Famous Austrian coffee house tradition in Bad Ischl
Sweet delights at the former “Imperial and Royal Purveyor of the Court”
Coffee House Zauner The pastry shop "Konditorei-Kaffee Zauner" is an enterprise steeped in history. The former imperial and royal purveyor of the court was founded in 1832. Today the traditional café with its choice of delicious pastry products is one of the most attractive tourist highlights of the Salzkammergut region.
The excellent confectioners at the popular pastry shop “Zauner” in Bad Ischl will spoil you with traditional Austrian specialities and innovative culinary creations. The high art of confectionery is celebrated in Bad Ischl and the vast selection of sweet delights found in the exquisite pastry shops of the imperial city may be heaven for people who have a sweet tooth. 22 confectioners and 4 cooks spoil their guests with a daily choice of cakes, gateaux, confections of pastry, chocolates, petit-fours and snacks.
As the former imperial and royal purveyor of the court – awarded with the Austrian coat of arms – the proprietor family accepts only the most excellent quality as their hallmark. Taste Austrian cake specialities like the legendary “Gugelhupf” cake or try one of the numerous coffee specialities that made the Austrian coffee-house culture legendary all over the world.
A popular meeting point for artists, musicians and writers
Two pastry shops of the café Konditorei Zauner can be found in Bad Ischl: The parent house at the Pfarrgasse, the birthplace of the Zauner legend, and a subsidiary café on the picturesque “Hasner Allee” boulevard at the Esplanade. One attraction at the café is the relatively “modern” art nouveau parlour, which was painstakingly refurbished above the original café. Concerts, recitals and operetta performances take place here during the Lehár-Festivals Bad Ischl As it is Austrian tradition, the pastry store and coffee house Zauner is a meeting point for artists, musicians and writers. Playwright Johann Nestroy, actress Katharina Schratt (mistress and confidant of Emperor Franz Joseph) composers Franz Lehár and Oscar Strauss were among the many regulars of the café. Many anecdotes about the famous guests of the "Grand Café Restaurant Zauner Esplanade" in Bad Ischl are still in circulation. Franz Lehár for instance used especially composed songs to pay for delicious pastries!
Do you fancy treating yourself to the delicious specialities of the café “Konditorei Zauner” as the famous composers, singers and writers once did? Pay Bad Ischl a visit! Hospitality is a matter of course for the team at the Hotel Goldener Ochs eine Selbstverständlichkeit. The team is looking forward to bidding you welcome in Bad Ischl! And your holiday starts with a no-obligation holiday enquiry.
