7Gasthaus Wolf
Gasthaus Wolf is a beloved neighborhood restaurant in Vienna’s elegant District 4. A taxidermied cow’s head here, a Virgin Mary painting there – the walls are witness to highly personal design choices. Things can get loud and lively; it’s here that you might fall into a conversation with a retired tennis professional or the local gentleman who dropped in with his cavapoo for a night cap.
The dishes are meat-heavy and excellent. Spreadable pork fat with rye, roasted discs of blood sausage (Blunzenradl) with bean salad, beef tartare, three kinds of schnitzel, knödels, slow-cooked duck layered with braised red cabbage. The wine list is local and well curated, featuring top producers such as Weninger and Uwe Schiefer. €17-23 mains. Dinner only and closed on the weekend!
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