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Enjoy Styria regionally

Experience the “Kulinarium Steiermark“

Fine-dining restaurants, inns and traditional mountain huts – all of them treat their guests to a vast selection of Styrian delicacies. More than 150 “Kulinarium Steiermark” partners use regional ingredients to create outstanding dishes. With their culinary expertise, they expertly showcase the many different faces of Styrian cuisine. Alongside culinary delights, they treat guests to a dose of heartfelt hospitality and the true taste of the green heart of Austria.

Over 150 Kulinarium Steiermark partners cook with regional ingredients and create delicious dishes. With their culinary skills, they bring the numerous facets of Styria onto a plate in terms of taste. All this is paired with the tradition-conscious hospitality of the Styrians. This is how visitors experience what the true attitude to life in the Green Heart of Austria tastes like.

Styrian cuisine: regional and seasonal

The true taste of Styria is what the “Kulinarium Steiermark” restaurants are after. With plenty of passion and creativity, they create regional and seasonal dishes – whether it’s up at a mountain hut without electricity or at a three-star restaurant.

The “Kulinarium Steiermark” businesses even have their own quality seal, the “green heart”. This quality seal is based on ten special “enjoyment rules”. Among others, they include use of local ingredients with a verifiable origin as well as cooking in line with the seasons.

What’s more, “Kulinarium Steiermark“ sees participating chefs as ambassadors of good taste, treating their guests to exquisite moments of indulgence by way of top-class regional dishes.

Take a pinch of passion and add to it a bit of deliciousness and Styrian hospitality and what you get is a tasteful stay in Styria!

The 10 enjoyment rules of “Kulinarium Steiermark”

Kulinarium Steiermark ...

  • ... seeks to establish the green heart of Austria as an appealing destination for gourmets and foodies.
  • ... sees itself as a partner for all those who offer fresh products and distinctive taste at the intersection of tradition and state-of-the-art cuisine.
  • ... guarantees a uniform, authentic cuisine across Styria.
  • ... is aware that good Styrian cuisine cannot succeed without respectful partnerships between Styrian chefs and the region’s farmers and producers.
  • ... encourages guests to enjoy pioneering, creative Styrian cuisine.
  • ... promotes “culinary craftsmanship“ that produces ingredients for authentic Styrian dishes and at the same time creates new traditions.
  • ... seeks to make a contribution to joy of life by means of a healthy diet revolving around high-quality, tasty ingredients and a cultivated dining culture.
  • ... is committed to the claim “from the region, for the region“.
  • ... relies on dealers who assemble their product range locally and simply sell “good stuff”.
  • ... sees chefs as sustainable „ambassadors of good taste“.

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The taste of Styria

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  • Grimming-Donnersbachtal

Wirtshaus "Im Dörfl"

Michael Mayer's kitchen workshop
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  • Tauplitz

Mountain Inn Hollhaus

The cozy inn is located at 1,650 meters above sea level directly on the Tauplitzalm. In summer, countless hikes lead...
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  • Leibnitz

Schlosskeller Südsteiermark - Gourmetstube

The Schlosskeller Südsteiermark consists of two separate restaurants: the inn with 2 toques and the gourmet...
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  • Pernegg

Guesthouse Ritschi

At Ritschi, people eat well and celebrate properly! The excellent kitchen revolves around Styrian specialties and real...
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  • Wagna

Restaurant, Imbiss - F. Krainer Fleisch- & Wurstwaren GesmbH

About us Time and quality of life not only play a special role in refinement, but are reflected above all in the...
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  • Eisenerz

Restaurant Erzbergbräu

You won't find a menu - Helga Leis-Schenkermaier serves what the season is offering.
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  • St. Kathrein am Hauenstein

Pleasure inn Willenshofer

In the "Genussgasthof Willenshofer" in St. Kathrein am Hauenstein, head-chef Stefan perfectly combines Styrian seasonal...
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  • Bad Schwanberg

Alpengasthaus zum Gregorhansl

Our cozy inn is located on a hill (725m) in Hollenegg, between Deutschlandsberg and Schwanberg, with a wonderful view...
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The perfect combination for new taste compositions

Partners of Kulinarium Steiermark

If you put together regional producers with “Kulinarium Steiermark” partners, you get a perfect combination for new culinary experiences securing the future of local producers and gourmet businesses alike. What’s more, guests benefit from this combination because of the many Styrian culinary masterpieces that result from it.

Delicious products straight from Styria’s nature

Perfect conditions and highly motivated agricultural businesses make Styria’s fields particularly prosperous. Apples, pumpkins and grapes are well-known regional products that local restaurants use to create their exquisite dishes.

What’s more, many guests take home pumpkin seed oil, wine or other local produce as culinary souvenirs from their holiday in Styria.