Strudel-Café Kröll

The house

The Strudel-Café Kröll is on the Hofgasse, a few steps from the Golden Roof, and is one of the oldest venues in Innsbruck's old town. It was opened by Margit Kröll in 1976; her daughter Stephanie took it over in 2005, turned it into the strudel café it is today and renovated it in 2014. Inside, the display with the trays of strudel rules; outside, a few tables on the pedestrian street.

It is the place for the budget break of the day: early breakfast before going up the mountain, a strudel with coffee in the mid-afternoon or a light meal if you don't want to sit down to a menu.

What to order

The strudel is the house. There are a dozen fillings that change from time to time. Sweet: apple, poppy seed, apricot, plum, forest fruits, curd cheese and curd cheese with sour cherries. Savoury: spinach, vegetables with potato, vegetables and meat. The apple one costs €6.40 a portion according to the 2025 menu, and if you can't decide you can order an assortment of three small ones, sweet or savoury, to try several. They are served fresh from the oven.

In the morning there are breakfasts with Illy coffee, homemade jam, honey from the family's hives, eggs from their own farm and bread from the Kröll bakery, and croissants in several flavours; if you need gluten-free, ask. In the afternoon, in summer, wines and cocktails are also served.

With a savoury strudel, a sweet one and a coffee, you eat for under €20.

Hours and when to go

It is open every day, including Sundays and public holidays, from 7:00 to 18:30, and in summer until 21:00. It is one of the few places in the old town where you can have breakfast at seven.

For something more substantial, the Gasthaus Goldenes Dachl is on the same street. And the Nordkette funicular station is five minutes' walk away.