Konstantin Filippou Restaurant
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Restaurant Two Michelin Stars Tasting Menu Austrian Greek
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Two Michelin stars in the Innere Stadt, Austrian-Greek precision since 2013.
Imperial & Walkable
Innere Stadt
Vienna's imperial core, Stephansdom, Hofburg, kaffeehaus institutions, fine-dining anchors
Vienna's first district sits inside the Ringstraße and carries almost the entire imperial register, Stephansdom at the centre, the Hofburg palace complex one tram stop west, the Burgtheater and the Staatsoper bookending the Ring, the Graben and Kohlmarkt couture streets running between them. The kaffeehaus institutions that define the city are here: Demel, Sacher, Central, Hawelka, Landtmann. The fine-dining anchors that matter, Konstantin Filippou, Shiki, Tian, Yohm, sit within ten minutes' walk of each other. The traveller uses the 1. Bezirk for the booked-six-weeks-out dinner, the morning Melange at a marble-topped table that has been there since the 1870s, and the post-Staatsoper light supper. Inside the Ring everything is walkable; outside it the city becomes a different proposition.
Highlights
Stephansdom and the Hofburg Konstantin Filippou (2 Michelin stars) Café Central, Demel, Sacher, Hawelka, Landtmann Graben + Kohlmarkt couture mile
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Restaurant
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Shiki Restaurant
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Restaurant Two Michelin Stars Japanese Fine Dining Kaiseki
Silvio Nickol Gourmet Restaurant Restaurant
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Restaurant Two Michelin Stars Tasting Menu Wine Cellar
Two Michelin stars inside Palais Coburg, Austria's deepest wine cellar.
Tian Restaurant
One Michelin Star Michelin Green Star Vegetarian
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One Michelin star + Green Star, Europe's leading vegetarian fine-dining room.
Yohm Restaurant
One Michelin Star Pan Asian Tasting Menu
Edvard Restaurant
One Michelin Star Hotel Flagship Modern Austrian
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One Michelin star inside Hotel Kempinski Vienna, Marcus Riedel's modern Austrian.
Figlmüller Restaurant
Schnitzel Institution Since 1905 Four Generations
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The schnitzel that overhangs the plate since 1905, Wollzeile, the original house.
Plachutta Wollzeile Restaurant
Tafelspitz Institution Since 1993 Classic Vienna
The Tafelspitz address since 1993, Ewald Plachutta's defining boiled-beef room.
Zum Schwarzen Kameel Restaurant
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Restaurant Since 1618 Art Nouveau Interior Innere Stadt
Innere Stadt institution since 1618, Beethoven's grocer, now the Bognergasse brunch.
Anna Sacher Restaurant
Hotel Flagship Modern Viennese Formal Room
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Hotel Sacher's fine-dining flagship, modern Viennese, Staatsoper-side.
Amador Restaurant
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Restaurant Three Michelin Stars Tasting Menu Vaulted Wine Cellar
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Three Michelin stars in Döbling, Juan Amador's wine-cellar tasting menu since 2019.
Gasthaus Pöschl Restaurant
Wirtshaus Innere Stadt Tafelspitz
Innere Stadt Wirtshaus, the boiled-beef-and-horseradish kitchen for the audience without four hours.
Cafe
6 places
Café Central Cafe
Kaffeehaus Since 1876 Unesco Heritage
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The Innere Stadt kaffeehaus since 1876, vaulted ceilings, Trotsky's chess table.
Demel Cafe
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Cafe Patisserie Since 1786 Imperial Court
Café Hawelka Cafe
Kaffeehaus Since 1939 Intellectual Hub
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Innere Stadt post-war intellectual kaffeehaus, Dorotheergasse, the night-Buchteln.
Café Landtmann Cafe
Kaffeehaus Since 1873 Ringstrasse
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Ringstraße kaffeehaus since 1873, the Burgtheater room, Freud's regular table.
Café Sacher Cafe
Kaffeehaus Since 1876 Sachertorte
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Sachertorte's owner of record since 1832, inside Hotel Sacher, opposite the Staatsoper.
Café Prückel Cafe
Kaffeehaus Since 1903 Haerdtl 1955 Interior
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Stubenring kaffeehaus since 1903, the 1950s interior intact, the live piano three nights.
Bar
2 places
Loos American Bar Bar
Cocktail Bar Adolf Loos 1908 National Monument
Adolf Loos's 1908 marble-and-mahogany cocktail bar, the smallest landmark in the 1.
Kruger's American Bar Bar
Cocktail Bar Since 1995 Leather Armchairs
Innere Stadt cocktail room since 1995, the night-after-the-opera anchor.
