Mardi Gras and other Vienna, Austria Restaurant Reviews

Restaurant Name: Mardi Gras

The serving portions are HUGE! Great food (very tastey), awesome beer, and a beautiful view of the Danube and hills beyond Vienna. VT's Agata_K (a pair of sisters from Toronto named Agata and Marta) joined me for a fun dinner here on Tuesday 31 July. This one waiter, Murli, was so funny - the owner took a photo of us three with Murli, who we claim to be the best waiter in the world. The atmosphere, drinks, food, and jokes are worth your ATS 100!

Favorite Dish: Schnitzel with mushroom sauce and rice; tuna fish salad.

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Theme: Other

Directions: Right at Donauinsel U-bahn Station (Copa Kagrana). It's the restaurant with the large wooden patio overlooking the Blue Danube.

Restaurant Name: Seoul

A great cultural experience if you take a person from that particular country with you. The food and service are great. Makes you want to board a plane to South Korea. After a spectacular lunch, you won't need to eat dinner!

Favorite Dish: For a heavy lunch: Kimchi, Pajeon, different kinds of sashimi, chapcha, and rice tea.

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Theme: Other

Directions: Take the U1 to Vorgartenstrasse station, and walk upstairs. It's right on Praterstrasse.

Restaurant Name: Garten Heurigenwirt

Garten Heurigenwirt, for traditional Austrian food
A true Heurigen in the 22nd district, away from where the tourists hang out. Intimate ambiance to enjoy a hearty Austrian meal.

Favorite Dish: The best Sauerkraut in Vienna, as rated by many colleagues who work at the Vienna International Centre. During Sturm Season, be sure to visit this lovely place and enjoy a few bottles of red and white Sturm (young wines from regional vineyards).

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Theme: Wine Bar/Wine Tasting

Directions: Kagraner Platz, just a few meters away from my doorstep! Take the U1 to Kagran station and then take the 23A or 24A buses to Kagraner Platz. Walk east towards the Museum.

Restaurant Name: Hotel Sacher Café

Hotel Sacher Café, home of the Original Sacher Torte
A piece of Sacher Torte (ATS 60), which is a rich chocolate covered apricot flavoured cake, is simply fantastic after an evening stoll along Kaerntnerstrasse. What is more Viennese than eating a piece of the world-famous Sacher Torte, at the Sacher Hotel, across the Vienna State Opera House, and sipping a tiny but tastey Melange? At this café/restaurant, there is also a great assortment of Austrian delicacies for any meal of the day. The decor is also baroque-fabulous, all in impressive red and gold!

Favorite Dish: The Original Sacher Torte (some people say that the Demel Cafe, near the Hofburg, was the orginator of the Sacher Torte ... you decide who to believe)

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Theme: Dessert

Directions: Right at the Sacher Hotel on Philharmonikerstrasse, across the State Opera House.

Restaurant Name: Maria's Roses

Upstairs is a spacious restaurant decorated in traditional Mexican style. Downstairs you will find the bar and dance floor. I remember this place well because my friends, Clare and Simone, pulled me up on stage and we did a Charlie's Angels routine in front of everyone.

Favorite Dish: Mexican food galore - and affordable too!

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Theme: Other

Directions: Just inside the Ring, between Stadtpark and Stuebentor U-bahn Stations. You'll find a bunch of interesting bars in this section, including '1516'.

Restaurant Name: Schweizerhaus

The restaurant is half pub/half restaurant, with plenty of seating inside and outside. The food is excellent and is really a local place where not many tourists come to eat. For meat eaters only!!

Favorite Dish: Try the "Champignons mit Tartar" - deep-fried battered mushrooms with tartar sauce. The Wiener Schnitzel is also excellent here and is served with traditional Kartoffelsalat. Another good thing to try is the Schweinstelze, which is a full kilogram of roasted pork thigh. With anything you order, be sure to order a huge mug of local beer.

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Theme: Local
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Directions: In the Prater Amusement Grounds.

Restaurant Name: Indochine 21

Very fine restaurant headed up by the former Hilton Hong Kong's Head Chef.

Favorite Dish: Try the 6-part degustation by Wini. The prawn curry was the spiciest I'd ever tasted. Make sure you drink Gruener Veltliner with your meal to temper the hotness of the dish.

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Theme: Pan-Asian and Pacific Rim
Comparison: most expensive
Prices: US$41 and up  » Currency Converter
Address: Stubenring
Directions: Near to Stubentor on the Ring.