after visiting the Hofburg Palace and the Royal Lipazzan Stallions show, we came out hungry for lunch. It was damn hot and rather than look in a wider area we decided to just eat at the first place we found as we walked towards the underground. L'Osteria was the place and a very lucky find indeed. Part of a larger chain. Big place with an outdoor dining area that was doing booming business in pizza during our visit. Two notes on pizza's here which, we didn't order. One, an amazing number of people, including many women surprisingly, ordered whole pizzas for themselves. The pies were at least 16 inches, a size that we usually see enjoyed by two back home. But no, it was one for each. Maybe a plan to have leftovers, don't know. Also different, the pizza came to the table unsliced. It was up to the diner to knife and fork it any way they chose. Could you have asked staff to assist maybe. Never saw it and it was interesting to see different techniques. With the withering heat, we both chose to eat fairly light. The choice for my DW was a simple tomato and burrata salad with fresh basil and simply dressed with EVOO and fresh cracked black pepper. As with 95% of our orders this trip, the tomatoes were outstanding and it's hard to go wrong with fresh burrata under any circumstances. The dish was perfect. My starter mista salad was excellent just mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumber in a house dressing. dressing was light on flavor but let the vegetables shine through. I chose the risotto funghi-risotto cooked in a white wine, onion, and garlic broth plus two different kinds of mushrooms as my entrée. It's rare I choose to order a dish that doesn't include any animal protein (sorry carnivore here) but this dish turned out to be a great choice for a hot day. delicious flavor profile and risotto cooked perfectly. nary a speck was left behind. service was a bit slow with the number of diners here but not annoyingly. one of the few places we dined in during our trip that brought us a carafe of ice-cold water for no additional charge. very welcome. Recommended.

Dominique R.

After wandering the streets of Vienna, my boyfriend and I wanted to grab Italian for dinner. We decided to eat at L'Osteria because it was recommended by friends. It is a chain restaurant that we saw throughout Austria. We were seated within a few mins and the server came by right away with menus and waters. The menu was extensive with various types of dishes. We ordered a bottle of red wine with bruschetta for an appetizer. I ordered the gnocchi and my boyfriend ordered a pizza. The food came out very quickly and was delicious. The portions were huge. For dessert, we got the tiramisu and cheesecake. Everything was so fresh and delicious. Great ambiance, amazing service and delicious food. I would definitely go back!

Sal P.

Tried the ORECCHIETTE DI MANZO AL LIMONE (Pasta fresca, beef filet strips, sweet peppers, rocket, onions, garlic, mascarpone lemon sauce, spicy). Good flavor. The pasta was a little overdone. Friend had the RISOTTO FUNGHI (Italian rice, porcini mushroom, fresh chestnut mushrooms, white wine, grana padano dop, onions, garlic). This was delicious but also seemed a little over cooked. Staff was slammed. Place was packed. Did also try a Quattro formagio pizza . The woodfired pizza was cooked perfectly. This was the star. Would go back for the pizza for sure. And the good Italian wine!

Jim R.

We stopped in for lunch on a busy December Thursday and there was about a 20 minute wait for a table. If you can, try to call ahead for a reservation otherwise be prepared to wait-according to our server it is always pretty busy. We ordered the spicy salami pizza and a Cesar salad and two glasses of wine. The food came out pretty quickly and one pizza and the generous salad was more than we could eat for lunch. Food was great and the service was fine. My only complaint was the tedious wait for a table. Would definitely go back based on food quality but would be sure to book ahead!

Mel T.

Found L'Osteria via Yelp after my friend and I decided we wanted some pizza/Italian for lunch. The place is huge, and looks very clean/new. We were seated by the window so we were able to do some people watching as we sipped on our drinks and waited for or food to arrive. To drink, I think I had something that included aperol and rose, which was very refreshing. For food, I had the margherita pizza, which was almost comically huge. It could have easily been shared between two people and would be enough but somehow, I managed to eat most of it by myself. What can I say, I love pizza! On top of that, their prices are great. I paid about $15 (USD) for that entire pizza + a drink. I'd definitely recommend this spot and will make sure to come back if I ever visit Vienna again.

Amy S.

After our tour of the Imperial Palace, it was time to wander the streets of Vienna. We didn't have specific plans for lunch but we were hot and hungry. As most buildings don't have AC, it was priority to find someplace cool with good food. We stumbled on this restaurant. It met our criteria: umbrellas and shrubbery surrounding the shaded tables, delicious smells and happy customers enjoying their meals. This worked for us and we realized this was a good decision. The menus arrived quickly from a very pleasant server. We hadn't planned to have an Italian food on this trip but it was just right. We ordered a pizza, salad and bruscetta. The food arrived a short time later. It was fresh and just what we needed as a morning of touring. We found out after our meal that this is actually a chain with several locations (we saw another in Salzberg). Again, never planned any chain restaurants. Deiicious... Enjoy!