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Falstaff Restaurant Guide 2026: The best in Vienna

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Whether top restaurants, local pubs or top vintners, Vienna offers many culinary highlights. Falstaff provides an overview of the Viennese institutions that impressed this year.

The Editors
The Editors
The Editors
11.03.2026

Vienna remains one of Europe's most exciting culinary destinations. Between traditional inns, innovative fine dining concepts and a new generation of chefs, the city shows how vibrant its gastronomy scene is. The Falstaff Restaurant Guide 2026 traces these developments.

The ranking is based on the total score of points and the food score.

The Best Restaurants in Vienna

THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN VIENNA

Steirereck im Stadtpark
100
Each course is a precisely composed revelation of exciting product worlds, fine aromas and harmonious textures. Plus bread and cheese trolley. Great wine list. An exceptional...
Am Heumarkt 2a/Im Stadtpark
1030 Vienna
Austria
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Viennese pubs

THE BEST PUBS IN VIENNA

Reznicek
94
Beisl, but hip: Julian Lechner dusts off pub favorites such as baked meat and offal with flair and verve, while Simon Schubert always has just the right bottle at the ready.
Reznicekgasse 10
1090 Vienna
Austria
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Italian Restaurants

THE BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANTS IN VIENNA

Fabios
93
The restaurant and bar at this top Italian restaurant and trendy meeting place share a basic concept: quality down to the last detail. Every cocktail is therefore finely tuned,...
Tuchlauben 4–6
1010 Vienna
Austria
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Heinz and Birgit Reitbauer of Steirereck, which is rated by Falstaff with 100 points. Michelin also gave them full marks, bestowing three stars.
The famous terrace at Fabio's

French Restaurants

THE BEST FRENCH RESTAURANTS IN VIENNA

Restaurant Duchardt
91
One of the few classic restaurants in Vienna. Marcus Duchardt offers two French-inspired menus, from which you can also choose à la carte. Sometimes available: Lièvre à la...
Sonnenfelsgasse 17
1010 Vienna
Austria
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CHINESE RESTAURANTS

THE BEST CHINESE RESTAURANTS IN VIENNA

Red Bowl
87
The kitchen not only produces exceptionally good dumplings and hand-pulled noodles to perfection, but also a large selection of starters and the classic Peking duck.
Rechte Wienzeile 49
1050 Vienna
Austria
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Best Breakfast and Brunch

THE BEST BRUNCH PLACES IN VIENNA

CHEZ BERNARD Restaurant et Bar
91
Good French brasserie cuisine in a stylish ambience high above the Mahü - even higher up, the wonderful roof terrace beckons with a small menu, but all the more views and fine...
Mariahilfer Straße 71A
1060 Vienna
Austria
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Japanese Restaurants

THE BEST JAPANESE RESTAURANTS IN VIENNA

SHIKI Japanese Cuisine
95
Until now, Shiki was a brasserie in the front and fine dining in the back. Now the spatial separation has been abolished. You can now order either à la carte, sushi, sashimi or...
Krugerstraße 3
1010 Vienna
Austria
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Fish Restaurants

THE BEST FISH RESTAURANTS IN VIENNA

Lubin
91
Even after the new takeover and renovation, the restaurant remains true to the traditional Croatian cuisine. Great: a whole tuna is regularly carved here. Exceptionally good wine...
Hainburger Straße 48
1030 Vienna
Austria
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Das Shiki ist auch Bar und Brasserie. Hier ist es legerer, das Angebot breit gefächert, und Sushi wird an der Bar vor den Augen der Gäste zubereitet.

Steak Restaurants

THE BEST STEAK RESTAURANTS IN VIENNA

Boxwood
94
The restaurant has been around for some time. Now it has been redefined as a high-end steakhouse with an exceptional wine selection - from good table wines to Pétrus, Cheval...
Grashofgasse 1
1010 Vienna
Austria
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Vegetarian Restaurants

THE BEST VEGETARIAN RESTAURANTS IN VIENNA

TIAN
96
In addition to his main job as a vegetarian gourmet chef, head chef Paul Ivic is also an authority on plant-based food and sustainability. Menu of seven or nine courses, great...
Himmelpfortgasse 23
1010 Vienna
Austria
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Beer Gardens and Terraces

THE BEST BEER GARDENS AND TERRACES

Fabios
93
The restaurant and bar at this top Italian restaurant and trendy meeting place share a basic concept: quality down to the last detail. Every cocktail is therefore finely tuned,...
Tuchlauben 4–6
1010 Vienna
Austria
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ALL REGIONAL WINNERS

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