Das Schindler

The house

Das Schindler is on the Maria-Theresien-Straße, Innsbruck's main street, five minutes' walk from the old town. It is a restaurant, afternoon café and cocktail bar in one venue, with a dining room of tablecloths and candles in the evening and a long bar that stays open until 1:00. The chef, Thomas Knittl, cooks "naturelle" Austrian cuisine: traditional recipes, seasonal produce and Tyrolean suppliers that the house names on the menu, such as organic veal from Ranggen, game from Terfens or char from Schwaz. It holds the regional seals Bewusst Tirol and AMA Gastrosiegel.

It is the dinner for a special night of the trip, without reaching haute-cuisine prices.

What to order

In the evening the most practical thing is the menu of your choice: you pick three courses from the menu for €74 or four for €89, and the portions are adjusted to the menu. You order until 21:00. There is a cover charge of €5 per person.

From the November 2026 menu: the organic Angus beef tartare with quail egg (€26), a broth with Grießnockerl and Frittaten (€10) or Jerusalem artichoke cream with black truffle (€17) to start. For a main, the Saibling, a char from a spring-water fish farm in Schwaz (€39), the milk-fed veal osso buco with saffron polenta (€35), the veal Wiener Schnitzel, in a small portion (€25) or large (€33), or a Black Angus steak (€49 for 180 g). There is a vegan main of winter vegetables (€25). For dessert, the "Wiener Melange", with Topfenknödel and Kaiserschmarren parfait (€14).

At midday, Tuesday to Friday, there is a two- or three-course menu that changes frequently, and in the afternoon, homemade cakes.

Booking and when to go

It is open Tuesday to Saturday; closed Sundays, Mondays and public holidays. Bookings are accepted by phone only, on +43 512 56 69 69; for groups of ten or more, by email. Call a few days ahead if you are going on a Friday or Saturday.

From the Altstadthotel Weisses Kreuz you walk along the same street that continues from the old town.