#1. bezirk

[theodoreangelos]

Left sphinx of the sphinx staircase in the Albertina art museum, Palais Erzherzog Albrecht (former Palais Taroucca), Augustinerbastei, Albertinaplatz 1 – Augustinerstraße 1, Wien I – Innere Stadt Sphinx sculpture by Joseph Georg Kornhäusel, made of so-called Kaiserstein, superhard Leitha Limestone from Kaisersteinbruch (Császárkőbánya), Burgenland

[pollybert]

Hemma - Bar & Restaurant

Scandinavian restaurants are unfortunately not really a thing in Vienna. Years ago there was Home Café, an Icelandic place, which closed a while ago. Hemma, a Scandinavian restaurant with a focus on Swedish food, has been around for some time, but I never managed to give it a try. My experiences with Swedish and Icelandic food have been more than positive, therefore it was high time to change…

Hemma - Bar & Restaurant

[pollybert]

Kübey - Anatolian Tapas Bar

Kübey is a new tapas bar in the heart of Vienna and of course I wanted to give it a go. Tapas alone would already have enticed me, but Turkish food is rarely found in Vienna beyond the countless kebap places and a handful of high end restaurants. Combined with a bar, Kübey sounded like the perfect place. Kübey @Vienna The bar looked wonderful, especially with the many different figurines placed…

Kübey - Anatolian Tapas Bar

[pollybert]

Frau Mayer

Frau Mayer is not a restaurant and it is not a bar. Frau Mayer is a place that wants to bring people together to make and to listen to music, while serving food and drinks. That sounded like an interesting concept to me, so I made my way there to sample both the music and the food. Frau Mayer @Vienna The early evening programme featured a solo pianist who entertained the crowd with Wienerlieder,…

Frau Mayer

[pollybert]

Xpedit - update

eating out It had been a while since my last visit to Xpedit, which I had enjoyed quite a bit back then. The restaurant has since changed its concept, and while it remains Italian inspired, the focus now leans far more on meat than the usual pasta dishes. Entering on this late fall evening, the first thing I noticed was the strong smoky smell and the almost fog like air inside. Think of a…

Xpedit - update

[pollybert]

Kong - Taiwanese Bistro

Sometimes I have the pleasure to eat at a restaurant and like each and every dish. Kong – Taiwanese Bistro is such a place. If you have read a couple of reviews here, then you know that I am not easily satisfied and often find a flaw. Not so at Kong, which surprised me with excellent Taiwanese street food. So much so that I really think about traveling there next. Kong – Taiwanese Bistro just…

Kong - Taiwanese Bistro

[pollybert]

LETO Restaurant Bar - update

Advent season in Vienna is in full swing with Christmas markets all over the city. Some people like to eat directly at these markets, others prefer to sit down somewhere warm and enjoy a meal in a different surrounding. Leto Restaurant and Bar lies around the corner from the Am Hof Christmas market and makes therefore an ideal location, whenever you are in the area. As busy as it is around the…

LETO Restaurant Bar - update

[pollybert]

Nagano Wien

After a recent trip to Japan I needed to see what Vienna had to offer in that department besides the usual sushi places. Nagano Wien calls itself a reinterpreted Izakaya. An Izakaya in Japan is a bar that offers small dishes. So I was interested to learn what a reinterpreted Izakaya would mean in Vienna. Nagano Wien has opened its doors in downtown Vienna and offers Japanese fusion cuisine. The…

Nagano Wien