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Plachutta Wollzeile

4.0 (271 reviews)
PriceyAustrian
Open 11:30 am - 11:30 pm

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Moderate noise
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Good for kids

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Andrea H.

A wonderful choice for my first night in Vienna. Didn't have a reservation and we were seated outside on a very nice patio with space heaters. Every chair had a blanket in case it was too cold. Didn't need the blankets as the heaters kept the outside warm. Great service, nice upscale atmosphere and the food was excellent. If you like Wiener Schnitzel... the one here was fabulous. The veal was so tender. Potato salad was an add on and worth every penny. It's one of Vienna's most celebrated restaurants and a perfect restaurant for a real Vienna experience.

Pam C.

Came by on a trip to Vienna after seeing the tafelspitz featured. The restaurant is very nice and teeming with staff. Even at 9 or 10pm it was very crowded with most of the tables occupied. Service was very gruff but attentive and quick. Everything came out very quickly but we never felt rushed. The schnitzel was tasty and came with adequate lemon. It was great that it came with side sauces as well (including a very delicious horseradish applesauce). The tafelspitz came with great presentation and was a very healthy serving enough to split for two. Pricing was pretty expensive but not out of range of most restaurants in Vienna.

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Brian W.

Out hotel recommended Plachutta for lunch one day, and I'm so glad they did. Probably the best meal I had in Vienna. I'd never heard of Tafelspitz, or this kind of meal, so it was fun to learn, as well as delicious. We sat outside on a beautiful day, and Plachutta is beautiful and elegant (the only drawback being getting dripped on by the mister machine). They have a little instruction manual (more fun), and our neighbor diner also described the process of the meal, starting with the beef broth soup (with such great pancake "noodle" slices!), then on to bone marrow on toast (eat with your fingers! the manual says), and culminating in the tender beef with root vegetables. The soup was absolutely delicious. If this was all in the meal I would have been satisfied. I'm not the biggest bone marrow fan, but I did enjoy this on the toast. The beef and vegetables was almost anticlimactic, but also very good. The beef was accompanied by some wonderful sides and garnishes, including apple/horseradish, a cream sauce, and a delicious creamed spinach. I'm not sure if I could have distinguished between all the different cuts of beef on the menu. I guess you need to do this a few times! No dessert or coffee for us this time. I'd love to go back.

The tafelspitz is amazing!
Scott H.

Gabriel is amazing!!! He made our dinner the most enjoyable in All of Europe. You must make time to have the Tafelspitz. Absolutely one of the best meals I have ever had! Thank you Plachutta and THANK YOU Gabriel!

Rebeka D.

Everything was very good. I had the 200 gram steak from a pasture-raised cow, along with beef soup. Everything was excellent and the waiters were very fast and tidy.

Bruno G.

If I could score this 10 out of 5, I would. This was one of the dining experience of my life. The service was impressively attentive and fast. The staff and the manager are taking their role seriously. The outdoor sitting was very comfortable. They provided blankets. The food and the wine was amazing. One of my coworker from Germany told me that his parents will sometimes take a 4 hour train ride to go to this restaurant.

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Adam B.

It's rare that after all these years of eating around the world I encounter something truly novel to my palate. I can totally see why Tafelspitz was a favorite dish of Emperor Franz Josef, since it's delicious and has many different phases from the same pot. I think the first phase with that delicious broth was my favorite. It had the long simmered richness of beef pho, minus the Asian spices. Perhaps the best beef broth I've ever had. Instead of noodles, there were thin pancake slices that worked well. I also like the thinly sliced and tender veggies in the mix. The second phase was truly indulgent where you scoop out a marrow bone, spread a heaping portion of bone marrow on toast and then season with salt and pepper. Bone marrow as an appetizer is not new to me, but fishing the bone out of the soup that it had flavored was new and exciting. The final phase felt like prime rib dinner service, but with pot roast as the meat. I liked the presentation of fried potato shreds, blended spinach, apple horseradish sauce and creamy chives sauce. The meat chunks did indeed taste like their "boiled beef" name translation, so felt like common pot roast. But with memories of the previous two phases, it was still elevated in my mind. The place also felt kinda fancy with table clothes and formally dressed waiters. While we had it as a late lunch after a long day of tourist trekking, many other people seemed to be having fancy business lunches to impress their business guests.

