Austria is land of diversity. The country has got diversity in its language, culture and cuisine. Its geographical location is the major reason behind the diversity. Its neighboring countries as Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, Croatia, Hungary, Czech republic, Russia have a huge impact behind the diversity in food and beverages in Austria. A wide variety of foods and drinks are available in restaurants in Vienna and also in the bars. Apart from traditional Viennese restaurants there are number of French, Asian, Caribbean, American, Croatian, Greek restaurants in Vienna and other states of Austria that offer a huge variety of special dishes to food lovers. Details of some of the major restaurants of Vienna are given below:

Austrian restaurants:


• Alte Backstube:

  This restaurant serves traditional Viennese specialties like Tafelspitz (boiled beef) and Wiener schnitzel. Seasoned pork medallions cooked in garlic juice and grated potato known as 'Backstube platter' is the specialty of this restaurant. For vegetarians the restaurant offers vegetable strudel and cheese souffle. Traditional desserts like mohr im hemd- a potato pudding in chocolate sauce and kaiser's schmarren-a kind of omlette garnished with raisins and plum compote are mouth-watering. Selected wines from Austrian vineyards are also served here.

• Amon:

  A classy restaurant located o n the way to Prater offers a mixture of Viennese and international cuisine at a reasonable price. The restaurant also offers special regional dishes to food lovers.

• Artner:

  This restaurant is run by Markus Artner and serves excellent Austrian cuisine with popular regional specialties. Goats cheese made by the Artner family on their farm is a speciality of the Artner restaurant.

• Artzberger:

  This restaurant is located at a few minute walking distance from the Augarten. It offers traditional Austrian and special Mediterranean dishes. The restaurant also serves selected wines and beers to its customers at a reasonable rate.

  American restaurants:
  
  
• Now Blue Plate:

  The American restaurant which was previously named Bayou serves a blend of European food and spices with flavours of America and Africa. Creole hot sausage, crawfish brisque, chicken jambalaya, sea foods, puddings like mango flan, pecan pie are the special dishes offered by this restaurant. The restaurant also has a collection of selected cocktails. The foods and drinks are available at a reasonable price here. However Visa and Master cards are also accepted.

• Frank's:

  For a mixture of surf 'n' turf dishes, sandwiches, pastas and pizzas, one may try Frank's. The cooking is of a high standard, and desserts including several waffles and cheesecakes are the mouthwatering items of this restaurant. The restaurant has also got a bar that serves selected local beers,Miller and Budweiser. Foods are available at a reasonable rate and the restaurant accepts all major credit cards.

  Asian restaurants:
  
  
• Akakiko:

  Located in Wien, Akakiko is a Japanese restaurant. It offers good quality Japanese dishes, a wide variety of fresh sushi, teppan, tempura and dainty bento boxes. Various meat/poultry dishes are also served along with vegetarian sushi. The ramen- kind of noodles in a flavoured broth is something one would not like to miss in the Akakiko. The restaurant accepts all major credit cards.

• Happy Buddha:

  This Asian restaurant has been marked as one of the best in Vienna. The special dishes served in Happy Buddha are shark's fin soup with dumplings, bak choy dumplings with grated garlic and fried prawns dumplings with corriander. All major credit cards are accepted.

  Croatian restaurant:
  
  
• Das Neue Debrovnik:

  The Das Neue Debronik is a well-known Croatian restaurant of Vienna that offers traditional Crote dishes such as cevapcici and sarma-stauffed cabbage and sour cream, letscho shnitzel, pork fillet with onion stuffing and potato salad. The cream of onion soup with lardons is one of the most popular food items of this restaurant. All major credit cards are accepted by this restaurant.

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