Piano, who named her business after her mother Mon, has added a menu of southern Thai flavors, street-style decor, and an indie music to Vienna's booming Southeast-Asian culinary scene. On warm nights, lone diners take up a stool at the enormous communal table or window seats indoors, while a youthful, joyful crowd pours out into the courtyard.

Piano's plump tod mun (fish cakes; €6.50) are among the best outside of – or in – Thailand, and her herb-strewn papaya salad (€7.50), full-frontal pig larb (€8), and delicious sticky-rice accompanying have cult status. There's a long list of other snacky appetizers, curries, and stir-fries to choose from, but the daily curry and rice (€7.50 to €8.50) is hard to beat, as Mamamon frequently uses fresh, seasonal ingredients while remaining completely authentic (note that it's always fish on Fridays, but it often sells out by lunch).

Address: 08, Albertgasse 15
Phone: 01-942 31 55
Website: www.mamamonthaikitchen.com
Hours: 11.30am-9.30pm Mon-Fri, from noon Sat
Price: mains €7.50-10.90

Heinz Reitbauer is the chef de cuisine of this two-starred Michelin restaurant in the lush Stadtpark, which is charmingly housed in a former dairy building from the 20th century. His tasting menus are an exuberant feast, bursting with natural, fundamental flavors befitting a chef of high standards. An extra €79/89 (six/seven courses) is charged for wine matching.

Seasons play a big part, but you could start with young beets and wild lettuce with chia and eucalyptus, then move on to milk-fed veal with melon, aubergine, and sorrel. Keep an eye out for the famous cheese trolley and scrumptious treats like milk and hay with raspberries. Reservations are required because the service is consistently excellent.

Address: 03, Am Heumarkt 2a
Phone: 01-713 31 68
Website: http://steirereck.at
Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm & 6.30pm-midnight Mon-Fri
Price: mains €38-58, 6-/7-course menus €149/165

T.O.M. R, in the village of St Andrä im Sausal, 20 kilometers north of Leutschach, has long been a popular dining destination in southern Styria. Tom Riederer and Katarina run their business out of a former rectory, which has been transformed into a light, attractive fine-dining establishment with a few upper rooms for overnight stays. Riederer's cooking is precise and highly visual, and the atmosphere is warm and inviting, as it should be in Styria.

This is a leisurely event, so plan on coming around 7 p.m. for dinner, 12.30 p.m. for lunch, or 11 a.m. for Sunday brunch. If you're a vegetarian, vegan, or have allergies or food intolerances, let them know ahead of time and they'll be pleased to accommodate you.

Address: St Andrä im Sausal 1,
Phone: 0660 400 87 34
Hours: 6.30-11pm Wed-Sat, 12.30-3pm Sat, 11am-3pm Sun
Price: Sat only 10-course lunch €85, Wed-Sat 10-course dinner €115, 6-course Sun brunch €55

This former schoolhouse turned restaurant is Tyrolean through and through, perched on a scenic ridge above Zell am Ziller. The larch-wood interior is bathed in honeyed light, the patio takes advantage of the views deep into the valley and beyond, and the short menu reflects a family that values local sourcing and farm-fresh ingredients.

The Geisler family knows their suppliers by name, and their food changes with the seasons - in the summer, garden salads, herbs, and trout from nearby brooks, and in the fall, venison cooked two ways. At Schulhaus, Austrian wines from the Burgenland and Wachau are paired with attractively presented, flavor-packed meals.

Address: Zellberg 162
Phone: 05282-33 76
Website: www.schulhaus.tirol
Hours: 5-10pm Wed-Sat, from noon Sun
Price: mains €18-34

The thomawirt, a three-story building, has a lot to offer: Relaxing music and a pleasant ambiance can be found in the café; an extraordinary meal can be found in the restaurant; and an exceptional drink menu and excellent music can be found in the bar and lounge.

This uni quarter neo-Beisl (bistro pub) provides a lunch special weekdays from 11 a.m., as well as other great lunch and dinner meals ranging from Styrian classics to (expensive) steaks and vegetarian mains till 1 a.m. In addition to outstanding pub food, Thomawirt has a café where you may order the same restaurant items, as well as live music in the lounge bar on occasion.

