Restaurants

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For the ones who appreciate healthy food I suggest a bio restaurant located on a side street just a minute away from the Votiv church.

They offer a wide selection of dishes for a healthy lifestyle as well also 2 daily menus (a fish/meat and a vegetarian). Menus include also a base soup and a delicious salad from the buffet (beetroot, chickpeas, lentils or even millet are some of the many salad ingredients)! There is also a student menu version- a little smaller and cheaper. You can also taste there yummy home-made desserts! Menus are just in German language but friendly staff will help you out! The food there is really tasty. I love the vegetarian and vegan dishes. The food is fresh … no frozen stuff or microwaves

To complete this home flavour, the interior is very cosy. It’s a small place in the “basement” of a house – its windows are tiny, wooden furniture in old style gives a character to the place! There isn’t one eating room but a divided space in 2 levels! It’s a calm and relaxed place where besides eating you can also find some books on a shelf and read just like in your living room!

In the same street a few meters away there is a shop from the same owner selling ayurvedish and bio products. You find there from food stuff to hygienic products (also cosmetics). And also a bar with some food and snacks!

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Regenbogen Stube | Shopping, Restaurants (Vegetarian) | Menu € 7.80
Schwarzspanierstraße 18 | Inner districts | +439617168
Mon – Fri 10:00 – 21:00

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Located in the inner districts, it can be a good choice if you don’t want to meet (other) tourists on the neighbor table. Wratschko is a local old style pub/restaurant where you can have a plate of good tasty food.

It is quite traditional and probably not appealing if you look for something hip or trendy! The inside is rather simple but very nice and cozy. The worn wooden tables, the low ceilings, the lamps, the white translucent glass panels and the simple decoration makes you believe that you are in the countryside in the 50′s! Menus are written by hand which I think is also pretty charming and fits the picture of being a traditional and a unique place.

The dishes are of course also traditional. They are cooked with local and fresh bio products. It can take a little longer to be served but you can be sure it is all carefully prepared. The Wratschko is a proper Wiener pub, the way you can imagine it!

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Clemens Wratschko | Bars, Snacks, Restaurants (Austrian)
Neustiftgasse 51 | Inner districts | +4315237161
Mon – Fri 17:00 – 01:00

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In the heart of the 7th district there is the Nil, an Oriental cafe. It’s a pretty nice place though it is located on a busy street with a tram line! The big window glass panels on the street façade reduce the distance between interior and exterior. Plenty of light gets in as well as the liveliness of the street.

I usually go there to enjoy myself with the fantastic Arab cuisine – falafel and hummus are delicious and the salads are always fresh. Like the food, the mint tea is also amazing which is done with fresh mint like the original one from North Africa! The waitresses are relaxed too, which sometimes can lead to longer waiting times as a consequence. In those situations I end up reading one of the newspapers or a magazines that they have there!

The decoration is somehow minimalistic: simple small wooden tables in an old and clean design, and several lamps well organized all over the place. I like it!

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Nil | Coffee & tea, Restaurants (Oriental)
Siebensterngasse 39 | Inner districts
10:00 – 00:00 daily

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The name says it all, experience a bit of the French flair in Vienna. In fact the concept and inspiration were based on a small cafe from Toulouse. After years of living in France the owner returned to Austria and took his favorite place with him to Vienna!

The main dish in Cafe der Provinz is undoubtedly crepes. Unlike the traditional French recipe, in this cafe the crepes are made of a mixture of 2 different flours (Spelt and Buckwheat) which makes a darker and healthier version as it contains higher protein and nutrition substances. The same dough is used for the sweet and the savory crepes! So it is the filling what gives the sweet or savory “character” to them!

Saturdays and Sundays there is a brunch where you can eat as much as you want while you watch your crepes being prepared. The down side of it is that the place gets crowded quickly. I advise you to reserve a table as the place is quite small. Otherwise you might be waiting a long time!

Most of the time, outside of the weekends busy brunch hours, you can sit there enjoying a book. In the summer they also have outside seats which are very nice as it is a quiet area. In the back of the store books, teas and other small products can be found for sale.

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Cafe der Provinz | Bars, Coffee & tea, Restaurants (French) | Brunch € 11.50
Maria-Treu-Gasse 3 | Inner districts | +4319442272
08:00 – 23:00 daily

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Take the tram number 38 to the end station and experience the countryside within the city. Grinzing it is called. Just the area itself deserves a visit.

This neighbourhood is famous for its “Heuriger”. The word itself means “this year”. Heuriger are the typical Austrian wine taverns, where the winemakers serve their own productions from the most recent year.

The wine served is of course local and they must have a special license to sell it. Originally most of the foods offered in these places are cold dishes as they are not really restaurants. Nevertheless delicious homemade meat and bread spreads that go wonderfully with your glass of wine! Nowadays they offer also sometimes warm homemade dishes. Usually you can listen traditional life music.

Heuriger Zum Berger is a good choice! It has a very comfortable and familiar atmosphere. The courtyard is quite nice. If the weather allows you to sit in the courtyard you will enjoy it even more. You can combine your visit to a Heuriger with a walk through the vineyards, or a day trip to Kahlenberg, here are some suggested hiking paths.

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Zum Berger | Bars, Snacks, Restaurants (Trad.)
Himmelstraße 19 | Outer districts | +4313205893
Wed – Sat from 15:00, Sun from 11:00