Best gasthauses in Vienna: 14 places with Viennese cuisine

Viennese cuisine rests on schnitzel, Tafelspitz and a dining room without rush. Finding such a place is harder than it seems: near the main sights you are more likely to find tourist menus than home-style recipes. We have rounded up Vienna's Gasthäuser and restaurants where Viennese cuisine is taken seriously.

The selection includes breaded veal from an open kitchen, a handwritten menu, and Austrian classics served tapas-style. First, a table for quick selection, then a separate card for each place: address, opening days and what to order.

Check the hours on the restaurant's website before heading out.

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How to choose a Gasthaus in Vienna

💡 In short:

• Go to the first district for the classics, to Wieden and Margareten for creative cooking.
• Book a table for the evening: dining rooms are small and demand from locals is high.
• Bring cash for Gasthaus Woracziczky: cards are not accepted there.
• Check the day of the week, some places are closed on Sunday and Monday.
• Addresses and opening days: 09/2026, verified on 12.09.2026 on the restaurants' own websites.

Below are fourteen places, from the open kitchen of Meissl & Schadn to the family brewery Medl Bräu in Penzing. The table will help you choose quickly, and the cards contain the address, opening days and a dish recommendation.

1. Meissl & Schadn

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The schnitzel here is pounded right in the dining room. The rhythmic pounding from the open kitchen is audible from the entrance, and it is the best signal: veal at Meissl & Schadn is taken seriously. The menu covers the entire Viennese canon, from Wiener Schnitzel and Tafelspitz to Paprikahendl, chicken cooked Hungarian style.

For those who do not eat meat, there is a vegetarian Tafelspitz, and for dessert you will be served Salzburger Nockerl, apple strudel or Powidltascherl with plum jam. The kitchen is open daily, and a second location is open in Salzburg, so you can get the same schnitzel there too.

• Address and hours: Schubertring 10-12, 1010 Wien, daily (as of 09/2026, meisslundschadn.at).
• Who it's for: you want a classic veal schnitzel in the first district.
• The catch: without an evening reservation, you may not get a table here.

2. Schlawiener

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Schlawiener on Pressgasse takes Viennese classics and serves them in a new way. You start with Korean Fried Bröselkarfiol, continue with milk-fed veal schnitzel and finish with airy Kaiserschmarrn. The dining room is modern, without old-Vienna dust and with open plating.

Those looking for strict classics will not go wrong either: the menu includes Frittatensuppe, Beef Tatar and Spinatknöderl. For dinner they offer natural wines and Pet Nat, plus a long list of aperitifs and cocktails.

• Address: Pressgasse 29, 1040 Wien (Wieden).
• Menu and hours: www.schlawiener.wtf.
• The catch: some dishes are a creative take on the classics, not a museum recipe.

3. Stuwer

Stuwer on Stuwerstraße 47 calls its cuisine Austrian with an international outlook. Owner Roland Soyka runs the format of a new Viennese Gasthaus: everything is made in-house, and products come primarily from Austria. There is also a second location, more on that below.

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The menu has hand-cut beef tartare, veal or pork schnitzel, and Stuwer Schmarrn with rum raisins and Zwetschkenröster. The langos variations are a story of their own: they're worth ordering if you're tired of schnitzel and want something simpler.

• Address: Stuwerstraße 47, 1020 Wien (Leopoldstadt).
• Website: stuwer.com.
• The catch: the kitchen takes an international approach, so there's less strict Viennese classics on the menu.

4. Gasthaus Woracziczky

From the outside, Gasthaus Woracziczky on Spengergasse looks unremarkable. Inside, you'll find home-style Viennese cooking and a lively, communal atmosphere that you wouldn't guess from the street. The menu is handwritten, so take your time reading it, but the dishes change with the seasons.

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Go the classic route: Frittatensuppe, then Backhendl, then Palatschinken. In summer, tables are set up in a Schanigarten right in the lane, and dinner turns into an evening at a friend's place. Don't worry about the gasthaus name: there's an explanation on the website.

• Address and hours: Spengergasse 52, 1050 Wien, weekdays only, closed Saturday and Sunday (as of 09/2026, woracziczky.at).
• The catch: cash only, and not everyone can decipher the handwritten menu.

5. DAST Restaurant

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DAST has moved, but the kitchen remains Austrian. The main difference from the others on this list is the presentation: every dish comes as a tapa, so you get to try many items at once without having to choose between them.

