Food and shopping
You don't have to cook.
In the village there is Grisons cuisine, in the forest a sun terrace for hikers. And what you need to cook for yourself you'll find in Trin or a short drive away.
Eating out
Ustria Parlatsch
Grisons cuisine in the log house · sun terrace · in the middle of Trin Mulin
a few minutes on foot from the site, Via Cava 35
The log house in the middle of Trin Mulin, built in 1976 and renovated in 2017. Petra Kreilos and her team cook with selected Grisons produce; the capuns and Trin raviuls are homemade. From the sun terrace the view reaches the mountains.
- The nearest restaurant to the site. Address Via Cava 35, 7016 Trin Mulin; the bus stop and the village shop are within walking distance.
- You can reserve a table online via the house's website or by phone at +41 81 635 15 66.
- Dogs are welcome in the restaurant until 6 p.m., not after. Pets are not allowed in the hotel rooms.
- High chairs are available, a cot on request.
- The kitchen makes packed lunches on request — handy for a day's hiking.
- Free parking and Wi-Fi belong to the house.
- There are also eight rooms: three double rooms with their own shower and WC, four with a bathroom on the floor, plus a single room.
- The house is a member of the Guild of Swiss Restaurants.
- In winter the cross-country ski trail starts right outside the door.
Straight there: Beim Verkehrsverein
Information from: parlatsch.ch
Restaurant Connfor families
Excursion restaurant in the Grosswald · large garden terrace · all year
about 45 minutes on foot from Trin Mulin, 3.5 kilometres
A forest clearing in the Grosswald between Trin and Flims, five minutes from the il Spir viewing platform. The finest destination for a hike with lunch — and the rare excursion restaurant that is open all year round.
- On foot from Trin Mulin about 45 minutes, the same from Flims Waldhaus. The clearing lies 3.5 kilometres from the village.
- House dishes: Trin pear ravioli, Grisons polenta with house sausage or with fried mushrooms.
- Reservations by phone at +41 81 911 12 31, by email to info@conn.ch or online.
- Dogs are welcome, families too.
- For parties of 15 or more the house can be booked privately.
- You can also get there by mountain bike. In winter, with enough snow, a cross-country trail is prepared.
- A postbus runs from Flims Waldhaus via Flims Dorf to Restaurant Conn; line 111 does not take bicycles. Whether it is currently running is shown at PostAuto.
- Between Flims Waldhaus and Conn a horse-drawn carriage also runs regularly; it departs right behind the post office. Information on the same number as the restaurant.
- You cannot stay overnight at the restaurant. On the same clearing, however, stands the Holzerheim, a hay-barn hut of 60 square metres converted by the Flims architect Rudolf Olgiati, for up to four people.
- Five minutes further on stands il Spir, 12.5 metres out over the rock edge and 360 metres above the Vorderrhein.
Straight there: Beim Verkehrsverein
Information from: conn.ch · Latest: Postauto und Kutsche bei Flims Laax
Pizza with usfor families
Pizza station on the site · self-service · any time · cash payment
on the site
At the pizza station you make your own pizza whenever you like. No table, no reservation, no opening hours — you go when you're hungry.
- The station is open to you for as long as you are with us.
- Payment is in cash — card and TWINT don't work at the pizza station.
- On good Saturdays we bake for everyone as well. Whether your Saturday is one of them depends on the weather and how full we are — ask at reception.
- The ingredients you need you'll find at the Volg Trin Mulin, a few minutes away.
- If you fancy a laid table instead: the Ustria Parlatsch is likewise a few minutes away in Trin Mulin.
Restaurant Crestasee
Art Nouveau house of 1890 by the lake · reachable only on foot · almost all year
a good 30 minutes on foot from the site
An Art Nouveau house right on the Crestasee, built in 1890, renovated in 2002 and partly listed. No car reaches the lake — you come on foot, and that is half the charm. Almost everything is cooked in-house, from the pizokels to dessert.
- The whole Crestasee is car-free, the inn reachable only on foot. From car parks 4 and 5 it is about 20 minutes, from car park 3 about 30.
- By postbus: the «Trin Mulin, Crestasee» stop, from there 10 to 15 minutes on foot.
- Don't follow the navigation: Google Maps sends you via «Auas Sparsas», a private property with no through route. Stick to the house's own directions.
- Terrace by the lake, covered; inside, the parlour seats 35.
- For dinner a reservation is requested — preferably by phone or WhatsApp at +41 77 261 87 58. Emails the house likes less, by its own account.
- The house is open almost all year. The tourist office still lists it as a summer business; we follow the house's own information.
- Seven double rooms with a bathroom on the floor, plus a shared balcony and a library.
- Pets are welcome, high chairs available, cot on request. The house is not wheelchair-accessible.
- In winter car parks 3 to 5 are closed. Overnight guests contact the house beforehand, there is a solution.
- Not to be confused with the nature bathing lake next door: bathing, kiosk, changing rooms and boat hire belong to a different business.
