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Staying true to the Alpenclub’s principle of traditional Swiss comfort, the new Restaurant Ober proves just how charming and versatile a converted attic restaurant that seats 60 can be. When you enter Restaurant Ober, you are greeted by the wonder f u l aroma of old timber and an open f ire. This at tic storey – which once housed severa l sma ll hotel rooms – was being used by the A lpenclub as storage space for un- needed items and contained the ironing room for hotel and restaurant laundr y. “But we soon rea lised that the space had great potentia l

Boy Group. And the f un doesn’ t stop af ter the summer comes to an end: in Oc tober there will be an evening of magic with famous Swiss magician L ionel, and the kegs will be out in celebration of Ok tober fest; then in Novem- ber Restaurant Ober will honour the tradi- tiona l Metzgätä meat festiva l. Reser vations are required for par ticipation in a ll events with the exception of the over-40s par ty. The A lpenclub ’s Gadä Bar a lso has a host of exciting events lined up; not least f rom 12 June to 13 Ju ly, when World Cup fans can watch the matches and engage in heated discus- sions in the bar’s World Cup Thursday of ever y month the bar holds a Jass tournament, the overa ll winner of which is crowned Jass King or Jass Queen in November. Those who want to combine par tici- pating in an event with a stay in one of the A lpenclub hotel ’s beautif u l rooms or ex tra- specia l suites can take advantage of two at trac tive packages – one spor ty and one romantic. More information on these of fers can be found on the A lpenclub ’s website. “We don’ t aim to be trendy,” says Tino. “We stand by our traditions and our histor y – we want to be homely and comfor table!” And this is not some lof ty, unat tainable goa l – ever y inch of the A lpenclub Hotel Restaurant simply emanates comfor t and tradition. lounge. Ever y Thursday, wine lovers can gather in the bar for a delicious wine aperitif, and on the f irst

for creating that traditiona l Swiss comfor t that we love,” says owner Tino Lehner. And so the at tic was gut ted, ex- panded and renovated into a traditiona l Swiss restaurant with rea l feel-good fac-

“Our credo is: traditional Swiss comfort. We aim to be utterly authentic.”

tor. During the conversion works, Tino came across an old Swiss “Jass” play ing card and decided to name the new restaurant af ter the f igure depic ted on it: the Ober (or “Waiter”). The atmosphere up here is tru ly au- thentic. Dishes like knuck le of vea l and other tender meat morsels, delicious polenta, and wonder f u lly f resh vegetables are cooked on an open f ire, and ever y thing that is put on the plate f its in with the surroundings. In summer, Restaurant Ober is avail- able for seminars and par ties, and a lso hosts severa l cu linar y events as par t of Engel- berg’s summer programme. This year, guests are inv ited to join in a three-course murder myster y dinner on 20 June with sleuth Philip Ma loney, famous for solv ing hair-raising crimes ever y Sunday on radio station SRF 3. The programme a lso includes an over-40s par ty on 25 Ju ly, a mov ie screening on 15 Au- gust, and a humorous cu linar y evening on 12 September with Johnny Burn’s One Man

The A lpenclub Hotel Restaurant Dor fstrasse 5, Engelberg, Switzerland

Tel.: +41 (0)41 637 1243 welcome@a lpenclub.ch www.a lpenclub.ch

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