14 casual dining worth the trip across Austria, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Austria guides.
Gasthaus Wolf ★ 4.5 · Vienna
wieden · Grosse Neugasse 20, 1040 Wien
Gasthaus Wolf on Grosse Neugasse in Vienna's Wieden cooks classical Beisl plates with a serious offal carte, a wood-panelled side-street room locals book and tourists rarely find.
Tip: Dinner only, Monday to Friday from 18:00; the room takes weekends off and books up two weeks ahead.
Gasthaus Poeschl ★ 4.4 · Vienna
innere-stadt · Weihburggasse 17, 1010 Wien
Gasthaus Poeschl on Weihburggasse in Vienna's first district is a Hermann Czech-renovated Beisl turning out the canonical Viennese carte, the quiet centre's most reliable mid-priced Wiener Schnitzel.
Tip: Open Monday to Saturday 12:00 to 23:00, kitchen to 22:00; book the back room for a quieter table.
Gasthaus Ubl ★ 4.4 · Vienna
wieden · Pressgasse 26, 1040 Wien
Gasthaus Ubl on Pressgasse in Vienna's Wieden has been a family-run Beisl for over fifty years, the green-tiled stove and wood-panelled rooms turning out Zwiebelrostbraten and Schinkenfleckerl to a regulars' crowd.
Tip: Cash only; book by phone because the room is almost always full.
Figlmueller Baeckerstrasse ★ 4.4 · Vienna
innere-stadt · Baeckerstrasse 6, 1010 Wien
Figlmueller Baeckerstrasse in Vienna's first district runs the Figlmueller pork-Schnitzel carte across the cobbled square from the original Wollzeile room, family-run since 1905.
Tip: Open daily 11:30 to 23:30, kitchen to 22:00; the Schnitzel-plus-Beisl menu also runs a vegan Schnitzel option.
Schweizerhaus ★ 4.4 · Vienna
leopoldstadt · Strasse des Ersten Mai 116, 1020 Wien
Schweizerhaus in Vienna's Prater is the city's most famous beer garden, the Karlovary-style pork Stelze and unfiltered Budvar tap drawing crowds from March to October under the chestnut trees.
Tip: Open mid-March to 31 October only; the Stelze sells out by 21:00 on busy summer evenings.
Vollpension ★ 4.4 · Vienna
wieden · Schleifmuehlgasse 16, 1040 Wien
Vollpension on Schleifmuehlgasse in Vienna's Wieden hires Viennese grandmothers and grandfathers to bake the menu of Strudel, Torten and Mehlspeise, a social-enterprise cafe that runs a Naschmarkt branch too.
Tip: The dining room fills fast on weekends; the Naschmarkt branch at Stand 343 takes the spillover.
Neni am Naschmarkt ★ 4.4 · Vienna
mariahilf · Naschmarkt 510, 1060 Wien
Neni am Naschmarkt at Stand 510 on Vienna's Naschmarkt has been Haya Molcho's flagship since 2009, cooking Israeli and Levantine plates upstairs while the bar-cafe below opens onto the market.
Tip: Open Monday to Saturday from breakfast; Sundays the Naschmarkt stalls close but the cafe stays open until 21:00.
Plachutta Hietzing ★ 4.4 · Vienna
hietzing · Auhofstrasse 1, 1130 Wien
Plachutta Hietzing serves the family's canonical Tafelspitz across town in 1130 Hietzing, an opera-quiet 13th-district room that draws Schoenbrunn locals away from Wollzeile's tourist trail.
Tip: A quieter Tafelspitz alternative to Wollzeile, especially at lunch; the 1130 postcode makes parking easier too.
Labstelle Wien ★ 4.4 · Vienna
innere-stadt · Lugeck 6, 1010 Wien
Labstelle on Lugeck in Vienna's first district cooks a regional, seasonal carte under a vaulted brick ceiling, a quieter alternative to the schnitzel rooms on the same square.
Tip: The walled inner courtyard is the room's summer-evening seat; book ahead for Friday and Saturday.
Glacis Beisl ★ 4.3 · Vienna
neubau · Breite Gasse 4, 1070 Wien
Glacis Beisl inside the MuseumsQuartier on Breite Gasse in Vienna's Neubau cooks classical Viennese plates in a tucked-away bistro with a walnut-shaded garden for summer dining.
Tip: Open daily 12:00 to midnight, kitchen to 22:30; the walled garden under the old walnut trees is the room's best seat.
Cafe Anzengruber ★ 4.3 · Vienna
wieden · Schleifmuehlgasse 19, 1040 Wien
Cafe Anzengruber on Schleifmuehlgasse in Vienna's Freihausviertel has been in Croatian hands since 1949, serving Wiener Schnitzel and one of the city's most defended Goulash plates.
Tip: Sit in the Schanigarten in summer; the room turns into a football-screening crowd when the Croatian team plays.
Ulrich ★ 4.3 · Vienna
neubau · Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz 1, 1070 Wien
Ulrich on Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz in Vienna's Neubau cooks all-day plates and a serious weekend brunch, the leafy corner square one of the 7th district's best summer terraces.
Tip: Open daily from 09:00; book a table on the leafy Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz terrace for weekend brunch.
Huth Gastwirtschaft ★ 4.3 · Vienna
innere-stadt · Schellinggasse 5, 1010 Wien
Huth Gastwirtschaft on Schellinggasse in Vienna's first district cooks Beisl classics in a sober wood-panelled room, the Huth family's quiet, reliable centre-of-town address since the 1990s.
Tip: Open daily 11:30 to 23:30, kitchen to 22:30; book a back-room table for a calmer dinner.
Tewa am Naschmarkt ★ 4.2 · Vienna
mariahilf · Naschmarkt 672, 1060 Wien
Tewa at Stand 672 on Vienna's Naschmarkt cooks organic vegetarian plates with a Levantine accent, named for the Hebrew word for nature, open since 2007 under Eli Kaikov.
Tip: The market stand opens earlier than the inside cafe; eat shakshuka outside on weekend mornings.