Bergrestaurant Wispile - Gstaad

Mit einer Gruppe unterwegs waren wir von A - Z begeistert vom Berghaus Wispile. Der Chefkoch Charly verwöhnte uns mit kulinarischen Highlights! Alles war mit viel Liebe und Sorgfalt zubereitet. Für Kinder gab es mannigfaltige Spielmöglichkeiten - ein Paradies! Mit der Gondelbahn kann man direkt von Gstaad aus vors Berghaus fahren. Eine Übernachtung in der herrlichen Bergwelt lohnt sich!

Nach der Rundwanderung wollten wir im Restaurant einen Zvierihalt machen. Das Sortiment für 15 Personen war eher dürftig. Das was aber Angeboten wurde war gut. Das Personal konnte nicht so gut deutsch. Wir kamen aber gegen Ende der Saison, was vielleicht eine Rolle spielt.

My family and I rode the Wispile Gondelbahn (Cable Car) from Gstaad to the top of the Wispile, where this restaurant is located. The fare to ride up was about $30US per person in the summer of 2014. If you don't feel like walking to...the Gondelbahn from the city center, the Wispile bus stop is right in front of the Gondelbahn. The views going up and at the top were outstanding, and the food at the restaurant was very good. They had a traditional Swiss menu, and I had a bottle of Alpen perle with my food. We had an outdoor table with sunshade to enjoy the view of the surrounding mountains. The service was a bit slow, but the whole point is to relax and enjoy the mountaintop environment while dining. There is also an indoor dining area for other seasons. They have a nice play area for kids. There is additional hiking available around the restaurant, and we enjoyed watching the paragliders launching from the area. I highly recommend visiting this restaurant when you visit Gstaad in the summer.

Every visit back to Switzerland, I had this on the program: go up the Wispile in Gstaad and hike down the mountain. Definitively a day out I would recommend to all my friends. Sad only, that 10 years ago, I was able to enjoy a...nice oven-baked brie with truffle oil or other goodies in this restaurant, but long gone are those times. I can not understand why the owners don't make more out of this glorious location. These days you have to do with gulasch soup (possibly out of the tin sorry my negative tone here) with a dry piece of bread. OK fair enough, during the Menuhin festival, the dishes were actually quite decent, but ... Please revive this nice place and do something with it!

After a hour drive, we finally reached Gstaad, we decided to have a coffee break in a cute little village before heading to Wispile. After getting out from the cable car, we were very excited about such an impressive view. One of the highlights...of the day was that we had a relaxing and delicious lunch, probably because we were hungry after a long drive. We highly recommend the hot French fries and the steak both are so delicious