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Pauli Stubm

The green St. Paul Stubm sign and a Stiegl plaque on the ochre wall of Pauli Stubm, seen up a narrow cobbled lane past a stone retaining wall and a box of red geraniums in Salzburg.
A chalkboard menu for Pauli Stubm hangs above the weathered wooden door of the tavern's ochre-yellow wall in Salzburg, next to a barred window with red curtains and a geranium box.The wood-panelled Stuberl room at Pauli Stubm, with a bright blue-framed interior window, a deer silhouette on the wall beyond, long benches, empty glasses and red deer-patterned runners on the scrubbed tables.The wood-panelled interior of Pauli Stubm looks across bar stools to the counter, with taps, a Paulaner sign, hanging pans, enamel lamps and a blue-framed window to the right.A black pan of Kasnocken cheese spaetzle topped with crisp fried onions, bacon and chives, set on a wooden board and photographed from directly above on a red deer-patterned runner, with a tealight and matchbox alongside.
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  1. The green St. Paul Stubm sign and a Stiegl plaque on the ochre wall of Pauli Stubm, seen up a narrow cobbled lane past a stone retaining wall and a box of red geraniums in Salzburg. (1 / 8)
  2. A chalkboard menu for Pauli Stubm hangs above the weathered wooden door of the tavern's ochre-yellow wall in Salzburg, next to a barred window with red curtains and a geranium box. (2 / 8)
  3. The wood-panelled Stuberl room at Pauli Stubm, with a bright blue-framed interior window, a deer silhouette on the wall beyond, long benches, empty glasses and red deer-patterned runners on the scrubbed tables. (3 / 8)
  4. The wood-panelled interior of Pauli Stubm looks across bar stools to the counter, with taps, a Paulaner sign, hanging pans, enamel lamps and a blue-framed window to the right. (4 / 8)
  5. A black pan of Kasnocken cheese spaetzle topped with crisp fried onions, bacon and chives, set on a wooden board and photographed from directly above on a red deer-patterned runner, with a tealight and matchbox alongside. (5 / 8)
  6. A beer garden table laid for two, with two pans of Kasnocken on wooden boards, two bowls of side salad, cutlery and a stoneware stein, in front of a wooden bench and fence. (6 / 8)
  7. Two breaded schnitzel on a white plate with a bowl of Austrian potato salad garnished with basil and tomato and a lemon wedge, on a red deer-patterned runner at Pauli Stubm in Salzburg. (7 / 8)
  8. A bearded man in a black t-shirt drinks from a stoneware beer mug beneath the Pauli Stubm chalkboard offering Stiegl Columbus on tap and Pilsner Urquell in the Krügerl. (8 / 8)
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The green St. Paul Stubm sign and a Stiegl plaque on the ochre wall of Pauli Stubm, seen up a narrow cobbled lane past a stone retaining wall and a box of red geraniums in Salzburg.
A chalkboard menu for Pauli Stubm hangs above the weathered wooden door of the tavern's ochre-yellow wall in Salzburg, next to a barred window with red curtains and a geranium box.
The wood-panelled Stuberl room at Pauli Stubm, with a bright blue-framed interior window, a deer silhouette on the wall beyond, long benches, empty glasses and red deer-patterned runners on the scrubbed tables.
The wood-panelled interior of Pauli Stubm looks across bar stools to the counter, with taps, a Paulaner sign, hanging pans, enamel lamps and a blue-framed window to the right.
A black pan of Kasnocken cheese spaetzle topped with crisp fried onions, bacon and chives, set on a wooden board and photographed from directly above on a red deer-patterned runner, with a tealight and matchbox alongside.
A beer garden table laid for two, with two pans of Kasnocken on wooden boards, two bowls of side salad, cutlery and a stoneware stein, in front of a wooden bench and fence.
Two breaded schnitzel on a white plate with a bowl of Austrian potato salad garnished with basil and tomato and a lemon wedge, on a red deer-patterned runner at Pauli Stubm in Salzburg.
A bearded man in a black t-shirt drinks from a stoneware beer mug beneath the Pauli Stubm chalkboard offering Stiegl Columbus on tap and Pilsner Urquell in the Krügerl.

Snapshot

Pauli Stubm is a neighbourhood restaurant in a 17th-century stone house at Herrengasse 16, behind Kapitelplatz. Three wood-panelled Stüberl rooms and a gravel garden seat up to 200 guests in total. It serves honest Austrian food at prices that make it a regular rather than a special-occasion destination for locals.

The Story

The Stubm format is a specific thing in Austrian dining culture: a small parlour-room restaurant, intimate and unpretentious, where the menu does not change much and regulars sit at the same tables they have always sat at. Pauli Stubm operates in that tradition, in a 17th-century stone building just far enough from the main tourist circuit that the atmosphere stays local.

The three interior rooms carry between 20 and 35 seats each. The wood beams, the low light, and the practical menu - Pinzgauer Kasnocken, Schnitzel, Brettljause, solid Austrian soups - create a specific register that the Altstadt’s more visible restaurants often do not manage. There are no pretensions in either direction: no attempt to be a tourist attraction and no attempt to be fine dining.

The gravel garden opens in summer and adds 120 seats under open sky, which changes the character of the place considerably: noisier, more sociable, better suited to groups and families. It doubles as an event space for gatherings of up to 200.

Herrengasse 16 is a practical address: Kapitelplatz is steps away, Salzburg Cathedral is visible at the end of the lane, and the main Altstadt circuit passes nearby without actually routing through the Herrengasse. The combination of position, price, and format makes Pauli Stubm a reliable recommendation for visitors who want to eat where Salzburg residents eat.

Visiting

Herrengasse 16, behind Kapitelplatz. Tue-Sat from 17:00; closed Sun-Mon. EUR 12-22 for mains. Gravel garden in summer. Groups of 20 or more can book the space for events. Reservations recommended for groups.