Best Restaurants Open Sunday in Salzburg 2026

Why a Sunday list matters in Salzburg

Salzburg holds a cluster of Michelin-starred kitchens, Ikarus among them, and the great majority keep a strict Sunday-Monday closure to rest the kitchen. A diner who flies in for a weekend and expects to book a tasting menu on Sunday night will be turned away by every one of them. That single fact is the most useful thing to know about dining here on a Sunday, and it shapes the whole list.

The rooms that stay open are the institutions: the abbey kitchen, the Stiftskulinarium, that claims to be the oldest restaurant in Central Europe; the monastery beer halls; the traditional Gasthaus tables; the historic coffee houses. They never chased stars and do not need them. The order below leads with the grand abbey dining room and closes with the all-day finger-food cafe. Every hour below was checked against the restaurant's own published schedule in June 2026. For the wider week, start with the Salzburg dining guide.

The Sunday list

St. Peter Stiftskulinarium

Austrian fine dining · Altstadt, Salzburg · €60–120 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 12:30–23:00

St. Peter Stiftskulinarium sits inside St. Peter's Abbey at St. Peter Bezirk 1 in the Altstadt, and traces its table back to 803, which is the basis for its claim to be the oldest restaurant in Central Europe. The vaulted rooms and the rock-cut cellar serve refined Austrian cooking, from beef tafelspitz to the Mozart dinner-concert menu, around €60 to €120 a head. It opens Sunday from 12:30 to 11pm, hot dishes until the evening. Book the historic inner rooms rather than the courtyard for the full sense of the place.

Bärenwirt

Traditional Austrian · Mülln, Salzburg · €25–45 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:00–23:00

Bärenwirt at Müllner Hauptstrasse 8, just below the Augustiner brewery, has cooked traditional Salzburg fare since 1663 in a wood-panelled Gasthaus. The Wiener schnitzel, the roast pork with bread dumplings and the local trout are the order, with a meal around €25 to €45 a head. It opens Sunday from 11 in the morning to 11 at night, kitchen running through the afternoon, which makes it one of the few proper Sunday lunches in town. The first-floor room with the river view is the seat to ask for.

Restaurant Triangel

Austrian regional · Festival District, Salzburg · €35–60 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:00–24:00 (closed Monday)

Triangel sits on Wiener-Philharmoniker-Gasse beside the Festival Halls, a regional Austrian room that fills with musicians and festival-goers in season. The slow-cooked beef, the regional cheeses from its own board and the daily specials are the order, with a meal around €35 to €60 a head. It opens Sunday from 11am to midnight, and it is one of the few good rooms here that takes Sunday and rests on Monday instead. For a Sunday lunch near the old town theatres, it is the most characterful seat.

Augustiner Bräustübl

Monastery beer hall · Mülln, Salzburg · €15–30 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 14:30–23:00

Augustiner Bräustübl at Lindhofstrasse 7 is the monastery beer hall in Mülln, the largest of its kind in Austria, where the beer is poured from wooden barrels and the food comes from a market hall of stalls. Roast pork, pretzels, spit-roast chicken and pickled cheeses run around €15 to €30 a head. It opens Sunday from 2:30pm to 11pm. You collect your own stein and your own food, which makes it the most relaxed Sunday on this list and the best value, particularly in the chestnut-shaded garden.

Café Tomaselli

Viennese coffee house · Alter Markt, Salzburg · €15–30 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 08:00–19:00

Café Tomaselli on the Alter Markt has poured coffee since the early 1700s, which makes it one of the oldest coffee houses in Austria, a marble-and-mirror room where the cake tray is carried table to table. The Salzburger Nockerl, the apple strudel and the wide coffee menu are the order, with a light meal around €15 to €30 a head. It opens Sunday from 8am to 7pm. This is a Sunday breakfast or an afternoon-cake stop rather than a dinner, and the first-floor room is the quieter seat above the square.

Carpe Diem

Finger-food café · Getreidegasse, Salzburg · €20–45 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 08:30–24:00 (café only; fine-dining floor closed Sunday)

Carpe Diem at Getreidegasse 50 is the Red Bull-backed room on Salzburg's main shopping street, known for its finger food served in edible cones. On a Sunday only the ground-floor lounge and finger-food café run, since the upstairs fine-dining restaurant closes Sunday, so set expectations accordingly. The cones, the small plates and the breakfast run around €20 to €45 a head. It opens Sunday from 8:30am to midnight, the longest Sunday hours on this list, which makes it the late seat when the institutions have closed.

How to book a Sunday table in Salzburg

The first rule of a Salzburg Sunday is to stop chasing stars: the tasting menus are closed, so book an institution instead. St. Peter Stiftskulinarium takes reservations and rewards a day or two's notice for its inner abbey rooms, the seat that justifies the trip. Bärenwirt and Triangel both take Sunday bookings and both serve a proper Sunday lunch, which is the prime meal here rather than dinner. Augustiner Bräustübl takes no bookings at all: you walk in, collect a stein and find a bench, which makes it the easy solo-dining Sunday. Café Tomaselli is the morning-coffee or afternoon-cake stop, no booking needed. For a Sunday near the Festival Halls, Triangel is the call; reserve in festival season when the musicians fill it.

Frequently asked questions

Are any Michelin restaurants open on Sunday in Salzburg?

Very few, and none of the marquee names. Ikarus in the Hangar-7, Esszimmer, Senns and Pfefferschiff all close on Sunday, and the Carpe Diem fine-dining floor goes dark too. Salzburg's starred kitchens keep a strict Sunday-Monday shutdown to rest their teams, so a diner expecting a Sunday tasting menu will be turned away. For a serious Sunday meal, the abbey and Gasthaus institutions on this list are the answer instead.

Is St. Peter Stiftskulinarium open on Sunday?

Yes. St. Peter Stiftskulinarium opens Sunday from 12:30pm to 11pm inside St. Peter's Abbey in the Altstadt. It traces its table back to 803 and is billed as the oldest restaurant in Central Europe, serving refined Austrian cooking and a Mozart dinner-concert, around €60 to €120 a head. Sunday lunch is the calmer service; book the historic inner rooms rather than the courtyard for the full sense of the place.

Where can I get a traditional Austrian Sunday lunch in Salzburg?

Bärenwirt in Mülln is the pick, open Sunday from 11am to 11pm with schnitzel, roast pork and local trout in a Gasthaus that has cooked since 1663, around €25 to €45 a head. Triangel by the Festival Halls also opens Sunday with regional Austrian cooking. Both take bookings, and Sunday lunch is the bigger meal in Salzburg, so a midday reservation lands the better table.

What is the best-value place open Sunday in Salzburg?

Augustiner Bräustübl in Mülln, the monastery beer hall on Lindhofstrasse, open Sunday from 2:30pm to 11pm. You pour beer from wooden barrels and pick food from a hall of stalls, roast pork and pretzels and spit-roast chicken, around €15 to €30 a head. It takes no bookings, so arrive and find a bench in the chestnut garden. It is the most relaxed and best-value Sunday seat in the city.

Do Salzburg restaurants close on Sundays?

The fine-dining rooms largely do. The Michelin-starred kitchens, Ikarus among them, keep a Sunday-Monday close, and several of the modern chef rooms follow. What stays open is the city's older backbone: the abbey kitchen at St. Peter, the monastery beer halls, the traditional Gasthaus tables and the historic coffee houses. A confirmed Sunday list is worth keeping in a city where the starred rooms all rest at the start of the week.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule in June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.