Small portions include hausgebeizte Hühnerleber, Entenbrust, Grammelknöderl, and gebratener Ziegenkäse. Desserts are also tapas, so you won't have to choose between Topfenknödel, Mohnnudeln, and Schokoküchlein at all. Drinks, by the way, come in regular portions.

• Address and hours: Lacknergasse 100/29, entrance from Schulgasse 85, 1180 Wien; Tuesday through Saturday, Saturday brunch during the day, closed Sunday and Monday (as of 09/2026, restaurant-dast.at).
• Who it's for: you want to try everything at once at one table.
• The catch: tapas portions are small, so you'll need several for a full meal.

6. Wiener Stadtbräu

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Wiener Stadtbräu is on Graben and is open year-round, seven days a week. It's a convenient spot if you're walking around the center and don't want to go anywhere else: the dining room welcomes guests every day, including holidays.

The menu features Viennese veal schnitzel fried in clarified butter, Backhendl, goulash, and Tafelspitz. If you're skipping meat, go for the Krautfleckerl, and for fish there's gebackener Kabeljau. For dessert, you'll be offered apple strudel or Sachertorte, and both options end the meal properly.

• Address: Graben 29a, 1010 Wien (first district).
• Website: stadtbraeu.at.
• The catch: it's right in the center, so the dining room is full of tourists.

7. Ef16 Restaurant

ef16 on Fleischmarkt focuses on the details: presentation, table, plate. The menu places Viennese classics and Italian dishes side by side, so a group with different tastes will agree without arguments. In summer, a Gastgarten in the inner courtyard is added to the dining room.

Go for the veal schnitzel or pasta, start with the creative appetizers, and save room for dessert. The format works for both a business lunch and a relaxed evening when you want everything to look polished.

• Address and hours: Fleischmarkt 16, 1010 Wien, Monday through Saturday, closed Sunday (as of 09/2026, ef16.at).
• The catch: closed on Sunday, so plan your dinner ahead.

8. Restaurant Fromme Helene

Fromme Helene sits in Josefstadt behind the town hall and keeps its old-Viennese character: an old dining room, a dense menu, honest portions. Start with the soup with liver dumplings or with pancake strips, and from there the choice is genuinely wide.

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The menu has turkey, beef, veal, pork, and fish. For vegetarians there are gebackenes Gemüse, hausgemachte Pierogi, Eiernockerl, and Krautfleckerl. Save room for dessert: the warm chocolate-nut soufflé with chocolate sauce and whipped cream is ordered here more often than anything else.

• Address and hours: Josefstädter Straße 15, 1080 Wien, daily (as of 09/2026, frommehelene.at).
• Who it's for: you want an old-Viennese dining room and a wide choice of dishes.

9. Café Restaurant Markt58

Café Restaurant Markt58 sits on Marktgasse in Alsergrund and keeps its kitchen market-driven: ingredients are bought fresh, the menu changes. On weekdays they serve a lunch menu of soup and a main course, with or without meat, so you eat quickly and efficiently.

On Thursdays they make Backhendl, and in season they serve goose as a full festive menu that the city knows about. The menu features Frittatensuppe, pork belly with onion-potato mash, Eiernockerl, and Marillenknödel.

• Address and hours: Marktgasse 58, 1090 Wien; Tuesday through Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday (as of 09/2026, markt58.gusti.at).
• The catch: if you're more than 15 minutes late, your table goes to someone else (rules on the website).

10. Café Anzengruber

Café Anzengruber in Wieden is a café, bar, and restaurant all at once. The pork schnitzel here is considered one of the best in the city. The meat is pounded thin, the portion arrives huge, and it reaches your table faster than you can finish reading the menu.

Alongside Viennese classics, the kitchen also prepares Bohemian dishes, and one portion is enough for two. The atmosphere is homey, like an old living room: wooden tables, dimmed lighting, familiar faces at the neighboring tables.

• Address: Schleifmühlgasse 19, 1040 Wien (Wieden).
• Website: anzengruber.cafe.
• The catch: the café, bar, and restaurant share one room, so don't expect a quiet dinner here.

11. Zur Herknerin

Zur Herknerin operates in Wieden under the motto "Die Küche mit dem großen Herz", meaning a kitchen with a big heart. Owner Stefanie Herkner grew up among the pots and pans of her parents' Gasthaus, so she cooks the way it was done at home.

