IKARUS

I was invited to a birthday dinner yesterday evening. Although I‘ve been living in Salzburg for many years I have never been able to dine at Ikarus at the Hangar 7. The atmosphere is stunning and the architecture is worldclass! The service throughout the evening is worth mentioning as it was a delight to experience and to watch. Very attentive, very knowledgeable and friendly. The month of December is under the radar of Thai cuisine and each course was very pleasant and enjoyable. Each plate was created as a unique combination of Thai and Austrian flavours which might sound weird but worked out perfectly. If there is a slight disappointment then I was missing more flavourful spices… and I don’t mean just hot spices. The wine pairing was spot on! All in all a great experience with friends in stunning surroundings.

Wonderful food experience. They often have guest chefs and in our case we got to enjoy the food of two star rated Michelin chef Gareth Ward. Wonderful

This might be the most difficult review I ever wrote. I have been to my fair share of high class restaurants, but I can't remember a visit as bad as to Ikarus, when I visited Salzburg with my wife. Let me preface this with a disclaimer. The food was good. We had the 8 course menu by the guest chef Anthony Genovese which was slightly adjusted as we don't eat meat. Therefore two courses with meat were switched with vegetarian courses. We had a table reserved for 7 pm and were greeted very friendly by the lady at the entrance and brought to our table. However, from them on something was off. At first I thought I was just imaging things, but my wife felt the same. We felt like the service did not like us, like we were disturbing them. We were treated cold and unfriendly. We asked for a wine pairing, but we did not want 8 glasses of wine each and asked if we could get just 4 glasses for the 8 course menu. This was seen as a very strange request, but the female waiter said she would accommodate our wish. However we did not get a wine for the first course. We then asked the sommelier and he brought us the first glass. However, then we had to ask again for another glass when we got the third course. As I wrote in the beginning, this review is very difficult as there were no other special incidents, just this strange vibe. The whole time we felt like everyone around us was treated more nicely and warm-hearted. I really regret that I did not speak up and ask the service what was wrong and why they thought we deserved such a treatment.

Exceptional from beginning to end, every dish beautifully presented and of brilliant quality. Service impeccable throughout. Having dined at fine dining establishments around the world I would say Ikarus is amongst the best with the wagyu the best dish ever.

I had the pleasure of dining at Ikarus during Peter Hagen-Wiest’s residence and it was an incredible dining experience. Having been to a few 3-star restaurants, I honestly don’t understand how Ikarus only has 2 Michelin Stars. Maybe it is because you cannot book far in advance and know exactly what menu or what chef will be in residence, but if my meal was an example of how Ikarus strives to perform then I believe it performs well above its rating. The food was incredible, the wine selection is both very comprehensive and very sophisticated, and the service is beyond exceptional. Add this to the fact that you are dining in a very intimate space (maybe 20-30 people at most the whole night) and overlooking a really cool collection of vehicles and aircraft makes this a dining destination to seek out in my experience. Also worth starting your night off at one of the bars overlooking the collection and enjoying a cocktail that is as excellently crafted as the meal!

A truly great place for any fan of good cuisine. A very rich tasting menu, perfectly paired wines, and service that knows how to properly take care of the customer. And all this in an incredibly interesting (at least to me) place.

A triumph. Four hours of playfully re-invented traditional Frech cuisine - the La Tour d'Argent was the resto in residence today. Every dish exceeded our expectations. The drink recommendations were shockingly fitting, service very Austrian in the best sense of the concept, and the setting inside the Hangar 7 with planes landing right beside is just awesome. One other guest remarked: "this is the best place in the world." I tend to agree, at least for tonight.

Wow! This restaurant exceeded my expectations. Delicious food and top-notch service. I'll be back for more!

What an incredible, cool experience! This restaurant is on the second floor of Hangar 7 with all the Red Bull toys. The lights from the exhibit light up the building in different colors. The food was overall pretty good. The service was excellent and not the typical Austrian customer service vibe lol.

Fabulous dinner tonight at Ikarus. Unique ambiance and beautifully crafted food. I enjoyed every dish on the tasting menu and was especially impressed with the sommelier's excellent wine selections, which allowed me to try some of Austria's finest wines. The wait staff was professional and courteous, providing exceptional service throughout the night. One of our best Michelin experiences - we would certainly come back next time we are visiting Austria. Thanks very much to the Ikarus team for such a wonderful evening!

What a great concept still running strong! Instead of trekking all over the world - just bring the best chefs to one place. The owner of Red Bull created something extremely cool right next to his hangar of crazy race planes cars helicopters etc. Michelin Star restaurant with an extremely talented crew on their own - they train to prepare each month the dishes of a Michelin chef from somewhere on this planet. With consulting chef Eckart Witzigmann they pick the best of the best. The service is impeccable, delivering the best food - executing a perfect match when delivering for a table. They know their food just as the kitchen executes it - in perfection. And they know how to pair wine even if you don't do the recommended wine pairing. Food is amazing - we have been there four times so far but never disappointed. Yes - you shell out quite some. But it is a memorable meal. Book well in advance - we did a month on this 'best of vienna' (being the last of our excursions to that place). And it was worth every Euro. Loved it

Just the meal of a lifetime in an amazing setting the likes of which I may never experience again due to monetary and geographic constraints. I could detail every bite but I'd sound like a boorish food snob so I will spare you. (But I love to read food snob reviews so keep 'em coming chiceria!) I'm just making this review so I can add this place to my list of ultimate restrooms!

Very fancy 7 course meal with wine pairings presented by a guest chef each month. Expect to spend several hours, we had a 7:30 reservation and were done with the meal at 11pm. It was an excellent experience!

Rotary Club Salzburg Paracelsus meets Tuesday's 19:00 for dinner in the private lounge on the third floor. We are very lucky to enjoy the superb food of the visiting chefs, which change every month. It has been a pleasant surprise all the time in the last 5 years and never the same dish, ever. This is amazing, a new menue every month from the world's top chefs 5 years in a row. I am every time curious what will be served next Tuesday. Rotarians the world over are welcome to join our meetings. Please reserve via RC Paracelsus home page.

Excellent food. Excellent service. Amazing ambience & architecture. Being an international group, Our waiter had to switch back & forth between German & English continuously. Not only was he fluent in both languages he did it with ease. We also had 2 children under the age of ten with us. They were given activity sets & a special meal was prepared for them. Thoroughly enjoyable in every way.