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The 6 Best Restaurants in Austria
All 6 restaurants our route editors picked in Austria, across 3 destinations, gathered in one list. 1 spot on this list appears on more than one of our routes.
Our curated picks
6 restaurants in Austria, grouped by destination. Destinations with the most picks come first; this is not a ranking.
Vienna 3 picks
Figlmüller
Vienna · On our Prague, Vienna & Budapest route + 1 more
Known for oversized Wiener schnitzel since 1905.
Tip: Reserve ahead for the Wollzeile location.
Photo: Figlmüller – Restaurant Wollzeile · Google
Café Central
Vienna · On our Hallstatt, Salzburg & Vienna route
Vaulted coffee house in Palais Ferstel, open since 1876, for Melange and Apfelstrudel.
Tip: Expect a queue mid-morning; it moves quickly.
Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0
Café Sperl
Vienna · On our Prague, Vienna & Budapest route
Classic 1880 coffeehouse with billiard tables and slow, formal service.
Tip: Order a Melange and Sperl torte.
Photo: Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 3.0
Salzburg 2 picks
Café Tomaselli
Salzburg · On our Hallstatt, Salzburg & Vienna route
Coffee house on the Alter Markt since the early 1700s; waitresses bring cakes round the room on trays.
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0St. Peter Stiftskulinarium
Salzburg · On our Hallstatt, Salzburg & Vienna route
Restaurant in the rock walls of St. Peter's Abbey, in business for more than a thousand years; hosts Mozart dinner concerts.
Hallstatt 1 pick
Gasthof Zauner
Hallstatt · On our Hallstatt, Salzburg & Vienna route
Family-run inn on the Marktplatz known for grilled lake char and Austrian classics.
How we picked these
Every entry is a stop on at least one of TripsCircle's hand-curated routes, chosen by our route editors, who wrote the reason to go shown with each place. These are our curated picks, not a scored ranking: we haven't rated or reviewed them against each other. The list is grouped by destination, and within each destination places that appear on more routes come first.
Prices ($ to $$$$) and visit lengths are rough guides from our route notes, not quotes. Check opening hours before you go.
About this list
How did you choose the restaurants in Austria?
Each one is a stop on a TripsCircle route that our editors built by hand, and each comes with a written reason to go. This page shows all 6 of them. They are curated picks, not a ranked score.
Which part of Austria has the most restaurants on this list?
Vienna has the most (3 of 6), followed by Salzburg (2) and Hallstatt (1).
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