Excellent food and better service. The owners (Backi, wife and family) were not only friendly and spot on with the food and drink recommendations but treated us like long time friends. The atmosphere is comfortable and the location an easy walk from the Mirabel Gardens. The seafood is fresh, delicious and served in a gourmet presentation. Highly recommended. read more

HORRIFIC service and terrible food. What more is there to say? Stay far away from this place. I'm a Managing Director of an important corporation. My travels have taken me from living in 4 continents over 10 years, to working various projects in over 30 cities worldwide. What's my point? It took this horrific restaurant experience to persuade me to open up a Yelp account and, for the first time, share. I was persuaded to visit this "restaurant" by the Yelp reviews. I'm currently living in Malaga, Spain a port city known for its seafood. I've also lived in other port cities in Qingdao, China and Old San Juan in Puerto Rico. So I know and appreciate good seafood. Their seafood is the akin to KFC or McDonalds. Which, coincidentally, is where the owner of the restaurant suggested we go to after complaining of not having food, more water or an opportunity to order a bottle of wine after over an hour. They didn't even have many people in the place! This pre-Madona thinks he's running NOBU in NYC (my hometown), but I can wholeheartedly say he's got nothing to brag about. The food is terrible, not even mediocre. With an attitude like this, first, your food has to be amazing. If you're in Paris, NYC, or Tokyo and are willing to subject yourself to abuse for, known/famous, ritzy restaurants then I won't judge you. But to be subjected to terrible service and ridiculous waiting times for terrible (not fresh) seafood, then you're a masochist. In my opinion they might as well be serving Zika. read more

Pescheria Backi - Seafood Near Me - Salzburg, 5

Great hidden gem! The service may seem not so warm to Americans the food is absolutely good! We had calamari with prawns - lunch special - as well as octopus antipasti. Both really great! Forgot to mention, they don't have menu and you get to eat whatever they cook or have fresh for the day! :-) read more

Pescheria Backi - Seafood Near Me - Salzburg, 5

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This tiny but cute Croatian restaurant is one the very few legit fish restaurants in Salzburg and oh my is it delicious. They don't have a menu you just pick whatever looks appealing to you and they prepare it for you. You can also put together your own appetizer platter, which we did and it was just great. Sweet-sour salmon salad, little marinated fish, tuna carpaccio etc.. As a main we (3 people) shared a turbot with calamari, both were outstanding the fish was really tasty and well seasoned and the seafood was super fresh and not rubbery at all. Wine was good and service was quick, friendly and attentive. Although it isn't the cheapest place it is definitely worth every penny and you do really get for what you pay! Big thumbs up and we'll be back! read more

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What a wonderful surprise! We had a great seafood dinner with 6 of us right down from street from the Hotel Mozart. The prawns were some of the best ever. The atmosphere is like a fish market with the owner attending personally to all the details. The house white was crisp and excellent. We were treated like family and they even brought sliced strawberries in a scallop shell for our two-year-old grandson. It was a memorable experience and I recommend it. Our recommendation..order the baklava and the vanilla custard AND put them together...delicious. Very fun evening...he is a great Tenor too. read more

