The Mooserwirt was good and I expected more of that in the resort. But all I got were a few english style pub/bars; Kandahar - dead; Scotty's - English; Piccadilly's - OK; Post Keller - dreadful.
Feast, Traditional apres is all about the Mooser, and sometimes KKs. Everything (well, most of the rest) else is more 'normal' drinking spots, although usually pretty lively (obv that depends when in the season you are there). Anton Bar is good for late season chilled apres in the sun too. Cuba is a good, cheap, chilled out place for a few beers, Scotty's is all about the warm up - seasonairre price Long Island Ice Teas - and not much else (although the pizza is alright), Kandahar and Piccadilly aren't great either, IMO, although could be a laugh on occasion. Shame Funky's closed, that was the most fun late night spot. Best music too. I was there last summer and thought the bar in Anton Rock looked like it'd be good in winter?
Is the place that used to be next to Pomodoros still there? I forget the name, but the one with the nice comfy sofas for chilling out on?
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Is the place that used to be next to Pomodoros still there? I forget the name, but the one with the nice comfy sofas for chilling out on?
Platzl is gone now sadly. Last remaining Zipfer shop (apart from Rundeck I think)
Griabli for me every time with live music - Snowtones. They play in Piccadilly most days and are excellent. Kandahar with Gunar is very good but beer served in plastic glasses - come on . Don't like the Moos anymore - too full of people trying to outdo each other with their silly costumes - does my head in (I must be getting old).
Think the 'problem' this season was that there was a few changes, ie closing FK/Platzl/Pomodorro, Gunar moving to Kandahar etc... and it will probably take a season for everyone to figure out where to go, as apparently Gunar was very quiet at start of season but got progessively busier. Underground on the Piste can be great but the day we were there the guy doing to music was freaking awful - killed many a good song, so we left.
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KK's was pretty dead when we were there (last week in March), as was Cuba.
I just expected a bit more for my 100 euros a night bar bill.
Apparently Ischgl is good for a night out?
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It's end of season, last apres in Picadilly will have been just as you arrived and last week was very dead everywhere. They only sold something like 8000 lift passes when they would normally have sold twice that.
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I was less impressed with St Anton the second time I went, and I agree with what you're saying Feast. We were there beginning of Feb and although it was good, the bars weren't as rocking as I was expecting. The Moos was rammed of course, and the KK was busy, but the bars in town were much less busy.
I think maybe the novelty of Austrian apres is starting to wear off a bit...
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I been asked so many times, since my return home, 'how was the apres? bet it was amazing.'
It just wasn't and I don't see how it can be changed. It wasn't just the lack of people, it was something more than that and I can't quite put my metaphorical finger on it.
I had a much better holiday in Les Saisies. End.
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^ you're right! It felt a little like "this is St Anton and you MUST get drunk and have a good time". I MUCH preferred Val d'Isere last week where it wasn't so forced. I'm really tempted to give Austria a miss next year and go to to Val twice instead.
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I think maybe the novelty of Austrian apres is starting to wear off a bit...
.....or maybe people realise that spending £1500 on a skiing week to get blathered isnt actually very good value, they can do that at home much cheaper. Personally I go for the skiing and a couple of beers after skiing does me, the idea of skiing with a bad head in a morning is a pretty unattractive one. It amazes me when you hear the 4am crew stumbling about and shouting early hours how they get any sort of skiing/ boarding done............maybe they don't!
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Feast wrote:
KK's was pretty dead when we were there (last week in March), as was Cuba.
I just expected a bit more for my 100 euros a night bar bill.
Apparently Ischgl is good for a night out?
Towards the end of the season it does get a lot more chilled out. How was Taps? Always used to be great for late afternoon late season beers.
Ischgl is definitely better for late night stuff - it has a Pascha club for one...
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Is the place that used to be next to Pomodoros still there? I forget the name, but the one with the nice comfy sofas for chilling out on?
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That's a real shame. Used to be one of the best places for a chilled night with a few pints.
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.....or maybe people realise that spending £1500 on a skiing week to get blathered isnt actually very good value, they can do that at home much cheaper. Personally I go for the skiing and a couple of beers after skiing does me, the idea of skiing with a bad head in a morning is a pretty unattractive one. It amazes me when you hear the 4am crew stumbling about and shouting early hours how they get any sort of skiing/ boarding done............maybe they don't!
I'm not talking about going out and getting wasted until the early hours, I mean the beers etc immediately after you finish skiing. With Val I found you didn't need to have 8 pints to have a good time, whereas in St Anton it seemed to be about drinking as much beer and as many shots as possible before dinner.
After a week of it I got a bit 'beered out' - in fact we didn't tend to go out in the evenings, we just chatted in the hotel and crashed out after dinner.
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Feast, got to agree with you. We went over in January and I think my expectations were a little bit too high so I was a bit disappointed with the atmosphere there. Either that, or I'm just getting too old
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. Don't like the Moos anymore - too full of people trying to outdo each other with their silly costumes - does my head in (I must be getting old).
