Methodology

Two kinds of entry

This guide carries two things: visited reviews and editorial shortlists. A review follows an anonymous visit and carries a visit date. A shortlist is a set of addresses we think are worth knowing but have not yet visited. Both are labelled as such on the page itself — shortlists carry neither scores nor a visit date.

Visits

Visits are anonymous. No advance notice, no invitation, no press table. Every bill is paid in full.

Rankings

Vienna is our own ranking. Eight federal states follow the Falstaff Restaurant & Gasthaus Guide 2026 and its 100-point scale; the source is stated on each of those pages. Where we carry someone else’s assessment we say so, and we do not present it as our own.

Assessment

What arrives on the plate is judged against what the venue is trying to be. A beisl is not measured against a tasting-menu restaurant.

Currency

Every review carries a visit date. Hours and trading status are re-checked quarterly. Permanently closed venues keep their page with a notice — they do not vanish.

Authorship

Work is published editorially, without a personal byline. Responsibility rests with the media owner named in the imprint.

Money

There are no paid placements. Any commercial relationship, should one ever exist, is disclosed on the listing it concerns.

Corrections

Errors are corrected and the modified date is updated — for substantive changes only, never on every build.