Collage: Jola, Steierereck, Cecina Itameshi (from left) / Photos provided

Restaurant Guide 2024: The best restaurants in Vienna in ten categories

Best restaurants

Vienna

Falstaff presents the best culinary addresses in the Austrian capital with separate lists of the best Chinese, Japanese, French and Italian restaurants, as well as fish, steak and vegetarian restaurants, rounded off by the best pubs and the top addresses for breakfast and brunch.

Falstaff Editorial Team,

25.03.2024

Vienna is a city like no other. The new Falstaff Restaurant and Inn Guide 2024 reveals a wealth of addresses in a wide range of categories that should not be missed. No matter what you're in the mood for, everyone will find something to suit their taste in Vienna.

In addition to the best addresses in the country, Steirereck and Amador, which lead the way in the federal capital with 100 points each, there is an enormous range of great restaurants. For example, it is worth taking a trip to Simmering, where the Gasthaus Stern, the pub of the year , is located. A real model restaurant that upholds the tradition of Viennese cuisine, celebrates offal according to all the rules of the art, prepares the good old Wiener Schnitzel not just incidentally, but with seriousness and elegance and shows at a nominally difficult address how great Viennese cuisine is across the board.

Italian cuisine is undoubtedly one of the Austrians' favorite cuisines: Fabios and Mangia e Ridi are two fixed starters among the best Italian restaurants in Vienna. In third place is an exciting newcomer: the Cucina Itameshi from the Mochi masterminds.

Overall rating for Vienna

^{The ranking is based on the total number of points and the food rating.}

The overall work of art remains a gold standard, especially when it comes to service (from "Brot-Andi" to the cheese trolley). The world-class cuisine, especially when it comes to vegetables, puts surprising things on the famous menu.

Am Heumarkt 2a/Im Stadtpark
1030 Vienna
Austria

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Amador

100

What Juan Amador creates in the country's only three-star restaurant is a brilliant performance. The highest level in every dish, great new interpretations ("Ajoblanco" with oyster leaves).

Grinzinger Straße 86
1190 Vienna
Austria

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What Markus and Lukas Mraz send out of the kitchen is a sensation, course after course. Add to this a relaxed atmosphere, perfect service, fantastic wines and voilà: one of the best addresses in the city.

Wallensteinstraße 59
1200 Vienna
Austria

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Culinary perfection in its purest form. In several acts (up to nine courses), a journey of the senses and a display of flavour contrasts and consistencies await. The highest level!

Dominikanerbastei 17
1010 Vienna
Austria

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Silvio Nickol stands for fine dining without limits. He mostly uses seasonal products and draws on the whole world when it comes to preparation and combinations. Legendary wine cellar!

Coburgbastei 4
1010 Vienna
Austria

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Fabian Günzel's multi-course menus celebrate the art of reduction. Pink radicchio meets Gruyère, turbot meets Osietra caviar, Piedmontese veal meets spinach. Top wine list with a focus on France.

Mollardgasse 76
1060 Vienna
Austria

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Tian

Paul Ivić has firmly established himself as a figurehead of upscale vegetarian cuisine. He shows how to take plant-based cuisine - always creative and varied - to a truly top level.

Himmelpfortgasse 23
1010 Vienna
Austria

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The exceptional chef Wolfgang Zankl-Sertl celebrates fine dining cuisine with a Michelin star in his restaurant. A combination as rare as the ingredients (sea urchin) and preparation (fermented asparagus).

Pramergasse 21/1
1090 Vienna
Austria

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In the Glasswing restaurant of the luxury boutique hotel The Amauris, top young chef Alexandru Simon serves dishes such as Norway lobster with hollandaise and caviar. Noble ambience.

Kärntner Ring 8
1010 Vienna
Austria

A family atmosphere prevails in Rosita and Piero's small vaulted cellar, where top-quality Calabrian delicacies are served: homemade pasta, excellently prepared fish and fine wines.

Kurrentgasse 12
1010 Vienna
Austria

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Patron Joji Hattori has created something of his own. Sushi, especially O-Toro, is rarely better in Vienna, but the true mastery lies in the creations of this meticulous kitchen.

Krugerstraße 3
1010 Vienna
Austria

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A fixed star in the Viennese gastronomic firmament: Italian cuisine of the highest standard (from gamberi to truffles), sensational wines and an elegant ambience are the ingredients that continue to make Fabios so popular.

Tuchlauben 4–6
1010 Vienna
Austria

The restaurateurs Robert Brandhofer and Markus Gould have created an oenophile pleasure spot where food and wine culture are equally inspiring. Quality convinces - from the aperitif to the digestif.

Landstraßer Hauptstraße 17
1030 Vienna
Austria

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The wine list is impressive, but you can also simply ask "wine pope" Hermann Botolen for advice. The cuisine also impresses with fine products and seasonal dishes such as lamb. Cozy guest garden.

Fuhrmannsgasse 9
1080 Vienna
Austria

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The food composition in the stylish new addition is perfectly balanced, the order (up to 16 courses) creates the overall picture. It's hot: cooking takes place in the open fire kitchen. Spectacular!.

Kochgasse 13
1080 Vienna
Austria