Top 50 restaurants in Austria
50 of the best places to eat in Austria, from celebrated dining rooms to much-loved local favourites.
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50 restaurants
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1Fine dining
Steirereck
Stadtpark pavilion serving inventive Austrian cuisine built on rare regional produce and heirloom varieties.
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2Café & bakery
Café Central
Grand vaulted coffee house in Palais Ferstel, once frequented by writers, thinkers and revolutionaries.
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3Traditional & regional
Figlmüller
Old-town institution famous for its plate-sized pork schnitzel served with potato salad since 1905.
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4Traditional & regional
Plachutta Wollzeile
Classic Viennese restaurant devoted to Tafelspitz, boiled beef served in its broth with apple horseradish.
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5Café & bakery
Café Sacher
Red-velvet café in Hotel Sacher, home of the original Sachertorte chocolate cake.
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6Fine dining
Obauer
Family-run inn by two brothers known for refined Alpine cooking with local trout and Pongau produce.
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7Fine dining
Döllerer
Historic family inn whose kitchen reinterprets Alpine cuisine using ingredients from the Salzburg region.
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8Fine dining
Mraz & Sohn
Father-and-son restaurant in Brigittenau known for playful, highly creative tasting menus.
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9Fine dining
Konstantin Filippou
Minimalist restaurant near Stephansplatz blending Austrian produce with Mediterranean and Greek influences.
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10Café & bakery
Café Demel
Former imperial court confectioner famed for its cakes, candied violets and window-view pastry kitchen.
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11Bistro & brasserie
Zum Schwarzen Kameel
Delicatessen and restaurant dating from 1618, known for ham rolls, open sandwiches and Art Nouveau interiors.
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12Fine dining
Ikarus
Restaurant in Hangar-7 beside vintage aircraft, hosting a different international guest chef each month.
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13Traditional & regional
St. Peter Stiftskulinarium
Restaurant within St Peter's Abbey, reputedly Central Europe's oldest, known for its Mozart Dinner Concerts.
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14Café & bakery
Café Hawelka
Smoky-brown bohemian coffee house famous for its warm Buchteln yeast buns served in the evening.
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15Café & bakery
Café Landtmann
Elegant Ringstrasse coffee house beside the Burgtheater, a long-time haunt of politicians and actors.
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16Fine dining
Taubenkobel
Rural Burgenland farmhouse restaurant celebrated for produce-driven cooking and Pannonian ingredients.
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17Pub, tavern & wine bar
Schweizerhaus
Vast beer garden in the Prater known for grilled pork knuckle and draught Budweiser Budvar.
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18Pub, tavern & wine bar
Mayer am Pfarrplatz
Heuriger in the house where Beethoven lived, serving estate wines and buffet fare in a leafy courtyard.
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19Fine dining
Amador
Vaulted cellar restaurant beneath a Heuriger in Grinzing, known for avant-garde Spanish-influenced cooking.
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20Traditional & regional
Gasthaus Pöschl
Cosy Beisl off Franziskanerplatz loved for schnitzel, goulash and other Viennese home-style dishes.
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21Café & bakery
Café Tomaselli
Austria's oldest coffee house on the Alter Markt, known for waitresses carrying trays of cakes to tables.
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22Pub, tavern & wine bar
Augustiner Bräu Kloster Mülln
Monastery brewery with a huge beer hall and garden where beer is poured from wooden barrels into stone mugs.
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23Fine dining
Simon Taxacher
Hotel restaurant in the Kitzbühel Alps known for refined, precise cooking drawing on French technique.
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24Fine dining
Hubert Wallner
Lakeside restaurant on the Wörthersee focusing on Carinthian lake fish and Alpine-Adriatic flavours.
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25Fine dining
Landhaus Bacher
Wachau country house restaurant long renowned for elegant cuisine paired with local Grüner Veltliner.
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26Vegetarian & vegan
Tian
Vegetarian restaurant creating elaborate plant-based tasting menus from organic and home-grown produce.
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28Fine dining
Silvio Nickol
Restaurant in Palais Coburg known for intricate modern cooking and one of Europe's great wine cellars.
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29Café & bakery
Café Sperl
Unchanged 1880 coffee house with billiard tables, marble tops and a famous chocolate-almond Sperltorte.
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30Café & bakery
Café Prückel
1950s-styled coffee house opposite the Stadtpark known for newspapers, card games and apple strudel.
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31Café & bakery
Trzesniewski
Tiny sandwich bar serving colourful open sandwiches with spreads, traditionally with a small glass of beer.
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32Market & street food
Bitzinger Würstelstand Albertina
Busy sausage stand behind the State Opera serving Käsekrainer and Bosna late into the night.
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33International
Neni am Naschmarkt
Lively market restaurant serving Israeli and Middle Eastern sharing plates such as hummus and shakshuka.
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34Traditional & regional
Gmoakeller
Vaulted cellar Beisl near the Konzerthaus serving hearty Viennese dishes and Austrian wines.
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35Traditional & regional
Glacis Beisl
Beisl with a garden in the MuseumsQuartier known for classic Wiener Schnitzel and Austrian comfort food.
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36Bistro & brasserie
Skopik & Lohn
Leopoldstadt Beisl with a ceiling of swirling painted lines, serving modern takes on Viennese classics.
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37Pub, tavern & wine bar
10er Marie
Heuriger in Ottakring, among Vienna's oldest wine taverns, with a shady garden and cold buffet.
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38Café & bakery
Café Bazar
Riverside Salzburg coffee house with a Salzach terrace, favoured by artists during the Festival.
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39Traditional & regional
Zum Fidelen Affen
Convivial old-town tavern known for Salzburg staples such as dumplings, goulash and Kasnocken.
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40Traditional & regional
Die Wilderin
Old-town inn cooking seasonal Tyrolean dishes from game and local farm produce.
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41Fine dining
Stüva
Restaurant in the Yscla hotel in Ischgl known for creative reinterpretations of Alpine cuisine.
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42Fine dining
Rote Wand Chef's Table
Chef's table in the Arlberg serving a long produce-led menu inspired by Vorarlberg and its mountains.
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43Traditional & regional
Hotel Gasthof Hirschen
Centuries-old wooden inn in the Bregenz Forest serving regional Vorarlberg dishes and cheese.
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44Traditional & regional
Loibnerhof
Wachau inn with a garden among vineyards, known for Danube fish, Wachau apricots and local wines.
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45Traditional & regional
Gut Purbach
Historic manor house inn by Lake Neusiedl serving hearty Pannonian dishes with Burgenland wines.
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46Pub, tavern & wine bar
Der Steirer
Graz restaurant and wine bar serving Styrian dishes in tapas-sized portions with regional wines.
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47Café & bakery
Café Traxlmayr
Traditional Linz coffee house on the Promenade, known for Linzer torte and its summer garden.
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48Café & bakery
Café Frauenhuber
Vienna's oldest surviving coffee house, where Mozart and Beethoven are said to have performed.
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49Seafood
Umar Fisch
Naschmarkt fish restaurant serving grilled seafood and whole fish chosen straight from the counter.
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50International
Mochi
Bustling Japanese restaurant known for creative sushi, ramen and small sharing plates.
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