Krems an der Donau
The 'Emperor of Austria' is one of Krems' most well-loved upmarket restaurants. Interiors recall a hunting lodge, which sets the scene for menus built…
Must-see restaurants in Lower Austria & Burgenland
The Danube Valley
Situated 1.5km east of Dürnstein’s centre, this traditional, family-run restaurant inside a Biedermeier, 400-year-old vaulted cellar serves up creative…
Neusiedler See
This lovely old restaurant has been serving some of the best regional cooking around for over two decades. The inner garden, with its trees and country…
Lower Austria
Breakfast or brunch, dinner or drinks, this impressive, 21st-century restaurant-bar does it all right in the centre of town. The range of food on offer…
Burgenland
This smart restaurant shares the former gatehouse of Schloss Esterházy with its sister wine bar Selektion. It's an atmospheric space to graze or dine,…
Neusiedler See
Set in an 18th-century town house, and with a shaded courtyard, noted winemaker Peter Schandl serves up a menu that's beyond usual cellar-door fare…
Krems an der Donau
This stylish student restaurant and bar injects a bit of life into the otherwise very quiet university campus and has become the place in the area to meet…
Krems an der Donau
Occupying a gorgeous stone house, Jell is hard to beat for a rustic atmosphere and fine wine from its own vineyard. Its friendly staff also adds to a…
Neusiedler See
If you are going to eat anywhere in Rust, make it this rustic wine spot on the main street. Not only is the pay-by-weight buffet brimming with delicious…
The Danube Valley
This upmarket place retains the charm of its past life as a village inn. Fittingly Austrian classics are served here, but updated with a contemporary eye…
Restaurant & Hotel Schloss Grafenegg
The Danube Valley
This traditional hotel restaurant, with an atmospherically retro interior, is owned by celebrity chef and winemaker Toni Mörwald and is known for its…
Lower Austria
The menu changes every two weeks at this simple, arty restaurant, with the focus on regional dishes made from whatever happens to be freshest. A whole…
Lower Austria
The name suggests a traditional tavern, but this postmillenium eatery in the Landhausviertel is anything but, and is aimed firmly at lunching bureaucrats …
Lower Austria
The rather knowingly nostalgic MOKA just doesn't do poppy-seed cake, but a whole range of poppy-seed cakes. These include white poppy seed, poppy seed…
The Danube Valley
Attracting the day-tripper crowd, this centrally located Heuriger-style place offers local wine – lots of Veltliner – and a long menu of snacks and hearty…
Krems an der Donau
For some good, filling local food, a 9am beer or a salady lunch, head to this Krems institution on the main drag through town where you can enjoy veal…
Neusiedler See
One of the best places for a light lunch of local cheese or venison sausages or an evening wine tasting with something more substantial (schnitzel,…
Burgenland
Entering the Hofpassage, a pretty courtyard off Hauptstrasse, you are greeted by a large plastic pig, but have no fear – this is no rural-themed,…
Krems an der Donau
Housed in an old salt store, this well-established restaurant has been banging down local favourites such as pike-perch, goulash and grilled chicken for…
Lower Austria
This grandmother's parlour of a restaurant plates up a lunch menu for €7.50 and often uses organic beef from the Waldviertel. Specialises in classics…
Burgenland
Duck into this microbrewery and restaurant for some of the best-value eating in town. Culinary classics such as schnitzel and goulash are complemented by…
Burgenland
With its slick interior, dreamily tranquil garden, Austro-Italian menu and location in a rapidly modernising part of town, this is a good choice for a…
Krems an der Donau
Proving that locally sourced doesn't have to mean pricey, this bistro that spills out onto pedestrianised Obere Landstrasse is full from start to finish…
The Danube Valley
This lovely, old, forest dining room serves up a selection of platters, a hot lunch dish and homemade cakes and pastries. Sit out in the garden with a…
Burgenland
With the door stickers to prove its foody Kredenzials, this courtyard bistro-style eatery serves a brief menu of internationally flavoured dishes but it…
The Danube Valley
This traditional and understated restaurant is in the hotel of the same name on Melk's main drag. Tafelspitz (prime boiled beef), Wiener schnitzel, local…
Neusiedler See
In a converted wine cellar, Purbach's top place to eat is a 21st-century, gourmet-style affair where plates are stacked with seasonal, local food in…
Burgenland
This cool little all-day cafe by a swimming lake has a food service at lunchtime and in the evenings from 6pm. Whether you're swimming or not, it's a…
Lower Austria
Galerie serves delicious, if pricey, Viennese cuisine and has a great wine list, especially for Italian and French vintages. Although Wiener schnitzel isn…
Lower Austria
This cosily curtained eatery, tucked away beneath the arcading of the Rathaus, serves affordable Austrian classics, including a choice of a small or large…
Lower Austria
In the shadow of the Dom, this Gasthöfe (restaurant) serves a range of Austrian classics in a Beisl (bistro pub) atmosphere. The beer garden out the back…
Lower Austria
This cafe, decked out in delightfully 1980s-meets-old-Vienna style, is where locals linger longer over a melange (a milky coffee) and the day's news. It's…
The Danube Valley
This traditional, quite formal restaurant serves excellent versions of trad dishes such as goulash and veal liver in a balsamic vinegar. Reserve ahead –…
Lower Austria
This eating-only, wood-clad mountain hut, along the rail line, serves up mountain favourites like pork and dumplings and apple cake, along with wines and…
Burgenland
Enjoy a menu of traditional dishes as well as burgers at this castle restaurant. The dining room holds 300 diners, prices are reasonable and there's a…
Lower Austria
The town's Hauptplatz standard is a delightful old dame with a gem of a mid-20th-century interior and formal waiters serving Austrian classics.
The Danube Valley
Right at the foot of the Stift, this popular cafe serving pastas, strudel, chilli con carne and other international dishes.
Burgenland
If you came to Eisenstadt to eat Tex-Max food at 2am, this is the place to do it. On Friday and Saturday a DJ works the crowd.
