Salzburg Food & Beer Tours
Salzburg is Mozart, marzipan and monastery beer: the pistachio-and-marzipan Mozartkugel, the soufflé-light Salzburger Nockerl, and the great Augustiner Bräustübl, where you rinse your own stein and fill it from the barrel in a beer garden under the trees. Compare the top-rated Salzburg food and beer experiences below, then read our notes.
Top-rated food and beer experiences in Salzburg
Beer gardens, chocolate and cooking
Why Salzburg for food and drink? Because behind the baroque and the Sound of Music is a real beer and pastry city — a monastery brewery pouring from the wood, chocolatiers, and a famous mountain-and-lake larder around it.
Formats: food tours of the old town and the Getreidegasse with tastings; Augustiner Bräustübl and beer-garden experiences; Mozartkugel and chocolate tastings; Salzburg cooking and pastry classes.
What to taste: Mozartkugel, Salzburger Nockerl, the Bosna sausage, Stiegl and Augustiner beer, Bierteig pretzels, and the lake fish and Alpine cheese of the region.
Monastery beer and the old town
Salzburg’s great drinking hall is the Augustiner Bräustübl, a monastery brewery since 1621, where the ritual is pure theatre: you take a stone or glass stein, rinse it at the fountain, hand it to the man at the barrel to fill, and carry it out to the chestnut beer garden, buying your food from a corridor of little stalls. The city’s other brewery, Stiegl, is Austria’s largest private one and runs a brewing museum. Food tours thread the old town and the narrow Getreidegasse with tastings.
Mozartkugel and the sweet city
Salzburg is a sweet city. The Mozartkugel — a ball of pistachio marzipan and nougat in dark chocolate — was invented here in 1890, and the hand-made “original” from Fürst is worth seeking over the mass-market foil balls. The dessert to order is Salzburger Nockerl, a giant baked soufflé in three peaks meant to echo the city’s hills. The Bosna, a spiced sausage in a bun, is Salzburg’s street-food invention.
How to do it
Food, beer and chocolate tours run through the compact old town, two to three hours with tastings; the Augustiner is an easy add-on any evening. Salzburg sits between Vienna and Tyrol and pairs with the lakes and mountains of the Salzkammergut. See the Austria hub for the rest of the country.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Augustiner Bräustübl?
A monastery beer hall and garden where you rinse and fill your own stein from the barrel and buy food from little stalls — Salzburg’s most atmospheric drinking spot.
Where is the original Mozartkugel from?
Salzburg, invented in 1890; the hand-made “Original Salzburg Mozartkugel” from Fürst is the one to try, distinct from the mass-produced versions.
What is Salzburger Nockerl?
A large, sweet baked soufflé shaped in three peaks to mirror Salzburg’s hills, dusted with sugar — the city’s signature dessert, made for sharing.
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