Panoramarestaurant Bastei

Eating above the Elbe

The Panoramarestaurant is the dining room of the Berghotel Bastei, on the Bastei plateau, a few steps from the bridge. Its large windows face the Elbe valley, 194 metres above the river, and the hotel boasts of a hospitality tradition of more than 200 years on this very spot. It is a large dining room, with 394 seats, air-conditioned in summer; next to it is the Freischützstube, with 104, with a fireplace for cold days, and in season there are open-air terraces and beer gardens. It operates at midday for people coming from seeing the Bastei and in the evening for hotel guests and anyone who wants to dine with the sunset.

The menu

Saxon and game cooking, with a nod to Italy here and there. Among the meat dishes are the Dresden Sauerbraten, marinated roast in raisin sauce with homemade red cabbage and potato Klöße (€25.40), venison goulash with cranberries (€25.40), the Viennese-style pork schnitzel and the Spezialteller Bastei, medallions of pork, turkey and veal (€27.50). There are soups from €8.90, burgers and 200-gram beef steaks (from €27.90), plus a vegetarian section and a vegan one, with dishes between €18.90 and €20.90. They have an English menu. From 11 November to 23 December 2026 they serve St Martin's goose with Klöße, red cabbage, baked apple and orange sauce: half a goose for two with wine costs €89 and a whole one for four, €179, ordered at least two days ahead.

Getting there and booking

Open every day from 12:00 to 22:00, with the kitchen until 21:00. They ask you to book a table on their website, especially in high season and at weekends. You walk up from Rathen or drive up the Basteistraße, with paid parking and, from April to October, a shuttle from car park 1.