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VienneseInnere Stadt
Figlmueller has hammered Vienna's most famous Schnitzel on Wollzeile since 1905, a plate-overhanging pork cutlet fried in three fats and served.
OrderThe Original Figlmueller Schnitzel; one is plenty for two appetites.
TipBook ahead; the room runs at capacity from 11:00 every day, kitchen closes at 21:30.
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VienneseInnere Stadt
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.
OrderWiener Schnitzel vom Kalb; the veal version is what the dish was originally meant.
TipLess of a crush than the two pork outlets around the corner; book the Schnitzel Academy upstairs to learn the technique.
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Modern AustrianLeopoldstadt
Skopik and Lohn on Leopoldsgasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt cooks modern Viennese classics under Otto Zitko's hand-painted ceiling, with a Wiener Schnitzel.
OrderWiener Schnitzel with potato salad and lingonberries; the canonical version of the dish.
TipOpen Monday to Saturday from 18:00-01:00.
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VienneseInnere Stadt
Meissl & Schadn on Schubertring in Vienna revived a pre-war Ringstrasse name in 2017, the Schnitzel pounded behind an open glass kitchen and served.
OrderWiener Schnitzel vom Kalb in butterschmalz, the kitchen's signature.
TipOpen daily 12:00-23:30, warm kitchen to 22:00; book a ringside table to watch the schnitzel pounder.
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VienneseInnere Stadt
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.
OrderTwo or three of the open-faced canapés from the front-counter glass.
TipThe standing-bar at the front is the quick-lunch entry; the dining room behind takes serious bookings.
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JapaneseLeopoldstadt
Mochi on Praterstrasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt cooks informal Japanese plates with the chefs visible at the counter, the second district's most consistent.
OrderA yakitori flight from the binchotan grill, plus the gyudon if lunching.
TipTables go fast; book online a week ahead. The takeaway across the street serves the same kitchen.