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Meals

Evening meals are normally served between 6 and 8pm. Food is usually brought to the table, and you serve it out with the others on the table. Evening meals are usually three courses: soup, a meat and veg/pasta dish, followed by a simple desert. You can buy wine, beer and other drinks at most huts, but it's better to get them before dinner is served, as the kitchen often gets frantic at meal times. At the end of the meal, you are expected to take your dishes back to the serving hatch to be cleaned. There is usually a bowl of water and cloth provided to wipe down the table after you have finished. In Austrian huts you have a choice of a simple, filling set meal, bergsteigeressen, which is quite inexpensive, or you can chose something more elaborate and expensive.

Breakfast is usually a bit of a rush, so you would be advised to organise yourself the night before. You will normally get a hot drink, bread, butter and jam, and in some huts cereal and juice.

Departure

Some huts like you to pay up the night before. Certainly if you want a quick start, it is a good idea. Remember to collect your club/reciprocal rights card if you were asked to deposit it and to ensure you have a full water bottle before you leave the hut.