Vienna restaurants recommendations

Salzamt (Typical Austrian food, well-prepared)

Ruprechtsplatz 1, 1010 Wien

+43 / 1 / 533 533 2

http://salzamt-wien.at/

For a good Austrian-style restaurant in first district, Salzamt is next to the Ruprechtskirche (the

oldest church in Vienna) and has delicious food. It's near the spot where salt arrived and was

taxed and distributed until the mid-19th century; it's also in one of the oldest parts of the city,

which was at one time heavily Jewish (the Synagogue is right there as well). Now that area is

called the Bermuda Triangle because of all the bars -- people vanish there for weeks. But this

restaurant is lovely, designed by a well-known Austrian architect (Hermann Czech) with typically

Austrian food, very well prepared.

Schützenhaus (Delicious cuisine and unique decor in fascinating architectural setting)

Otto Wagner Schützenhaus

+43 1 21 24 222

http://www.wienerschuetzenhaus.at/

For architecture lovers there is a restaurant on the Danube Canal near the Salztorbrücke called

the Schützenhaus that was designed by Otto Wagner to run the never-completed lock system

for the canal; it's now a restaurant. It's recently restored, and not entirely satisfactorily so in

some ways, but it's very attractive, and has plans for the lock system on the walls. The food is

quite good, the decor is unique, and the location is great. For some reason it doesn't get as

much traffic as one would expect -- perhaps because the entrance is on the canal itself, not on

the street.

Cafe Museum (Historical café with fabulous pastries)

Operngasse 7 A-1010 Wien

+43 1 24 100-620

http://www.cafemuseum.at/

Near the opera the pastries at the Cafe Museum are very nice indeed. The Esterhazy torte is

one of our favorites. It's in the Operngasse, a block from the opera (and right by the Akademie

der bildenden Künste, which has a small gallery with a Bosch Last Judgment that is really

something to see). The cafe was originally designed by Adolf Loos in a style of modernist

reaction against Jugendstil and ornament; it was then remodeled in a warmer style by a later

architect. The management tried to restore it to its original Loos appearance, but patrons made

such an uproar about the austerity of the decor (and, we gather, the hard, wooden seats) that it

was re-re-redecorated back! A great story and really fabulous pastries.

Unger und Klein (Attractive wine bar with excellent Austrian wines, as well as cheese and

salami small plates)

Gölsdorfgasse 2, 1010 Wien

+43 1 5321323

http://www.ungerundklein.at/

For wine lovers, there is an attractive wine bar (they also have cheese and salami small plates)

called Unger und Klein where you can try some very good Austrian wines. The hills around

Vienna are full of wineries, and along the Danube out of town the Wachau valley is a big wine

area. Gruner Veltliner wines are typical of Austria, but there is also a Viennese wine called a

Gemischter Satz that is quite nice (it's made of a mix of grapes, but they're all grown together on

a single hill). This wine is pretty particular not only to Austria but to Vienna and Styria, another

Austrian province. Winery Christ is a local winery that makes very good wines as are Bernreiter

and Wieninger.

Do & Co (Contemporary, stylish)

Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Wien

+43 (1) 535 39 69

http://www.doco.com/deutsch/index_restaurants_de.htm

Contemporary, stylish

Zum Schwarzen Kameel (Traditional, refined)

Bognergasse 5, 1010 Wien

+43 (0)1 533 81 25 11

http://www.kameel.at/en_index.php

Traditional, refined

Fabios (Minimalist, Italian)

Tuchlauben 4-6, 1010 Vienna

+43 (0) 1 532 22 2

http://fabios.at/en/fabios-restaurant-bar-vienna.html

Minimalist, Italian