Ischgl: restaurants and entertainment - Telegraph Most restaurants are hotel-based, but not all. We enjoyed excellent, varied meals at the popular Grillalm in hotel Gramaser, which also has a steakhouse. Reporters tip the Salnerhof and Jägerhof ("splendid food and wine") - offering five-course meals and themed evenings. For lighter meals try the Bära Falla ("great pizza and Tirolean food") and Allegra (burgers etc). The Trofana Alm, which is as much a bar as a restaurant, and the Kitzloch, with its galleries over the dance floor, are best for grills and fondue. For Italian, try the Toscana ("very good") and Salz & Pfeffer. Worth knowing about In the Fimbatal the "lovely" Paznauner Thaya has self-service with famously good pizza, and table-service upstairs for "fab chicken salad and spicy prawns"; often with live bands or throbbing disco music. Bodenalpe is a bit of a relic but has "good, simple, cheap food." From Gampenalp you can be towed 5km by snowmobile to the remote Heidelberger hütte - the way back is quite hard work, though. At Pardatschgrat, the glass-sided Pardorama complex is impressive, and less crowded than lower places. A 2011 visitor made it a regular haunt - "very reasonable prices, excellent rösti"; there's table-service upstairs. On the Swiss side the woody Alp Bella is good value and a consistent favourite with reporters for traditional food and "old hut" atmosphere. Recent reports on the Alp Trida are enthusiastic. The newish glass-sided Salaas is very stylish and spacious, but otherwise unremarkable. Very lively Ischgl is the liveliest resort in the Alps, we've concluded after a lot of in-depth research. The fun starts in the early afternoon - mountain restaurants such as Paznauner Thaya slide into après mode directly after lunch - and it doesn't stop; lots of people are still in ski boots late in the evening. The obvious ports of call in the village are the Trofana Alm near the Silvrettabahn and the Schatzi bar of the hotel Elisabeth by the Pardatschgratbahn - with scantily clad dancing girls ("supremely good fun"). Next door is Freeride, with "friendly staff, good ski movies and no dancing girls." Across the river the Kitzloch is one of the places for dancing on the tables in ski boots. Niki's Stadl offers "surreal madness" thanks to its lively DJs. Feuer & Eis and the basement Kuhstahl are packed all evening - the latter is one reporter's all-time favourite après-bar. The Golden Eagle pub is popular with Brits looking for somewhere to sit. We enjoyed a quiet drink at the Kiwi and cocktails at pricey Guxa. Later on, we enjoyed dancing to a live band in the huge Trofana Arena, which also has pole dancing, as does the Coyote Ugly. Other nightclubs include Pacha (as in Ibiza and London), Living Room and Posthörndl, with an ancient Rome theme. No sun but a nice pool The village gets little sun in the middle of winter, and the resort is best suited to those keen to hit the slopes. But there's no shortage of off-slope activities. There are lots of maintained paths including many at altitude (the tourist office claims an astonishing 1140km in the valley), a 7km floodlit toboggan run and a splendid sports centre. And you can browse upmarket shops. It's easy to get around the valley by bus, and the Smuggler Card for pedestrians enables them to use specially selected lifts. More on Skiing in Austria