Food & Nightlife
The vibrant après and nightlife in St Anton is world-famous. The main street and side lanes of St Anton are lined with restaurants and bars. In the evenings the streets are characterised by euphoric skiers and boarders returning from a big day on the slopes and in the après bars.
St Anton is a difficult place to demonstrate self-control when it comes to drinking alcohol or eating yummy stodgy food. Regarding smoking, willpower will be also hard for those trying to give up, and the introduction of non-smoking in restaurants or bars doesn’t seem likely to ever be introduced in St Anton.
Eating Out Many of the hotels have meals included in the package. You may prefer this after a tiring day on the slopes, but you won’t get to enjoy the variety of the St Anton dining experience. There are many, many dining establishments in St Anton. All of them have menus out the front so you can go for a wander and just take your pick.
Most restaurants serve traditional Tyrolean food and it seems compulsory to eat at least a few Wiener Schnitzels whilst in St Anton. Other restaurants have mixed international fare, with a few serving international speciality food such as Indian and Mexican.
Around the gondola area there are a few fast-food outlets serving cheap meals. During the day, you can also get a cheap meal at the bakery in the main street.
One of our favourite restaurants was the
Kandahar which serves yummy Indian and Thai food. The décor is fabulous and the private booths are fabulous for a romantic dinner. The restaurant transforms into a bar later in the evening.
Après and Nightlife St Anton certainly knows how to do après. There are various slope-side bars that are packed with international skiers and boarders partying in unison. The skis and boards are lined up outside the bars in their hundreds and hundreds, and it’s difficult to understand how anyone can find their skis at the end of après.
The Krazy Kanguruh (kangaroo) is famous, but in some form of patriotism we chose not to visit. The Moosewirt goes off and is definitely not the place to go for a relaxing drink. The chorus of partiers singing along to German music is great entertainment. Navigating the ski run down (which is often covered in icy bumps) in the dark post-après can be treacherous or interesting, depending upon your perspective.
There are also various bars in town for après. Our favourite establishment was the Anton bar opposite the gondola, which had a little more breathing space than the mountain bars. Skippy was a popular guest for après here, courtesy of some English boys pretending to be Australian.
Further into the evening, there are plenty of bars and “discos” to choose from. Bar Cuba is good for a quiet drink. Alibi is an all-rounder, and others include Underground, Taps, Amadeus, Scotty’s bar and Bobo’s.