Restaurant in Vienna, Austria
Michelin-recognised modern cooking at accessible prices.
Veranda at Hotel Sans Souci Wien holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, making it one of Vienna's more reliable modern cuisine options at the €€ tier. With a 4.6 Google rating from over 500 reviews and easy booking, it delivers consistent quality without the price or formality of the city's starred rooms. A strong choice for returning visitors and hotel guests alike.
Yes — and particularly if you are returning after a first visit and want to understand what the kitchen is actually capable of. Veranda holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, which signals consistent technical quality without the price pressure of a starred room. At the €€ price point, it is one of the more accessible entries into serious modern cuisine in Vienna's 7th district, and the hotel setting gives it a polish that standalone neighbourhood restaurants at this tier rarely match.
Veranda sits inside Hotel Sans Souci Wien on Burggasse 2, in the Neubau district — a part of Vienna better known for independent galleries and design shops than destination dining. That address works in your favour. The foot traffic here skews local and repeat rather than tourist, which shapes both the pacing of service and the atmosphere in the room. If your first visit was a quick dinner, a second visit is the moment to slow down and pay attention to how the kitchen structures a meal.
The Michelin Plate recognition, held across consecutive years, is a meaningful benchmark. It indicates that inspectors found the cooking technically competent and consistent enough to recommend without reservation , the Plate is not a consolation prize but a genuine signal of a kitchen that executes reliably. For a modern cuisine restaurant at the €€ tier in a hotel context, that kind of sustained recognition matters. It means the quality is not dependent on a single exceptional night.
The editorial angle worth focusing on for returning visitors is the bar and counter seating, where available. In hotel restaurants at this level, counter or bar positions often give you the closest view of the kitchen's rhythm without requiring a full tasting menu commitment. If the room allows for it, requesting a seat closer to the service pass or any counter option gives you a meaningfully different experience from a standard table , you see plating, you can ask questions, and the pacing feels less formal. For a second visit, that shift in perspective is often more revealing than ordering something new from the same seat.
With a Google rating of 4.6 across 508 reviews, the venue has a broad base of satisfied guests , that volume matters. A high score across hundreds of reviews is harder to sustain than one built on a smaller sample, and it suggests that Veranda performs well across different expectations and occasions, not just for special-event diners.
Vienna's modern cuisine category is genuinely competitive. The city has multiple Michelin-starred rooms, and Veranda is not trying to compete directly with the €€€€ tasting-menu circuit. What it offers instead is a serious kitchen at a price point that allows for more frequent visits, in a hotel environment that handles service and room quality with care. That positioning is deliberate and it holds up.
For context on how Vienna's dining scene connects to Austria's broader fine-dining geography, it is worth knowing that ambitious kitchens outside the capital , including Döllerer in Golling an der Salzach, Ikarus in Salzburg, and Griggeler Stuba in Lech , set a high bar for what Austrian kitchens can produce. Veranda operates in a city where that standard is well understood by both chefs and regular diners.
If you are planning around a wider Vienna trip, our full Vienna restaurants guide covers the range from Michelin-starred to neighbourhood tables. For accommodation context around the Sans Souci area, the Vienna hotels guide is useful, and the Vienna bars guide covers what to do before or after dinner in the 7th district.
Among Vienna's other modern cuisine options at a comparable or adjacent tier, Esszimmer - Everybody's Darling, Herzig, Z'SOM, and Buxbaum are all worth knowing. Each has a different room character and price calibration, so the right choice depends on occasion and group size rather than a single ranking.
International comparisons can be useful for calibrating expectations. Modern cuisine hotel restaurants operating at a similar level of ambition to Veranda include venues like FZN by Björn Frantzén in Dubai, though the format and price tier are quite different. For an idea of where technically focused Nordic-influenced modern cuisine can go at the leading end, Frantzén in Stockholm sets the ceiling for the broader genre.
Address: Hotel Sans Souci Wien, Burggasse 2, 1070 Wien, Austria. Cuisine: Modern Cuisine. Price tier: €€ , accessible for the quality level. Awards: Michelin Plate 2024 and 2025. Google rating: 4.6 from 508 reviews. Booking difficulty: Easy , reservations are direct to secure. Dress: Smart casual is appropriate given the hotel setting. Leading for: Returning visitors, hotel guests, and anyone wanting serious modern cuisine without the commitment of a multi-course tasting menu at a starred room. For broader context on what else to do and eat in the city, see our Vienna experiences guide and Vienna wineries guide.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Veranda | €€ | — |
| Steirereck im Stadtpark | €€€€ | — |
| Konstantin Filippou | €€€€ | — |
| Mraz & Sohn | €€€€ | — |
| Silvio Nickol Gourmet Restaurant | €€€€ | — |
| APRON | €€€€ | — |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
Groups are possible given the hotel setting, but Veranda is a restaurant within Hotel Sans Souci Wien rather than a dedicated events space. For larger parties, check the venue's official channels — a Michelin Plate kitchen at the €€ price tier is an unusual find for group dinners, so it's worth asking about private arrangements. Groups of 6+ should book well in advance.
Specific menu items are not publicly documented, so ordering strategy here is category-level: Veranda holds a Michelin Plate, which signals kitchen consistency rather than a single standout dish. At the €€ price tier, the kitchen is delivering recognised quality without the premium of a starred room — order across the menu with confidence rather than hunting one signature item.
Yes, clearly. A Michelin Plate in consecutive years (2024 and 2025) at a €€ price tier is a strong value proposition in Vienna, where comparable recognition usually comes with a higher bill. If you want Michelin-level kitchen discipline without the outlay of a starred restaurant, Veranda makes a direct case for itself.
Bar seating is not confirmed in the available venue data for Veranda. Given the hotel restaurant format at Hotel Sans Souci Wien, a traditional bar counter may not be part of the layout. Check directly with the property before assuming walk-in bar dining is an option.
Menu format and tasting menu availability are not documented in the venue data, so a direct verdict here isn't possible. What is documented: two consecutive Michelin Plate awards and a €€ price tier, which suggests the kitchen has the discipline for a structured menu format. If a tasting menu is offered, the price-to-recognition ratio makes it a reasonable bet compared to Vienna's fully starred options.
For a step up in ambition, Konstantin Filippou and Mraz & Sohn both hold Michelin stars and are worth the higher spend. Steirereck im Stadtpark is the benchmark for Austrian fine dining at the top end. If you want comparable modern cuisine at a similar price tier, APRON is the closer comparison. Silvio Nickol Gourmet Restaurant sits in the starred tier for those who want prestige over value.
Yes, particularly if the group values substance over spectacle. Veranda's Michelin Plate recognition and the Hotel Sans Souci Wien setting give it enough occasion weight without the formal pressure of a starred room. At €€, it's a lower-risk choice for a celebration dinner than booking a starred restaurant where expectations run harder.
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