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Goldener Adler

  • March 25, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by becks from Mexico City, Mexico
Goldener Adler

A stroll through the old town revealed much of the beauty of Innsbruck as well as no lack of eateries. The sun was shining but rain was threatening so we wanted somewhere out doors but with suitably sturdy umbrellas. Our guidebook recommended two places close to each other at the end of the pedestrian zone. As both had similar chairs and umbrellas – if differently colored table cloths – we decided to give our custom to Goldener Adler purely based on it superior offerings on the Tagesmenu – the daily recommended items listed on the black boards facing the street.

We found a pleasant table in the thick of things from where we could evaluate the presentation of several dished even before Frau Prader – in contrast to many American restaurants servers (here called waiters / waitresses) do not introduce themselves to the guests but her name was printed on the bill – could present us with the menu.

My wife ordered a Wiener schnitzel (€9.80), which was thin and cooked to perfection and for once not accompanied by potatoes in whatever guise but rather white rise with peas. I had the Tiroler Rostbrate (€14.50) – a choice based upon what I saw on a nearby table. It had slivers of beef with bacon, various vegetables and mushrooms, with a thick, very tasty gravy, and topped with roasted onions. It was accompanied by baked potatoes and a small, fresh salad. After ten days in Austria, the four-year old had seen one schnitzel too many and demanded pasta. Her Spaghetti Bolognaise (€6.70) was not from a children’s menu and thus wonderfully tasty and not the horribly sweet tomato sauce, which too many restaurants inexplicably think children would like.

While waiting for our food, a dash indoors confirmed that Goldener Adler is one of the posh, old-town hotels in Innsbruck. The names of famous former guests, including Heine and Camus, and especially a long list of European nobility mostly of yesteryear, are carved in marble near the front entrance. Maximilian I and Mozart stayed here too but for some reason their names are on two separate slabs of lighter-colored marble, which left me to first doubt the authenticity but later wondered if they were still too unknown at their time of lodging to have been included in the original list.

There was a tense and uncomfortable moment after the meal. Having spent the previous ten days either in Vienna or in its zone of influence so to speak, my wife forgot where she was and unabashedly ordered Wiener Melange. With Italy half-an-hour’s dash down the Brenner Pass, I wanted to dive under the table in embarrassment. Frau Prader snorted down her nose that this establishment did not serve Wiener Melange but we might have cappuccinos (€2.60) instead. As that was all that we wanted, we ordered it, and were left to speculate what, if anything, Vienna has done to Frau Prader.

Goldener Adler
Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 6
A-6020 Innsbruck
Tel: 0043-512-571111

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