Kent Restaurant on Brunnengasse in Vienna's 16th district near the Brunnenmarkt is the city's longest-running serious Doener counter, the Turkish-Viennese borough's canonical kebab address.
Tip: The grilled-lamb skewers and the Iskender are the local-order alternatives to the Doener wrap.
Address: Brunnengasse 67, 1160 Wien, Vienna
Pizza Mari on Leopoldsgasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt has fired Neapolitan pizza since 2011, the wood oven and short carte the 2nd district's go-to pizza-only room.
Try: Neapolitan pizza
Tip: No reservations; the kitchen runs lunch and dinner Tuesday to Sunday. The Marinara is the regular order, no cheese, no fuss.
Trzesniewski on Dorotheergasse in Vienna has served unpronounceable open-faced rye sandwiches since 1902, the 21-Aufstrich carte and small Pfiff beer the city's most-photographed counter snack.
Try: Aufstrich-belegte Brote
Tip: Order at least three sandwiches per person; the egg-and-bacon Aufstrich is the regular's pick.
Naschmarkt Deli at the centre of Vienna's Naschmarkt is the all-day breakfast and Levantine counter, the shakshuka and sabich the brunch crowd's most-photographed plate.
Try: Sabich and shakshuka
Tip: Open every day; the breakfast carte runs all day, useful for jet-lag arrivals from outside the EU.
Bitzinger on Augustinerstrasse in Vienna is the city's most famous Wuerstelstand, the chrome counter between the Opera House and the Albertina open from 08:00 to 04:00 daily.
Try: Kaesekrainer
Tip: Order the Kaesekrainer, the cheese-pocket sausage, with sweet mustard and a Semmel; no fork is offered.
Wuerstelstand am Hohen Markt in Vienna's first district sits under the mechanical Anker Clock on one of the city's oldest public squares, the locals' Wuerstelstand for office-lunch and late-night Kaesekrainer.
Try: Kaesekrainer
Tip: The blistered-casing Kaesekrainer is the counter's most-ordered; come at noon to catch the Anker Clock chime.
Wuerstelstand LEO on Doeblinger Guertel in Vienna's 19th district is the city's oldest Wuerstelstand, founded by Leopold Mlynek in 1928, with the giant 'Big Mama' Kaesekrainer the counter's signature.
Try: Big Mama Kaesekrainer
Tip: The Big Mama Kaesekrainer is double the standard size; one is plenty for two appetites.
