Eating and Drinking Out in Vienna

Back to local info This list of suggestions below consists of three parts: very close to the faculty, extended neighbourhood of the faculty and a careful selection of recommended places all over Vienna. Concerning price levels please consult Wien, wie es isst..., just insert the name of the restaurant (HS=Hauptspeise=main dish, MM=daily lunch consisting of 2 or 3 courses). Moreover, with each restaurant this site provides a click to a map displaying the area where to find the place. 1. Microlocal: very close to the faculty building or really budget Mensa an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Augasse 2–6, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 11:00–14:00 Budget Kolpinghaus Wien 9 Althanstraße 51, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 12:00–14:00, Sat 12:00–13:30, Sun 12:00–13:00 Budget Orlik Spittelauer Platz 1, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 10:00–24:00 Very close Zum Reznicek Reznicekgasse 10, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri, Sun 12:00–24:00 Very close Ruberl & Kucera Althanstraße 35, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 11:00–24:00 Very close Indisches Restaurant Heilige Kuh Lichtentaler Gasse 20, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 11:00–15:00 and 18:00–23:00 Very close, Indian cuisine Trattoria Riccardo Pizzeria Reznicekgasse 3, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 11:00–14:30 and 17:30–23:00, Sat 17:30–23:00 Very close, Italian cuisine Christos Althanstraße 15, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 11:30–15:00 and 17:30–24:00 Very close, Greek and Italian cuisine Bodega Manchega Nordbergstraße 12, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 18:30–2:00 Very close, Spanish cuisine Tokyo Noodle Althanstraße 37, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 11:00–15:00 and 17:00–22:00 Very close, Asian cuisine 2. Local: extended neighbourhood (selection) The following is simply a list, with no implied recommendations. Prices range from budget to reasonable. Austrian (more or less) Zur Goldenen Kugel Lazarettgasse 6, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 10:00–23:00 Gasthaus Lechner Wilhelm-Exner-Gasse 28, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Tue–Sat 10:00–24:00, Sun 10:00–22:30 Typical Wiener Beisl Selbstverständlich Augasse 25, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 9:00–1:00 Servitenstüberl Servitengasse 7, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Tue–Sat 11:00–23:00, Sun 11:00–15:00 Nice "Schanigarten" (outside serving area) under lime trees Stomach Seegasse 26, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Wed–Sat 16:00–24:00, Sun 10:00–22:00 Modern Austrian cuisine Universitäts Bräu Alser Straße 4 (Campus, Altes AKH, 1. Hof), 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 8:00–2:00 Uniquely serves four types of the specially brewed "Universitäts Bräu" Café-Restaurant Weimar Währinger Straße 68, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 7:30–24:00,Sun 9:00–24:00 Typical Wiener Kaffeehaus, also excellent cakes Gasthaus Wickerl Porzellangasse 24a, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 9:00–24:00, Sat 10:00–24:00, Sun 10:00–16:00 African Sagya – African Restaurant Liechtensteinstraße 130a, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10:00–1:00, Sat, Sun 18:00–1:00 Asian Akakiko Julius-Tandler-Platz 4, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 10:30–24:00 Chain restaurant, mainly Japanese cuisine Chinesische Mauer Liechtensteinstraße 69, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri, Sun 12:00–15:00 and 18:00–23:00 Mediterranean Aldente Augasse 21, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10:00–24:00 Italian cuisine Francesco Währinger Straße 66, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 11:00–24:00 Italian cuisine Giuliano 2 Tendlergasse 3, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 11:30–14:00 and 17:30–23:30 Italian cuisine Ristorante Pizzeria Mediterraneo Althanstraße 47, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri, Sun 11:00–23:00 Italian cuisine La Pasteria Servitengasse 10, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10:00–23:00, Sat 10:00–14:00 and 18:00–22:00 Italian cuisine Prosciutto 2 Fuchsthallergasse 12, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 18:00–22:00 Italian cuisine Rembetiko Porzellangasse 38, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 11:30–15:00 and 17:30–24:00 Greek cuisine U.S. American The Roast Augasse 21, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 7:30–23:00, Sat, Sun 9:00–18:00 Pastry shops Kaffeekonditorei Irmtraud Mayerhofer Althanstraße 11–13, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 8:00–20:00 Excellent cakes homemade by Irmtraud Mayerhofer, very close Aida Porzellangasse 60, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 7:00–19:00, Sun 9:00–19:00 Viennese high quality pastry shop chain Aida Währinger Straße 47, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 7:00–19:00, Sun 9:00–19:00 Viennese high quality pastry shop chain 3. Global: selection of recommended places Web links are included where an English webpage is available. Reservation of tables strongly recommended. Restaurants Figlmüllers Restauration im Stadtzentrum Wollzeile 5 (passageway to Lugeck), 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 11:00–22:30 http://www.figlmueller.at The most famous Wiener Schnitzel – very large, fairly thin! A former Heurigen in a beautiful passageway in the Inner City, thus: no beer, no coke, no coffee. Actually there is a second Figlmüller in a usual restaurant style but the authors strongly recommend the one presented here