A fun dinner at the Marchfelderhof!
Cutting the ribbon to enter the Marchfelderhof Restaurant!
If you’re looking for an fun and memorable place to have dinner on your Viennese visit, head out for the Marchfelderhof Restaurant, Austria’s most historical and traditional restaurant. This restaurant is a bit out of town, at A-2232 Deutsch-Wagram so you’ll need to organize your transport to and back from the restaurant. Although this restaurant is frequented by tour groups, don’t be concerned about it being rowdy or noisy as the Austrians will keep the crowds under control. You veel obey me!
So what’s so special about this restaurant?
When our coach stopped across the road from the front entrance, a lolly-pop man stopped passing traffic to let us cross. The doorman then unfurls a red carpet, a welcome sign greets us and a brass band adds to the welcome routine. We were made to feel really special.
When you step into the restaurant, you’re transported to another world! Musical instruments like old violins, banjo, tambourines, drums and other paraphrenalia adorn the ceilings, Autographed photos, pictures and impressive certificates cover the walls and the metal plaques on the tables display the names of VIPs who have sat there. If you think that the entrance and dining areas are kitsch, you should head for the toilets. See our photo gallery.
Is the food any good?
Marchfelderhof serves traditional Austrian fare and in spite of the groups, the food is quite good. Austrian cuisine is traditionally hearty food with specialties including pork and schnitzels. From our Imperial Dinner menu, we had a wide choice of Weiner schnitzel, roast pork, pork knuckles, turkey, beef, spareribs and a couple of dishes for the non-meat eaters. Whereas we don’t eat meat and can’t comment on these dishes, our fellow diners hoed into their food and no one complained. The portions were substantial!
Helen enjoys the Viennese coffee and Schnapps shooter...
Oh, before we started our meal, Schnapps was offered in cylindrical tubes which looked like they came out from a lab. Well, the concoction was so strong that many of the ladies thought the wiser of downing it. As we ate our food, wandering minstrels serenaded us.
We’ve been to the Marchfelderhof a couple of times, and yes it’s touristy, but we had good company and enjoyed ourselves tremendously on both occasions. The restaurant started in 1843 and Napoleon was known to have dined there, as did many other celebrities. Unfortunately, their website is currently in Austrian only.
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This place is not worth the money, food on OUR “Imperial-Dinner” menu had a
choice of Grilled Catfish -Fried Beef Meat- Turkey Schnitzel etc.
“Authentic Music” was a keyboard playing Cha-cha and Tangos.
I guess catering to the Americans who don’t have a clue of Vienese music.
The place is an overpriced tourist trap!
Our small tour group from Nashville, TN (USA) enjoyed a wonderful evening at The Marchfelderhof
in early August, 2010. From our red carpet welcome to the final “good-bye” we were well entertained and fed. The “Imperial-Dinner” choices were excellent (I enjoyed the pot au feu). The ambience was fun–pictures of celebrities and leaders from all over the world graced the walls and we enjoyed seeing their familiar faces and names. The evening we were there a small musical combo roamed, playing enjoyable music, some from “The Sound of Music” (we all broke out into a joyful sing-a-long). The music was not just for Americans who do, by the way, know good music (they don’t call Nashville “Music City” for nothing), there were local people as well as other countries represented in the restaurant that evening and “a good time was had by all.” All over Europe we were impressed with the quality of food and service; of all our dining experiences, The Marchfelderhof is the most memorable.
Glad to hear that you had a great time at Marchfelderhof. Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards,
Helen