Glasswing inside The Amauris hotel on Kaerntner Ring in Vienna holds a Michelin star for chef Alexandru Simon's modern French cuisine with regional and Mediterranean touches, opposite the State Opera.
Signature dishes: Tasting menu, Seasonal vegetable course
Must order: The full chef tasting; the cellar weight is on Austrian growers.
Tip: The street-level Glasswing Bar & Bistro pours the same cellar without the dining-room lead time.
Address: Kaerntner Ring 8, 1010 Wien, Vienna
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, with live piano from 19:00.
Signature: Tafelspitz, Wiener Schnitzel, Sachertorte
Order: Sacher's Tafelspitz, followed by the Original Sachertorte for dessert.
Tip: The winter garden seats face the Opera directly; ask for one when booking.
Konstantin Filippou's two Michelin stars on Dominikanerbastei in Vienna cross Austrian product with Greek and Mediterranean accents over a tight tasting in a serene downtown room.
Signature: Tasting menu, Crab and koji
Order: The chef tasting; the counter seats put you across from the pass.
Tip: The sibling O boufes on the same block pours the same kitchen's small plates with no booking lead time.
Plachutta on Wollzeile in Vienna is the canonical Tafelspitz address, the boiled-beef pot served in copper pans with rösti, apple horseradish, and chive sauce in a 1010-postcode dining room.
Signature: Tafelspitz, Beuschel
Order: Tafelspitz vom Schulterscherzel; the cut Franz Joseph is said to have favoured.
Tip: Open daily 11:30 to 23:30; the kitchen runs lunch through dinner without a break.
Stadtgasthaus Eisvogel on Riesenradplatz in Vienna's Prater cooks a modern reading of Viennese classics under chef Toni Schrei, directly opposite the Giant Ferris Wheel.
Signature: Wiener Schnitzel, Backhendl
Order: Wiener Schnitzel with potato salad; the kitchen's most-ordered plate.
Tip: Open daily 11:00 to midnight; the Prater-facing terrace fills first on warm evenings.
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, with live piano from 19:00.
Signature: Tafelspitz, Wiener Schnitzel, Sachertorte
Order: Sacher's Tafelspitz, followed by the Original Sachertorte for dessert.
Tip: The winter garden seats face the Opera directly; ask for one when booking.
Heinz Reitbauer's three-star Steirereck in Stadtpark cooks Styrian terroir from the family farm at Pogusch inside a mirrored glass pavilion in Vienna's Stadtpark.
Signature: Char in beeswax, Tasting menu
Order: The full chef tasting; the wax-cured char from Reitbauer's own water is the canonical course.
Tip: The ground-floor Meierei in Stadtpark serves breakfast and a 180-cheese trolley without the dining-room wait list.
Konstantin Filippou's two Michelin stars on Dominikanerbastei in Vienna cross Austrian product with Greek and Mediterranean accents over a tight tasting in a serene downtown room.
Signature: Tasting menu, Crab and koji
Order: The chef tasting; the counter seats put you across from the pass.
Tip: The sibling O boufes on the same block pours the same kitchen's small plates with no booking lead time.
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 Austrian tasting under their parents' roof.
Signature: Tasting menu, Suckling pig
Order: The full evening tasting; dinner only, no a la carte.
Tip: Dinner 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, and chive sauce in a 1010-postcode dining room.
Signature: Tafelspitz, Beuschel
Order: Tafelspitz vom Schulterscherzel; the cut Franz Joseph is said to have favoured.
Tip: Open daily 11:30 to 23:30; the kitchen runs lunch through dinner without a break.
