Our Alpine cuisine: The taste of the mountains!
Alpine cuisine has a few essential ingredients. Authentic Styrian food + excellent views. Because Alpine cuisine means this: We cook with the best that our local nature has to offer and serve it to you at our Brandalm hut at over 1,600 metres above sea level, where you can sense the difference in the mountain air. Pure. Fragrant. Unforgettable. Try our family recipes, such as the hearty beef stew, dumplings with real Styrian cheese, homemade strudel, or farmer’s “krapfen” doughnuts. Head up the mountain!
BRANDALM OPENING TIMES
In summer
From mid-May 2024 to All Saints’ Day 2024 – open daily (except Thursdays) from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
In winter
From 25 December 2024 – open daily from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Menu options
- Hearty Alpine breakfast
- Fortifying Alpine snack
- Comforting soups and stews
- Organic meat from our own farm
- Many vegetarian options
- Traditional pastries
- Sweet delicacies
Local ingredients. Traditional dishes. Our own farm.
In our Alpine kitchen, we value local and regional food, traditional Styrian cuisine, and responsible operation of our farm, pasture, and mountain hut. Many of the ingredients used for our cuisine are sourced from our own organic farm at Brandhof. We also use high-quality products from our regional growers and suppliers, with whom we’ve enjoyed a valued partnership for many years. And that’s all reflected in the taste. Authentic. Natural. Like home.
The best organic meats
In our Alpine kitchen, we prepare and serve meat from our own organic and pure-bred cattle. We keep our Pustertaler Sprinzen herd close to nature: At Brandhof organic farm, they’re reared in a responsible manner, using suckler cow husbandry. Our cattle spend the summer on the high pastures surrounding Brandalm. Lush meadow grasses, flowering Alpine herbs, and the fresh mountain air guarantee the best meat quality.
Our popular “krapfen” doughnut weeks
A special highlight of Ramsau are its delicious farmer’s “krapfen”. Wheat or rye – farmers have always used the grain that grows best in their fields. Our popular “krapfen” weeks at Brandalm take place every year from 1 October to All Saints’ Day, from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. every day. Whether they’re meat-filled “krapfen”, rye “krapfen” with Styrian cheese, or honey-filled … let yourself be enchanted by the rural Alpine delights and the blaze of autumnal colours at the foot of Mt Dachstein.
Culinary crown jewel
A visit to Brandalm is like a journey for the senses that perhaps cannot be experienced anywhere else. The fresh mountain air stirs your appetite. The vast panorama sweeps over the Dachstein massif and Ramsau. Your spirit is nourished in the tranquillity of the mountains. As passionate organic farmers, it’s very important to us that we run our businesses in harmony with nature. In our rustic and cosy reclaimed wood parlour and on the wonderful panoramic terrace, everything just comes together. An authentic experience.
