Innsbruck
For properly creamy homemade gelato, Tomaselli comes up trumps – and the queues in summer testify to this. Flavours swing from cranberry and green apple…
Must-see restaurants in Austria
Villach
This lounge and restaurant is a perfect place to hang out at any time of day. Enjoy salads, steaks, burgers and a tipple inside or outdoors on the modern…
Innsbruck
This no-frills Italian bistro has a great buzz, alongside huge pizzas, fresh salads and healthy pasta dishes. The sunny terrace is a favourite spot in…
Prater & East of the Danube
This deli-cafe makes the most of farm-fresh and organic produce. It sells picnic goodies like cheeses, salamis, preserves and Marillen (apricot) liqueur.
Schloss Belvedere to the Canal
Portugal's irresistible pastéis de nata (crisp egg custard tarts) are the big deal at Nata Lisboa. They go excellently with a strong espresso.
Graz
Yamamoto is a refreshingly authentic Japanese-owned restaurant. The sushi and sashimi are fresh and the udon, soba and ramen dishes pull in a crowd.
Salzburg
Grab a cone at Salzburg’s best ice-cream parlour, where flavours include salted peanut, caramel and passion fruit. There are also vegan options.
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 Salzkammergut
Alm-Stadl Schwarzensee, one of a couple of restaurants located by the remote and picturesque Schwarzensee, serves delicious smoked lake trout.
Styria
Riegler is the most popular of the traditional restaurants in town and has outdoor seating on a terrace overlooking the Mur River in summer.
The Salzkammergut
Drop in for coffee and a slice of delicious apple strudel with crispy pastry, best enjoyed on the terrace alongside the Kurpark in summer.
Innsbruck
Fresh-baked bread, Tyrolean cheese, organic fruit, smoked ham and salami – it’s all under one roof at this riverside covered market.
The Danube Valley
Right at the foot of the Stift, this popular cafe serving pastas, strudel, chilli con carne and other international dishes.
Pizzeria Restaurant Platzhirsch
Styria
Serves some good eat-in and takeaway pizzas, pasta dishes and Austrian classics.
Styria
Centrally located and serving earthy Styrian classics, including the local beef.
Vienna
Delicious felafel, hummus and salads served with warm pita bread are the keys to Maschu Maschu’s success. This branch on Rabensteig, with its few tables …
Vienna
Painted cherry-red, this small dining space is an intimate setting for 'surprise menus' using fresh market ingredients. Dietary requirements can usually…
Vienna
This little cafe is a fine pick for wholesome fare. In addition to a great self-serve muesli bar with fresh fruit and yoghurt, it rustles up tasty bagels,…
Vienna
Mix and match from an international range of breakfasts at this compact New York–style breakfast joint on lively Schleifmühlgasse. The 'Vienna Special' of…
Vienna
The versatile resident restaurant of the Kunsthalle has a good buzz and optical tricks like cylindrical lamps and low tables. Alongside salads and…
Styria
A friendly rural restaurant with a nice good-weather terrace. Trout is its speciality, harvested from its own pond. It's located in Untertal and makes for…
Vienna
Yohm's black-clad waiters glide between tables as diners take in front-row views of Peterskirche. Here, enjoy contemporary pan-Asian dishes such as…
Vienna
This former girls-school gymnasium is now an art space, exhibition hall and cafe. Check out the wooden floorboards, rough concrete walls, second-hand…
Vienna
This cupcake parlour is a child's dream, with its pink-kissed walls, flowers and polka-dot crockery. The feather-light cupcakes with mascarpone toppings…
Graz
Set inside the evocative Renaissance Landhaus building, El Gaucho seems like an unlikely place to feast on succulent Argentine and local steaks (with…
Linz
On the 3rd floor of the Ars Electronica Center, this glass cube looking over the Danube to the south bank glows purple after dark. Seasonally inspired…
Salzburg
Bold colours and stag antler lights reveal architect Matteo Thun’s imprint at the Museum der Moderne’s ultra-sleek restaurant. There are special views…
Schloss Belvedere to the Canal
Cafe Menta cuts a nouveau-retro look, with mint-green walls and contemporary bistro seating. Mezze-style sharing plates are the way to go for a taste of…
Vienna
Friendly staff keep the good vibes and affordable food coming at this cosy, vaulted cafe. Viennese classics are complemented by pastas and risottos and…
Vienna
Unassuming Beisl Gastwirtschaft Wratschko, with mottled moss-green windows, heavy wood panelling and dim lighting, was a Viennese haunt of the late chef…
Vienna
Burgers at this small, alternative joint include meat varieties like Ötscherblick pulled pork, and vegetarian options such as the Watermelon Baby (grilled…
Vienna
If you choose carefully in the evening or take advantage of the lunch dishes, Gu can be a very inexpensive way to fill up on noodles, rice and pan-Asian…
Graz
Cafe Mitte is a cross between a pan-Asian cafe-restaurant, a cocktail bar and simply a place where you might linger for a drink with friends. The large…
Prater & East of the Danube
The cheesecakes, strudels and brownies at this relaxed retro cafe don’t skimp on the fat and sugar (Fett und Zucker). Wholesome vegetarian snacks like…
Vienna
This buzzy diner is bright, open, uncomplicated and highly relaxed, while the service is quick and attentive. Noodles (either fried or in soup) are the…
Upper Austria
A fine choice for a bite to eat is slick bistro Seven, with a people-watching terrace on the Silberzeile and a large, elongated dining room where you can…
The Salzkammergut
Although the dishes are pretty much straight-up-and-down and offer few surprises, Taverna Corfu is a quite decent alternative to Austrian cuisine, and…
Vienna
This Neubau outpost of the Maschu Maschu minichain is a fully fledged restaurant with sunny streetside seating – when the weather’s playing along – and a…
Linz
Set around an arcaded inner courtyard, Alte Welt serves hearty fare, such as veal heart with bread dumplings or roast pork, and good-value two-course…
Vienna
If you're craving some spice, you could do worse than stopping by this sweet 'n' simple, wallet-friendly Vietnamese bolthole for a steaming bowl of phở …
