Nice place, garden and food. I was here due to a recommendation for ribs. Many flavours with one…read moretype of rib. The ribs were 'Austrian' style as I was told, which meant cooked but tough. Personally I'm not a fan due to the following: - I like my meat to fall off the bone, - I don't like strings of fat or chew in my bites. If you are the opposite of me, then you'll love these ribs! We had 4 portions of the 3-rack sampler giving us the flexibility to try all flavours. Stay away from the cheese ribs unless you like wet and stinky meat. Otherwise for the tough rib, these rank high with the likes of strand café and zur alte kaiser mühler. I also tried the crepe with nuts inside. OK if you want watery tasting nuts in a wet crepe.

On my part the restaurant is very conveniently located, to where I am presently living in Vienna on…read morethe Schönbrunner Allee. The menu is simple in its pleasures you have your staple Spare Ribs etc and the other menu items have a good value for money e.g. Schweinsbraterl im Hirter Schwarzbiersafterl mit Sauerkrauter & Serviettenknöderl which at 10.50 euro is ok. The service at the restaurant is very good and would totally agree with Stefan H. previous review that it is a rare sight indeed in Vienna that the service / people would apologize for not getting it right 1st time..... However the service is good even when full to capacity the waiter / waitresses are from my observations alert to the needs of the paying customer. Ok the Bierstöckl is a little outside of the main city (Gurtel) but if you're paying a visit to the Schönbrunn then it is no harm and taking a little walk further on from the / Die Gloriette on a tree lined street to the restaurant. The location also has ample parking and is easily reached via the obligatory!! :-) SATNAV The outside area is tree covered and directly behind the outside area is a small play-park / Kinderspeilen area for the kids to have some fun while waiting for their food. All in all I give it 4 stars due to the reason that My family & I are quire regular visitors to the Bierstöckl and the food on nearly every occasion has been very satisfying, the staff make you feel most welcome and the location is for the most part child friendly. Go check it out! if you're out that way maybe you will be on your way back from Lainzer Tor all in and make your own mind up. Now looking for the next ( yummy yummy) Restaurant to check out

I found this place a little bit disappointing when I ate here last month at an event - perhaps…read morebecause I was expecting more ... after all from what I read there was a young chef in the kitchen who would be creatively tweaking traditional Viennese dishes. Also because it is in walking distance to where I live, I was hoping to discover a new gem. No such luck in my opinion. The ambience of the restaurant is nothing special at all, the lighting very bright. The first course was by far the best - a really delicious Leberkäse. But it was also a tiny portion ... still it was tasty. The next course was totally traditional and not really tweaked at all. The Schweinsbraten were of very good quality in their traditional transluscent gravy ... perfectly fine but nothing out of the ordinary. (Two weeks ago at a friend's house, I had Schweinsbraten with a spicy green-apple sauce...now that was a cool & tasty modern rendition) Their were a couple of spoonful's of cabbage and two pretty bland potato knödeln. Can someone add any spices or ingredients to these Knödeln if you're updating dishes? Otherwise I feel like I'm just eating warm potato dough. There were no condiments on the table - you actually had to ask for salt & pepper .... and No - they did not have a hot sauce to jazz things up a bit. With the dinner, I added in a beer and a wine. Although I was still actually a little hungry as the portions were def on the small side, I realized I couldn't order desert on another wine or beer since by that time I was running out of money as my bill was up to around 25 Euro (34 dollars). For that much money, I really expect more - and there are so many other places in Vienna and in my neighborhood where one can find more creative dining. So even though this place was okay, I doubt if I ever head back unless I'm on someone else's expense account .... and I have a bottle of hot sauce in my pocket! But the Leberkäse appetizer was truly excellent.

Another great find in Vienna. One of my favorite places! Lovely liver and sweet bread dishes. Don't…read morejust come here for the schnitzel...ask the friendly (but with attitude) waiters for local/house specials of the day. Good house wine.