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Where to Eat and Drink lovely courtyard. It offers a wide-
ranging menu for brunch, lunch
and afternoon tea.
and meals served by waiters in Price Guide
Stephansdom bow-ties. With its 1950s-style Prices are based on a three-course meal Hansen €€
Quarter decor of velvet banquettes, it for one, with half a bottle of house wine Austro-Mediterranean Map 5 C2
attracts a cool and arty crowd. inclusive of tax and service charges. Wipplingerstrasse 34
Akakiko € € up to €35 Tel 532 05 42 Closed Sun
Japanese Map 6 D3 Café-Restaurant Ministerium € €€ €35–€65 In the arched hall of a former
Rotenturmstrasse 6, 1010 Coffee House Map 6 F3 €€€ over €65 Stock Exchange basement,
Tel 057 33 31 97 Georg Coch-Platz 4, 1010 traditional Viennese dishes are
This is the flagship restaurant of Tel 512 92 25 Closed Sun & hols also includes succulent beef given a Mediterranean flavor.
a Japanese chain that has various This former ministerial dining and lamb steaks. Reservations Try the risotto of the day.
locations in Vienna. Reliable for room offers a good-value are recommended.
soups and sushi at modest prices. Tageskarte (daily changing menu) König von Ungarn €€
featuring dishes such as pork Ankor €€ Traditional Viennese Map 6 D3
Café Diglas € with stuffed cabbage, plus teas, Seafood Map 6 D2 Schulerstrasse 10, 1010 Dining room and bar area of Wrenkh, which specializes in vegetarian dishes
Coffee House Map 6 E3 coffee and snacks. Marc-Aurel-Strasse 8, 1010 Tel 515 84
Wollzeile 10, 1010 Tel 535 65 18 The restaurant in Vienna’s oldest Österreicher im MAK €€ serves high-quality, wholesome
Tel 512 57 65 Gasthaus Pöschl € Everybody agrees that the fish hotel, founded in 1746, serves Modern Austrian Map 6 F3 sausage and Schnitzel dishes
Regulars descend on this friendly Traditional Austrian Map 6 D4 here is first class, but the service hearty cuisine and is popular Stubenring 5, 1010 that never fall short on taste.
café for the hearty goulash and Weihburggasse 17, 1010 can be indifferent. Lobster with with families. The highlight is Tel 226 00 46
warm bread pudding, as well as Tel 513 52 88 pasta is the signature dish. the beef trolley. This hip dining room in the Wrenkh €€
salads, Schnitzel and wine – Less expensive, less crowded museum of applied arts offers Vegetarian Map 6 D3
all at a decent price. and less impressive glass-walled Cantinetta Antinori €€ Der Kuckuck €€ ambitious health-conscious Bauernmarkt 10, 1010
eatery in the park, Pöschl is the Italian Map 6 D3 Traditional Austrian Map 6 D4 cuisine. Open until midnight. Tel 533 15 26 Closed Sun
Café Engländer € little sister restaurant to the Jasomirgottstrasse 3–5, 1010 Himmelpfortgasse 15, 1010 Anything that can be done with
Café Map 6 E3 acclaimed Steirereck (see p212). Tel 533 77 22 Tel 512 84 70 Salzamt €€ a vegetable, in any cooking style,
Postgasse 2, 1010 Open until 11:30pm. This is an outpost of the famed “The Cuckoo” is one of Vienna’s Traditional Austrian Map 6 D2 can be ordered here at Wrenkh.
Tel 966 86 65 restaurant in Florence, with wines most traditional restaurants. It Ruprechtsplatz 1,1010 It is also a vegetarian chef school,
From breakfast until 1am, this Schachtelwirt € from the family estate and is set in a medieval room with Tel 533 53 32 with a pleasant terrace.
unpretentious café is open for Modern Austrian Map 6 D2 crowds of devoted Austrian fans. arched ceilings and pristine white Ideal for night owls, Salzamt
coffee and snacks throughout Judengasse 5, 1010 Steak Florentine is a speciality. linen. Order a classic Schnitzel. serves tasty Austrian comfort Zu Den 3 Hacken €€
the day and offers reasonably Tel 532 07 07 Closed Sun & Mon food until 2am in an old- Traditional Austrian Map 6 D4
priced Angus beef tartare and There are only five choices on the Figlmüller €€ Meierei am Stadtpark €€ fashioned setting. Singerstrasse 28, 1010
other main dishes in the evening. weekly changing menu here. Traditional Viennese Map 2 E5 Traditional Viennese Map 6 F4 Tel 512 58 95 Closed Sun
The artichoke and beetroot Wollzeile 5, 1010 Am Heumarkt 2A, 1030 Schönbichler €€ Schubert used to eat here
Café Frauenhuber € dumplings are highly praised. Tel 512 61 77 Tel 713 31 6810 Teashop Map 6 D3 regularly and, although the
Coffee House Map 6 D4 Inexpensive but innovative. Open since 1905, this restaurant This is the sister restaurant of the Wollzeile 4, 1010 menu has changed, the food is
Himmelpfortgasse 6, 1010 is popular with locals and visitors much acclaimed Steirereck (see Tel 512 18 16 Closed Sun still good. Specialities include
Tel 512 53 53 Vikas € alike. Flavourful dishes include p212). Although less expensive, Enjoy a selection of fine teas from berry-topped game stew and
Both Beethoven and Mozart Seafood Map 6 D3 Schnitzel, rabbit casseroles, veal the food here is equally good. all over the world, plus scones platters of roast meats.
