Best restaurants in Vienna 2026: 15 tables worth booking

The best restaurants in Vienna in 2026 come down to 15 addresses, from the city's two three-star dining rooms to a Gasthaus where a veal Wiener Schnitzel costs €26.50. If you book one table first, make it Steirereck in the Stadtpark, which the Michelin Guide Austria confirmed at three stars in March.

Vienna eats in two registers. There is the tasting-menu city, where the Michelin Guide Austria 2026, presented on 18 March, counts 18 starred restaurants: two with three stars, four with two and twelve with one. And there is the city of Beisln, coffee houses and sausage stands that we mapped in our guide on what to eat in Vienna. This list of the best restaurants in Vienna takes ten tables from the first register and five from the second, where the cooking is classic and the bill is lower.

Prices are per person for the food, before drinks, and come from the restaurants' own menus where they publish them. Austrian menu prices include VAT; some places add a cover charge, €9 at Konstantin Filippou, and a tip of 5 to 10 per cent is customary.

In Vienna the cheapest two-star menu costs €188.88, and you only see the ingredients in advance.

Best restaurants in Vienna to book first: Steirereck, Landstraße

Heinz and Birgit Reitbauer's restaurant sits in a steel-and-glass pavilion in the Stadtpark, at Am Heumarkt 2a. Michelin gave it a third star in January 2025 and kept it in 2026. Michael Bauböck runs the kitchen with Heinz Reitbauer, much of the produce comes from the family's farm at Pogusch in Styria, and the bread and cheese trolleys are part of the meal.

The dinner menus on the September 2026 card cost €255 for six courses and €275 for seven; at lunch, four courses cost €178 and five €195. Steirereck opens Monday to Friday only and takes bookings directly.

Amador, Döbling

Vienna's other three-star table is Juan Amador's restaurant beneath a wine estate at Grinzinger Straße 86, at the foot of the Grinzing vineyards. The single menu costs €395 and mixes Spanish references, such as a Gilda and a gató mallorquín, with Viennese ones, such as langoustine in the style of a Kaiserschmarrn. It opens Wednesday to Saturday evenings; book through the restaurant's website. The local wine will be scarce this year: Austria's 2026 harvest was the smallest in a decade.

Mraz & Sohn, Brigittenau

Markus Mraz runs this two-star room at Wallensteinstraße 59 with his son Lukas. The menu is a surprise of about a dozen courses: you see only the ingredients in advance. It costs €188.88 with water included, the cheapest two-star menu in the city. Mraz & Sohn opens Monday to Friday evenings; book online or by phone.

Konstantin Filippou, Innere Stadt

Two stars in 2025 and again in 2026 for Konstantin Filippou's restaurant at Dominikanerbastei 17, where fish and seafood lead the menu. Dinner menus start at €265 for seven courses. The cheaper way in is lunch, on Monday and Thursday to Saturday: €75 for three courses, or €175 for six including the brandade with caviar and the fish soup. Book by phone or email.

Doubek, Josefstadt

Stefan Doubek and Nora Pein opened at Kochgasse 13 in late 2023, and Michelin gave the restaurant two stars in January 2025. Everything is cooked over wood fire, the menu is built mostly on fish and seafood, and all guests start at the same time. The one menu costs €385; there is no vegetarian or vegan version. Book through the restaurant's website.

Silvio Nickol Gourmet Restaurant, Innere Stadt

Inside the Palais Coburg at Coburgbastei 4, Silvio Nickol holds two stars with a tasting menu that costs €330 on the October 2026 card, plus €170 for the wine pairing or €135 without alcohol. It opens Tuesday to Saturday evenings, by reservation only.

Pramerl & the Wolf, Alsergrund

Wolfgang Zankl-Sertl's one-star restaurant at Pramergasse 21 serves a surprise menu in a former neighbourhood pub. The price depends on the day and the hour: €170 on Wednesday and Thursday, €160 for the early seating on Friday and Saturday between 6pm and 8pm, and €185 at 8.30pm. Book online.

