The Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Vienna

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Vienna, Austria

1 Michelin star

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Also recognized by Falstaff, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Amador

Vienna, Austria

3 Michelin stars

Amador holds three Michelin stars and a consistent place in La Liste's top tier, operating from a winery setting in Vienna's 19th district. Chef Juan Amador's kitchen works across the creative register, drawing on local Austrian produce alongside Spanish and German culinary references. The wine program has ranked number one on Star Wine List for two consecutive years, making it among the more decorated tables in the Austrian capital.

Also recognized by La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Café Azzurro

Vienna, Austria

Café Azzurro brings a Parisian-Turinese café sensibility to Vienna's seventh district, drawing a design-conscious crowd to Urban-Loritz-Platz. It is the second address from the team behind the quietly regarded Kommod in the eighth district, and it reads as a deliberate expansion of their approach rather than a replication of it. The room sits at the crossroads of Central European café culture and northern Italian style.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Café Kandl

Vienna, Austria

In Vienna's seventh district, Café Kandl occupies a position that few wine bars in the city manage: genuinely bohemian in atmosphere, genuinely serious about the glass. Sitting at the affordable end of the Neubau dining scene, it draws a crowd more interested in what's in the bottle than what's on the ceiling. For natural wine drinkers and curious drinkers alike, it reads as one of the Seventh's more compelling stops.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List

Cantinetta Antinori

Vienna, Austria

Cantinetta Antinori brings the Florentine wine house tradition to Vienna's first district, operating as a satellite of the Antinori family's Tuscan estate in a city already serious about Italian food and wine. The address on Jasomirgottstraße places it at the centre of the Innere Stadt, steps from the Stephansdom, where occasion dining has always carried particular weight.

Doubek

Vienna, Austria

2 Michelin stars

A two-Michelin-star address in Vienna's 8th district, Doubek operates at the serious end of the city's creative fine dining tier. Chef Stefan Doubek's kitchen applies precise international technique to Austrian ingredients, producing a tasting format that sits comfortably among Vienna's most decorated tables.

Also recognized by Falstaff, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Duchardt

Vienna, Austria

Duchardt occupies a quiet address in Vienna's First District and holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, positioning it among the city's reliable classic cuisine tables rather than its experimental avant-garde. It draws diners who want precise, grounded cooking in surroundings suited to occasions that demand more than a casual meal.

Edvard

Vienna, Austria

1 Michelin star

Edvard holds a Michelin star and consecutive Opinionated About Dining rankings inside the Anantara Palais Hansen Hotel, placing it among Vienna's most consistently recognised fine dining rooms. Chef Paul Gamauf's seasonal menus lean on vegetables, herbs, and Mediterranean undertones, offered across five, seven, or nine courses alongside an Austria-forward wine list. Dinner is served Tuesday through Saturday from 6 PM.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Opinionated About Dining

Fabios

Vienna, Austria

At Tuchlauben 4/6 in Vienna's first district, Fabios occupies a position in the city's Italian dining tier that few restaurants have managed to hold for long: a room that draws both the after-work aperitivo crowd and serious dinner reservations, recognised with consecutive Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025 and ranked #488 in Opinionated About Dining's Classical Europe list. Chef Fabio Giacobello leads the kitchen at one of the inner city's more consistently cited Italian addresses.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Opinionated About Dining

Firenze Enoteca

Vienna, Austria

An Italian wine bar and enoteca on Singerstraße in Vienna's First District, Firenze Enoteca occupies a floor-level address that places it inside one of the city's most concentrated stretches of fine dining. The format follows a European enoteca tradition: wine as the anchor, food as the complement, and a room that shifts character between afternoon and evening service.

Fuhrmann

Vienna, Austria

A Michelin Plate-recognised Beisl in Vienna's 8th district, Fuhrmann has been run by Barbara and Hermann Botolen for years as a dependable address for modern Austrian cooking with a wine list that holds its own. At the €€ price point, it sits in the honest middle of the city's tavern spectrum, where the cooking is taken seriously without the formality of the fine-dining tier.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List

Glasswing

Vienna, Austria

1 Michelin star

Glasswing sits on Kärntner Ring in Vienna's first district, steps from the Staatsoper, earning consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 for its creative contemporary cooking under Chef Alexandru Simon. At the €€€€ price point, it competes directly with Vienna's established fine-dining tier.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Relais Chateaux

Herzig

Vienna, Austria

1 Michelin star

A Michelin-starred modern cuisine restaurant occupying a converted 1920s auction hall in Vienna's 15th district, Herzig operates Wednesday through Saturday from a set menu format that runs in two sizes and accommodates vegetarian arrangements by prior request. Star Wine List recognised it with a White Star for its wine program. The address is Schanzstraße 14, a short distance from the city's inner-ring dining cluster.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List, The Best Chef

Heunisch und Erben

Vienna, Austria

Heunisch und Erben Vienna elevates the wine bar concept to fine dining artistry, where guests compose personalized four-to-nine-course menus from innovative Austrian cuisine paired with 120 wines by the glass. This Gault Millau-awarded establishment seamlessly blends traditional Viennese flavors with contemporary techniques in an intimate setting.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Konstantin Filippou

Vienna, Austria

2 Michelin stars

Vienna's two-Michelin-star address on Dominikanerbastei 17 sits at the sharper end of the city's modern European table. Ranked 52nd in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and scoring 91 points in La Liste's 2026 ranking, Konstantin Filippou operates in the same critical tier as the city's most scrutinised kitchens, distinguished by ingredient-led cooking that draws on Mediterranean and Central European references in equal measure.

