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What to eat in Austria

The 10 best dishes in Austria

The coffeehouse, the schnitzel and a dessert trolley the Habsburgs left behind.

1

Wiener Schnitzel

Best: Vienna

Veal pounded thin, breaded and fried in lard until the crust puffs.

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2

Tafelspitz

Best: Vienna

Boiled beef in broth with apple-horseradish and chive sauce.

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3

Sachertorte

Best: Vienna

Dense chocolate cake with apricot jam under a chocolate glaze.

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4

Apfelstrudel

Best: Vienna

Paper-thin stretched pastry rolled around apples, raisins and cinnamon.

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5

Kaiserschmarrn

Eaten all over Austria

Fluffy torn pancake with plum compote and powdered sugar.

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6

Gulasch

Best: Vienna

The Viennese beef and onion stew with paprika.

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7

Käsespätzle

Best: Vorarlberg and Tyrol

Spätzle with mountain cheese and crisp onions.

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8

Germknödel

Eaten all over Austria

Yeast dumpling filled with plum jam under poppy seed and butter.

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Kärntner Kasnudeln

Best: Carinthia

Pasta pockets of curd cheese, potato and mint.

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10

Käsekrainer

Best: Vienna

Cheese-filled sausage from the late-night sausage stand.

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Photos: each dish's lead photo on its Wikipedia article (license and author on Wikimedia Commons); "a photo like it" is a food photo of the same kind, not that dish. Cook it opens a recipe in Chef Amazing, or Chef writes one for you. Picked by Chef Amazing, November 2026.