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Franco C.

Recommend to make reservation. We were lucky and got a table around 6pm. Don't risk it, particularly if you are short on time. This is a must in Vienna. Ambiance is a mix of local families and tourists, but this is not the typical touristy place. Service was fast, not too friendly but expedient. Place is crowded, and they gave us a table w/o reservation so will give them a pass on that. On to food. You will be tempted to go for Schnitzel and I will not judge. It is really good: tender, crispy, buttery. Go with potato salad or cucumber salad so you have something fresh in your palate to balance the Schnitzel. Now, locals share Tafelspitz and you should too. Do a bit of research and pick the meat that best suits you. Procedure : start with the soup, they will bring a big bowl to share and individual bowls for each person. They should serve you the first scoops. I had 'pancakes' (thin slices of thin bread) as a bed for the soup. Delicious! Then, go for the bone marrow. Yes, just do it please. I have eaten it since i was a kid. They do a good job here. Take the bone marrow out of the bowl and spread it on your bread. It is a perfect companion to the soup. The meat was a bit underwhelming, i tried the mint sauce and made it more interesting, with more texture. We had to skip dessert, as this was plenty! Excellent dinner for a cold winter night. It will get you satisfied, nurtured and ready for a nice walk in one of the Economist's most livable cities in the world. Go on enjoy!

Avoid this restaurant at all costs.

The worst restaurant in Vienna? Probably. I mean, they charge you €4.80 for silverware. I've visited 28 countries and have never had a worse dining experience anywhere, including in the US. Especially not one that cost me €51. Maybe Plachutta was good once upon a time, but that's now a fairy tale: i.e. a nice story that isn't real. Where to start with how bad this place is, I don't even know. I started writing this before I even got my food. That's how bad it is. Let's start at the beginning. The hostess was your typical ice cold Austrian. (Obviously the concept of hospitality died when it arrived in Vienna. While this is a city-wide problem, not Plachutta specific, they are certainly making sure to keep the inhospitable Viennese tradition alive and well). My waiter asked how I was, so I asked how he was. He tells me he's sick. And sure enough, he's coughing all over the place. I have 7 more days left of my trip and I really don't want to get sick. He should not be at work. Or at the very least he should be wearing a mask. We all have a drawer of leftover masks from Covid - have some common courtesy buddy. I get stuck at a table right by the entrance which shouldn't even exist. I get blasted with cold air every time someone comes in and the waitstaff bump into my table pretty much every time they come to the computer that's right beside me to enter an order. Including the sick waiter who keeps coming over to the computer and coughing, literally a foot away from my head. They have five wines by the glass. I ordered the Blaufrankisch and it's disgusting. I've been here for four days and had several glasses of Blaufrankish elsewhere and I know how it's supposed to taste. This is worse than Two Buck Chuck. It's flavorless, it tastes like purple watery alcohol with that distinctive super cheap wine aftertaste. You know what I'm talking about. Look, I will drink mediocre wine and have. Many times. Also, I HATE complaining about things at restaurants. I was a waitress for YEARS in a big city and I understand what a thankless job it is. But this wine is undrinkable. I asked if they have any other wines and said the one I have is "disgusting." The waiter confirmed there were no other wine option and walked away. Um, really? I at least expected "can I get you something else?" So the food comes out and ok, the broth is pretty good, but very salty. The rest of the meal is foul. The texture of the meat is like overcooked roast beef. It has a bitter flavor and is so salty it's nearly inedible. The potatoes don't taste like potato anymore because they're basically all salt. At this point I'm trying to cut my losses so I asked if they could remove the couvert because I haven't - and won't - touch the bread basket. The waiter replies that he cannot because the €4.80 couvert is for silverware too. THEY. CHARGE. YOU. FOR. SILVERWARE. No other purportedly nice sit-down white-tablecloth restaurant in the world would dare charge you for silverware. But see my comment above about Vienna and hospitality. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. They did at least take the disgusting wine off the bill. That doesn't make up for the rest of the horrible experience though. There are many other places you can get Tafelspitz in Vienna. Go to one of those. Don't waste your money in this tourist trap.

