Food destinations within easy reach of Vienna, worth the early start.
Food destinations within easy reach of Vienna. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.
Famous for: Stift Klosterneuburg cellar tour and Sankt Leopold wine tasting
Klosterneuburg's Augustinian abbey north of Vienna runs the country's largest monastic wine cellar, the abbey-side restaurants and Heuriger taverns a 20-minute S-Bahn ride from Heiligenstadt.
Famous for: Thermalbad lunch, casino dinner, and the spa town's traditional Konditoreien
Baden bei Wien south of Vienna is the Habsburg-era spa town reached by the city's longest tram, the Hauptplatz Konditoreien and the casino restaurant the canonical day-trip dining destinations.
Famous for: Bryndzove halusky (sheep cheese gnocchi), Slovak white wines from the Small Carpathians
Bratislava on the Danube east of Vienna is the Slovak capital in a one-hour train ride, the old-town Beisl cooking Bryndzove halusky and the Modra wineries north of the city pouring Slovak Gruener Veltliner.
Famous for: Salzburger Nockerl souffle and Augustiner Braeustubl beer-garden
Salzburg, 2 hours 25 minutes west of Vienna by Railjet, runs the Augustiner Braeustubl beer garden and a long Konditorei tradition, the Salzburger Nockerl the canonical local sweet.
Famous for: Heuriger taverns and Thermenregion white wines
Gumpoldskirchen south of Vienna sits on the Thermenregion's main Heuriger row, the small-town wine taverns and Zierfandler white wine a 35-minute S-Bahn day-trip from the city.
Peak food season in Vienna is year-round.
Local dining hours: lunch around 12:30, dinner from 19:30.
service is typically included; small extra is welcome but not expected.
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Vienna rewards trust.