Straight there: Naturbad Crestasee · Beim Verkehrsverein
Information from: gasthaus-crestasee.ch
Ustria Trin Staziun
In the old station in the middle of the gorge · terrace · cash or TWINT only
Trin railway station, down in the Ruinaulta
The former station building of Trin, down in the Rhine Gorge on the hiking path between Trin and Tamins. Today it is run as the RealisierBar Trin Staziun: simple lunches, apéro, house drinks and homemade cakes.
- The name has changed — the Ustria Trin Staziun has become the RealisierBar Trin Staziun. House and place are the same.
- Payment is cash or TWINT only. Cards don't work; the house says so itself.
- Down in the gorge there is no mobile reception. Reservations therefore go by email to allesistrealisierbar@gmail.com.
- Trin station is not in the village but down by the Rhine — from the Trin Porclis bus stop about 45 minutes on foot down, and a good hour back up.
- If you'd rather not climb back up after eating: by train to Reichenau-Tamins and from there by postbus to Trin Mulin.
- The Rhaetian Railway stops right in front. By car there are few parking spaces; by bike it works too.
- A few steps away the Punt Ruinaulta spans the Vorderrhein: 105 metres long, 1.8 metres wide, of wood.
- Over on the Bonaduz bank lie a sandbank and a barbecue spot with firewood and a picnic table.
- The tourist office still describes the house with polenta, soups, salads and ice cream and 25 indoor and 40 outdoor seats. Today's menu no longer lists it that way — rely on apéro, cakes and small bites.
Straight there: Beim Verkehrsverein
Information from: trinstaziun.ch
Casa Alva
Cooking in the 600-year-old parsonage · two set menus · Trin Dorf
postbus line 81 to «Trin, Dorf», Via Visut 31
Saskia and Reto Gadola cook in the old parsonage in the middle of Trin — he a Grisons Oberland native who came home, she from Germany's Baltic coast. Out of that come two menus: one «from the coast», the other «from the mountains». The most ambitious address in the village.
- Address Via Visut 31, 7014 Trin, in the middle of the upper village. The bus stop and the village shop are a few minutes' walk away; parking belongs to the house.
- There are two set menus to choose from, no large card — reserving is therefore worthwhile: +41 81 630 42 45 or email@casa-alva.ch.
- The house has a garden with a terrace.
- Six double rooms in larch wood in the new wing, some with a balcony, some with garden access.
- Pets are welcome; a cot and an extra bed are available on request.
- The restaurant is listed by Gault Millau and is a member of the Jeunes Restaurateurs d'Europe.
- A conference room can be rented.
- From the site: postbus line 81 from Trin Mulin uphill to «Trin, Dorf».
Straight there: Beim Verkehrsverein
Information from: casa-alva.ch
Berghaus Bargisfor families
Mountain restaurant at 1550 m · covered terrace · car-free high valley
on foot from Trin Mulin about 2:15 h, or shuttle from Flims Dorf
The excursion restaurant at the entrance to the Bargis plateau: 54 seats inside, 100 outside, a large covered terrace looking into the high valley, and a children's playground next door. Grisons specialities are served — and a fruit tart the house is known for.
- The access road to Bargis is closed to private traffic. It is correspondingly quiet up there.
- By bus: the shuttle runs up from Flims Dorf, and mountain bus line 118 runs between Fidaz Waldrand and Bargis.
- On foot from the forest edge in Fidaz it takes about 30 minutes. Paid parking is available there.
- From Trin Mulin the old alp path leads straight up: about 2:15 hours up, 1:35 hours back down.
- Dogs are welcome, children too — the playground belongs to the house.
- Overnight stays are possible: two double rooms and one shared room for 14 people, with shower and WC on the floor.
- E-bikes can be charged for free in Bargis; a service point with tools stands by the house.
- Reservations at +41 81 911 11 45 or info@bargis-flims.ch; for evenings the house recommends calling ahead.
- Address for navigation: Via Bargis 403, 7019 Fidaz.
- The house has its own webcam — the most honest view before you climb for two and a quarter hours.
Straight there: Beim Verkehrsverein
Information from: bargis-flims.ch · Latest: Shuttle bei Flims Laax
FidazerHof, Fidaz
Hotel restaurant in the Walser village · terrace with valley view · regional and seasonal
postbus to Flims Dorf, then the bus on to Fidaz — or on foot via Flims
The restaurant of the small hotel in Fidaz, above Flims at the foot of the Flimserstein. The cooking is deliberate, seasonal and regional, using produce from farmers in the area — recognised with Goût Mieux, Slow Food and a Swiss Wine List Award. From the terrace the view opens over the valley.
- Address Via da Fidaz 34, 7019 Fidaz. Reservations at +41 81 920 90 10 or info@fidazerhof.ch.
- The restaurant has fixed rest days during the week — which ones is shown on the house's website. Check before heading up.
