The story
The Löffelspitze in Mellau serves Austrian cuisine at Oberdamüls 191, 6884 Damüls, and earned 15.5 points from Gault&Millau in 2026. Chef Sandro Abel runs a fine-dining menu in an elegantly modern room, with Corina Steinfeld leading the dining room as maître d'.
Abel's menu is built on traditional Austrian dishes, cooked with precision. The meal opens with robust, fresh vegetables served with sour cream. A quail with red cabbage follows, and the Gault&Millau reviewer called it a visual treat with equally strong flavors.
The crockery is part of the experience, including a plate whose rim carries a sculpted mountain range. The same review judged that every dish hit the mark. Wine Spectator gave the restaurant its Best of Award of Excellence in 2024.
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Let's begin where we typically conclude a restaurant feature: with the wine. This is precisely because the Löffelspitze in Damüls received our "Wine List of the Year" award this year. A completely well-deserved honor, in our view. But more on that elsewhere. Within the elegantly modern Löffelspitze, Sandro Abel crafts a fine-dining menu that truly turns heads. Everything is presented on enchanting crockery, including a plate whose rim features a meticulously sculpted mountain range. On the plates themselves: robust, fresh vegetables with sour cream to open the meal, followed shortly after by a superb quail with red cabbage. It may sound traditional (and perhaps a bit plain), but it certainly isn't – quite the contrary: the dish is a visual treat and delivers equally outstanding flavors. Indeed, every single dish hits the mark at the Löffelspitze. Chapeau! Address: Oberdamüls 191, 6884 Damüls, Austria Contact: +43 5510 513, info@hotel-alpenstern.at, https://www.hotel-alpenstern.at/ Opening Hours: Sat–Mon 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM Team: Sandro Abel, Chef; Corina Steinfeld, Maître d'
The impressive Alpenstern, with its panoramic restaurant Genusshalde, which is invitingly set in a contemporary style, welcomes you to take a seat and indulge in the culinary delights of Chef Sandro Abel. Crafted from the finest regional ingredients, the kitchen serves an Austrian cuisine enhanced with fresh, modern accents. A delicate beef tartare is refined with truffle mayonnaise, alongside flawless tagliolini with black truffle. The onion roast beef arrives appetizingly and exquisitely with its accompaniments, while the pan-fried trout in paprika-butter sauce also takes center stage. Sweet classics like the Sig-parfait and Kaiserschmarren round off the menu. Address: Oberdamüls 191, 6884 Damüls, Austria Contact: 05510 513 | reservierung@hotel-alpenstern.at | https://www.hotel-alpenstern.at/ Opening hours: Daily 10 AM – 9 PM Team: Sandro Abel, Chef | Corina Steinfeld, Maître d'
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