Expensive

Steirereck
Traditional Viennese dishes and "new Austrian" selections appear on the menu. Begin with a caviar-semolina dumpling or roasted turbot with fennel (served as an appetizer), or opt for the most elegant and expensive item of all, gooseliver Steirereck. The restaurant is popular with after-theater diners, and the large wine cellar holds some 35,000 bottles.
Address: Am Heumarkt 2A, 1030 Wien
Tel: (+43) 01 7133168
Website: www.steirereck.at

Sacher Hotel Restaurant
The restaurant's most famous dish, tafelspitz; the chef at Sacher prepares the boiled beef ensemble with a savory, herb-flavored sauce that is truly fit for the emperor's table. Other delectable dishes include fish terrine and veal steak with morels.
Address: Philharmonikerstrasse 4, 1010 Wien
Tel: (+43) 01 514560
Website: www.sacher.com

Korso bei Der Oper
Set in the elegant Hotel Bristol, the restaurant has its own entrance directly across from the Staatsoper, a position that has always attracted a legendary clientele of opera stars. decorated with tasteful paneling, sparkling chandeliers, and, flanking either side of a baronial fireplace, two of the most breathtaking baroque columns in Vienna.
Address: Krtner Ring 1, 1015 Wien
Tel: (+43) 01 51516546

Moderate

Ofenloch
The present management dates from the mid-1970s and maintains a well-deserved reputation for its nostalgic, old-fashioned eating house. Waitresses wear classic Austrian regalia and will give you a menu that looks more like a magazine, with some amusing mock-medieval illustrations inside. The hearty soup dishes are popular, as is the schnitzel.
Address: Kurrentgasse 8, 1010 Wien
Tel: (+43) 01 5338844
Website: www.ofenloch.at

Schnattl
Schnattl is near Town Hall, in a location that's convenient for most of the city's journalists and politicians, and features a cozy bar area and a medium-size dining room, an inviting, intimate green-painted and wood-paneled space of enormous comfort and charm
Address: 40 Lange Gasse, 1080 Wien
Tel: (+43) 01 4053400

Piaristenkeller
The place was founded in 1697 by Piarist monks as a tavern and wine cellar. The kitchen, which once served the cloisters, still dishes out traditional Austrian specialties based on original recipes. Zither music is played beginning at 7:30pm, and in summer the garden at the church square is open from 11am to midnight. Wine and beer are available whenever the cellar is open.
Address: Piaristengasse 45, 1080 Wien
Tel: (+43) 01 4059152
Website: www.piaristenkeller.at


Budget

Akakiko
It boasts a carefully rehearsed and inexpensive formula for Asian food within an otherwise very expensive neighborhood. To reach its dining room, you'll pass by an open kitchen, where everything gives the impression of wholesomeness and a recent scrubbing.
Address: Singerstrasse 4, 1070 Wien
Tel: (+43) 01 5137946
Website: www.akakiko.com

Dubrovnik
The restaurant, founded in 1965, consists of three dining rooms on either side of a central vestibule filled with busy waiters in Croat costume. The menu lists a lengthy choice of Balkan dishes, including gooseliver pt; stuffed cabbage; and filet of veal with boiled potatoes, sour cream, and sauerkraut. Among the fish dishes, the most exotic is Fogosch (a whitefish) served with potatoes and garlic.
Address: Am Heumarkt 5, 1030 Wien
Tel: (+43) 01 7137102
Website: www.dubrovnik.at

Figlmuller
Thanks to a location on three floors of a thick-walled 200-year-old building and lots of old-world memorabilia attached to the walls, evokes Old Vienna with style and panache. Austrian Airlines referred to its black-and-white uniformed waiters as "unflappable," and we believe that its schnitzels are the kind of plate-filling, golden-brown delicacies that people always associate with schmaltzy Vienna.
Address: Bckerstrasse 6, 1010 wien
Tel: (+43) 01 5121760
Website: www.figlmueller.at