A cordial welcome to the Wiener Rathauskeller.

In 1899, Rathauskeller was inaugurated by the Mayor of Dr. Karl Lueger with a toast to “His Imperial a Royal Apostolic Majesty, Emperor Franz Josef I”, and to this day it is known as the home of “good taste”.

The Wiener Rathauskeller offers a unique blend of tradition and enjoyment. Whether it is a cosily wine tavern atmosphere you want or an elegant dinner, this is where you can take delight in everything from classic Viennese cuisine to a gala buffet in the great tradition of Viennese hospitality.

Our culinary creations merge traditional, home-style cooking with contemporary trends and are made with top-quality regional and organic ingredients.

Many people take pleasure in consciously experiencing the seasons of the year and enjoying seasonal changes with all their senses. Regional and seasonal – sometimes rare – Austrian ingredients are part of our values.

Our restaurant stands for natural ingredients, down-to-earth, authenticity and regionality and offers you’re the highlights of Viennese cuisine.

Thank you for being our guest

Your Wiener Rathauskeller-Team

Rathausplatz 1, 1010 Wien, phone: +43 (0)50 876‐1001, office@wiener‐rathauskeller.at

Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 11.30 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. and 6.00 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. Kitchen closes at 11.00 p.m., closed on Sunday and bank holidays

www.wiener‐rathauskeller.at

The Finest Viennese Cuisine

The Origins of Viennese Cuisine

An Italian influence dating back to around 1600 can still be identified today in the names used for ingredients and dishes: Risibisi, Melanzani, Maroni, Biskotte, Zitrone.

In the 18th century, a French influence began to make its mark due to French etiquette and the French language spoken in diplomatic circles. Hence, it became common practice in the bourgeois world to use the term “bouillon” when referring to soup.

By the end of the 18th century, the term “Viennese cuisine” appeared in German-language cookery books and it was mistakenly believed to be the same as Austrian cuisine.

Katharina Prato’s “South German Cuisine”, published in 1858, was one of the first cookery books to include Hungarian, South Slav, Polish, Italian, Jewish and Bohemian items alongside , and especially Viennese, cuisine.

Traditional Viennese cuisine is shaped by the early influence of immigrants from the countries and regions of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918

Due to the city’s position close to the border of Hungary, Bohemia and Moravia, it is predominantly dishes from these countries which are found on menus.

This is how the Viennese versions of goulash, including Viennese goulash, fiaker goulash and gypsy goulash, and strudel, with its extremely thin dough, kneaded by hand an influenced by Turkish cuisine, came to Vienna from Hungary.

It was mainly pastry items which came from Bohemia, such as “Golatschen”, which are Viennese pastries, and “Palatschinken” which are Viennese pancakes. In addition, dumplings, which are served with roast pork, also came from Bohemia.

Cold starters

Regional raw ham M, N, O with elderflower jelly and salad of wild herb seeds 7,50

Home-made terrine of smoked fish C, D, G, H on pickled apple slices, garnished with grated walnuts 8,30

Flambéed goat cheese A, C, G, M, N on avocado-pear salad 10,70

Hot starters

Buckwheat pancake au gratin C, G, L filled with curd cheese, apple and celery 7,60

Raviolis filled with greaves A, C, G, O served with leek-nut butter 11,40

Soups

Viennese consommé L, M with side dishes to choose: sliced pancakes A, C, G, semolina dumplings A, C, liver dumplings A, C or vermicelli A, C 4,80

White cream of cabbage soup A, C, G, L with ravioli filled with blood sausage 5,10

Main dishes „Viennese classics“

Deep-fried beef “Viennese style” A, C, G, M, O (roast beef marinated with sweet mustard and grated horseradish) with crisp lamb’s lettuce salad and sweet pepper slices 15,60

Braised rump-steak of beef A, C, F, G, L, M, O with pumpkin purée and fine sliced vegetables with bacon 19,90

Viennese Schnitzel A, C, L, M fried escalope of organic veal served with home-made potato salad 19,80

Fried boneless chicken A, C, G, L, M with potato-cucumber salad 11,40

Herb-flavoured breast of corn-fed chicken G, L, O on buckwheat risotto with courgette flowers 17,60

Roasted carp fillet wrapped up in sesame A, D, G, L with potato-mangold vegetables and refined with whipped celery cream sauce 19,80

Medium-rare roasted veal medallion A, C, G, H coated with Vulcano ham, served with walnut-potato noodles and sautéed Brussels sprouts 26,60

The roast

Roasting on a grill is one of the oldest cooking methods and was already known in Roman times. Finds of utensils from that time (such as grills) as well as Roman cookbooks are evidence of this cooking technique. The Roman cookbook "De re coquinaria" by Apicius (from the second half of the 1st century BC) already contains a recipe for meat rolls, which are dried on a grill over a small fire following browning in an oven.

Medieval cookbooks also mention roasting on a grill as a preparation method. While previously the roast was prepared on a grill, gradually frying and stewing in a pan became more popular.

The "Nützliches Koch-Buch" cookbook (published in Steyr, in Upper Austria) by Ignaz Gartler describes a method intermediate between roasting and stewing.

