# Hanselmann

Café en St. Moritz · Engadine

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine/where-to-eat/hanselmann · Revisado: 2026-11-13

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Café, pâtisserie and bakery from 1894 on St. Moritz's main street, with its Engadine walnut tart. Open every day from 7:30 to 19:00.

A tea room since 1894
Hanselmann is St. Moritz's long-standing café. It was founded in 1894 by Fritz Hanselmann, who had been head pastry chef at the Kulm Hotel, and his wife Theresia, and began as a bakery in what is now the Casa Elvezia. Their customers, mostly English, asked to be served in the family's flat, and so was born what the house considers probably the village's first tea room. During the 1928 Winter Olympics, according to the house itself, King Farouk of Egypt and the writer Thomas Mann passed through. In 2019 it turned 125, and the confectionery is now run by the family's fourth generation.
It is on the Via Maistra, the main street of St. Moritz Dorf, next to the St. Moritz fountain: the painted facade with its wooden shop windows is hard to miss.
What to order
Hanselmann is at once a café with table service, a pâtisserie, a confectioner's and a bakery. The item most associated with the house is the Engadiner Nusstorte, the shortcrust tart filled with walnuts and caramel that is made throughout the Engadine; they sell it under that name, along with the Birnbrot, the pear and dried-fruit bread of Graubünden, which keeps for days and travels well in a rucksack. In the pâtisserie they make cakes, tarts and pastries by hand every day with seasonal produce, and in the confectionery, chocolates and truffles to family recipes. In winter there is panettone too.
The website does not publish the café menu or prices: expect St. Moritz prices. It is a good place to have breakfast before the train or for afternoon tea on coming back from the mountain.
Hours and getting there
It is open every day from 7:30 to 19:00, and the takeaway counters from 11:30 to 19:00. It is in the centre of St. Moritz Dorf, above the station: walk up to the village and look for the St. Moritz fountain. If you are coming from Sils or Pontresina, the Engadine buses stop in the centre and at the station.

Qué pedir: a coffee with a slice of Engadiner Nusstorte, the house walnut and caramel tart; for the road, Birnbrot, the pear bread of Graubünden.

A tener en cuenta: Open every day from 7:30 to 19:00, with takeaway counters from 11:30 to 19:00. Next to the St. Moritz fountain, on the Via Maistra.

## Practical details

- Address: Via Maistra 8, 7500 St. Moritz, GR
- Phone: +41 81 833 38 64
- Email: info@hanselmann.ch
- Opening hours: Mon–Sun 07:30–19:00
- Restaurant, café and shop 7:30 to 19:00; takeaway counters 11:30 to 19:00
- Cuisine: pâtisserie, café, Swiss
- House specialities: Engadiner Nusstorte, Birnbrot, House pralines and truffles, Cakes of the day
- Details checked on 12 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.hanselmann.ch/
- Coordenadas: 46.4977, 9.8391

## Cerca de aquí

- [Pontresina Youth Hostel (Jugendherberge Pontresina)](https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine/where-to-stay/pontresina-youth-hostel), a 4.5 km
- [Hotel Saratz Pontresina](https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine/where-to-stay/hotel-saratz), a 4.8 km
- [Muottas Muragl Funicular and the Panoramic Trail to Alp Languard](https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine/things-to-do/muottas-muragl), a 5.6 km
- [Panoramarestaurant Muottas Muragl](https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine/where-to-eat/muottas-muragl-panorama-restaurant), a 5.6 km
- [Restaurant Morteratsch](https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine/where-to-eat/morteratsch-restaurant), a 9.4 km
- [Hotel Waldhaus Sils](https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine/where-to-stay/hotel-waldhaus-sils), a 9.8 km
- [Morteratsch Glacier Trail from the Station](https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine/things-to-do/morteratsch-glacier), a 10.3 km
- [Diavolezza Cable Car, Facing Piz Palü and Piz Bernina](https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine/things-to-do/diavolezza), a 14.0 km

## Consejos

### Have breakfast here before the Bernina
It opens at 7:30, in time for a coffee before the morning train to Tirano.

### Take the tart in your luggage
The Nusstorte and the Birnbrot keep well and are the edible souvenir of the Engadine.

### The online shop
If you want more, the house sells the tart on its website.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Is it open every day?
Yes, Monday to Sunday from 7:30 to 19:00, according to its website.

### Can I have something savoury?
There is a restaurant and takeaway counters at midday, but the website does not publish the menu.

### What is the Engadiner Nusstorte?
A shortcrust tart filled with caramelised walnuts, typical of the Engadine.

### Where is it?
At Via Maistra 8, next to the St. Moritz fountain, in the centre of St. Moritz Dorf.

Destino: [Engadine](https://www.geocalia.com/en/switzerland/graubunden/engadine.md)