Hochalm - Grainau

It take some effort to reach this great mountain cottage but it´s worth it. Very well frequented on sunny days you can sit outside and enjoy their good food. If crowded it might take a while.. Well, if you take the Hochalm cable car down from the Alpspitz you don´t have to walk, but please keep this a secret!

Talk about a destination restaurant. Yes, it's $25 bucks up and down the cable car to get here. Or you could WALK. (cough. But people do it.I think it takes a while. Like all day.) but the view is SPECTACULAR (you are up nestled in the mountain tops, as opposed to the Top O' The World view you get on Zugspitze. It's a tough call, but while Zugspitze is awe-inspiring in an inaccessible way, this is inviting to the eye. You start looking for towns you visited. Food is fine, excellent place to plan ahead for a meal. Go on a clear day.

We stopped here for lunch on our way down from hiking the mountain from the Alpspix observation deck on Alpspitze mountain. Had great sausages and deer goulash and beer.

We stopped on our way back from Alpspix. Weather was getting bad but still a lot of people have their rest at that place. Friendly stuff was assisting the tourists.I found out that some events happen there from time to time with cable cars working to go au and down.

We were walking down from alpspitzebahn and finding the slippy stony surface somewhat trying. A stop at the Hochalm was very welcome. Arriving at lunchtime we could see people streaming in ahead of us. nevertheless service was friendly and pretty quick. We ordered a mushroom salad and spinach knodeln in tomato sauce to share. Plenty of salad as the knodeln had salad too and the quantities substantial and fresh. Expecting nothing much, we were pleased at everything - the mushrooms were tasty, the salad good, nice house bread to accompany it, the knodeln substantial and pleasant and a good tomato sauce. Drinks (orange juice and non-alcoholic beer) good too. We were after all up in the mountains and you might think you were lucky to get anything or for it to be good quality and value. This made a better impression on us than the meal we had the night before (El Greco) and as well as leaving refreshed we resolved to try and get knodeln in our repertoire when we get home to the UK.