Weibel’s Wirtshaus

Weibel’s Wirtshaus is located just a few steps from St. Stephen’s Cathedral, yet tucked away in a quiet side street that is usually known only to those who come here deliberately. The restaurant has been family-run for decades and is firmly rooted in the everyday life of the city center. This is not about staging […]

Zum Schwarzen Kameel (literally “At the Black Camel”) is a traditional Viennese name and is usually left untranslated in English texts as a proper name.

Das Schwarze Kameel is a Viennese institution—and has been since 1618. What began as a delicatessen has remained one of the city’s great meeting places to this day.  

Plachutta Wollzeile

For me, Plachutta is the first address for authentic Viennese Tafelspitz. Whether at the Wollzeile location or at the Gasthaus zur Oper, it is served exactly as tradition dictates in Vienna: in a copper pot, with a rich broth, tender meat, and all the classic side dishes that simply belong with it. The Plachutta family […]

Oswald & Kalb

Meat from the restaurant’s own butcher shop — you can taste it. Oswald & Kalb combines craftsmanship with passion, resulting in food that is rustic, confident, and highly popular with those Viennese who know what truly matters. Bäckerstraße, one of the oldest streets in the Inner City, has carried its name since the Middle Ages […]

Feinkosterei am Neuen Markt

Modern Austrian cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. The Feinkosterei works with high-quality ingredients and serves both small and larger dishes that are ideal for sharing. You sit close to the action, eat with focus, and quickly understand why this place is so popular with locals. An ideal spot for a culinary break in the middle […]

Plachutta’s Gasthaus zur Oper

For me, the top address for authentic Viennese boiled beef—here, it’s celebrated like nowhere else. Landlord Ewald Plachutta has written the standard cookbooks that are essential in every Austrian kitchen—a piece of Viennese culinary history!