The dining room occupies a former plumbing business, and the interior turned out warm and unlike any other place on this list. The weekly menu includes Spinatknödel with brown butter and homemade strudel for dessert.

• Address: Wiedner Hauptstraße 36, 1040 Wien (Wieden).
• Website: zurherknerin.at.
• The catch: the menu is weekly, so not every dish is available every day.

12. Zum Renner

Zum Renner sits on Nussdorfer Platz and operates under the motto "food like grandma's". They've kept that promise for over a century: the room values Viennese hospitality over rushing, and you can feel it the moment you walk in.

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The menu includes Schweinsbraten, Backhendl, Wiener schnitzel, Tafelspitz, and homemade Mehlspeisen. People come here for a substantial lunch, not for trendy presentation, so the portions are home-style and without theatrics.

• Address and hours: Nussdorfer Platz 4, 1190 Wien, Tuesday through Sunday (as of 09/2026, zum-renner.at).
• The catch: it's in Döbling, so you take a tram from the center.

13. Medl Bräu

Medl Bräu is a Gasthaus with its own brewery in Penzing. With their beer, they serve the kind of food you normally only get at family gatherings: Schweinsbraten, Rindsgulasch, Rauchspeckbrot. The menu is simple, hearty, and free of big-city experiments.

Start with Extrawurst in vinegar and oil or with Eierspeise and Grammeln on bread, then go for the gebackener Emmentaler. All of it tastes even better in the garden: the Gastgarten is open every day, and in the evening whole families sit there.

• Address and hours: Linzer Straße 275, 1140 Wien; the garden is open daily (as of 09/2026, medl-braeu.gusti.at).
• The catch: Penzing is on the outskirts, so getting there from the center takes time.

14. Figls

Figls belongs to the Figlmüller family, so the bar for Viennese cuisine is high here. The dining room in Grinzing keeps the kitchen above average: the classics are all there, and the presentation is more modern than in the old Gasthäuser.

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Alongside the classics, the menu has vegetarian and vegan options, such as a plant-based Wiener schnitzel and Kärntner Kasnudeln. The desserts are a reason to come on their own, even if you have already chosen your main course.

• Address and hours: Grinzinger Straße 55, 1190 Wien, daily (as of 09/2026, figls.at).
• The catch: for Figls you travel to Grinzing, which is not the center.

If you want to try more in one evening, check out the Vienna food tours below.

⁉️🤔 Frequently asked questions

Where in Vienna can I order schnitzel made from veal rather than pork?

The classic veal version is served at Meissl & Schadn, Wiener Stadtbräu, ef16, and Fromme Helene. At Wiener Stadtbräu the veal is fried in clarified butter, and at ef16 the schnitzel comes with Italian starters. Café Anzengruber makes its schnitzel from pork, and the portion there is the largest on the list.

What is closed on Sundays and Mondays?

ef16 is closed on Sundays, and DAST is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Gasthaus Woracziczky is closed on Saturdays and Sundays, and Markt58 is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Schedules change, so check the day of the week on the restaurant's website before you go.

Where in Vienna do they accept cards, and where do you need cash?

Cash is mandatory at Gasthaus Woracziczky: they do not accept cards at all. At the other places on this list, check on site or by phone, because there is no universal rule in Viennese Gasthäuser and payment depends on the establishment.

Where should you go if you don't eat meat?

Meissl & Schadn has a vegetarian Tafelspitz, Wiener Stadtbräu has Krautfleckerl, and Figls has a plant-based schnitzel and Kärntner Kasnudeln. Fromme Helene makes gebackenes Gemüse, pierogi, Eiernockerl, and Krautfleckerl. That is enough to keep a vegetarian from ending up with just a side dish.

Where can you eat Viennese cuisine near the center?

In the first district, that means Meissl & Schadn on Schubertring, Wiener Stadtbräu on Graben, and ef16 on Fleischmarkt. From Wieden, Schlawiener and Café Anzengruber are close to the center, and from there you can walk to the Opera. Plan farther-out addresses like Medl Bräu and Figls for a separate evening.

In short: what's worth booking

If you have one evening in the center, book Meissl & Schadn: the schnitzel is pounded right in the dining room, and you can walk there from the Opera. If you want to try many dishes at once, get a table at DAST. If an old dining room and a handwritten menu matter to you, your place is Gasthaus Woracziczky. If you are already in Döbling, stop by Zum Renner or Figls.

For food tours in Vienna, check GetYourGuide, and for hotels near the first district, see Trip.com.