TIAN, Innere Stadt

Vienna's vegetarian star, with a green star for sustainability as well, at Himmelpfortgasse 23. Six courses cost €178 from Tuesday to Thursday and eight courses €189, and every dish can be made vegan. For a cheaper meal, the same team runs TIAN Bistro am Spittelberg, a new Bib Gourmand in 2026.

JOLA, Innere Stadt

Jonathan Wittenbrink cooks a vegan surprise menu at Salzgries 15, with Larissa Andres in the dining room. The 2026 guide gave JOLA a star and a green star; the menu, printed on seed paper you can plant, costs €185. It opens Wednesday to Saturday evenings; book by phone or online.

Addiert, Innere Stadt

A counter for eight at Franz-Josefs-Kai 43, where Jaeho Jung and Jungyun Kim serve nine Korean-European courses, such as Austrian trout marinated in gochujang. It earned its first star in March 2026. The menu cost €210 in August 2026, with a €105 wine pairing, and all guests start together.

Zum Schwarzen Kameel, Innere Stadt

Bognergasse 5 has traded as the Kameel since 1618. Downstairs are the bar and brasserie, known for open sandwiches; upstairs, the restaurant occupies Art Nouveau rooms designed by Karl Mayreder in 1901, with Werner Pichlmaier as head chef since 2024. When the restaurant moved upstairs, a Wiener Schnitzel cost €29.50 and venison €36. It opens Tuesday to Saturday; book online or by phone.

Plachutta Wollzeile, Innere Stadt

The address for Tafelspitz, boiled beef served in its copper pot with the broth, root vegetables and a marrow bone. Plachutta lists more than ten cuts of boiled beef; the Tafelspitz costs €36.80 and the leaner Tafelstück €29.80. It opens daily from 11.30am to 11.30pm at Wollzeile 38; book ahead at weekends.

Meissl & Schadn, Innere Stadt

At Schubertring 10–12, a schnitzel restaurant with a show kitchen where the veal Wiener Schnitzel is fried to order in clarified butter, lard or vegetable oil, as you choose, for €30.90. The apple strudel costs €8.50; our apple strudel recipe explains how the dough is pulled. Book ahead.

Gasthaus Pöschl, Innere Stadt

A small Wirtshaus at Weihburggasse 17, with an interior by the architect Hermann Czech and a menu of Viennese classics and seasonal dishes. Weekday lunch dishes start at €11.90. It opens Monday to Saturday from noon to 11pm, and the room is small, so call ahead.

Gasthaus Tante Liesl, Alsergrund

Opened in 2025 at Servitengasse 7, next to the Servite church, and given a Bib Gourmand in 2026. On the current menu the veal Wiener Schnitzel costs €26.50, Tafelspitz €26.80 and Grammelknödel, dumplings filled with pork crackling, €18.80 as a main course. It opens daily from noon, with a garden under the trees in summer, and it is the cheapest proper Viennese meal among the best restaurants in Vienna on this list.

Best restaurants in Vienna: frequently asked questions

Which restaurant in Vienna has the most Michelin stars? Two share the top: Steirereck and Amador, with three stars each in the Michelin Guide Austria 2026. Four more hold two stars: Doubek, Konstantin Filippou, Mraz & Sohn and Silvio Nickol.

How much does a starred dinner cost in Vienna? From €160 at Pramerl & the Wolf's early seating to €395 at Amador, before drinks. Lunch is the cheaper way in: €75 for three courses at Konstantin Filippou, €178 for four at Steirereck.

Do I need to book? Yes, for every starred restaurant on this list, as early as you can. Opening days vary: Steirereck and Mraz & Sohn close at weekends, while most of the others close on Sunday and Monday.

Where should I eat Wiener Schnitzel in Vienna? Meissl & Schadn fries it in your choice of fat for €30.90, and Tante Liesl serves it for €26.50. Both use veal, as the name requires.

How we chose

We started from the Michelin Guide Austria 2026 selection for Vienna and its Bib Gourmand list, added the Wirtshäuser that remain a reference for Viennese cooking, and kept only restaurants open in autumn 2026 with a published menu or a recent price. Places we could not verify were left out. This list of the best restaurants in Vienna was last checked on 1 October 2026 against the restaurants' websites, the Michelin Guide and Falter.