30 editor picks across Austria.
30 austrian restaurants worth the trip across Austria, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Austria.
Heinz Reitbauer's three-star Steirereck in Stadtpark cooks Styrian terroir from the family farm at Pogusch inside a mirrored glass pavilion.
OrderThe full chef tasting; the wax-cured char from Reitbauer's own water is the canonical course.
TipThe ground-floor Meierei in Stadtpark serves breakfast and a 180-cheese trolley without the dining-room wait list.
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.
OrderBeuschel; the kitchen's offal handling is what brings the regulars back.
TipDinner only, Monday to Friday from 18:00; the room takes weekends off and books up two weeks ahead.
Reznicek on Reznicekgasse in Alsergrund is Simon Schubert and Julian Lechner's modern Wirtshaus, swapping the card each season alongside a serious wine list.
OrderWhatever roast is on the card; the wine list is deeper than most Beisl in the district.
TipMid-week dinner is easier to book than weekends; closed Sundays.
Doubek in Josefstadt cooks the entire tasting over fire, no gas or induction, the kitchen built with four flame stations and a custom wood-fired oven.
Mraz und Sohn holds two Michelin stars in a family-run Brigittenauer room on Wallensteinstrasse in Vienna, with the Mraz brothers cooking a long modern.
OrderThe full evening tasting; dinner only, no a la carte.
TipDinner Monday to Friday only; the room takes weekends off entirely.
Gasthaus Poeschl on Weihburggasse in Vienna's first district is a Hermann Czech-renovated Beisl turning out the canonical Viennese carte, with Wiener.
OrderWiener Schnitzel; the Backhendlsalat is the lunch alternative.
TipOpen Monday to Saturday 12:00-23:00, kitchen to 22:00; book the back room for a quieter table.
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.
OrderZwiebelrostbraten with crisp onions; the kitchen's most-ordered plate.
TipCash only; book by phone because the room is almost always full.
Figlmueller Baeckerstrasse in Vienna's first district runs the Figlmueller pork-Schnitzel carte across the cobbled square from the original Wollzeile room.
OrderThe Original Figlmueller Schnitzel; one plate-overhanging cutlet feeds two.
TipOpen daily 11:30-23:30, kitchen to 22:00; the Schnitzel-plus-Beisl menu also runs a vegan Schnitzel option.
Mraz und Sohn holds two Michelin stars in a family-run room on Wallensteinstrasse in Vienna's Brigittenau, cooking a long modern Austrian tasting.
OrderThe full evening tasting; dinner only, no a la carte.
TipDinner Monday to Friday only; the room takes weekends off entirely.
Plachutta on Wollzeile in Vienna is the canonical Tafelspitz address, the boiled-beef pot served in copper pans with rösti, apple horseradish.
OrderTafelspitz vom Schulterscherzel; the cut Franz Joseph is said to have favoured.
TipOpen daily 11:30-23:30; the kitchen runs lunch through dinner without a break.
Apron inside Hotel Am Konzerthaus on Am Heumarkt holds a Michelin star for set menus that lean on regional Austrian product and unusual technique.
OrderThe seven-course tasting; the kitchen builds it around whichever Austrian producer is in season.
TipDinner only, Tue-Sat from 18:00; pair with a stroll through Stadtpark across the road.
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.
OrderStelze, the slow-roasted pork knuckle, with sauerkraut and a Krug of Budvar.
TipOpen mid-March to 31 October only; the Stelze sells out by 21:00 on busy summer evenings.
Wolfgang Zankl-Sertl's Pramerl & the Wolf on Pramergasse in Vienna's Alsergrund holds a Michelin star for a tight, six-course Austrian tasting served.
OrderThe full chef tasting; the kitchen runs one menu only.
TipThe room only seats around two dozen; weeknights are easier to book than Saturdays.
Apron inside Hotel Am Konzerthaus on Am Heumarkt holds a Michelin star for set menus built on regional Austrian product and unexpected technique.
Figlmueller has hammered Vienna's most famous Schnitzel on Wollzeile since 1905, a plate-overhanging pork cutlet fried in three fats and served.
OrderThe Original Figlmueller Schnitzel; one is plenty for two appetites.
TipBook ahead; the room runs at capacity from 11:00 every day, kitchen closes at 21:30.
Skopik and Lohn on Leopoldsgasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt cooks modern Viennese classics under Otto Zitko's hand-painted ceiling, with a Wiener Schnitzel.
OrderWiener Schnitzel with potato salad and lingonberries; the canonical version of the dish.
TipOpen Monday to Saturday from 18:00-01:00.
