With a total of 43 restaurants and 18 bars, you will never be short of options for refuelling (and that's not even including the facilities on the mountain!) The great thing about Mayrhofen is that you will not find any of the extortionate food and drinks prices so common to many European resorts. Beer will set you back only a couple of Euros, and considering Austria drinks more Grolsch than anywhere else in Europe, be sure there will be no shortage!

"Could well be winter's longest bar crawl." Dail ExpressFood is also reasonably priced so you shouldn't find yourself burning through as much cash during the day as most ski holidays. One drink to try is definitely the local Schnapps (usually sampled in a swift manner before proceeding down a slope that would normally never be considered!)

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The RestaurantsIt ‘aint all sausages and chips, you know! Here’s where to trough in ‘da hof’…

THE ICE BAR CAFE(8am-late afternoon).

All-day terrace café serving hearty English brekkies (with Heinz beans!!!), which morphs into a beer’n’bites sun terrace in the afternoon complete with entertainment! Before completing its transformation into a raucous après ski bar. A great place to meet before heading ‘up top’.

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BAR & GRILL(6pm-2am Hotel Strass)

A godsend in that it stays open late (very unusual in the Alps where you’re lucky to get served dinner after 9pm). Menu features steak and chips, enchiladas, and curry. Décor features the previous acts who’ve played here: Bonnie Tyler, Four Tops…and Guru bloody Josh!

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CAFE TIROLHauptstrasse 448, TEL 62320

All-day breakfasts & superb local Tyrolean cuisine with a contemporary twist. The potato & truffle oil soup is to die for – but don’t die unless you’ve enjoyed the Austrian speciality Tafelspitz.

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THE TAVERNEHauptsrasse 434

Johnny & Lisa’s small but perfectly formed eatery, famed for its cooked breakfasts, impressive salads...and the best cuppa in town!

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GRILL KUHLHauptsrasse 440

Reliably wood panelled and boasting the obligatory pair of deer antlers, The Grill Kuhl offers local dishes cooked well and sensibly priced...oh and the waitress wear dirndls, natch. Order: the Tiroler Grostle.

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MO’S DINEROn the Hauptstrasse @ The Crossroads

Popular bar and grill serving Chicken wings, lasagna, steaks, and pasta dishes. Always busy.

Order: The Caesar salad.

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WIRTHAUS ZUM GRIENERTEL 62778

Oldest restaurant in the valley by a country mile (and located a country mile from the centre!), The Griener is an actual former farmhouse serving actual farmhouse food. Truly authentic (i.e. cheese, cheese, and more cheese). Order: The Garlic soup followed by the Spicy Panj...and delay that diet until you get home!

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MAMMA MIA’SBeneath Hotel Elizabeth

Unfeasibly over the top 3-D mural of an Italian village rooftop is balanced by mou8th watering pizzas. Order: the Calzone, it looks like a huge Cornish pasty.
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CAFE EDELWEISSNext to Picadilly Pub

Schnaps alert! This typically strudel-tastic eaterie offers simple dishes cooked well - before offering you a free schnaps (if you show your wristband). Monday night is poker night if you plan to dine with Lady Luck. Order: the cakes…oh most definitely the cakes.

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MANNI'S PIZZERIAOn high street just before the Crossroads

An a la carte room offering tasty South Tyrolean fayre and adjacent pizzeria mean that Manni’s makes the World go around!

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HOTEL NEUE POST RESTAURANTBottom of high-street on the left

Looking for Tyrolean wood panelling, waitresses in costume, and a very civilized ambience? Then look no further!

Order: the Wiener Schnitzel.
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CAFE KOSTNERHauptstrasse 398

Viennese-inspired coffee and cake Mecca. Delicate, mouth-watering tempting and bound to get you salivating. But enough about the blonde waitress. Check out those pastries.

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SCHNEEKARHUTTEAka ‘The Pyramid’, Top of Red 7

Eating on the mountain doesn’t get any better. Fresh pasta and wine that suits the view conspire to make this place THE place for lunch. (tel 052822829)

Order: the fresh pasta or the carrot soup (to die for)...and one of Sep's homemade jagartees!

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HILDE’S SCHITENNEIn the middle of Blue 14

Sit in the sun, watching hapless souls attempt the fearsome Hari Kiri opposite, as Hilde cooks you a mouth-wearing pizza, dripping with more cheese than a Eurovision compilation.

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HANS THE BUTHCERSOpposite the Penken cable car.

Roast Pork Rolls, legs of chicken, pizza slices and the mother of all hot dogs – Hans provides a credit munching alternative to eating out. If only butchers shops were like this back in blighty...

Order: a fleishkase with senf (Austrian mustard) – otherwise known as “The Big Mac-Mayrhofen” – tasty, filling and costs less than a small beer!

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SIEGHARD GOURMET RESTAURANTHippach 0528233309.

Out of town eating (a 10 min taxi ride away). Considered the best restaurant in the valley. Romantic and sophisticated, contemporary cuisine in the heart of the hills. Not cheap…but then quality seldom is.

Order: any meat followed by homemade chocolate mousse. Then die happy.

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THE KEBAB SHOPOpposite the Penken cable car, just up the hill.

The lighting isn’t romantic and the ambience insn’t subtle, but the Pizza’s are the size of Kichtenstein and the kebabs will hit the spot.

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If you do not want to waste time thinking about what you want to eat, why not take the evening meal option. This will give you breakfast (provided you are booked into hotel accommodation), and your evening meal every day. See the accommodation section for more details.

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BARSICE BARNext to the Penken

An Alpine institution: if it was any nearer to the Penken cable car, you’d need a lift pass just to get served – watch out for some après ski Snowbombing style…

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BRUCK N STADLLeft at the Schlussel 50m on your right

The best and craziest après ski bar in all of Austria! Cheesy Europe techno, lots of weird sounding yodelling DJ and funny dancing. Make sure you spend at least one après-ski session here!

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SCOTLAND YARD8PM-2AM

Turn off Main Street at the water fountain. The ‘Yard is on the left just before the crossroads “Scotties” offers the ideal escape from ubiquitous paprika crisps, as they stock Walkers! Whether they’ll have the new flavours is at time of going to press is unclear (but it’ s got to be worth asking the bargirls for a packet of Cajun Squirrel just to see their reaction!).

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APROPOS 9PM-LATE - On high street next to hot dog caravan.

A cavernous dive bar popular with reprobates & hedonists from Ischgl to Innsbruck. Check out the dartboard...enjoy the table football...try to work out which is the men’s and which is the ladies...apropos is best after 2am...but then again, which dive bar isn’t.

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COUPOpposite more boards on the high street.

This stylish glass-fronted eatery offers a tasty selection of bar snacks, meals& selection of shots ‘n’ stuff to make the world a better (if slightly hazier) place.

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PICCADILLY PUB9PM-LATE
Next to Scotland Yard.

A local bar for local people. ‘Nuff said?’

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COHIBA/PRINZ CHARLES PUB7PM-4AM Opposite Piccadilly Pub

Walk down the stairts and ask for a ‘cox’ this is a unique local concoction made from coffee beans, sugar...and 89% rum.

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WIN WINBy the church

Unashamedly, optimistically-named casino bar (well they couldn’t really call it LOSE YOUR SHIRT now, could they?). Huge screens which are ideal for watching the footy. Or ‘Cash in the Attic’

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