Plachutta Wollzeile is a viennese restaurant in Innere Stadt, Vienna.
Plachutta on Wollzeile in Vienna is the canonical Tafelspitz address, the boiled-beef pot served in copper pans with rösti, apple horseradish.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Tafelspitz, Beuschel
Must order: Tafelspitz vom Schulterscherzel; the cut Franz Joseph is said to have favoured.
Tip: Open daily 11:30-23:30; the kitchen runs lunch through dinner without a break.
Address: Wollzeile 38, 1010 Wien, Vienna
Figlmueller has hammered Vienna's most famous Schnitzel on Wollzeile since 1905, a plate-overhanging pork cutlet fried in three fats and served.
Signature: Wiener Schnitzel vom Schwein, Kaiserschmarrn
Order: The Original Figlmueller Schnitzel; one is plenty for two appetites.
Tip: Book ahead; the room runs at capacity from 11:00 every day, kitchen closes at 21:30.
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.
Signature: Wiener Schnitzel vom Kalb, Tafelspitz
Order: Wiener Schnitzel vom Kalb; the veal version is what the dish was originally meant.
Tip: Less 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.
Signature: Wiener Schnitzel vom Kalb, Boiled beef
Order: Wiener Schnitzel vom Kalb in butterschmalz, the kitchen's signature.
Tip: Open daily 12:00-23:30, warm kitchen to 22:00; book a ringside table to watch the schnitzel pounder.
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.
Signature: Open-faced sandwiches, Tafelspitz
Order: Two or three of the open-faced canapés from the front-counter glass.
Tip: The standing-bar at the front is the quick-lunch entry; the dining room behind takes serious bookings.
Figlmueller has hammered Vienna's most famous Schnitzel on Wollzeile since 1905, a plate-overhanging pork cutlet fried in three fats and served.
Signature: Wiener Schnitzel vom Schwein, Kaiserschmarrn
Order: The Original Figlmueller Schnitzel; one is plenty for two appetites.
Tip: Book ahead; the room runs at capacity from 11:00 every day, kitchen closes at 21:30.
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.
Signature: Wiener Schnitzel vom Kalb, Tafelspitz
Order: Wiener Schnitzel vom Kalb; the veal version is what the dish was originally meant.
Tip: Less of a crush than the two pork outlets around the corner; book the Schnitzel Academy upstairs to learn the technique.
Skopik and Lohn on Leopoldsgasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt cooks modern Viennese classics under Otto Zitko's hand-painted ceiling, with a Wiener Schnitzel.
Signature: Wiener Schnitzel, Backhendlsalat
Order: Wiener Schnitzel with potato salad and lingonberries; the canonical version of the dish.
Tip: Open Monday to Saturday from 18:00-01:00.
Meissl & Schadn on Schubertring in Vienna revived a pre-war Ringstrasse name in 2017, the Schnitzel pounded behind an open glass kitchen and served.
Signature: Wiener Schnitzel vom Kalb, Boiled beef
Order: Wiener Schnitzel vom Kalb in butterschmalz, the kitchen's signature.
Tip: Open daily 12:00-23:30, warm kitchen to 22:00; book a ringside table to watch the schnitzel pounder.
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.
Signature: Open-faced sandwiches, Tafelspitz
Order: Two or three of the open-faced canapés from the front-counter glass.
Tip: The standing-bar at the front is the quick-lunch entry; the dining room behind takes serious bookings.
Mochi on Praterstrasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt cooks informal Japanese plates with the chefs visible at the counter, the second district's most consistent.
Signature: Yakitori, Gyudon, Sushi rolls
Order: A yakitori flight from the binchotan grill, plus the gyudon if lunching.
Tip: Tables go fast; book online a week ahead. The takeaway across the street serves the same kitchen.
