I had the special of the day--pasta and soup--with a beer (of course), and was very pleased with…read moreeverything. A lot of great options for lunch with nice outdoor seating where you can view the old town and the abbey in the background. Definitely a worthwhile stop if you're driving through the Danube Valley or visiting the abbey.

Two stars, range between the food and the beer. The cordon bleau was horrible! Kind of chewy and…read morethe ham inside wasn't a good quality. The french fries were clearly frozen. The service was unpersonal, and our waiter was mostly absent. The beers were excellent. The ambiance was ok, many wasps around us while eating.

After our mighty climb to the Ruins we were hungry and thirsty. Indoor or alfresco dining, we…read morechose outside as it was a warm day. The views across the vineyards were lovely. the service easy and informative. We chose Sour Blood Sausage in vinegar, the cheese plate, blood sausage with horseradish and mustard and the sheep cheese in aioli/pesto. it was all delicious and easily one of the best meals we have had in our 4 weeks stay in Wachau. I would love to have had time to work my way through those sour dishes. Highly Recommended. I think it was the first turning of the street as you walk into Durnstein village. Big beers and chilled white wine to wash it down.

Perfect food. Nice beer. English menu.. cozy environment. Ok prices. We had an old treat…read morerecommend by my german great grandfather-- bread with lard!. Staff was helpful.

Wonderful place just outside the Abbey Melk. We stopped for lunch and had a schnitzel, local bier,…read moreand a dessert. It got crowded on a Sunday, with reservations for those attending the noon service in the Abbey's chapel. Service was top notch and the staff spoke many languages - menus were also multilingual. We had a beautiful sunny days open to some of the gardens. So that was wunderbar. However, let's be honest we are in Europe, so unfortunately some one was smoking, which took away from our experience. The schnitzel was great - two large pieces and withe the piping hot pomme frites - French fries - was a great meal. I recommend getting both types of mustards - senf, a sweet and a hot. Really nice complement to the hot and crispy frites. The Apple Strudel in cream sauce was a tasty treat and perfect end to a great meal. Highly recommend this meal and restaurant!

It's a big restaurant located on the hill next to the abbey. It's a tourist restaurant and one that…read moreserves ordinary food and charges you a lot for it. It looked really nice and I was hoping the food would be ok but it was just ordinary food that tasted slightly flavour less. The menu is big and has lots of local and international food. I decided to order to Tafelspitz and I was truly disappointed. This is one Austrian dish I absolutely love and they make it so well but, this place did is poorly. The meat was tender and nice but totally bland and flavour less. It was also so noisy here as there was a bus load of tourists stopping for lunch and it was chaos. This also affected the service quality and made the lovely atmosphere unpleasant. I would not make the mistake of coming here again. Down below in town there are many places to dine :-)

We were on the Danube Waltz Viking cruise and were not wild about the menu on the boat the night we…read morewere in Krems. We took a very short walk to Corleone's and couldn't have been happier. My wife had the lasagna and said it is the best she'd ever had, and I had the Torino (meat lover's) pizza which was very good. We sat in the courtyard and the atmosphere was wonderful...my wife said the experience was like something out of a Hallmark movie. (Yes, that's high praise.) The service was excellent and the server had good recommendations. It was one of the most memorable events of our trip.

I thought long and hard before adding this gem to Yelp, but since Pulker's Heuriger was widely…read morereviewed - both in Austria and internationally - and the word is out, it is only fair to point my fellow yelpers into this direction. I have been here multiple times and my review is based on that. Don't walk to Pulker's Heuriger - RUN!!! Foremost, giving Pulker's only 5 stars does not do it justice, since it deserves 10. A meal at Pulker's is not only a meal - it is a religious experience! I will make this short and sweet, as you can read all of the expert reviews and articles about Pulker's Heuriger on their web site. The food is absolutely exquisite! At Pulker's Heuriger cooking is not about the technique but about the ingredients. The Schweinsbraten (roasted pork) is out of this world and the best I ever had in my life! There isn't a single Vienna heuriger that comes even close or that is in the same vicinity with the quality, freshness and flavors that you will experience at Pulker's. Everything that I tasted there was a hit. Goat cheese with tomatoes, chives, herbs in olive oil and balsamic vinegar - wow! Cheese spreads, pork fat spreads, deer sausages - all amazing. Simple, honest and bursting with flavor. The wine selection is likely one of the better ones in the entire country and possibly in the region. It is worth mentioning that the owner, Bernd Pulker is a top sommelier (and a very cool dude) who knows a thing or two about wine, and only serves the best - both from the region as well as France, for example. I could go on about food, wine or about the amazing back yard in the middle of a vineyard with a view of the right bank of river Danube and terraced vineyards of Wachau, but the words won't do it justice. So, the only other thing I would recommend is bringing along a designated driver and making a reservation weeks in advance. Pulker's is open between mid-March to early-November and closed for a winter hiatus. Cheers!

We were in Melk to board a short afternoon Danube cruise. After touring the abbey in the late…read moremorning , we had about an hour for lunch and my daughter found this place. It is at the far end of town from the river, but the walk wasn't long, We ate here on a Friday around noon. Most people (we observed later) opted for pizza (which seemed to be ready quickly). We all got pasta. Whether it just takes longer for pasta, or service is leisurely, we were not sure. A lot of the tables here seemed to be locals but there were a few obvious tourist tables (at least, I'm guessing there are not a lot of Koreans who live in Melk). We were seated promptly and the server took our orders fairly soon. Then we waited. Once the food arrived, it was good. My daughter could not finish hers, so she took the rest to-go. I enjoyed mine and finished it, though. My wife's salad was huge, and we all shared that. If you are in Melk at lunchtime, this is a good option.

Really? No Yelper has written a review of Pasta-e-Pizza? Well, dang. Here you go:…read more Should you take a day trip to Melk just for Pasta-e-Pizza? No, but given that you'll also see the abbey and the charming town, it's definitely worth a trip, and unless you are determined to eat NOTHING BUT AUSTRIAN FOOD while in Austria, you should eat here. The cracker-crust pizzas are on point (we had the tri-formaggi and the funghi), and the insalata mista was surprisingly good -- lots of fresh veggies. Everything else rolling out of the kitchen past our bar seats looked good, too (although personally I'd stick with the pizza and pasta over the wok items). It's a small restaurant, and you will wait for a table anywhere near lunch or dinnertime (unless you are lucky enough to snag seats at the small bar, as we did). The one dude rolling out each ball of pizza dough, topping it and sliding it into the oven, TO ORDER, can only work so fast. (The bar seats have an excellent view of this.) If you've got a train to catch in the next hour, or you just want something quick for whatever reason, this may not be the place for you. But if you have a little time, you'll get an actual delicious handcrafted pizza. Seriously, I want that pizza funghi now.

Great ambiance. Great service. Best meal we had in Spitz! Definitely recommend if driving through…read moreor staying in the area.

We went here and sat inside since the outside had reservations. I ordered the filet and my husband…read morethe lamb. Both were excellent. The filet was huge! Must have been 10-12 ounces. The waiter was good and we enjoyed the Caprese salad and wine. Excellent choice for dinner.