- From the site: postbus line 81 to Flims Dorf, then the bus on to Fidaz. On foot, Fidaz is part of the hike over the Crestasee and Flims (see Hiking).
- The kitchen is regional, not Ayurvedic, even though the house also offers Ayurveda treatments.
- For those wanting to go further up: the Berghaus Bargis lies on the same slope, and mountain bus 118 runs from Fidaz Waldrand.
Information from: fidazerhof.ch
All restaurants in Trin
Seven establishments across the municipality · from the village up to 1550 metres
spread across Trin Dorf, Trin Mulin, the forest and the gorge
The tourist office lists seven houses for Trin — they lie far enough apart that the choice usually comes down to the walk. Current opening hours are listed there.
- Ustria Parlatsch in Trin Mulin: log house with sun terrace, Grisons produce, capuns and Trin raviuls, eight rooms.
- Casa Alva in Trin Dorf: cooking in the old parsonage, two set menus, six double rooms.
- Restaurant Crestasee: Art Nouveau house right on the lake, reachable only on foot, terrace with a lake view.
- Casa Selva, in the forest: regional dishes by reservation, five single and nine double rooms plus one holiday apartment. The only one of the seven that doesn't also work as a spontaneous visit.
- Ustria Trin Staziun, down in the Rhine Gorge: the old station building on the hiking path, with outdoor seating.
- Restaurant Conn, in the Grosswald: excursion restaurant with a large garden terrace, open all year.
- Mountain restaurant Bargis, at 1550 metres: 54 seats inside, 100 outside, covered terrace and playground.
- Three of the seven — Crestasee, Conn and Bargis — cannot be reached by car at all, and at Trin Staziun there are only a few parking spaces down in the gorge. Factor the walk into your plans.
- If nothing in the village is open: Flims lies 5 kilometres away, Chur about 12, both reachable without changing buses on postbus line 81.
Straight there: Casa Selva
Information from: Verkehrsverein Trin
Flims and Tamins
Postbus line 81 · Flims 5 km, Chur 12 km · no changes
postbus from Trin Mulin, in both directions
A few minutes on the postbus, and the choice grows considerably larger — from the pizzeria to the hotel restaurant. The same line runs one way to Flims and Laax, the other way via Tamins to Chur.
- Postbus line 81 runs from Trin Mulin without changing: towards Flims and Laax, or towards Tamins and Chur.
- Flims lies 5 kilometres from Trin, Chur about 12; the ride to Chur takes about 25 minutes.
- The municipality of Flims runs an open directory. You can filter by bar and lounge, café, snack bar, restaurant and wine bar; each entry lists a phone number and email.
- The destination describes the range itself: from Grisons specialities through pan-Asian cooking to burgers and houses at Gault Millau level.
- In Laax Murschetg, at the valley station in the rocksresort, several houses sit close together — handy if you go without a fixed plan.
- The last bus back sets the limit for the evening. Find the timetable at PostAuto.
- For those who'd rather stay put: the seven houses in Trin itself are listed in the entry above.
Straight there: Flims Laax Falera · Fahrplan PostAuto
Information from: Restaurants in Flims
Shopping
Volg Trin Mulin
Village shop at Via Resgia 6 · the nearest shop · collection service
a few minutes on foot from the site
The nearest shop: Via Resgia 6, in the middle of Trin Mulin, across from the boccia court. Everything you need day to day is there — from an apple to a toothbrush, as the tourist office describes the Trin Volg branches.
- Address and phone: Via Resgia 6, 7016 Trin Mulin, 081 635 14 88.
- On the spelling: Volg itself writes «Via Resgia», the tourist office «Via Rezga 8». We follow the operator's own version.
- The branch offers a collection service for pre-ordered goods.
- There is no postal agency here — that is in the Volg up in Trin Dorf.
- Get the drinks for a round of boccia here; the gravel court is right across the way.
- Volg lists the current opening hours on the branch's page.
Information from: Volg Trin Mulin
Volg Trin Dorf
Larger shop with postal agency · Via Visut 1 · Trin Dorf
postbus line 81 to «Trin, Dorf»
The shop up in the village is a little larger — and it is also the post office for Trin. Anyone wanting to send or collect a parcel comes here, not to Trin Mulin.
- Address and phone: Via Visut 1, 7014 Trin, 081 635 11 07.
- The building houses the 7014 Trin post office, run by Volg.
- Parcels can be collected and sent here. PickPost and poste restante are possible; for that you need your user ID from the Post customer login.
- The PO box facility is accessible around the clock, even when the shop is closed.
- Counter and shop do not keep the same hours. Both are listed day by day at Volg and at the Post respectively — deliberately not here.
- From the site: postbus line 81 from Trin Mulin uphill to «Trin, Dorf». In the same corner are the municipal offices on Via Principala and the Casa Cultura Ringel.
Straight there: Postfiliale 7014 Trin
Information from: Volg Trin
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