Bergkaiser - Ellmau

Great food and fantastic views. Easter Sunday great atmosphere with DJ music. What is that?

This is the top of the Hartkaiserbahn funicular from Ellmau. Three chairlifts arrive at the same spot so it can get busy, but it’s big enough to cope. In fact it seemed almost empty when we arrived mid morning. Tremendous view of St Johann across...the valley, and the Wilder Kaiser from the panorama bar. There’s an escalator to the loo very civilised when most places ask you to clump up and down stairs in big rigid plastic boots. Generally I prefer waiter service trying to balance a tray of stuff in the aforesaid skiboots is no fun. They do have a waiter service area, hidden behind a curtain and closed on the day we were there. My brother in law claims never to stop at a self service place, but I suspect he only stops at places where he isn't banned. The self service area here is a puzzlement of separate counters serving different things. So you queue up at the food counter for food, the drinks counter for beer, the coffee counter for coffee. Then you queue to pay. It’s a bit too complicated for me. Cappucino 2.90 Tea 2.10

About 10 guests. About 10 waiters. Wait about 10 min to get menu card (after request). Ten minutes. No one came. Bad Management! Too many people in service!

This is my favourite restaurant in Ski Welt. It is so big that we never had problems finding a place to sit down. There are coat hooks everywhere. The best thing is about the WC: it is served by both escalators and a lift so there is no lethal stairs to climb. The food is good too. Goulash soup, apfelstrudel, grostl, schnitzel and hot chocolate are all very nice and of good size. Although at a mountain top and offers excellent views, its prices are not worse than other places.

This is the top of the Hartkaiserbahn funicular from Ellmau. Three chairlifts arrive at the same spot so it can get busy, but it’s big enough to cope. In fact it seemed almost empty when we arrived mid morning. Tremendous view of St Johann across the valley, and the Wilder Kaiser from the panorama bar. There’s an escalator to the loo - very civilised when most places ask you to clump up and down stairs in big rigid plastic boots. Generally I prefer waiter service - trying to balance a tray of stuff in the aforesaid skiboots is no fun. They do have a waiter service area, hidden behind a curtain and closed on the day we were there. My brother in law claims never to stop at a self service place, but I suspect he only stops at places where he isn't banned. The self service area here is a puzzlement of separate counters serving different things. So you queue up at the food counter for food, the drinks counter for beer, the coffee counter for coffee. Then you queue to pay. It’s a bit too complicated for me. Cappucino 2.90Tea 2.10