Also recognized by Falstaff, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, We're Smart World

Kulinarium 7

Vienna, Austria

Kulinarium 7 serves modern seafood and Croatian cooking at Sigmundsgasse 1, with fish soup, truffle ravioli, and spaghetti with lobster on a leisurely, conversational dinner or late-night format.

Lebenbauer

Vienna, Austria

Positioned on Teinfaltstraße in Vienna's First District, Lebenbauer occupies a tier of the city's dining scene where local produce and imported culinary technique converge. The address places it within walking distance of the Hofburg quarter, where Vienna's most deliberate restaurant choices tend to cluster. For visitors cross-referencing the capital's serious dining options, it belongs in the same consideration set as the city's technically ambitious kitchens.

MAST Weinbistro

Vienna, Austria

A Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised wine bistro in Vienna's 9th district, MAST Weinbistro pairs a farm-to-table kitchen under Chef Lukas Lacina with a wine list that has placed first and second on Star Wine List two years running. Hosts Matthias Pitra and Steve Breitzke run the room with the kind of front-of-house conviction that turns a neighbourhood address into a serious destination.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Mraz & Sohn

Vienna, Austria

2 Michelin stars

A two-Michelin-star address in Vienna's 20th district, Mraz & Sohn operates as a father-son collaboration built on Modern Austrian cooking with a demonstrably irreverent streak.

Also recognized by Falstaff, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Nautilus

Vienna, Austria

Situated along the Naschmarkt in Vienna's sixth district, Nautilus operates within one of Central Europe's most historically layered market settings. The address places it inside a long tradition of market-adjacent dining — where produce proximity shapes menus and the rhythm of the stalls sets the pace of the kitchen. For visitors oriented toward Vienna's serious restaurant scene, it warrants attention alongside the city's broader creative dining tier.

Nikkai

Vienna, Austria

Nikkai sits on Wipplingerstraße in Vienna's First District, where the city's appetite for precision-driven Japanese cooking meets a dining room context shaped by Baroque architecture and a neighbourhood that houses the Börsegasse financial quarter. Among Vienna's small cohort of Japanese-inflected fine-dining addresses, Nikkai occupies a quieter register than the city's loudest creative tables, making it a reference point for those tracking where Asian technique has taken root in the Austrian capital.

nineOfive Vienna

Vienna, Austria

In Vienna's 4th district, nineOfive operates where serious wine culture and pizza meet without apology. A list of more than 300 bottles, ranked among Austria's top wine destinations by Star Wine List three consecutive years running, gives the wine program a weight that most dedicated wine bars would envy. The food holds its own without pretending to be something it isn't.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List

Nussberg

Vienna, Austria

Nussberg sits in Vienna's 19th district, where the city's wine-growing slopes meet the Danube valley. The area has long defined a particular style of Austrian dining: ingredient-led, seasonally anchored, and rooted in the vineyards that begin almost at the restaurant's doorstep. For visitors tracing the serious end of Vienna's dining scene, the Nussberg hillside is a natural reference point.

O boufés

Vienna, Austria

The more relaxed counterpart to the Michelin-starred Konstantin Filippou next door, O boufés brings Mediterranean and Greek-inflected cooking to Vienna's first district at a mid-range price point. Holding a Michelin Plate since 2024 and ranked twice at the summit of Star Wine List's Austria selection, it earns its place in the city's serious dining conversation without the formality or spend of its neighbour.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Star Wine List

Oak107

Vienna, Austria

Oak107 sits on Mariahilfer Strasse in Vienna's 6th district, earning a White Star recognition from Star Wine List in 2023 — a signal that its wine program is taken seriously in a city with high standards for both bottle and glass. The address places it inside a stretch of Vienna that has grown more interesting for serious eating over the past decade, away from the first-district tourist circuit.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

OPUS

Vienna, Austria

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Situated on the Kärntner Ring in Vienna's First District, OPUS operates as an evening-only dining room with an Austrian and modern European menu, a 3,000-bottle cellar, and consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025. The kitchen runs under Chef Sidney Semedo, with Wine Director Chris Arora overseeing a list weighted toward California and France. Tuesday and Wednesday closures make advance planning worthwhile.

