for traditional Salzburg cooking. Book well ahead, demand reliably outpaces availability.
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A Michelin Plate-recognized Gasthof on Salzburg's southern edge, Gasthof Schloss Aigen sits within the grounds of Schloss Aigen park and serves traditional Austrian cooking at the €€€ price point.
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It sits in Salzburg's affordable Austrian dining tier, where direct Hausmannskost and consistent execution keep regulars returning week after week.
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On Salzburg's most-visited pedestrian street, Meissl & Schadn holds two consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024 and 2025) while keeping its pricing in the accessible mid-range bracket. The kitchen operates in the Austrian tradition: grounded, seasonal, and structured around the kind of cooking that has defined the region's gastronomy for generations..
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A 17th-century country estate on Salzburg's outskirts, Zum Buberl Gut holds a 2025 Michelin Plate for cuisine that moves between Austrian tradition and Mediterranean influence. The interior balances classic formality with regional warmth, while the garden terrace adds a seasonal dimension. The lunchtime menu offers a more accessible entry point into the kitchen's range.
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DiDilicious sits in Salzburg's Europapark district, bringing a vegetable-forward, internationally influenced menu shaped by the Johanna Maier culinary lineage and Didi Maier's own travels across global kitchens. Dishes like chicken with galangal root, wild mushrooms, Thai spinach and coconut milk sit alongside Italian-inflected Piadina with feta, dried ham and artichoke, positioning this as a mid-register Salzburg option that takes ingredient combinations more seriously than its retail-park address might suggest.
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IMLAUER Sky pairs modern Austrian cooking with international influences, rooftop skyline and mountain views, and an extensive wine list plus craft cocktails for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
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On Salzburg's Waagplatz, KOLLER+KOLLER operates where the Altstadt's civic gravity is strongest, a stone's throw from the Rathaus and the market rhythms of the old town. The restaurant has built a reputation in a city already shaped by serious dining addresses, distinguishing itself through a collaborative front-of-house and kitchen dynamic that Salzburg regulars treat as a reliable benchmark.
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Magazin occupies a quietly considered corner of Salzburg's Augustinergasse, where the city's Alpine larder meets cooking technique drawn from further afield. The result is a restaurant that reads as distinctly local in its sourcing while operating with a broader culinary vocabulary. For visitors working through Salzburg's serious dining tier, it sits alongside the city's most purposeful addresses.
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On Rainerstraße south of Salzburg's Hauptbahnhof, 7burger operates as a neighbourhood counter serving a local repeat clientele rather than the festival-season tourist circuit. In a city whose food identity is anchored by its formal dining tier, the venue represents the accessible, walk-in end of Salzburg's food culture. Practical for arrivals and day visitors moving through the station end of town.
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Alvera Monte Mio occupies a quiet address on Pfeifergasse in Salzburg's Old Town, positioning it within one of Austria's most competitive dining neighbourhoods. Where many nearby restaurants trade on Baroque-era atmosphere, this address operates on a more intimate register. For travellers calibrating between Salzburg's Michelin-tracked upper tier and its neighbourhood dining scene, it represents a distinct point on that spectrum.
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A 24-room castle hotel atop Salzburg's Mönchsberg hill, Schloss Mönchstein holds a 2026 La Liste score of 98 points with regional and country winner status for romantic and castle hotels respectively, plus Michelin 2 Keys recognition. The Glass Garden restaurant carries a Michelin Star. Its position above the old town places it in a tier of Austrian castle properties that operate more as intimate retreats than grand hotel institutions.
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Occupying a privileged position along the Salzach river since 1866, Hotel Sacher Salzburg is Austria's only grand hotel in the city, carrying the weight of Sacher family heritage alongside a La Liste Top Hotels 2026 score of 93.5 points. Its 113 rooms and suites face the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the old town rooftops, while the Café Sacher serves the closely guarded Original Sacher-Torte recipe, unchanged since 1832. Rates from $1,124 per night.
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A 16th-century coppersmith's workshop on Goldgasse, now a 16-room boutique hotel in Salzburg's Old Town south bank, Hotel Goldgasse earned 91 points in the 2026 La Liste Top Hotels ranking. Modern interiors thread through period stucco and antique stone floors, with a ground-floor Gasthof serving hyper-regional Austrian cooking. Rates from $344 per night.
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Operational since 1407, Hotel Goldener Hirsch occupies a medieval building on Getreidegasse in Salzburg's Altstadt, four kilometres from the airport and steps from the city's principal historic sites. Across 70 rooms, the Luxury Collection property layers Salzburg-crafted textiles and antique furnishings against modern amenities, with two in-house restaurants focused on Austrian regional cuisine. La Liste ranked it 92.5 points in its 2026 Top Hotels list.
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Hotel Stein sits on the Salzach riverbank at Giselakai 3, placing its 56 rooms in direct view of the Old Town's spires and fortress. The property occupies among the more photographed vantage points in the city, where the relationship between room and roofline is the experience. For travellers who prioritise position over branded amenity packages, this address is hard to argue with.
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Arthotel Blaue Gans occupies one of Getreidegasse's most historically layered addresses, earning Michelin Selected recognition in 2025 for a property that positions design and cultural depth above conventional luxury signalling. For travellers who want the Altstadt at their door without the grand-hotel formality of nearby peers, it represents a considered alternative in a city where accommodation choices rarely split so cleanly between tradition and character.
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Boutiquehotel Amadeus occupies a historic address on Linzer Gasse, one of Salzburg's most characterful streets on the right bank of the Salzach. Recognised in La Liste's Top Hotels ranking with 94 points in 2026, it sits firmly in the city's independent boutique tier, offering an alternative to the grand palace-hotel format that dominates the Old Town across the river.
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A Michelin Selected property on Elisabethstrasse, Design Hotel zum Hirschen Salzburg occupies a mid-city position that keeps the Old Town within easy reach while offering a design-forward alternative to the grand historic houses. Its 2025 Michelin recognition places it in a curated tier of Salzburg hotels where aesthetic coherence and considered service carry more weight than room count.
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A Michelin Selected property in Salzburg's quieter Neustadt quarter, Hotel & Villa Auersperg occupies a late-nineteenth-century villa and garden compound that sits outside the city's more theatrical hotel tier. The dual-building format separates the original villa from a more contemporary wing, giving the property an architectural register that most of the Old Town's baroque-facing hotels cannot replicate.
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Hotel Bristol Salzburg occupies a prime address on Makartplatz, directly across from the Mozarteum, placing guests within walking distance of the city's concert halls and the old town's cathedral squares. Recognised by La Liste's Top Hotels ranking in 2026 with 90 points, it operates in the upper tier of Salzburg's grand hotel tradition, where service continuity and position matter as much as room count.
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Augustiner Bräu Mülln is one of Salzburg's oldest operating breweries, pouring its house lager direct from wooden barrels in a sprawling complex of stone halls and a vast chestnut-shaded beer garden on the Mülln hillside. The format is resolutely self-service: collect a ceramic mug, rinse it at the fountain, fill it at the barrel, and find a table among hundreds of locals. It is among the more architecturally distinct drinking venues in the Austrian Alps.
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Landesverband Salzburger PfadfinderInnen sits in Salzburg, a city better read through Alpine climate, cultural tourism and regional hospitality than through a single vineyard narrative. For wine-minded travelers, the useful frame is context: Salzburg is not Austria’s dominant wine-production corridor, so any visit here belongs within a broader look at the country’s cellar, tasting and drinks culture rather than a classic estate itinerary.
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