22 editor picks in Vienna.
Austrian cooking in Vienna runs from the Beisl to the hotel dining room. Plachutta Wollzeile and Plachutta Hietzing serve boiled beef from a long list of cuts, and Figlmueller Wollzeile pounds its pork schnitzel to 30 cm. Lugeck and Meissl & Schadn list the veal Wiener Schnitzel, and Restaurant Rote Bar at Hotel Sacher serves Sacher boiled beef and Wiener Schnitzel.
22 austrian places in Vienna we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Vienna · Austrian across every city.
Order The famous Tafelspitz, a classic of Viennese cuisine.
Plachutta Wollzeile at Wollzeile 38 is where families, businesspeople and stars come for the famous Tafelspitz and classic dishes of Viennese cuisine.
Order The Wiener schnitzel, the house special and a symbol of the city of Vienna.
Figlmüller Wollzeile at Wollzeile 5 is the birthplace of Vienna's most famous schnitzel, in a room carrying the traditions Johann Figlmüller set in 1905.
Order Wiener Schnitzel, Tafelspitz or the minced veal butter schnitzel.
Lugeck at Lugeck 4 serves Wiener Schnitzel and Tafelspitz alongside steaks and legendary burgers, with an extensive selection of fine wines and craft beers.
Order Wiener schnitzel with potato salad and lingonberries, then the île flottante for dessert.
Skopik & Lohn on Leopoldsgasse in Karmeliterviertel has a ceiling painted by Otto Zitko, friendly staff and Austrian classics such as Wiener schnitzel.
Order Wiener Schnitzel, made of veal and fried in clarified butter, lard or vegetable oil.
Meissl & Schadn on Schubertring serves Wiener Schnitzel made only of veal, fried in butter, lard or vegetable oil in an open kitchen where you can see it.
Order The Schnitzerl or the Rindstafelspitz from the kitchen.
Zum Schwarzen Kameel on Bognergasse looks back to 1618, with a Jugendstil restaurant on the upper floor and a relaxed ground-floor bar and brasserie.
Zum Kaiser is a Viennese restaurant at Riesenradplatz 5, 1020 Wien.
Order Tafelspitz or the Sachertorte, both named among its Viennese and Austrian specialities.
Rote Bar in Hotel Sacher has a striking red interior, oil paintings and crystal chandeliers, serving Viennese and Austrian specialities including Tafelspitz.
Order The classic Wiener Schnitzel, a thin breaded veal cutlet fried and served with potato salad.
Griechenbeisl at Fleischmarkt 11 serves traditional Viennese dining in a cosy historical ambiance, in the room where Mark Twain, Beethoven and Mozart dined.
Gasthaus Pöschl at Weihburggasse 17 cooks with great love for detail just around the corner from Franziskanerplatz, where everyone comes together.
Order Classic Viennese cuisine and the mostly organic and Demeter wines from the list.
Glacis Beisl at Breite Gasse 4 serves classic Viennese cuisine with wonderful wines in a garden and a cozy dining room in the MuseumsQuartier.
Order The Original Schweizerhaus Stelze, cut at the table by the waiter.
Schweizerhaus at Strasse des Ersten Mai 116 serves the Original Schweizerhaus Stelze with a crispy crust and juicy core, where the beer flows endlessly.
Huth Gastwirtschaft on Schellinggasse in Vienna has stood since 2001 for traditional Viennese cuisine, real Wirtshaus culture and warm hospitality.
Order The Tafelspitz, whose Viennese success story began in this family's original restaurant.
Plachutta Hietzing at Auhofstrasse 1, where the Viennese Tafelspitz success story began, is a district institution not far from Schönbrunn Palace.
Reinthaler's Beisl at Dorotheergasse 2-4 serves traditional Viennese cuisine in a Viennese inn tradition that dates from 1972, in the middle of Vienna.
Order Schnitzel, Fiakergulasch or Topfenstrudel, the three dishes the house names first.
Gasthaus Kopp on Engerthstrasse, a family business since the early 1960s, serves Viennese cuisine between Schnitzel, Fiakergulasch and Topfenstrudel.
Order The Beisl Schnitzel, or one of the vegan dishes on the menu.
Stuwer at Stuwerstrasse 47 serves Austrian cuisine with an international outlook, from homemade bread and rolled croquettes to hand-cut beef tartare.
Order The schnitzel, which the house describes as big, very good and good value.
Schnitzelwirt at Neubaugasse 52 was founded more than 50 years ago by Günther Schmidt and his wife Helene, with a schnitzel that was big and good value.
Try Wiener schnitzel with potato salad and lingonberries
Skopik & Lohn has a painted ceiling by artist Otto Zitko and serves Austrian classics such as Wiener schnitzel with potato salad and lingonberries.
Try Original Schweizerhaus Stelze
Schweizerhaus in the Prater serves the legendary original Schweizerhaus Stelze with a crispy crust and juicy core, enough for roughly 2 to 3 people.
Try Schnitzel
Schnitzelwirt at Neubaugasse 52 was founded over 50 years ago by Günther Schmidt and his wife Helene, known for a big, good and inexpensive schnitzel.
