Restaurant Guide 2026: These are the best restaurants in Austria

You can't escape it – the negative news from all over the world. However, while in neighboring Germany, for example, restaurants are having to close or reduce their offerings, you remain loyal to Austrian restaurants even in difficult economic times. After all, what could be better for relaxation and distraction than a visit to a pub or restaurant where you can treat yourself to something good with friends, as a couple or alone.

The facts: In the Falstaff Restaurant Guide 2026 you will find around 2050 restaurants - more than in any other restaurant guide in Austria. The fact that Falstaff is able to describe and evaluate this enormous number of restaurants is thanks to the huge Falstaff community, which, with over 120,000 votes, paints a clear picture of the state of the culinary industry. Countless detailed reports from critical guests naturally provide a more comprehensive picture than individual visits by professional testers.

Thanks to your assessments, we can even see an upturn in 2026. Three companies succeeded in reaching the Olympus with 100 points. We congratulate the "Bootshaus" in Upper Austria as well as "Döllerers Restaurant" and "Obauer" in Salzburg on achieving the highest rating. Salzburg has thus mutated into the gourmet state par excellence – together with the newly designed "Ikarus", there are three restaurants in this league.

There is also exciting news from the south. Hannes Müller's "Die Forelle am Weißensee" has drawn level with Hubert Wallner – Carinthia now has two chefs on the podium.

In general, it should be noted that it was precisely those restaurants that met the tastes of their guests with carefully considered concepts that received good votes. The days when you could somehow get away with arbitrariness are a thing of the past.

Our Falstaff Chef of the Year 2026 comes from Vienna – but not quite. German-born Fabian Günzel has created "Aend" in the Gumpendorf district of Vienna, a place for fine dining at the highest level in a totally relaxed atmosphere. You can watch the always cheerful man with his countless tattoos from the table, as he cooks his menus in the open kitchen – which change more often than in many of the nation's restaurants. We congratulate.

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The 100-point winners for Austria

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

Further rankings from the Restaurant & Inn Guide 2026:

• • The best newcomers
  • The best wine lists in Austria
  • The most highly rated in Austria
  • The most beautiful guest gardens and terraces in Vienna