Tafelspitz beef after you have the soup with potatoes and creamed spinach
Dave G.

After much research, I had this Plachutta location selected to get my first Viennese meal. As I was waiting for my luggage at the airport, I saw video advertisements for Plachutta above the conveyor belts. I thought uh oh, this place I'm planning on going for dinner has tourist trap written all over it. But I did read this particular location seems to be more popular with locals and better than the other ones. Perhaps because of the heavy tourist advertising, my expectations were low...but everything was outstanding. And the Wiener Schnitzel left me searching for one as good on the rest of my trip, and I never could. Chanterelle mushroom terrine appetizer - 4 stars. This was a very nice beginning that had a richness to it, along with some greens. Perhaps a little crunchy something would have been nice to spread it on. Tafelspitz- 5 stars. The reason for coming really, as it's a fun word to say, and one of the most popular Viennese dishes. Kind of like an Asian Hot pot, but eaten in reverse, first the broth is served and then the sliced tender beef is plated with crispy potatoes. Also enjoyed the horseradish applesauce side that you eat with the beef. We ordered this for 2, but along with other dishes ate it family style for 4. Wiener Schnitzel - 5 stars. Like I said best I had while in Vienna. Nice and crispy on the outside, tender savory veal on the inside. The vinegar like room temperature potato salad is very important to enhance each bite as is a light squeeze of lemon. Goulash and dumplings - 5 stars. We had them served separately so we could share easily. Very tasty. I would have been happy to just eat this as my main dish as well. My tourist fears were put to rest at this location...and I highly recommend Plachutta as a must do, to anyone coming to Vienna.

Schnitzel and Tafelspitz
Lily S.

Such a lovely meal here, be sure to make a reservation in advance as it seemed walking in was quite difficult. I ordered the infamous Tafelspitz, a typical Austrian beef stew served with creamed spinach and hash browned potatoes. It was so delicious, although they didn't explain how to properly eat it a diagram was provided. First you drink the soup, then you spread the bone marrow onto the bread, then you take the beef out and eat it alongside your spinach and potatoes. I added pancakes to the stew which served as a kind of noodle. I would definitely come back here and recommend sharing the stew as it's a large portion!

03/13/22

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3.9(160 reviews)
0.7 kmInnere Stadt
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PERFECT SCHNITZEL ! Loved it. Very clean and a lot of locals here. We loved it and loved the wine…read moretoo! Fast and efficient service. Highly recommended by a local and they were right. Danke!!!

We arrived at Plachuttas a little after 1:00PM and it was not crowded at all. At first we wondered…read moreif we should stay. We did. Sat outside as it was a beautiful spring day. Menus and bread serving arrived. $4.80 per person. Oh well. We decided to share and we selected the white asparagus with a tomato and egg relish with a vinaigrette and an Order of Wiener Schnitzel with potato salad and lingonberries. Our food arrived very quick. Both dishes quite good. Not the best we have experienced in Vienna and not the worst. - Wiener Schnitzel: best one of the week. It was thin as it should be and not greasy at all. Wish it had been cooked with a little seasoning. Salt and fresh lemon solved that problem. 4/5 - Potato Salad: excellent. Almost addictive. Loved the fresh mache and pumpkin seed oil on it. 5/5 - Cranberry Sauce: or as I call it lingonberry sauce. Average. Tasted like out of a jar. But good. 4/5 - White Asparagus: served with a tomato herb vinaigrette with chopped egg. Wish the asparagus had been served warm then topped with the vinaigrette. Would made the dish pop. Very good. 4/5 - Atmosphere: Outside was glorious. Area was spacious. 5/5 - Service: waiter was abrupt and would disappear for lengthy times. Must have been really busy inside. 3/5 - Value: somewhat overpriced. Think the mandatory $4.80 bread service per person put it over the top. I expected outstanding bread and got a very small serving of bread and a pad of butter with a couple of tablespoons of a herb mixture.

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