Schwabl - Gemeindebezirk Ottakring

Considering the reviews, I was expecting to eat great food. In the end, it was an average food which we eat thousands times in daily lives.

The decor is out-to-date, but the waiter is funny and knows how to please to kids (noooooo he gave them a crocodile -play of the 80's). The lunch is very good, there is no fashion frills seen in all restaurants now. All is stayed in...80's, and that' s cool.

We walked from the Schloß Schönbrunn. The restaurant is an old style restaurant. The restaurant was busy with locals. We decided to have lunch there. The food was delicious. Recommended.

We have been here several times over the past years whenever we were in Vienna, and it’s been our go-to restaurant in the Meidling neighborhood ever since. It’s just a short walk from the Meidling gate of the Schönbrunn palace, but it’s not touristy at...all. I’d like to keep it a secret, actually, but it’s just too good. The regular menu is available with English translations and they have a changing menu of the day (which is only available in German, though). The food is authentic, reasonably priced, and just delightful. Waiters don’t all speak a lot of English, but they make up for it with their friendliness. It has a separate section inside for smokers, and in the summer months they offer outside seating as well. Try the Schnitzels with pumpkin seed breading! They also have great, home-made style salads as sides or mains. If they happen to have it on the daily menu, do absolutely try the curd dumplings with apricot, you won’t regret it! One thing I really like as well is that they always serve your entire party at once, so you will always be able to actually eat together and nobody’s got to keep waiting for their food while the others already start or politely wait until their meals get cold. I’ve found this to be not as common as I’d thought before, and I really appreciate that they pay attention to this.

The prices are a bit above average but totally justified, the food is the delicious and the portions are well-sized. We had lunch including a dessert and will certainly come again. The service is friendly and quick.