Let's be honest, that reviewer below, Jean M., doesn't know what he was on about or doesn't appreciate greatness when he encounters it, and I'm not even an executive in a major corporation or from NYC. My two friends and I stumbled across this place by accident when looking for a beer while wandering around Salzburg on a Friday evening. We saw this place - which is absolutely not where yelp says it is, it's on the other side of the river - and stuck our heads in to see if we could do that. The waiter looked somewhat confused when we said we didn't have a reservation and hurried off to find the chef to discuss the situation. After much fuss, a small table for 3 was found in the half empty restaurant and down we were sat. At this point, it was becoming clear to us that we were having dinner whether we liked it or not, and plans for a tactical beer fell by the wayside. At that point we decided to whip out the phone and check out the place on yelp to see what we got ourselves in for - we found Jean M.'s review to be extremely entertaining, so had high hopes. The (very polite) waiter came over to us and took our order, which was somewhat unusual because we hadn't seen any menus - turns out they don't have any, but an order was made for a fish antipasti and some sort of fish plate for main course - that was the exact description we were given, so of course we went for it. Mercifully, moments later a bottle of Slovenian white wine appeared on the table - I was not previously aware that Slovenia even made wine, but it was delicious. We never really had any trouble with getting resupplied with bottles of wine, and five in total managed to find their way onto our table. Perhaps they are only slow to serve wine to people they know are going to be unsound on Yelp? (not pointing any fingers a certain review below). The Antipasti arrived, and varied between really tasty fish pate, to some indescribably foul fermented fish. It was a bit of a fish Russian roulette - helped along by the delicious wine. After our starter disappeared, two Austrians sat down at the table with us. Friends of the owner, there to drink some wine (and it's hard to blame them). One spoke no English, one spoke perfect English, but both of them were superb company and well up for talking complete nonsense. So we drank and chatted. And chatted and drank. And drank and chatted. About 3 hours into our stay in the restaurant, the waiter came over to us, looking pretty embarrassed, and told us he had forgotten to order our main in the kitchen (our little group was one of only two in the place at this point). To be fair to the lad, an apology bottle of Slovenian wine appeared, and all well. Also, let's be honest... After that horrendous fermented daemon fish earlier on, I really wasn't in the mood for any more fish (not ideal for a fish restaurant admittedly). I remember being quite pleased with the desert, but couldn't describe it - the many glasses of wine have made sure of that. I think there was ice-cream and peaches and some sort of cake. No fish of any description. The night ended in suitably farcical fashion - their computer and till had broken, so I couldn't pay with card - a rapid dash to a nearby atm sorted that. However, because they couldn't print out an itemised bill, all I have is a piece of paper with a stamp on it and €151 handwritten at the bottom - kind of seems like a lot for a meal excluding the main course, but we had our fun. So take away message from here: PROS: Great wine, good craic CONS: Not possible to find if you're actively looking for it, we left hungrier than when we arrived, and that foul fermented fish. We merrily stumbled off into the night, looking for somewhere to have a beer - second time lucky! read more

The food was good however the staff was incredibly unfriendly. I have worked as a server for many years and have had many encounters with foreigners. You don't have to be rude because we don't speak your language. I am going to pay you for a service. Okay so here goes...My husband speaks some German but just asked if they speak English too. And this big man with a black beard responds in a sorta mocking way asking if my husband speaks German too. Mind you the bearded man never answered my husbands question. My husband said yes but speaks better English. The man just walks away and ignores us. And then a younger fella walks over and helps us. He gave us good suggestions but ignored us for the most part. There were people who came way after us that got served before us. Also we had a table outside and the bearded man turned on everyone's heat lamp but ours. It felt as if he was ignoring us on purpose. I know someone posted previously that it felt as if they were being rude just because they were Americans. And I agree. read more

Pescheria Backi - Appetizers - Seafood Near Me - Salzburg, 5

Great food, great wine! The mixed appetizer was especially delicious. It came with salmon and tuna. I think some type of tuna salad, some type of fish salad in a mustard sauce, cheesy eggplants and tiny stuffed red peppers. I would definitely recommend it. I had the sea bass. It came with potatoes and veggies as many have mentioned. The sea bass was so tender. My boyfriend had the prawns and calamari. Also very good. The best part was the wine. I'm pretty sure it was local. I would love to be able to order it in the states but no such luck in my search. The biggest issue I think people have is the service. I think it's ridiculous to give a place a one star if the food is amazing but they don't like the service. First of all, I have journeyed to many places in Germany/Austria this week and the service isn't what is expected in America. If you want something, you need to take initiative most of the time. The only places where I did not was a very touristy place at the bottom of the eagles nest in bertchesgaden and my b&b where they knew what we've been ordering for breakfast everyday. Know the culture before you judge it. Secondly, I'm almost 100% sure the person who sat us was the owner. He didn't know much English so I don't know how in god's name he would manage to be able to tell someone to go eat eat at a KFC or a McDonald's if they don't like how things are. Also, he was very friendly and so was our server. Lastly, what a joke to compare it to fast food. All the food is very fresh. You can see it displayed on ice when you walk in. Although you would typically head towards a traditional Austrian restaurant while going for a visit, this place is a guaranteed good meal. A few tips: 1) They don't close at 2PM during the week. I was there until around 8:45PM and there was people still eating. 2) If you're having trouble finding it, it's located at the middle island at the fork in the road. (You'll understand what I'm saying when you get close) 3) They DO accept credit/debit read more