Around 1800 Viennese cuisine was already familiar with the roasted, stewed, stuffed, minced and baked roast, as well as with onion roast, roast in a cream sauce, with cabbage, Malaga (= wine) and baked and boiled onions. There was also the roast with garlic, on its own, with potatoes, with rice and tomatoes, and with anchovies.

J.M. Heitz (1902) calls the onion roast "Rostbraten aux oignons à la Viennoise", suggesting a close link to Vienna.

The roast can be made in many different ways. We offer the following

Roast with fried onions A, G, L, M, O with roast potatoes with rosemary and gherkin pickled with mustard seeds 17,80

Roast A, C, F, G, L, M, O on cream sauce with lemon and capers, served with slices of brown bread dumpling 18,10

Roast Esterházy A, C, G, L, M, O with small buttered dumplings and gherkin pickled with mustard seeds 17,80

Glazed roast A, G, L, M, O on plum jus with pears and cabbage in a cream sauce, served with roast potatoes 18,10

Vegetarian dishes

Curd cheese-basil dumplings A, C, G, L, O in mushroom cream sauce with young leaf spinach and Parmesan cheese 13,50

Spelt-semolina dumpling A, C, F, G with Österkron blue cheese on beetroot ragout 8,60

Potato-pumpkin tartlet A, C, G, O on horseradish and Savoy cabbage with whipped Schilcher wine cream sauce 8,90

Dessert

Home-made cream strudel A, C, G, O on berry sauce 6,10

Oven-warm plum cake A, C, F, G, H on marzipan sauce 6,50

Pancakes with apricot jam (2 pieces) A, C, G fresh from the pan 4,90

Curd cheese-honey mousse G with red currants 4,60

Aperitif

Martini rosso O / extra dry O 5 cl 4,80

Gonzales Byass Tio Pepe Sherry O 5 cl 4,80

Lillet Spritz O 0,25 l 6,90

Aperol Spritzer O 0,25 l 4,90

Schlumberger Sparkling Brut O 0,1 l 7,50 0,75 l 55,60

Schlumberger Sparkling Brut with orange juice O 0,1 l 7,50

Roederer Brut Premier 0,375 l 65,90

Longdrinks

Campari Soda 4 cl 6,90

Campari Orange 4 cl 7,50

Vodka Lemon 4 cl 7,50

Vodka Orange 4 cl 7,50

Rum Cola 4 cl 7,50

Whiskey Cola A 4 cl 7,50

Gin Tonic 4 cl 7,50

Non-alcoholic beverages

Vöslauer Mineral water sparkling 0,33 l 3,00 Vöslauer Mineral water still 0,33 l 3,00 Vöslauer Mineral water sparkling * 0,75 l 5,90 Vöslauer Mineral water still * 0,75 l 5,90

Frucade Orange 0,35 l 3,30 Almdudler 0,35 l 3,30 Coca-Cola 0,33 l 3,30 Coca-Cola light 0,33 l 3,30

Schweppes Bitter Lemon 0,2 l 3,40 Schweppes Tonic Water 0,2 l 3,40

Organic Apple Juice “Topaz”, Obsthof Göthans 0,25 l 4,10

Sparkling Organic Apple Juice “Topaz”, Obsthof Göthans 0,25 l 3,20

Sparkling Organic Apple Juice “Topaz”, Obsthof Göthans 0,5 l 6,40

Pear juice “Williams”, Obsthof Göthans 0,25 l 4,10

Sparkling Pear Juice “Williams”, Obsthof Göthans 0,25 l 3,20

Sparkling Pear Juice “Williams”, Obsthof Göthans 0,5 l 6,40

Organic Grape juice “Demeter quality”, Meinklang 0,25 l 4,90

Organic Sparkling Grape Juice “Demeter quality”, Meinklang 0,25 l 3,50

Organic Sparkling Grape Juice “Demeter quality”, Meinklang 0,5 l 7,00

Pago Fruit Juice apple, black currant, apricot, orange, 0,2 l 3,30

*Youth drinks

Austrian Wine Precious culture, extraordinary delight

By international standards, Austria is a small, but exquisite wine country, producing no run- of-the-mill wine, but a rarity. is currently considered one of the most interesting phenomena of the world of wine. It is found on all good menus, highly valued by wine connoisseurs and praised by journalists - some even talk about the Austrian wine wonder.

What makes Austrian wine so special? There are many reasons for this, and the interplay of all factors has made the unique quality boom of the past few decades possible. Tradition is one of the most crucial factors: Wine has been grown on the territory of present-day Austria for thousands of years. Vines are part of our landscape, culture and everyday life. Another important factor is the typical grape varieties, many of which are exclusively grown in Austrian wine-growing regions. In combination with ideal climatic and geological conditions, they are ideally suited to produce authentic, distinctive wines with character and personality. But of course all this is not possible without the dedication of the people behind it. Over the past few years, Austrian winemakers have successfully merged winegrowing traditions with state-of-the-art processing technologies. Quality without compromise was their motto – and absolute success was the result.