Address: Leonhardstrasse 40-42
Phone; 0316-32 86 37
Website; www.thomawirt.at
Hours: 9am-1am
Price: lunch menu €6.90 & €7.90, mains €7.80-17.90

Vienna's best sausage stand, Bitzinger Würstelstand am Albertinaplatz, located below the Staatsoper, has cult status. After performances, Bitzinger offers the contrast of ladies and gentlemen dressed to the nines, enjoying beer, wine, or Joseph Perrier champagne while munching into sausages at outside tables or the warm counter. Mustard is available in two varieties: Süss (sweet, i.e. mild) and Scharf (hot) (fiercely hot).

It has received a ton o compliments on many websites. MelekHarika says"Just simply mouthwatering! Between all the schnitzels & tafelspitzes we are having here, this is A must in Vienna!! We will come back for sure…" (Source: https://www.tripadvisor.com/). Vanessa K adds" This was awesome and perfect for three starving individuals at two midnight. Would definitely return to eat it again"

Address; 01, Albertinaplatz
Website: www.bitzinger-wien.at
Hours: 8am-4am
Price: sausages €3.50-4.70

At Michelin-starred Esszimmer, Andreas Kaiblinger puts an inventive touch on market-driven French food. Gastronomic showstoppers like Arctic char with calf's head and asparagus, as well as eye-catching art, whimsical backlighting, and a glass floor showing the Almkanal stream, keep diners enthralled. The Landeskrankenhaus is served by buses 7, 21, and 28.

Eating love is more than just a collection of recipes compiled by Andreas for you to prepare at home. They are pleased to share with anyone who is interested in and likes healthy yet innovative food. Eating and loving represent an essential and healthy way of living in everyday life.

Address: Müllner Hauptstrasse 33
Phone: 0676 65 20 567
Website: www.esszimmer.com
Hours: 6.30-10pm Tue & Wed, noon-2pm & 6.30-10pm Thu-Sat
Price: 3-course lunch €45, tasting menus €79-128

This wonderfully delightful café is set in the picture-perfect chalet of the St Anton Museum on the outskirts of the hamlet. The most succulent Tyrolean beef and trout fished fresh from the pond outside land on your plate at this intimate wood-panelled restaurant. Winter salad with caramelised nuts, pear, and smoked goose breast, as well as the most succulent Tyrolean beef and trout fished fresh from the pond outside land on your plate.

The Museum is a restaurant that includes a stroll through ski history, set in a charmingly rebuilt old mansion just steps from the ski runs, gondolas, and town center of St. Anton.

Delicious modern mountain food that is locally sourced and seasonally inspired is served in this historic setting. Each of the original dining rooms has its own story to tell.

Address: Rudi-Matt-Weg 10
Phone: 05446-24 75
Website: www.museum-restaurant.at
Hours: noon-10pm
Price: mains €18-37.50

This, Naschmarkt, is Vienna's largest and best market, stretching 500 meters down Linke Wienzeile between the U4 stops of Kettenbrückengasse and Karlsplatz. Meats, fruits and vegetables (including exotic species), spices, wines, cheeses, olives, Indian and Middle Eastern specialties, and kebab and felafel stands may be found on the western (Kettengasse) end. There are 123 fixed stalls in all, including a number of sit-down eateries.

Another 35 spaces are reserved for temporary stalls such as farmers' markets. The eastern end of the market is dominated by stalls selling Indian fabrics, jewelry, and trashy souvenirs. On Saturdays, a Flohmarkt (flea market) is set up.

Address: 06, Linke & Rechte Wienzeile
Website: www.wien.gv.at
Hours: 6am-7.30pm Mon-Fri, to 5pm Sa

Brezl Gwölb, tucked away in a back alley near Freyung, has a devoted following thanks to its delectably fresh Austrian home cooking. The crypt-like cellar, lit by candles and playing classical music in the background, transports you back in time with its carvings, brick arches, wrought-iron lights, and alcoves. It's no surprise that the place is packed with regulars.

The Brezl (pretzels) here are exactly as they should be - chewy, fluffy, and fresh from the oven, as the name says. Warming foods like beef soup with noodles, schnitzel, and cheesy Pinzgauer Kasnocken dumplings are paired with excellent Lower Austrian wines.

Address: 01, Ledererhof 9
Phone: 01-533 88 11
Website: www.brezl.at
Hours: 11.30am-midnight
Price; mains €11-21.50