Stuben am Arlberg Bars & Restaurants
Most of Stuben’s hotels have bars and restaurants, and there are independent ones as well. The Fux Bau is where skiers tend to congregate straight after coming off the slopes. Later on there are no night clubs but there are regular live music events at the Apres Post, and the ever popular Willi’s bar has a good atmosphere late into the night.The Sun Terrace (“Sonnenterrasse”) at the Apres Post Hotel is probably the most popular lunch time venue in the village and when the sun is shining, lunch tends to stretch into the early evening, so it becomes an Apres Ski venue as well.
The Fux Bau near the Albona 1 lift and the bottom of the piste is the main hang-out for skiers and boarders coming off the slopes. In good weather the whole area around it becomes part of the bar. There is always music playing but rarely does it turn into the ‘dancing in ski boots’ scene that you find in the bars in St Anton. As it gets darker and colder, people retreat inside or move onto other places like the Hannes Schneider bar, also part of the Apres Post Hotel, but with a separate entrance onto the street. About once a week this also hosts live music events from about 9pm to 11pm – most are orientated more at the ‘sitting-down and listening’ crowd rather than the ‘getting-up and dancing’ crowd. And there are similar events at some of the other hotels.
All the hotels have restaurants, and most are reasonably priced for a ski resort. If you want something cheaper there is a pizzeria on the main street. If on the other hand, you want to splash out, the Hotel Hubertushof offers haute cusiine dining. The restaurant at the Après Post Hotel allegedly has the finest wine cellar, and they sometimes hold tastings in the cellar itself. For something different, try the local goulasch at S’Murmele or other regional specialities like pork knuckles or Arlberger cheese spätzle at the restaurant attached to Willi’s bar in the centre of the village.
After dinner, there are plenty of places to carry on drinking, including all the bars and restaurants mentioned above, but the most popular is usually Willi’s bar (its official name seems to be ‘The Pilsstüble of the Mathies Family‘ but everyone seems to refer to it as Willi’s bar, including its own sign). People sit either at the large horse-shoe shaped bar on the various tables around it, and are served by men in lederhosen and women in dirndls. It sounds corny but it has a great atmosphere and late at night it’s usually packed with locals and ski guides as well as visitors.