Austrian wine by the glass

Spritzer white / red O 0,25 l 3,40

Grüner Veltliner O

Winery Cobenzl, Wien 1/8 l 4,30

Zweigelt O

Winery Cobenzl Wien 1/8 l 4,50

Bottled white wine

Grüner Veltliner

Winery Cobenzl, Wien 0,75 l 28,20

Riesling Kaiserstiege DAC 93 Pkt. Wine Winery Hermann Moser, Kremstal Spectator 0,75 l 34,00

Chardonnay Reserve

Winery Krug, Thermenregion 0,75 l 31,00

Welschriesling Classic

Winery Hofbauer, Weinviertel 0,75 l 30,50

Gemischter Satz

Winery Cobenzl, Wien 0,75 l 32,60

Sauvignon Blanc Kellermeister Privat Winery Winzer Krems, Kremstal 0,75 l 30,00

Bottled red wine

Zweigelt Senator

Winery Cobenzl, Wien 0,75 l 29,30

Estoras Cuvée (Bl, Me, CS) 91 Falstaff‐ Winery Esterházy, Neusiedlersee-Hügelland Punkte 0,75 l 35,00

Blauburger Classic

Winery Hofbauer, Weinviertel 0,75 l 29,90

Bio Blaufränkisch Classic DAC 90 Falstaff‐ Punkte Winery Bauer Pöltl, Mittelburgenland 0,75 l 30,00

Zweigelt Kellermeister Reserve

Winery Winzer Krems, Kremstal 0,75 l 38,50

Cuvée Classic

Winery Krug, Thermenregion 0,75 l 28,00

Bottled dessert wine

Cuvée Beerenauslese O

Winery Kracher, Neusiedlersee 1/16 l 5,80

0,35 l 34,80

Traminer Bisamberg O

Winery Wieninger, Wien 1/16 l 6,50

0,35 l 39,00

Beer

Ottakringer Zwickl A 0,2 l 2,90

Ottakringer Zwickl A 0,3 l 3,90

Ottakringer Zwickl A 0,5 l 4,90

Ottakringer Wiener Original A 0,2 l 2,90

Ottakringer Wiener Original A 0,3 l 3,90

Ottakringer Wiener Original A 0,5 l 4,90

Ottakringer shady 0,5 l 4,60

Wheat beer 0,5 l 5,20

Null Komma Josef non-alcoholic beer 0,33 l 3,90

Schnapps

Pear „Williams“, Brennerei Pfau, Klagenfurt 2 cl 7,10

Plum, Obstbau Reisetbauer, Axberg 2 cl 7,10

Apricot, Brennerei Pfau, Klagenfurt 2 cl 8,90

Elder, Obstbau Reisetbauer, Axberg 2 cl 13,90

Rowan berry, Brennerei Pfau, Klagenfurt 2 cl 14,10

Raspberry, Obstbau Reisetbauer, Axberg 2 cl 16,10

Vodka

Nørderd – Pure Organic Vodka

Pure Single Malt Vodka 2 cl 4,00

Pure Potato Vodka 2 cl 4,00

Pure Apple Vodka 2 cl 7,50

Grappa

La Malvasia di Nonino ÙE Monovitigno 2 cl 5,90

Il Prosecco di Nonino ÙE Monovitigno 2 cl 5,90

Il Prosecco di Nonino Grappa barrique Monovitigno 2 cl 5,10

Whiskey / Cognac

Remy Martin V.S.O.P. 2 cl 6,10

Hennessy V.S.O.P. 2 cl 6,60

Evan Williams, Kentucky Bourbon 4 cl 6,70

Famous Grouse, Finest Scotch 4 cl 6,70

Glenfiddich Res. 12 years, Single Malt 4 cl 12,10

Hot beverages

COFFEE

Espresso small 2,90

Double Espresso 4,30

Melange G 3,60

Espresso extended 3,50

We only use organic and fair trade coffee for our coffee specialities!

TEA

Organic black tea 3,60

Organic herbal tea 3,60

Organic green tea 3,60

Organic peppermint tea 3,60

Organic camomile tea 3,60

Organic fruit Tea 3,60

MILK

Milk G 0,25 l 1,50

All prices in Euro inclusive VAT

Good to know, what’s inside…. (Allergen information according to Codex recommendation)

A – gluten containing cereals H – nuts

B – crustaceans L – celery

C – egg M – mustard

D – fish N – sesame

E – peanut O – sulfite

F – soy P – lupins

G – milk or lactose R - molluscs

Celebrate in the heart of Vienna

The Wiener Rathauskeller is steeped in tradition and the ideal location for your next celebration or event. No matter if you prefer a cosy "Heurigen" atmosphere or an elegant gala dinner – we make your event an unforgettable experience for your guests!

Our sales team will be pleased to offer advice and prepare a detailed offer for your event. Contact us: be email to rhk-sales@wienner-rathauskeller or by phone: + 43 (0)50 876-1001.

Our Certifications

Quality assurance, sustainability and the environment are issues of importtance to us. To guarantee that all our processes are optimised accordingly, we have obtained certification according to the Austrian Ecolabel and also ISO. Regular internal and external checks are conducted to ensure that the way of working corresponds to the interests of the environment, of quality and of securing the process efffeectively.

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