Dining news
Blue Mustard
Dorotheergasse 6-8
1010 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 934 67 05
Opening hours: Mo-Th 5.00 pm - 2.00 am, Fr-Sa 5.00 pm - 4.00 am, Su closed, kitchen until 11.00 pm
The Blue Mustard is a mix of restaurant and cocktail bar and focuses on the pairing of food and cocktails. The bartenders mix cocktails as fitting accompaniments to the dishes. The menus are created as cosmopolitan journeys – such as "From Vienna to Napoli" or "From Sydney to Singapore". The interior is extravagant.
CHUCHÚ
Wipplingerstrasse 21
1010 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 890 84 76
Opening hours: Mo-Th 5.00 pm - 12.00 midnight, Fr-Sa 5.00 pm - 2.00 am, Su closed
Chuchú offers contemporary Latin American cuisine with a hint of Asia. All sorts of cocktails can also be sampled here.
Crazy Lobster
Naglergasse 21
1010 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 532 15 25
Opening hours: Mo-We 5.00 pm - 12.00 midnight, Th-Su+hols. 12.00 noon - 12.00 midnight
The restaurant specializes in fresh lobster, snow crabs and steaks. This is not some smart gourmet temple, but furnished in the style of an East Coast American diner.
Gerstner Café-Restaurant
Kärntner Strasse 51
1010 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 526 13 61
Opening hours: Mo-Su 10.00 am - 11.00 pm
Around two years ago, Gerstner K.u.K. Hofzuckerbäcker opened a shop in the magnificent Palais Todesco and a bar with living room atmosphere on the first floor. The location has now been extended with a café-restaurant on the second floor. Guests can enjoy cold and hot dishes of Viennese cuisine with a view of the Vienna State Opera.
Graben 30
Graben 30
1010 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 934 66 88
Opening hours: Mo-Su 12.00 noon - 11.00 pm, kitchen times (daily): 12.00 noon - 3.00 pm and 6.00 pm - 11.00 pm
A cosmopolitan, smart, fine dining restaurant with the same cuisine, right on Graben. The location on the first floor affords a lovely view and the bar is also worth a visit.
Habibi & Hawara
Wipplingerstrasse 29
1010 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 535 06 75
Opening hours: Mo-Fr 11.30 am - 2.30 pm and 6.00 pm - 10.00 pm, Sa 6.00 pm - 10.00 pm, Su and hols closed
Habibi & Hawara means "friend” in Arabic and Viennese dialect. In this sense, the restaurant offers Austrian-Oriental fusion cuisine, Arabian hospitality meets Viennese charm here. The restaurant is operated by refugees and experienced gastronomers.
Kitch Grill & Bar by Juan Amador
Falkestrasse 5
1010 Vienna
Tel. +43 699 198 181 81
Opening hours: Tu-Sa 6.00 pm - 12.00 midnight (kitchen until 10.30 pm)
The Kitch Grill & Bar focuses on grilling and serves modern cuisine under the direction of star chef Juan Amador, who received two stars from the Michelin Guide for his restaurant "Amador's Wirtshaus & Greißlerei" in Vienna right off the bat. At the Kitch Grill & Bar, Amador opts for casual dining in a relaxed atmosphere.
Kussmaul
Bäckerstrasse 5
1010 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 286 11 17
Opening hours: Tu-Sa 4.00 pm - 2.00 am
The Kussmaul has moved from Spittelberg to Vienna city center. Mario Bernatovic has now created a wine and cocktail bar at the new location, where he also offers small, fine dishes.
Rinderwahn
Weihburggasse 3
1010 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 512 09 96
Opening hours: Mo-Su 12.00 noon - 12.00 midnight, kitchen until 11.00 pm
The Rinderwahn is a burger joint with a catchy name and belongs to the dining empire of the Huth family, which already operates the Huth Gastwirtschaft, the Italian Huth Da Moritz and the Grill House Huth da Max in Vienna. The food at the Rinderwahn is of the familiar high standard.
Wein & Co bar with restaurant
Jasomirgottstrasse 3-5
1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 05 07 06-3122
Opening hours: Mo-Fr 8.00 am - 2.00 am, Sa 9.00 am - 2.00 am, Su+hols 9.00 am - 12.00 midnight
Kitchen times: daily from 11.00 am - 11.00 pm (All Day Long menu), 11.00 am - 3.00 pm and 6.00 pm - 11.00 pm (restaurant)
The world of pleasure of Wein & Co on Jasomirgottstrasse, redesigned by the Viennese team of architects BEHF in 2016, also has a restaurant and a tasting corner to accompany its flagship store. A spectacular fresco shows set pieces by old masters of the Baroque and Renaissance periods with nymphs, satires and the god Bacchus. Viennese cuisine is the culinary choice here.
