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Gaumenspiel
Gaumenspiel is an immaculate, modern Beisl . The food is international with a heavy Mediterranean influence - try spinach dumplings with Parmesan and beetroot soup with Greek yoghurt - and cooked with professionalism and care. The service is attentive without being overbearing. There's a sense of calm and informality about the chalkboard menu, light decor and handful of streetside tables in summer. Reservations are recommended for dinner.
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Halle
Managed by the owners of Motto, Halle is the resident eatery of the Kunsthalle. The interior has plenty of optical tricks, like cylindrical lamps and low tables, and the kitchen churns out antipastos, pastas, salads and Asian dishes to eager tourists and Vienna's 'see and be seen' crowd. On steamy summer days, it's usually a fight for an outside table between the Kunsthalle and MUMOK.
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Meinl am Graben
Among the top five restaurants in the country, Meinl am Graben combines masterful cuisine with an unrivalled wine list and views of the Graben. Head chef Joachim Gradwohl creates a daily menu of inviting dishes with delicate Mediterranean sauces and sweet aromas; the ingredients come directly from the city's best gourmet supermarket just downstairs. Waiters are professional to a fault, but the atmosphere is surprisingly relaxed and easy-going.
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Motto
A fusion of Asian, Austrian and Italian cuisine drives Motto's popularity. The likes of garlic chicken with mango, papaya, and tomato salsa, and grilled prawns on Asian spinach salad entice, but it's the fillet steaks (with chocolate-chilli sauce and mashed potatoes, no less) that win the day. Motto has been 'in' ( particularly with the gay crowd) for years; reservations are recommended. Enter through the forbidding chrome door on Rüdigergasse.
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Podium
At this designer restaurant and bar in the fashionable Neubau district, you can sit in the lollipop chairs near the floor-to-ceiling windows or nestle into one of the big, comfy couches in the rear. Podium offers a small but imaginative menu which on some days can range from hamburgers to pumpkin curry with basmati rice. The crowd, which often just drops in for a drink and a chat, is artsy and cultured.
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Restaurant World
Restaurant World's menu is an inviting mix of Caribbean and Sri Lankan cuisine that includes spicy curries and filling noodle dishes. Vegetarian choices abound and vegans can dine here quite happily. The coconut bread will have you asking for the recipe, as will the mango lassi and mango cake. The restaurant owners are some of the most affable in the city, and children are more than welcome.
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Schon Schön
Dining is a social experience at this new Neubau eatery. With only one table (seating 24), it's hard to avoid your fellow diners and this helps the conversation flow freely. The imaginative cuisine changes daily but invariably includes a handful of vegetarian and meat or fish dishes (grilled bass with zucchini risotto, and Palatschinke with vegetables on the day we visited) presented with a designer's touch.
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Tancredi
This former Beisl attracts an affluent clientele with lovingly prepared regional and fish specialities, seasonal fare (the chef lazily but confidently told us 'it's a mix of cuisines, but generally what's in season'), bio (organic) products and an extensive range of Austrian wines. The surrounds are warm, pastel-yellow walls, stripped-back wooden floors, fittings from yesteryear and a tree-shaded garden that fills up quickly in summer.
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Zum Schwarzen Kameel
Zum Schwarzen Kameel is a strange combination of deli/sandwich shop and highbrow wine bar. The high-society set who frequents this place normally nibble on sandwiches at the bar while pondering which Achterl (glass of wine) to select from the lengthy list. Soups are available to go while more substantial dishes are offered in the wood-panelled dining area upstairs.
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