Let me just start off by saying I hate to write these kind of reviews, but sometimes I have no other recourse.
Prior to taking a very much needed trip to Vienna, I did a bit of research to find a few places I just had to try. Wiener-Wiaz'haus was one of them. So on our very first day, Wednesday, April 11th, my smarter and prettier half and I set out to have our very first dinner there.
After arriving at about 8:20 pm, we found that the place was full inside but had a few empty tables outside. The person who we first made contact with, a man, tall, slender with a beard told us that unfortunately, we could not sit inside, but could have a seat outside. So we did.
We waited about 12-15 minutes all the while we had yet to even receive water or menus. Another person who was working there, a female, tall, slender, was drying glasses. The guy was taking the order of a big party outside amongst doing other stuff. We were hiding in very plain sight.
I noticed two ladies, who were walking down the street go in. After witnessing several people from inside the restaurant leaving, my wife decided that we now should be safe to get a table inside. The two women then start to leave the restaurant when the guy follows behind them and gives them a table inside. My wife and I point out that not only were we there first, we had not received anything but that there were other tables now available inside. The guy basically said he didn't know. But what about the other empty seats inside?????? Crickets. He did not offer us any of the other empty tables INSIDE.
To the ladies credit, they offered to share their table with us. But I was too upset to eat there or give Wiener-Wiaz'haus any type of support.
Being a Black person in the world means that you are very well aware that racism can often times hide in the mask of "poor service." I'm sure those ladies probably had a very lovely evening. Unfortunately, we did not. read more