Dude where is this place? Fiending for seafood and combed up and down Franz Josefstrasse for a good 10 minutes.

Amazing! The seafood taste really good and the price, which surprise us mostly, is quite reasonable. You should never miss this place. read more

Pescheria Backi - Seafood Near Me - Salzburg, 5

we ended up at the pescheria baki after reading some reviews on the internet, the place was great, nice little taverna style restaurant, in summer there are tables outside but we ended up inside because it was full. The waiters were very nice, and friendly. The service attentive without being intrusive. They don't have a proper menu' so we actually went with what our waiter suggested. This was a mix starter including salmon, tuna, mackerel, anchovies, scampi vegetables. The main dish consisted on a whole sea bass with sauté' vegetables and potatoes, it was simply divine. We washed everything down with some nice white wine. All this set us back 90 Euro and it was worth every cent. Highly recommended read more

I very much wanted to like this restaurant as my husband has travel to Croatia and enjoyed it very much. The owner is Croatian. When we arrived the restaurant had mistaken the reservation for three but it had been made for two and was made by the hotel Auesperg while we sat with the hotel owner. We were offered a seat we could not reach because some local residents blocked its access. They were very unhappy to move for us and the chilly reception started a negative evening. We eventually moved from the inaccessible table to another only to be moved inside as it started to rain, even though they opened their retractable roof. We were the only people asked to move inside. It began to feel like our being "Americans" was working against us. We arrived at 7:10 and did not get our main dish until 8:50 and everyone in and outside of the restaurant was served even if they arrived after U.S. We were presented with a whole fish and were left to debone it ourselves even though we saw the owner debone everyone else's. The fish was well cooked but the atmosphere and tension between the locals and ourselves was palpable. We had been to Esszimmer earlier in the week and gotten exceptional treatment and an amazing meal, so this was rather shocking. We chalked it up to having just seen the movie the Woman in Gold and perhaps a bit sensitive to the potential prejudice. Needless to say we would not go back to Pescheria Backi but have plans to return tomorrow to EssZimmer where the food and service were truly remarkable and an experience to remember. read more

Bad food, slow service, and extremely rude wait staff. The food was was so bad, that a Japanese couple sitting next to us never got past the appetizers and canceled their orders. It was very disappointing to have waited over an hour for expensive old seafood served with pretentiousness. While you can't always expect great food, some restaurants compensate with fast and friendly service. Not so here. With so many dining options, there really is no reason to eat here. I suggest the Crown Plaza Hotel 2 blocks down the street. The Hotel has great food, friendly staff, and a beautiful view of the castle and city from their 6th floor roof top restaurant. And it's cheaper! read more

If you love seafood, you must try this place in Salzburg. It is a Croatian Restaurant that has the freshest fish from the Mediterranean,..as well as fresh local trout salmon from the pristine local lakes.There is no menu...You can choose whole fish,fillets, shrimp, scallops on the shell,and have them coked to order.The portions are generous,and the price is incredibly reasonable given the quality.I found the staff friendly and helpful. read more

Amazing food and place! We end up there by chance, as our intended restaurant was closed and this revealed an awesome surprise . Highly recommended! read more

Tried 15mins and still couldn't find the restaurant. I've also emailed the restaurant in advance, trying to make a reservation. However, they didn't reply at all. read more