Österreicher im MAK Stubenring 5, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 8:30–1:00 http://www.oesterreicherimmak.at/ Located in the building of the Museum of Applied Arts; restaurant architecture: unique modern; cuisine: high-level traditional viennese Gasthaus Pfudl Bäckerstraße 22, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 10–24:00 Beautiful Viennese Gasthaus Gasthaus Wild Radetzkyplatz 1, 1030 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 9:00–1:00 Excellent modern interpretation of Austrian cuisine, beisl atmosphere with traditional counter Zu den 3 Hacken Singerstraße 28, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 11:00–23:00 http://www.vinum-wien.at/ One of the oldest restaurants in the city, beautifully vaulted rooms Restaurant Konoba Lerchenfelder Straße 66–68, 1080 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri, Sun 11:00–14:00 and 18:00–24:00, Sat 18:00–24:00 Croatian cuisine, excellent sea fish restaurant Pastry shops K. u. k. Hofzuckerbäcker Demel Kohlmarkt 14, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 10:00–19:00 http://www.demel.at/ A first class traditional place, with lots of publicity Heiner Wollzeile 9, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 8:30–19:00, Sun 10:00–19:00 http://www.heiner.co.at/ A first class traditional place. We recommend the shop in Wollzeile with its beautifully panelled room on the right hand side of the ground floor Kurkonditorei Oberlaa Neuer Markt 16, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 8:00–20:00 http://www.oberlaa-wien.at/ Several shops (see webpage), combining tradition with modern style on a very high level Wiener Kaffeehäuser and Cafés The first seven entries best represent the traditional Wiener Kaffeehaus Café Central Konditorei Herrengasse 17, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00 http://www.palaisevents.at/cafecentralgeschichte.html Formerly a famous meeting point of academics and artists including Freud, Schnitzler, Trotzky, Musil and others. Accurately reconstructed in the 80ies after destruction in World War II Café Eiles Josefstädter Straße 2, 1080 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 7:00–22:00, Sat, Sun 8:00–22:00 Café Frauenhuber Himmelpfortgasse 6, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 8:00–24:00, Sun 10:00–22:00 http://www.cafefrauenhuber.at/ Claims to be the oldest Kaffeehaus in Vienna Café Hawelka Dorotheergasse 6, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon, Wed–Sat 8:00–2:00, Sun 10:00–2:00 http://www.hawelka.com/ Famous Kaffeehaus, representing "one of the last great central European tradition of writers' and artists' coffee houses" Café im Schottenstift Schottengasse 2, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 7:00–23:00, Sat 8:30–22:00, Sun 8:30–21:00 Prehistory: Former Café Haag (splendid) , then Pizza Hut, afterwards a greek restaurant. Nevertheless an authentic Kaffeehaus nowadays Café Sperl Gumpendorfer Straße 11, 1060 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 7:00–23:00, Sun 11:00–20:00 Café Tirolerhof Führichgasse 8, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 7:00–22:00, Sun 9:30–20:00 Espresso Hobby Währinger Straße 9, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 9:00–19:00 Tiny espresso, carefully refurbished in 50ies style, various strudels, just check it out Würstelstände At a traditional Wiener Würstelstand various kinds of (mostly heavy duty) sausages are served. Würstelstand Albertina (Bitzinger) Augustiner Straße 1, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 7:00–4:00 Würstelstand am Hohen Markt Hoher Markt, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 7:00–4:00 Würstelstand Leo Junction Nußdorfer Straße/Währinger Gürtel, 1090 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sun 9:30–4:00 Offers "Big Mama", a Käsekrainer sausage 34cm long, 450g Heurige Those who wish - apart from the Heurigen in Palt-Göttweig visited during the excursion - to visit a Heurigen in Vienna should consult the list at the bottom of http://www.virtualvienna.net/ which also contains general information on Vienna and its wines. New and fascinating: http://www.wiener-orchideen-winzer.at/ (only in German). General information Books Only in Vienna This is an outstanding source on places and history of Vienna – orthogonal to every other guide book you have ever seen. Even for one of the authors of this conference home page, living in Vienna for nearly six decades with eyes open, it provided lots of new, surprising and amazing pieces of information and valuable recommendations. If interested, be sure to purchase via internet in time in order to make the best of your time (between talks, of course ...) The Ultimate Austrian Wine Guide 2008/2009 Specials Do not miss to visit the "Naschmarkt", Vienna's largest food market extending between underground stations Karlsplatz (U1, U2, U4) and Kettenbrückengasse (U4). Beware of pickpockets! Original Salzburger Mozartkugeln by Fürst Unfortunately, you cannot purchase these in Vienna – you might know the Mirabell brand – but the "Fürst" is the real thing, which you should not miss when passing through Salzburg. Sampling Austria's top wines glasswise Unger und Klein Gölsdorfgasse 2, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Fri 15:00–24:00, Sat 17:00–24:00 http://www.ungerundklein.at/ Remarkably designed by the architects of the interiors of ESI and MAK Vis-a-vis Wollzeile 5 (passageway to Lugeck), 1010 Wien Opening hours: Tue–Thu 16:30–22:30, Fri 15:00–22:30 Literally vis-à-vis of Figlmüller, small wine bar Wein & Co Jasomirgottstraße 3–5, 1010 Wien Opening hours: Mon–Sat 10:00–2:00, Sun 11:00–24:00 Popular chain – see http://www.weinco.at/ for the other shops Back to local info