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terrace and homemade cakes and ice cream. Menu favourites include all-day breakfasts,
toasted sandwiches and wholesome soups.
Die Wilderin
AUSTRIAN
€€
( 562 728;
www.diewilderin.at
; Seilergasse 5; 5pm-2am Tue-Sat, 4pm-midnight Sun)
Take a gastro-
nomic walk on the wild side at this artily understated, fashionably relaxed restaurant. The
menu sings of the seasons, be it asparagus, game or strawberries. The chef believes
adamantly in local sourcing and knows his suppliers by name, so what you can expect are
farm-fresh and foraged ingredients of prime quality, all expertly cooked and seasoned.
Live music jazzes up Tuesday nights, but be sure to book ahead.
Pavillon
FUSION
€€
( 257 000;
www.der-pavillon.at
;
Rennweg 4; mains €26.50-33; cafe 9am-midnight, restaurant 6pm-midnight
Tue-Sat)
A rising star on Innsbruck's gastro scene, this glass-cube restaurant-cafe is all
clean-lined, backlit minimalism, with a terrace on Landestheaterplatz. Manning the stove
is 27-year-old chef Manuel Hanser. Served with imagination, his Med-inflected specialit-
ies strongly invoke the seasons, from elderflower soup with marinated Artic char, cow
parsley and vanilla asparagus to venison served with a poached peach.
Chez Nico
VEGETARIAN
€€
( 0650-451 06 24;
www.chez-nico.at
;
Maria-Theresien-Strasse 49; 2-course lunch €13.50, 6-course menu €55;
noon-2pm Tue-Fri, 6.30-10pm Mon-Sat; )
Take a creative Parisian chef with an artistic eye and a
passion for herbs,
et voilà
, you get Chez Nico. At this intimate bistro, Nicolas Curtil
(Nico) treats a handful of lucky, lucky diners to an all-vegetarian, season-inspired menu,
with beautifully presented dishes along the lines of smoked aubergine wonton and
chanterelle-apricot goulash. You won't miss the meat, we swear.
Dengg
INTERNATIONAL
€€
( 582 347;
www.dengg.co.at
;
Riesengasse 11; mains €13-23; 8.30am-11pm)
A cool curiosity shop of
a bistro, with a minimalist, snow white interior that contrasts strikingly with the old-fash-
ioned kitchen appliances plastered to its walls, Dengg feels like a secret despite its Alt-
