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Wiener Schnitzel -- traditional dish from Austria
Meat & Grills ★ 4.6

Wiener Schnitzel

Veal cutlet pounded thin, breaded and fried golden.

🇦🇹 Austria · 📍 Vienna
Gailtaler Speck -- traditional dish from Austria
Meat & Grills ★ 4.6

Gailtaler Speck

Rooted in Austria, Gailtaler Speck is a cured meat enjoyed for generations.

🇦🇹 Austria
Kaiserschmarrn -- traditional dish from Austria
Desserts & Sweets ★ 4.4

Kaiserschmarrn

Fluffy shredded pancake dusted with sugar, with fruit compote.

🇦🇹 Austria · 📍 Vienna
Sachertorte -- traditional dish from Austria
Desserts & Sweets ★ 4.4

Sachertorte

Dense chocolate cake with apricot jam and dark glaze.

🇦🇹 Austria · 📍 Vienna
Backhendl -- traditional dish from Austria
Meat & Grills ★ 4.3

Backhendl

Breaded and pan-fried spring chicken from Vienna, served in heuriger in Grinzing and Sievering with parsley, lemon, and Grüner Veltliner.

🇦🇹 Austria · 📍 Vienna / Wienerwald (Grinzing, Nussdorf, Baden bei Wien)
Krapfen -- traditional dish from Austria
Desserts & Sweets ★ 4.3

Krapfen

Austrian yeasted doughnut filled with dark Powidl plum jam, traditionally eaten through the carnival season and at Kaffeejause all year.

🇦🇹 Austria · 📍 Countrywide — strongest in Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, Innsbruck
Linzer Torte -- traditional dish from Austria
Desserts & Sweets ★ 4.3

Linzer Torte

Lattice-topped nut pastry filled with redcurrant jam.

🇦🇹 Austria · 📍 Linz
Tiroler Knödel -- traditional dish from Austria
Dumplings ★ 4.3

Tiroler Knödel

Tiroler Knödel is a traditional dumpling from Austria.

🇦🇹 Austria · 📍 Austria that
Fiaker -- traditional dish from Austria
Drinks & Beverages ★ 4.2

Fiaker

Fiaker is a beloved coffee drink, traditional to Austria.

🇦🇹 Austria
Soups & Stews ★ 4.2

Kürbis Suppe

Hailing from Austria, Kürbis Suppe is a much-loved vegetable soup.

🇦🇹 Austria
Marillenfleck -- traditional dish from Austria
Desserts & Sweets ★ 4.2

Marillenfleck

Marillenfleck is a traditional cake from Austria.

🇦🇹 Austria
Tafelspitz -- traditional dish from Austria
Meat & Grills ★ 4.2

Tafelspitz

Boiled beef in broth with apple-horseradish sauce.

🇦🇹 Austria · 📍 Vienna
Moosbeernocken -- traditional dish from Austria
Desserts & Sweets ★ 4.0

Moosbeernocken

Austrian Alpine dumplings of quark-potato dough wrapped around whole lingonberries, poached, and rolled in buttered breadcrumbs or cinnamon sugar.

🇦🇹 Austria · 📍 Eastern and central Austria, especially Carinthia (Kärnten), Styria (Steiermark), Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Burgenland, and the Vienna Woods (Wienerwald)