Three Michelin Stars: Two of the World's Best Restaurants in Vienna
The last edition of the Michelin Guide for all of Austria was published in 2009. For the current guide, restaurants across the country were tested last year. In total, 333 restaurants are recommended in the Michelin Guide Austria 2025. The restaurant guide awarded 13 new restaurants with two stars, 53 new restaurants with one star. 33 green Michelin stars were awarded for resource-saving gastronomy, and 43 "Bib Gourmands" for the best price-performance ratio.
Viennese Steirereck and Amador Among the Best Restaurants Worldwide
"In recent years, Austria has positioned itself as a globally attractive travel destination, with an increasingly broad culinary offering and hospitality that can be felt throughout the country," explained Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of the Michelin Guide, in advance.
Restaurateurs and representatives and personalities of the industry were invited to the ceremony at Hangar-7. The Viennese restaurant Steirereck in the city park was extensively praised. This extraordinary achievement is due to the individuality and authenticity that patron Heinz Reitbauer and his team around chef Michael Bauböck bring to the plates at this location, it was said. "Definitely not off-the-peg cuisine. The dishes are not overthought or overloaded. Here, food is cooked lightly, freshly, and with impressive elegance and taste complexity." Sommelier René Antrag received high praise for his wine expertise.
Steirereck shares the gastronomic peak of Vienna and Austria with the restaurant Amador, located at the Hajszan Neumann winery, which has been awarded three Michelin stars for years for the "sophisticated-creative cuisine" of Juan Amador.
Michelin Guide: Two-Star Restaurants in Austria
The Michelin Guide has awarded 13 new restaurants in Austria with two stars. Five establishments were already listed with two stars. These include the restaurant Stüva in Ischgl in Tyrol. The small Ois in Mühltalhof in Neufelden in Upper Austria can also be pleased about two stars. The self-confident modern cuisine that Johannes Nuding now offers in the Schwarzen Adler in Hall in Tyrol after his return from international gastronomy to his Austrian homeland was also rated outstanding. Top level was also attested to the tastefully alpine Griggeler Stuba in the "Burg Vital Resort" in Lech am Arlberg (Vorarlberg). The restaurant Obauer in Werfen in the state of Salzburg was also highlighted. "Classic, but by no means outdated, the brothers Karl and Rudolf Obauer here uphold the values of the traditional family business." The Kräuterreich by Vitus Winkler in Sankt Veit in the Salzburg Pongau also received two stars for its nature-oriented, strictly regional and herb-rich cuisine. In addition, the restaurant received a Green Star for its sustainable philosophy.
In Vienna, the restaurant Doubek, where patron Stefan Doubek provides a very special experience with his special fire concept, was newly represented and directly awarded two stars. In addition, the following Viennese restaurants were able to confirm their two stars: Silvio Nickol Gourmet Restaurant, Mraz & Son and Konstantin Filippou.
Awarded with a Michelin Star
Among the 62 restaurants in Austria awarded with a Michelin star, 53 are new. These include, for example, the restaurant "Die Forelle" located in the nature park in Weißensee in Carinthia, the "RAU nature-based cuisine" in Großraming in Upper Austria, the restaurant "Sigwart's Tiroler Weinstuben" in Brixlegg in Tyrol, and the casual-modern "Esslokal" in Hadersdorf am Kamp in Lower Austria.
In Vienna, in addition to the five already recommended 1-star restaurants - TIAN, Edvard, APRON, [aend] and Pramerl & the Wolf - three more restaurants were awarded a star: the Esszimmer - Everybody's Darling, the stylish restaurant Herzig, and the Z'SOM.
Three Awards for Outstanding Achievements
The Michelin Guide awarded three awards for outstanding achievements. Service, Young Chef, and Sommelier were recognized. The Michelin Service Award went to Barbara Eselböck from the Taubenkobel restaurant in Schützen am Gebirge in Burgenland. The Young Chef Award was given to Julian Stieger, head chef at the Rote Wand Chef's Table restaurant in Lech am Arlberg (Vorarlberg). The winner of the Sommelier Award is Alexander Koblinger, who proves to be a veritable walking wine encyclopedia at Döllerer's Genießerrestaurant in Golling in the Salzburg Tennengau.
The international gourmet guide removed Austria from its ranking in 2010 due to sales figures. In the following years, the cities of Vienna and Salzburg were the exception. Their restaurants continued to be evaluated for the "Main Cities" guide by the Michelin Guide testers. For the first time, the Viennese "Amador" was awarded the highest rating of three stars by the Michelin Guide in March 2019.
The restaurant guide awards up to three stars. The return of the Michelin Guide is financed by Austria Advertising and eight state tourism organizations - all except Vienna. The costs amount to several hundred thousand euros per year. Wholesalers and restaurateurs, such as the Salzburg hotelier Sepp Schellhorn, supported the effort to bring good houses back into the famous guide nationwide, in order to also increase domestic competitiveness.
(APA/Red.)
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