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       Sapori Restaurant   €€€                 Trattoria Martinelli   €€                                              Schnattl         €€€
       Mediterranean   Map 5 B2                Italian       Map 2 D5                                                 Modern Austrian   Map 1 B5
       Herrengasse 12, 1010                    Freyung 3, 1010                                                        Lange Gasse 40, 1080
       Tel 227 80 0   Closed Sat & Sun         Tel 533 67 21                                                          Tel 405 34 00   Closed Sat & Sun
       Diners come here for a tasty            Open every night until midnight,                                       Discerning gourmets visit
       modern take on flavourful               this unassuming trattoria offers                                       Schnattl for its extensive three-
       Mediterranean fare. The braised         a true taste of Italy, focusing on                                     or nine-course tasting menus.
       lemon chicken with almond               Neapolitan cuisine. It is child-                                       Lovely courtyard terrace.
       polenta, and beet root and              friendly, and there is a summer
       anchovy salad with Dijon                courtyard, too.                                                         DK Choice
       mustard are truly delicious.
                                               Livingstone      €€€                                                    Vestibül       €€€
                                               Steakhouse    Map 2 D4                                                  Modern Austrian   Map 1 C5
                                               Zelinkagasse 4, 1010                                                    Universitätsring 2, 1010
       Schottering and                         Tel 533 33 93 0                                                         Tel 532 49 99   Closed Sun
       Alsergrund                              Slow-moving ceiling fans, giant                                         This accolade-winning
                                               potted palms and wooden                                                 restaurant in the Burgtheater
       Café Stein        €                     floors create a distinctive                                             specializes in wholesome dishes
       Café         Map 5 A1                   plantation-style interior. Angus                                        made with seasonal ingredients.
       Währinger Strasse 6–8, 1010             and Wagyu beef are aged and                                             Everything is home-made
       Tel 319 72 41       Bright interior of the charming Café Eiles,    cooked on a stone grill. Huge   Elegant dining room of Vestibül, inside the Burgtheater  from scratch, from stock to
       Popular with students, this coffee   Josefstadt  choice of American wines.                                      elderberry juice. Buy a sauce
       house serves hearty breakfasts                                         Amerlingbeisl    €€  famous figures have graced this   from the kitchen to recreate
       and wholesome sandwiches all   in traditional style, serving           Beisl        Map 3 B1  elegant café, which dates back to   favourite dishes at home.
       day, until 1am.     coffee, pastries, cakes, snacks                    Stiftgasse 8, 1070  1873. Live piano music on
                           and Schnitzel dishes.  Museum and                  Tel 526 16 60       Monday and Tuesday evenings.
       CaffèCouture      €                     Townhall Quarter               This is basically a pub that offers     Zu ebener Erde und
       Café         Map 1 B4  Rembetiko     €€                                good home-cooked traditional   Lebenbauer   €€  erster Stock   €€€
       Garnisongasse 18, 1090  Greek     Map 1 C3  Café Eiles    €            dishes on a limited menu at   Vegetarian   Map 1 C5  Traditional Viennese   Map 3 B1
       Tel 0676 33 22 076   Closed Sun  Porzellangasse 38, 1090  Coffee House   Map 1 B5  attractive prices. It is open daily   Teinfaltstrasse 3, 1010  Burggasse 13, 1070
       This hip café uses a state-of-the-  Tel 317 64 93   Josefstädter Strasse 2, 1080  until 2am.   Tel 533 55 56   Closed Sat & Sun  Tel 523 62 54   Closed Sat & Sun
       art coffee machine to make   This blue-and-white-tiled    Tel 405 34 10                    One of Vienna‘s most upmarket   This delightful café in
       amazing coffees in a convivial   taverna transports diners to    This unassuming café remains    Café Bellaria   €€  vegetarian restaurants,    Biedermeier style offers an
       atmosphere. Guests share a large   the cobbled backstreets of   a favourite haunt of writers,   Traditional Viennese   Map 3 C1  Lebenbauer boasts an especially   authentic Viennese experience,
       communal table.     Athens. Fresh pork kebabs,    actors, dancers and theatre   Bellariastrasse 6, 1010  creative meat-free menu. Its   from candlelit à la carte dinners
                           feta salads and lamb chops    critics. Go for breakfast, a light   Tel 523 53 20   recipes use mainly organic   to set-price meals of Schnitzel
       I Vecchi Amici   €€  are all cooked to order in a    meal, or cake and a coffee. Faded   For superb coffee and live piano   produce and are cooked without   and potato dumplings.
       Italian      Map 1 C3  rustic kitchen.  black-and-white photographs    music, visit this café where the   fat, eggs or flour. The pumpkin
       Lichtensteinstrasse 24, 1090            adorning the walls chronicle a   owner hosts operetta and Lieder   risotto is a menu highlight.
