Restaurant & Bar Awards 2021

www.lux-review.com Page 11 LUX 2021 Restaurant & Bar Awards A family owned business serving excellent Italian cuisine in beautiful Bavaria, Gasthaus Hinterholzer is a traditional establishment with a modern attitude to business, and a favourite amongst locals and travellers alike. Gasthaus Hinterholzer Best Italian Restaurant - Bavaria Feb21631 A restaurant based in the picturesque region of Upper Bavaria in Southeast Munich, Gasthaus Hinterholzer is a small business with a big heart and a dedication to excellent service. With a well-designed, warm, and homely interior that gives its guests a true feel of the charm of the local area, Gasthaus Hinterholzer has created an atmosphere that makes all guests welcome. It was originally founded in 1908, and has been run by the family ever since – it is this that has made it a hit. Not only is it a staple of the local community and a lynchpin of history in the area, the family has always been one that excels in serving the culinary and hospitality industry. They started out as butchers operating out of the family shop, with the restaurant running alongside it, producing home cooked meals from meat prepared on site. This is a tradition that the family has carried on into the modern day, with the current owner being a trained butcher and barkeep; Gasthaus Hinterholzer serves the local area as well as visitors with a jovial attitude that keeps passion for service at its heart. The establishment sports a well maintained and comfortable beer garden for patrons to enjoy on sunny days, as well as the plentiful tables laid out to give a personable and intimate feel. Due to its history with butchery and its decades of experience that have allowed it to become an expert business in the trade, its restaurant’s dishes focus on meat as the primary product. Its steaks are something it takes great pride in, using only the most premium cuts from farms in Italy. Once it is imported, the meat is aged in house, and the hams and sausages it uses on its renowned pizzas are all the best quality they can be. In this way, this produce is the star of its show, and its dishes have all been created so as not to overpower these flavours. Thus, the meat is added after the baking process that takes place in its wood fired stove on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. These pizza days have become local favourites and are part of what makes this establishment a cut above the competition, as it uses a unique dough recipe with emmer flour to create them. Emmer flour use in pizza is a tried and tested traditional technique, first used over 12000 years ago and still holding its ground today as a method of achieving a dough of incredible quality. Its pizza making techniques have also been perfected over years of developing and reworking its recipes and methods. In fact, as a testament to the community attitude and dedication to service that this family company holds to, its pizza services were a thing brought about by demand. When the current runner decided to start diversifying into pizza making, there was a trial run completed asking its customer base what they thought – when the results were favourable, only then was it incorporated into the menu. Consequentially, everything on its menu is something it is confident to serve to customers both regular and brand new; and every dish that it makes is carefully cooked and monitored to ensure it comes out perfect. Furthermore, Gasthaus Hinterholzer is forever striving to develop itself and its processes. If it finds an area it can improve, it will; due to this it is always thankful for customer feedback, which allows it to improve and update its already exemplary operations. The rest of the week, the warmth of the fire still burns bright in this restaurant as it offers its steaks cooked in the wood fired grill. This rustic approach is just another element showing its dedication to brilliant service and atmosphere, something its guests appreciate from the very moment they walk in and throughout their meal. Kept competitive by the family’s unrivalled zeal and drive, Gasthaus Hinterholzer is looking forward to welcoming guests back with open arms when it is safe to do so. It promises that they will return to even better recipes being served with the same recognisable friendly charm. Company: Gasthaus Hinterholzer Contact: Bernhard Hinterholzer Website: http://www.gasthaus-hinterholzer.de/