Rote Wand - Lech

Young Maxl with his childish appearance seems to be a very creative and competent guy when it comes to his cooking skills. A shame that his inflated ego ruins the experience. My friends of Condé Nast and I were instructed to pay a little...surprising visit to the accommodation in order to review the facility as a whole; on arrival we were pleasantly surprised by the modern and well maintained terrain. The restaurant has an unmistakable alpine character with a spiritually modern twist, which was pleasant for the eye and the senses due to the ubiquitous weather of burnt herbs you meet on the entire estate. The menu we enjoyed was surprisingly creative, combined with a nouvelle kitchen approach with local ingredients; a feist for the eye and palette. The staff is usually very busy with the culinary journey and the ingredients used, which are a convincing picture. The restaurant has an exciting selection of wines with rarities at a reasonable price. Crockery and glassware are to be expected for such a location of high quality. When it comes to pure culinary experience, there is really nothing to complain about. But, and this is such a shame, our experience has greatly stained by the obnoxic arrogance and presumptuous behavior of Max, the chef, the reasons unknown to us, it has its goal of the evening, in its fullest ability to feel something as welcome. Disorders of the chef's table experience were literally thrown before our faces without explanation and we were reminded by this child of a chef on a constant basis that, if at all, we should be grateful, we have received the rare opportunity to sit on his cooking table. We find it extremely sad that a restaurant with such a potential offers a youthful chef with an obvious infertility problem and a Napoleon complex that creates an otherwise extraordinary experience in a despicable entrance in the hall of fame of kitchen night rooms. Apart from that we would recommend that the facility be found in the care of its laminators, which we found in an unconscionable state (there was urine on the whole floor). When the Red Wall finally gets rid of the egocentric cook and invests in the entire customer journey mapping process, not everything is lost. Because of the above problems, we can only reward two out of five stars.

We look forward to the cooking table and it was not disappointed! Chef Max Natmessnig and his team have an amazing menu, 19 courses of pure pleasure. Max was super friendly and explained every dish in detail how it was served; and with... such enthusiasm and trust as it was the first time he served it. We have absolutely loved it and recommend it very much if you stay in the red wall or near.

This is our fourth visit to this special restaurant. The food is even more outsanding this year and the new concept an even better way to enjoy chef Max’s wonderous creations.

Evening options are limited to a small (2 or3) selection in each of 4 courses tho when we were there they had 3 specials on as well. You can chose to have 2, 3 or 4 courses paying 36 euro for 2 and 60 for...4. The main courses are very pleasant and simple eg venison stew or belly of pork. The first 2 courses won't please everyone lots of offal. Unhurried and friendly service in a tiny room sitting about 15 people.

We went with our family of 5 to last night fondue dinner there. The setting si beautiful and we would recommend taking a horse drawn sleigh from Lech. Lots of choices fro fondue including fish which is rare in Austria. Service and ambiance is excellent....Wine list extensive and high quality. Personally I would stay with Austrian wines. Would return anytime.