New Reviews

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  Saiblingsschmaus at Borromäus

  As someone who prefers to remain seated at a crisp, tablecloth clad table whilst enjoying good food, the word "buffet" unfailingly sets alarm bells off in my head. When faced with the Imperial Riding School Renaissance Hotel Saiblingsschmaus spread on Ash Wednesday however these bells were quickly silenced.

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  Borromäus

  I’m a bit suspicious of restaurants in smart hotels. They always seem to me like those flagship stores in airports: A prestige loss-leader that everyone has to have, but one nobody really expects to turn over any business. After all, you don’t visit a city like Vienna and then have dinner in your hotel, do you?

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  Dinner in the dark

  Vienna based company "Vier Sinne" offer a unique experience with their "Dinner in the Dark" evenings. The name says it all as guests are invited to enjoy a normal restaurant experience, with one major difference - it is pitch black.

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  Hadikstüberl

  The initially unassuming Hadikstüberl, a testament to the traditional Beis'l culture in Vienna, is located in the fourteenth district of the capital, slap bang on the busy Hadikgasse.

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  Indochine 21

  Wini Brugger has become somewhat of a household name in the Viennese culinary scene since returning to the Austrian capital in 1999.

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  Kulinarium 7

  Located in Spittelberg, a trendy neighbourhood in Vienna's seventh district, full of narrow cobbled streets, Biedermeier buildings and bohemian flair, is the wine bar-cum-gourmet restaurant Kulinarium 7 where I enjoyed one of my favourite all-round culinary experiences in Vienna of late.

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  Le Salzgries

  I enjoyed perhaps my most pleasurable eating out experience of the last thirty years one Thursday evening at Le Salzgries.

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  Stylez

  With a list of 90 cocktails in uncommonly large glasses, daily happy hours and DJs, Stylez has perfected the post work watering hole.

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  The Pie Factory

  Bibiana Binstorfer and Caroline Aitken have taken on a truly noble challenge: Introducing the humble pie to Austria. And by both the sounds and the looks of it, on your average Tuesday afternoon, they are succeeding.