Palais Coburg Hotel Residenz

Vienna, Austria

Wine Spectator Grand Award

Inside a 19th-century Viennese palace on the Coburgbastei, Palais Coburg houses one of Europe's most ambitious wine collections: 60,000 bottles across 6,000 selections, anchored by deep runs in Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Austria. Chef Silvio Nickol's French-European dinner menu sits above €66 per two courses, placing the restaurant firmly in Vienna's upper-tier fine dining bracket alongside Steirereck and Konstantin Filippou.

Also recognized by Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Pauli

Vienna, Austria

Pauli occupies a quietly significant address on Johannesgasse in Vienna's First District, placing it within close reach of the Opera and the inner ring's established fine-dining corridor. The restaurant sits in a tier defined by collaborative kitchen and floor teams rather than single-name cult followings, a model increasingly common among Vienna's serious mid-to-upper dining rooms. It represents a considered option for anyone tracking the city's current direction in European cuisine.

Pramerl & the Wolf

Vienna, Austria

1 Michelin star

A former Alsergrund pub converted into one of Vienna's most compelling casual fine dining destinations, Pramerl & the Wolf operates on a surprise menu format driven by ingredient quality rather than ceremony. Ranked #267 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and awarded a White Star on Star Wine List, it delivers serious cooking in an atmosphere that refuses to take itself too seriously.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Reznicek

Vienna, Austria

A Michelin Plate-awarded modern Viennese tavern in the 9th district, Reznicek operates Tuesday through Saturday from 5pm until 1am — hours that signal its identity as much as its menu. Ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list in both 2024 and 2025, and awarded Star Wine List's top recognition in 2022, it occupies the serious-but-unstuffy tier of Vienna's dining scene.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Rioja Tapas y más

Vienna, Austria

On Lazarettgasse in Vienna's 9th district, Rioja Tapas y más brings the Spanish small-plates tradition into a neighbourhood defined by university life and local regulars rather than tourist circuits. The format sits at a remove from Vienna's formal dining culture, offering a more improvisational style of eating that the city's Alsergrund quarter suits well. Reservations are advisable, particularly on weekday evenings when the area draws a consistent after-work crowd.

Also recognized by Falstaff

Senhor Vinho

Vienna, Austria

Senhor Vinho sits in Vienna's fifth district, a neighbourhood where neighbourhood trattorias and wine-forward dining rooms coexist outside the tourist circuits of the first. The address on Schwarzhorngasse places it among the quieter residential blocks of Margareten, a quarter that rewards those who look past the Ring. Details on cuisine and format are best confirmed directly with the venue.

Settimo Cielo

Vienna, Austria

Settimo Cielo occupies a prominent address on Singerstraße in Vienna's first district, positioning it within a first-district dining corridor where altitude and address carry their own weight. The name — Italian for 'seventh heaven' — signals an aspiration that Vienna's upper-floor dining rooms have long made architectural. For visitors mapping the city's serious restaurant scene, it belongs on the same research list as the capital's most decorated tables.

Silvio Nickol Gourmet Restaurant

Vienna, Austria

2 Michelin stars

Inside Palais Coburg, one of Vienna's most architecturally commanding addresses, Silvio Nickol Gourmet Restaurant holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 96 points (2026). Chef Silvio Nickol runs a dinner-only operation Tuesday through Saturday, with seven- and nine-course menus built around seasonal produce and a wine list that draws serious attention in its own right.

Also recognized by Falstaff, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining

Steirereck im Stadtpark

Vienna, Austria

3 Michelin stars

Inside a 1904 pavilion in Vienna's Stadtpark, Steirereck im Stadtpark operates at the intersection of architectural drama and Austrian culinary research. Three Michelin stars and consistent placement inside the World's 50 Best Restaurants top 25 position it as the reference point for serious dining in the city. The menu is built around rare breeds, near-extinct produce varieties, and ingredients grown on the building's own rooftop.

Also recognized by Falstaff, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining

Takan's Fischrestaurant

Vienna, Austria

A fish-focused address in Vienna's 18th district, Takan's Fischrestaurant on Haizingergasse sits in a tier of neighbourhood specialists that quietly defines the city's non-fine-dining seafood scene. For milestone meals away from the grand hotel dining rooms of the first district, the address offers an occasion-ready alternative with a specific culinary focus in a residential setting that rewards those who book rather than wander.

The Amauris Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Set within a 19th-century Ringstrasse palace on Kärntner Ring, The Amauris Vienna is a Relais & Châteaux property where Austrian fine dining, period architecture, and a spa with indoor pool converge. For milestone occasions in Vienna, few addresses combine architectural gravitas with this level of culinary and hospitality commitment.

Also recognized by Relais Chateaux

TIAN

Vienna, Austria

1 Michelin star

Among Vienna's upper-tier tasting menu restaurants, TIAN occupies a singular position: a Michelin-starred vegetarian counter on Himmelpfortgasse that competes directly with the city's omnivore fine-dining tier. Recognised by La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, and a 2018 Future Award for Best Veggie Restaurant in the World, it makes the case that plant-based cuisine belongs in the same conversation as any starred kitchen in Austria.

Also recognized by Falstaff, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List