Marktlücke
Grosse Pfarrgasse 5
1020 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 890 20 55
Opening hours: Tu-Th 5.00 pm - 12.00 midnight, Fr-Sa 5.00 pm - 1.00 am
The premises of the former restaurant "Das Engel" now houses the Marktlücke. Located near the Karmelitermarkt, the Marktlücke offers warming Austrian cuisine in the winter and Mediterranean dishes with lots of fish in the summer, all to a very high standard.
Mochi Ramen Bar
Vorgartenmarkt, Stand 12+29
1020 Vienna
Opening hours: Tu-Fr 12.00 noon - 9.00 pm, Sa 11.00 am - 9.00 pm, Mo, Su + hols. closed
Mochi on Praterstrasse and the Japanese cuisine it serves have already attained cult status. The new offshoot, the Mochi Ramen Bar, also has what it takes. The small restaurant offers first-class ramen noodles and is a culinary enhancement of the Vorgartenmarkt.
Ramasuri
Praterstrasse 19
1020 Vienna
Tel: +43 (0) 676 466 80 60
Opening hours: Mo-We 8.00 am - 12.00 midnight, Th-Sa 8.00 am - 2.00 pm, Su 9.00 am - 4.00 pm
The Ramasuri is a culinary newcomer to the picturesque Praterstrasse and offers a fresh interpretation of Viennese cuisine in a hip ambience. Particularly sweet is the dining garden right in front of the monument of Johann Nepomuk Nestroy.
Heunisch & Erben
Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 17
1030 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 286 85 63
Opening hours: currently Tu-Sa 12.00 noon - 8.30 pm, soon in full operation, daily except holidays 12.00 noon - 1.00 am
The establishment defines itself as a wine bar with kitchen and is a community project of top chef Peter Zinter and the operator of Vinothek Pub Klemo. A cloud of wine crates hangs from the ceiling, the food is the best.
twentyone at the 21er Haus
Arsenalstrasse 1
1030 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 798 88 88
Opening hours: Mo-Sa 11.00 am - 10.00 pm, Su+hols. 11.00 am - 6.00 pm
The new operator of the restaurant in the 21er Haus opts for cross-over cuisine and opens its doors to guests after a visit to the exhibitions in the 21er Haus, where the Belvedere shows contemporary art.
ROOTS
Schönbrunnerstrasse 32
1050 Vienna
Tel. +43 660 242 40 65
Opening hours: Tu-Fr 12.00 noon - 2.30 pm & 6.00 pm - 10.00 pm, Sa 10.00 am - 2.00 pm & 6.00 pm - 10.00 pm
A fantastic project by three young men who place great importance on the food's origins and used to work at the top of the restaurant trade. The furnishings of the small bistro-restaurant are authentic, the food refreshing.
Stephan – die Gastwirtschaft
Schönbrunner Strasse 98
1050 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 544 15 50
Opening hours: Mo-Sa 4.00 pm - 12.00 midnight (kitchen until 10.00 pm), Su 12.00 noon - 5.00 pm (kitchen until 4.00 pm), hols. closed
The pretty restaurant looks like a blend of pub and bistro. The modern and creatively interpreted Viennese cuisine clearly stands out from conventional bistro food.
Das Spittelberg
Spittelberggasse 12
1070 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 5877628
Opening hours: Tu-Sa 5.00 pm - 1.00 am, Su+Mo closed
The former home of Kussmaul has belonged to "Das Spittelberg" since the end of 2016. Here, head chef Harald Brunner serves a particularly exciting interpretation of Viennese cuisine with Asian accents. For example, there's dim sum with sweetbread and crayfish. At the heart of the restaurant with the modern ambience is a rotisserie, where meat is cooked in large pieces - including the "irresistible duck".
MAST Weinbistro
Porzellangasse 53
1090 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 922 66 79
Opening hours: We-Fr 12.00 noon - 2.00 pm & 6.00 pm - 10.00 pm, Sa & Su 6.00pm - 10.00 pm
The Mast focuses on the wine, but the cuisine also plays a big role. The operators promise honest food, without foams and dabs of jelly. The individual ingredients come together authentically on the plate. The fish comes from Neusideler See lake, the organic vegetables from regional market gardens.
Ludwig & Adele am Markt
Yppenmarkt 4
1160 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 402 66 44
Opening hours: Mo-Th 4.00 pm - 11.00 pm, Fr-Sa 9.00 am - 11.00 pm, Su+hols. closed
The food and drink establishment Ludwig & Adele am Markt has moved into the former market office on Yppenplatz. A market breakfast is served on Fridays and Saturdays; otherwise, everything culinary revolves around focaccia in the restaurant modernized with lots of glass and wood. The beer comes from the Brauwerk, the creative brewery of Ottakringer.