       Tel 319 12 86       Restaurant Ragusa   €€  fascinating past.          evenings. Traditional dishes are
       Experience the warmth of the   Croatian   Map 1 C4                     served by charming waiters.  Pizzeria-Osteria Da    Opera and
       Mediterranean at I Vecchi Amici.   Berggasse 15, 1090  Café Leopold   €                    Giovanni         €€  Naschmarkt
       The chalkboard menu, hanging   Tel 317 15 77   Closed Sun  Mediterranean   Map 3 C1  Halle Café   €€  Italian   Map 3 B1
       on the tangerine-coloured walls,   This eatery is highly praised    Museumsplatz 1, 1070  Modern Austrian   Map 3 C1  Sigmundsgasse 14  Café Drechsler   €
       lists freshly cooked pizzas, pastas   for its fish menu and attention    Tel 523 67 32   Museumsquartier 1, 1070  Tel 523 77 78   Closed Sun  Coffee House   Map 3 C2
       and seasonal specials.  to presentation. One of the   This café in the Leopold Museum   Tel 523 70 01   At this simple and welcoming   Link Wienzeile 22, 1060
                           house specialities is the grilled   avoids traditional Austrian fare;   A popular Museum Quarter   restaurant the menu comprises   Tel 581 20 44
       Konzert-Café Weimar   €  branzino, served with seasonal   the menu includes tandoori   restaurant, Halle Café in the   Italian favourites such as   Despite a 21st-century style
       Coffee House   Map 1 B3  garnish, accompanied by a rich   chicken wrap and falafel with   Kunsthalle Wien serves food    bruschetta, soups, salads, pastas   makeover, Drechsler retains its
       Währinger Strasse 68, 1090  Croatian wine.    hummus and olives. It has a club   from morning until 2am. On    and pizzas, all made from fresh   classic charm. It serves breakfasts,
       Tel 317 12 06                           atmosphere on weekend nights,   the menu are good-value daily   ingredients. The home-made   coffee and traditional Viennese
       This is one of the last classic   Servitenwirt   €€  with live DJs and music.   specials such as pork with red   traditional desserts are delicious.  cuisine every day until midnight.
       Viennese coffee houses run    Modern Austrian   Map 2 D3               cabbage and Rösti, along with
                           Servitengasse 7, 1090  Café Maria Haag   €         salads, snacks and desserts.  Prinz Ferdinand   €€  Café Ritter   €
                           Tel 315 23 87       Konditorei    Map 5 B2                             Traditional Austrian   Map 1 A5  Coffee House   Map 3 B2
                           Highly regarded for its quality    Helferstorferstrasse 2  Kunsthistorisches Museum    Bennoplatz 2, 1080  Mariahilfer Strasse 73, 1060
                           of food-to-price ratio, and   Tel 676 941 81 80    Café & Restaurant   €€  Tel 402 94 17   Tel 587 82 38   Closed Sun
                           crowded with locals more    Stop by at this café for coffees,   Traditional Austrian   Map 3 C1  This restaurant serves authentic   Choose from a wide menu for
                           than tourists, Servitenwirt has    teas and freshly baked cakes and   Burgring 5, 1010  Austrian cuisine. The Wiener   breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea,
                           a large outdoor terrace under    pastries. The menu changes daily,   Tel 649 66 45 46   Closed Mon  Schnitzel, which comes with    dinner, or just a snack. Special
                           the trees.          depending on seasonal fruits.   The beautiful, opulent Cupola   a delectable potato salad, and   dishes include grilled bream with
                                               The apricot tarts and Strudels are   Hall of the Kunsthistoriches   the wild garlic soup are highly   spinach. Excellent wine list.
                           Stomach          €€  particularly recommended.     Museum provides an idyllic    recommended.
                           Modern Austrian   Map 1C3                          setting for the popular Sunday          Café Sperl        €
                           Seegasse 26, 1090   Centimeter II am Spittelberg   €  brunch or a romantic fine-   Witwe Bolte   €€  Coffee House   Map 3 C2
                           Tel 310 20 99   Closed Mon & Tue  Traditional Austrian   Map 3 B1  dining supper.  Traditional Austrian   Map 3 B1  Gumpendorferstrasse 11, 1060
                           This intimate, hole-in-the-wall   Stiftgasse 4                         Gutenberggasse 3, 1070  Tel 586 41 58
                           restaurant with gorgeous bloom-   Tel 470 0606     Landtmann Café   €€  Tel 523 14 50      Come to Café Sperl for a breakfast
                           filled gardens is a well-hidden   This is one of several meat   Coffee House   Map 1 C5  Tuck into mouthwatering   of ham, eggs and freshly baked
                           secret. Modern interpretations    restaurants in Vienna that are   Universitätsring 4  Tafelspitz, the popular Schnitzel   breads. It also serves snacks,
                           of traditional Austrian classics    famous for inexpensive burgers,   Tel 241 00 10 0   and heavenly plum pancakes. In   lunches and dinners, from
       Enjoy coffee and cakes at the trendy    are served in fresh, light portions.   ribs and sausages served in   Sigmund Freud, Hillary Clinton,   summer, patrons can eat in a   dumpling soups to rabbit stews,
       CaffèCouture        Cash only.          hearty portions.               Sir Paul McCartney and other   beautiful outdoor seating area.   and many cream-topped coffees.
       For key to prices see page 210                                                                    For more information on types of restaurants see pages 200–203
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