performed in this former Wildpretmarkt 3, 1010 goulash and roast boar. The It offers the perfect setting for and sandwiches, at the tea
medieval bathhouse. Come here Tel 533 21 93 Closed Mon Powidltascherl (dumplings filled breakfast, lunch or dinner. gallery inside this shop. Regulars Zum Basilisken €€
for traditional dishes, tasty cakes One of the best seafood with plum jam) are delicious. rave about the service and the Traditional Austrian Map 6 E5
and good coffee. restaurants in Vienna, Umar1 Ofenloch €€ care with which the tea is made. Schönlaterngasse 3
serves a wide variety of exquisite Fratelli €€ Traditional Austrian Map 5 C2 Tel 5133123
Café Korb € fish dishes as well as caviar, Tuscan Map 6 D3 Kurrentgasse 8,1010 Tian €€ This restaurant with low lighting
Traditional Austrian Map 6 D3 oysters and scallops. The menu Rotentormstrasse 11, 1010 Tel 533 88 44 Closed Sun Vegetarian Map 6 D4 is filled with oversized furniture
Brandstätte 9, 1010 Tel 533 87 45 The service here is impeccable, Himmelpfortgasse 23, 1010 from a bygone age. Savour the
Tel 533 72 15 Italian cuisine is served with with traditionally attired waiters Tel 890 46 65 Closed Sun & Mon pork belly with red cabbage – old-
Art displays, a bowling alley in northern Italian flavours in an serving classic dishes in an This pretty diner is a meat-free style comfort food at its finest.
the basement and a distinct air atmospheric space with frescoed elegant arched hall. oasis in the city’s carnivorous
of the 1960s make this place ceilings. In winter, the outdoor dining scene. All dishes make Zum Weissen
popular with arty types. Don't terrace is heated. use of produce grown in the Rauchfangkehrer €€
miss the strudel. restaurant’s own organic garden. Traditional Viennese Map 6 D4
Griechenbeisl €€ Weihburggasse 4, 1010
Café Neko € Beisl Map 6 D2 Toko-Ri €€ Tel 512 34 71 Closed Sun & hols
Japanese/Teashop Map 6 D4 Fleischmarkt 11, 1010 Japanese Map 6 D2 “The White Chimneysweep” is
Blumenstockgasse 5, 1010 Tel 533 19 77 Salztorgasse 4, 1010 popular with locals for its piano
Tel 512 14 66 Vienna’s oldest inn (dating from Tel 532 77 77 music and traditional cooking,
Cat lovers will enjoy this small 1447) has signed, framed photos Sizzling-hot plates of spicy using ingredients from regional
café. Rescue cats roam freely, of famous guests, including noodles, tempura prawns and farms. A Schnitzel paradise.
sleeping on seats or purring politicians, artists, writers and large trays of sushi to share are
under tables as guests sip tea and musicians, lining the walls. It served at this restaurant with DO & CO €€€
eat the “cake of the day“. serves classic dishes. sleek minimalist decor. Modern Austrian Map 6 D3
Stephansplatz 12, 1010
Café Prückel € Haas & Haas €€ Weibels Wirtshaus €€ Tel 535 39 69
Coffee House Map 6 F3 Teashop Map 6 D3 Beisl Map 6 E3 On the top floor of the upscale
Stubenring 24, 1010 Stephansplatz 4, 1010 Kumpfgasse 2, 1010 DO & CO hotel, this place serves
Tel 512 61 15 Tel 512 26 66 Tel 512 39 86 fine dishes prepared with care
Head to this much-loved café for Signed photographs of famous guests on A Vienna institution, this friendly Tables on the terrace for alfesco dining Tucked away down a cobbled and creativity. Try the gourmet
excellent coffee, fresh pastries the walls at Griechenbeisl teahouse is renowned for its at Ofenloch street, this quaint restaurant Schnitzel or the delicate sashimi.
For more information on types of restaurants see pages 200–203
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