Wirr am Brunnenmarkt
Brunnenmarkt/Ecke Schellhammergasse, Booth 157
1160 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 402 30 98
Opening hours: Mo-Sa 9.00 am - 11.00 pm, Su closed
A nice market restaurant at the lively Brunnenmarkt/Yppenmarkt with a good breakfast and specialties from around the world. A tip is the roof terrace, the only one on top of a market booth, with a view of the colorful hustle and bustle of the market as well as cool music.
Jamie Oliver at Vienna International Airport
1300 Wien-Flughafen
The British star chef Jamie Oliver is opening three of his internationally successful catering businesses at Vienna International Airport. An area of more than 800 m² on level 1 of Terminal 3 will be home to "Jamie's Deli", "Jamie's Italian" and a freestanding bar. "Jamie's Deli" will open its doors in early 2017. Implementation will take place in stages until the middle of 2018. Vienna International Airport will therefore be the first location in Austria of the internationally renowned dining outlets of Jamie Oliver.
In autumn 2017, another branch of "Jamie's Italian" will open in Vienna city center. The planned location is Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz 5.
News from Vienna on the bistronomy trend
Bistronomy is the name of the latest culinary trend. First-class, award-winning cuisine is served in a relaxed ambience without the fuss and frills of the gourmet temple. While in other countries the bistronomy trend is playing out in pubs and bistros, in Vienna it's in the inns and traditional 'beisl', of course.
Grace
Danhausergasse 3
1040 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 503 10 22
Opening hours: Tu-Fr 6.30 pm - 11.00 pm, Sa 12.00 noon - 3.00 pm and 6.30 pm - 11.00 pm
The restaurant of Oliver Lucas, born in London and former sous-chef at the Steirereck restaurant, is located in the former Gasthaus Weidinger. The inn's typical flair can still be sensed to this day: The parlor's wooden ceiling and paneling have been retained and combined with a great tile floor and light, airy furniture. The food is of high quality, very creative, but fairly priced.
Kommod
Strozzigasse 40
1080 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 402 13 98
Opening hours: Tu-Sa 5.00 pm - 12.00 midnight
A small restaurant with a tiny kitchen producing great quality. This showcase only has room for five tables for about 15 guests. A top-quality, 4-course menu is served here in a private setting.
Léontine
Reisnerstrasse 39
1030 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 712 54 30
Opening hours: Tu-We 11.30 am - 2.30 pm, Th-Sa 11.30 am - 2.00 pm and 6.30 pm - 9.30 pm (hot food)
Fantastic French cuisine in a wonderfully renovated 'beisl' with old bar and impressive cement tiles in the 3rd district.
Ludwig Van
Laimgrubengasse 22
1060 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 58713 20
Opening hours:
Restaurant Ludwig van: Tu-Fr 6.00 pm - 12.00 midnight
Lunchtime at Ludwig van Mamsell: Mo-Fr 11.30 am - 2.30 pm
In a listed building, where Ludwig van Beethoven lived in an old apartment overlooking the courtyard, an old Beisl (Viennese-style pub serving food) has been given a new lease of life. Top chef Walter Leidenfrost serves classics of Viennese cuisine with a modern and often unfamiliar twist. Nora Kreimeyer, also known as Mamsell, takes over the cooking at lunchtimes.
New bars
Agent Oscar – American Bar
Zollergasse 5
1070 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 956 59 75
Opening hours: Tu-Sa from 6.00 pm
A classic cocktail bar called "Agent" Oscar has moved into the former wine bar Winetime. The stylish American bar by Frank Hassfurther offers a menu with 250 drinks and a high standard of mixing techniques.
Die Parfümerie
Neustiftgasse 84
1070 Vienna
Tel: +43 680 335 03 23
Opening hours: Tu-Th 6.00 pm - 2.00 am, Fr-Sa 6.00 pm - 4.00 am
The Parfümerie is a new cocktail bar that serves great cocktails behind lowered blinds. Considered to be a new hipster bar in Vienna. Its trademark is the eye-catching wallpaper with banana leaf motifs.
omu Bar & Small Eats
Kolingasse 7
1090 Vienna
Opening hours: We-Sa 5.00 pm - 2.00 am (kitchen: We, Th 5.00 pm - 11.00 pm; Fr, Sa 5.00 pm - 12.00 midnight)
A new bar at Schottentor, where good drinks and fabulous snacks can be enjoyed in total relaxation. Small tapas-style dishes are served to accompany the casual and relaxed atmosphere.
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