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.
Signature dishes: Stelze (pork knuckle), Budweiser Budvar
Must order: Stelze, the slow-roasted pork knuckle, with sauerkraut and a Krug of Budvar.
Tip: Open mid-March to 31 October only; the Stelze sells out by 21:00 on busy summer evenings.
Address: Strasse des Ersten Mai 116, 1020 Wien, Vienna
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.
Signature: Apfelstrudel, Topfengolatschen
Order: Apfelstrudel with vanilla sauce, made that morning by one of the resident grandmothers.
Tip: The dining room fills fast on weekends; the Naschmarkt branch at Stand 343 takes the spillover.
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.
Signature: Shakshuka, Sabich, Hummus
Order: Sabich, fried aubergine with egg and hummus; weekend brunch leans on shakshuka.
Tip: Open Monday to Saturday from breakfast; Sundays the Naschmarkt stalls close but the cafe stays open until 21:00.
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.
Signature: Hummus plate, Shakshuka, Falafel
Order: The hummus plate with warm pita; vegan options run the length of the carte.
Tip: The market stand opens earlier than the inside cafe; eat shakshuka outside on weekend mornings.
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.
Signature: Breakfast, Modern Viennese brunch
Order: The weekend brunch board with house granola, eggs and the Spittelberg sourdough.
Tip: Open daily from 09:00; book a table on the leafy Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz terrace for weekend brunch.
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.
Signature: Tafelspitz, Wiener Schnitzel, Kaesespaetzle
Order: Tafelspitz with apple horseradish; the kitchen runs it daily.
Tip: Open daily 11:30 to 23:30, kitchen to 22:30; book a back-room table for a calmer dinner.
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.
Signature: Tafelspitz, Beuschel
Order: Tafelspitz with the full set of sides; the cut of the day is the recommended order.
Tip: A quieter Tafelspitz alternative to Wollzeile, especially at lunch; the 1130 postcode makes parking easier too.