Zum Schwarzen Kameel on Bognergasse in Vienna has stood since 1618, the 1901 Jugendstil dining room and front-of-house Stehplatz for canapés a single.
OrderTwo or three of the open-faced canapés from the front-counter glass.
TipThe standing-bar at the front is the quick-lunch entry; the dining room behind takes serious bookings.
Plachutta Hietzing serves the family's canonical Tafelspitz across town in 1130 Hietzing, an opera-quiet 13th-district room that draws Schoenbrunn locals.
OrderTafelspitz with the full set of sides; the cut of the day is the recommended order.
TipA quieter Tafelspitz alternative to Wollzeile, especially at lunch; the 1130 postcode makes parking easier too.
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.
OrderThe five-course seasonal menu; the kitchen rebuilds it monthly.
TipThe walled inner courtyard is the room's summer-evening seat; book ahead for Friday and Saturday.
Gasthaus Kopp on Engerthstrasse in Brigittenau is a family-run Beisl since 1978, the room serving plate-overhanging Schnitzel at neighbourhood prices.
OrderWiener Schnitzel with the warm potato salad, Beuschel for old-Vienna offal lovers.
TipCash preferred; the lunch menu is the best-value plate in the district.
Aend on Mollardgasse in Vienna's Mariahilf holds a Michelin star for chef Fabian Guenzel's contemporary Austrian tasting, served in a small.
OrderThe full chef tasting; a la carte is not offered.
TipOpen Monday evening then lunch and dinner Tuesday to Friday; the kitchen closes Saturday and Sunday and takes a long August break.
Glasswing inside The Amauris hotel on Kaerntner Ring in Vienna holds a Michelin star for chef Alexandru Simon's modern French-Austrian tasting.
OrderThe full chef tasting; the cellar weight is on Austrian growers.
TipThe hotel's adjacent Glasswing Bar & Bistro pours from the same cellar without the booking lead-time.
Lugeck on Lugeck square in Vienna's first district is the Figlmueller family's wider-menu room: the original veal Schnitzel, Tafelspitz, Backhendl and steaks.
OrderWiener Schnitzel vom Kalb; the veal version is what the dish was originally meant.
TipLess of a crush than the two pork outlets around the corner; book the Schnitzel Academy upstairs to learn the technique.
Meissl & Schadn on Schubertring in Vienna revived a pre-war Ringstrasse name in 2017, the Schnitzel pounded behind an open glass kitchen and served.
OrderWiener Schnitzel vom Kalb in butterschmalz, the kitchen's signature.
TipOpen daily 12:00-23:30, warm kitchen to 22:00; book a ringside table to watch the schnitzel pounder.
Restaurant Rote Bar inside Hotel Sacher on Philharmoniker Strasse in Vienna serves classic Viennese cuisine in a red-damask room across from the State Opera.
OrderSacher's Tafelspitz, followed by the Original Sachertorte for dessert.
TipThe winter garden seats face the Opera directly; ask for one when booking.
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.
OrderWiener Schnitzel from the lunchtime carte, with a Pfiff of Gemischter Satz.
TipOpen 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 on Schleifmuehlgasse in Vienna's Freihausviertel has been in Croatian hands since 1949, serving Wiener Schnitzel and one of the city's most.
OrderGoulash with bread dumpling; the kitchen's signature.
TipSit in the Schanigarten in summer; the room turns into a football-screening crowd when the Croatian team plays.
Griechenbeisl on Fleischmarkt claims to be the oldest inn in town, the wood-panelled rooms decorated with signatures from Mark Twain and Beethoven.
OrderThe classic Wiener Schnitzel with potato salad and a Kaiserschmarren with stewed plums to finish.
TipFrom February 2026 the kitchen opens at 14:00 Mon-Thu, noon on Fri-Sun; the signature room downstairs takes the reservations.
Beim Czaak on Postgasse is a near-century-old Alt-Wiener Beisl, the rustic room lined in dark wood, with a separate fryer for gluten-free schnitzel.
OrderWiener Schnitzel with cucumber salad, or the goulash with bread dumplings for cooler nights.
TipClosed Sundays; Mon-Sat 11:30-23:00, kitchen runs the whole shift without a break.
Huth Gastwirtschaft on Schellinggasse in Vienna's first district cooks Beisl classics in a sober wood-panelled room, the Huth family's quiet.
OrderTafelspitz with apple horseradish; the kitchen runs it daily.
TipOpen daily 11:30-23:30, kitchen to 22:30; book a back-room table for a calmer dinner.
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