Vienna Restaurants

Vienna favorite cuisine consists of sausage. Most popular styles are the Burenwurst and the Kasekrainer.

Located in the Hotel Bristol is the chic and glittering restaurant Korso bei Der Oper. Enjoy traditional and modern cuisines, sample dishes like a filet of char with a sorrel sauce, saddle of veal with cape mushrooms and homemade noodles, or the inevitable tafelspitz.

If you're in a hurry and don't have much time to stop for lunch, try the Buffet Trzesniewski. This is one of the hot-spots in Vienna and serves 18 different combinations of finger sandwiches such as cream cheese, egg, onion, salami, herring, tomatoes, lobster, and many other tasty combos.

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• DO & CO Restaurant International, Phone: 43-01-535-39-69 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation: "What gives this place the edge is its location - the aerial view of St. Stephen's Cathedral from the modish, glass-enclosed dining room atop Haas Haus is unmatched in the city."

• • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "It's difficult to overstate its fame within the complicated but steely hierarchy of fine and/or stylish Viennese dining."

• • Fodor's Choice: "When you're ready to drop from taking in all the art treasures at the fabulous Albertina, then just fall into the museum eatery's high-back, camel-color leather seating."

• • Zagat Well Rated: "A 'reliable mix of Austrian and International cuisine'..."

• Steirereck German/Austrian/Swiss, Phone: 43-01-713-31-68 Google Map
  • Concierge.com Recommendation: "Perfect for an after-opera dinner, this lush restaurant is all operatic flamboyance itself, from its setting in the middle of the central Stadtpark"

• • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "The menu is wisely limited and well prepared, changing daily depending on what's fresh at the market."

• • Fodor's Choice: "Possibly the most raved-about restaurant in Austria..."

• • Zagat Well Rated: "'By far the best' restaurant in the city and voted No. 1 for Food here, this Landstrasse landmark is a 'fairy-tale' experience..."

• Korso bei Der Oper (Hotel Bristol) German/Austrian/Swiss, Phone: 43-01-5151-65-46 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "This chic and glittering choice is decorated with tasteful paneling, sparkling chandeliers, and, flanking either side of a baronial fireplace, two of the most breathtaking baroque columns in Vienna."

• • Fodor's Choice: "Chef Reinhard Gerer's specialty is fish, and he's known throughout Austria for his creative touch."

• • Zagat Well Rated: "'[R]einhard Gerer has reinvented Viennese cuisine' via his 'superb' Austrian-French creations; service is 'polished and professional'..."

• Moerwald im Ambassador (Hotel Ambassador) Viennese, Phone: 43-01-96-16-10 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "Bankers, diplomats, and what one local food critic called "Helmut Lang-clad hipsters" show up here not only to see and be seen, but also to enjoy the delectable modern Viennese cuisine of Christian Domschitz."

• • Zagat Well Rated: "Freunden give a 'big thank you' to the chef of this 'wonderful' International that also offers a 'first-class choice' of wines at 'reasonable prices'..."

• Drei Husaren German/Austrian/Swiss, Phone: 43-01-512-109-20 Google Map
  • Zagat Well Rated: "'Everything is top-drawer' at 'Vienna's most famous' venue..."

• • Yahoo! Travel 3.5 Stars (Note: Community Ratings; Subject to Change)

• Zum Schwarzen Kameel International, Phone: 43-01-533-81-25 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "The restaurant has just 11 tables, and it's the perfect place for a nostalgic lunch in Vienna. The hearty and well-flavored cuisine features herring filet Oslo, potato soup, tournedos, Roman saltimbocca (veal with ham), and an array of daily fish specials."

• • Fodor's Choice: "In timeless Viennese fashion, this provisioner split into both a Delikatessen and a restaurant."

• • Zagat Well Rated: "[O]ffers a 'wide selection of delicacies' from its sandwich shop and 'reliable' Austrian-International fare..."

• Vestibuel Austrian, Phone: 43-01-532-49-99 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "Beginning on the first warm spring day and lasting until the mild afternoons of autumn, tables are also placed outside in the garden. A team of skilled chefs present classic cuisine with market-fresh ingredients."

• • Fodor's Review: "The Marmorsaal dining room with marble Corinthian columns, coffered arcades, and lots of candlelight adds romance..."

• • Zagat Well Rated: "'[I]deal for business meetings and impressing foreigners'..."

• Altwienerhof Austrian,French, Phone: 43-01-892-60-00 Google Map
  • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "Mr. Gunter brings sophistication and charm to the dining rooms, which retain many Biedermeier embellishments from the original construction."

• Wiener Rathauskeller Viennese,International, Phone: 43-01-405-121-90 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "The chef's specialty is a rathauskellerplatte for two, consisting of various cuts of meat, including a veal schnitzel, lamb cutlets, and pork medallions."

• Boheme Viennese,International, Phone: 43-01-523-31-73 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "Even the decor is theatrical; it looks like a cross between a severely dignified stage set and an artsy, turn-of-the-19th-century cafe."

• Zum Weissen Rauchfangkehrer Viennese, Phone: 43-01-512-34-71 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended "The dining room is rustic, with deer antlers, fanciful chandeliers, and pine banquettes that vaguely resemble church pews."

• • Zagat Well Rated: "For a 'taste of Vienna', fans tout this 'lovely old place'..."

• Oesterreicher im MAK Continental, Phone: 43-01-714-01-21 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "Since 2006, the culinary inspiration behind all this is Helmut Oesterreicher, a chef who has helped to redefine the tenets of modern Viennese cuisine -- a lighter interpretation of what dining with the Habsburgs really meant."

• • Zagat Well Rated: "'One of the best chefs in Austria'..."

• Buffet Trzesniewski Sandwiches, Phone: 43-01-512-32-91 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "It's unlike any buffet you've seen, with six or seven cramped tables and a rapidly moving line of people, all jostling for space next to the glass counters."

• Restaurant Salzamt Austrian, Phone: 43-01-533-53-32 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "Sit within its vaulted interior or -- if weather permits -- move out to any of the tables on the square, overlooking Vienna's oldest church, St. Ruprecht."

• Hollerei Phone: 43-01-892-33-56 Google Map
  • Happy Cow Highly Recommended (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Wrenkh Phone: 43-01-533-15-26 Google Map
  • Happy Cow Recommended (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Gasthaus Schillinger Phone: 43-01-2268-66-72 Google Map
  • Happy Cow Very Highly Recommended (Note: Community rating; may change)

• Bio Bar von Antun Phone: 43-01-968-93-51 Google Map
  • Happy Cow Highly Recommended (Note: Community rating; may change)