Gourmet Restaurant Ritter Oswald/Bräukeller
In the Hotel Klosterbräu
Cuisines: European, Continental
About
There are two restaurants of charm and historic importance within the most legendary hotel of Seefeld. The more expensive of the two is the Ritter Oswald. Set on the hotel's lobby level and outfitted with Tyrolean artifacts, richly oiled paneling, hunting trophies, and alpine mementos, it's small (60 seats), intimate, and cozy, with elaborate service rituals and food that mimics the grand cuisine you'd expect in, say, Salzburg or Vienna. Menu items change with the seasons but might delectably include filets of venison with a morel and port-wine sauce, strips of filet of veal served with herb-flavored cream sauce and spinach, and sophisticated variations on local freshwater trout. The less expensive and larger (150 seats) of the two is the cellar-level Bräukeller, which is capped with a 500-year-old vaulted stone ceiling that originally functioned as part of a monastery. Earthier and a bit more swashbuckling than the Ritter Oswald, it focuses on the hearty, folkloric cuisine of the Austrian Alps, with menu items that include tafelspitz, liver-and-noodle soup, grilled lake char with seasonal vegetables, Wiener schnitzel, and braised beef with wild mushrooms. There's live Tyrolean-style music performed nightly in the Bräukeller. Whereas you might be subtly steered into buying wine with your meal in the Ritter Oswald, no one will object if you opt for beer as accompaniment for your meal in the Bräukeller.
