The best and most authentic Chinese places to check out in Vienna's Chinatown - Vienna Würstelstand (2024)

Restaurant Chinazentrum Zhong Xin – Vienna’s Chinatown

This sweeping Chinese restaurant set on a street corner is often full of people feasting around large round tables. It’s an institution to those who know it, and amongst especially those who know authentic Chinese cuisine. Their cooks repertoire is vast, with bountiful choice filling the menu’s pages, ranging from several kinds of Chinese soups (including noodle soups), homemade Dim-Sum and dishes from the Sichuan kitchen. There are a few odd characters thrown into the menu, like sushi and Indian curries, but we’d recommend you stick to the Chinese here, as that’s what they’re good at. Ordering a bunch of dishes to share is the best way to go, and be sure to order a few of the dishes that are out of your comfort zone, perhaps, like the fried sea cucumber, chicken feet, or the spicy chili-infused pig’s ear salad – it adds to the experience.

Tofu und Chili – Vienna’s Chinatown

China Kitchen No. 27 – Vienna’s Chinatown

The easy on the eyes colour theme of green, and the plants hanging from the roof act to calm you before the spice hits your tastebuds of this neat little authentic Chinese restaurant. Run by another proud Chinese family bringing the fiery flavours of the Sichuan kitchen to Vienna, the China Kitchen are a friendly crowd that know their way around the kitchen. They’ve got all of the Sichuan favourites, from hot pots, Huigou Rou (double-cooked Pork Belly), the chili, chicken and nutty masterpiece, Gong Bao, and all the other delights of this kitchen that will blast your tastebuds and leave you numb and sweating. Meanwhile, they also have more adventurous dishes amongst their house specialities, like jellyfish, or octopus salad. Plus, they’ve got a special menu for the Dim-Sums.

Market – Vienna’s Chinatown

On Market is a stunning looking place with a flawless, flavoursome menu. This is a Chinese restaurant at heart, but they like to get creative in the kitchen with traditional dishes. There’s a focus on South China dishes, while there’s also dishes out of Japan thrown in. Their claim is that they use traditional tricks in the kitchen out of south China and combine it with some inspiration from Japan. The flavours are bursting out of every dish here, with many layers to them. Behind it is the same inventor of the popular China Bar in the 7th district, and just like his earlier creations, this is just as good looking. It makes for a ideal spot just for a drink, as well, but it would be a shame to skip the eating part – trust us.

Dim-Sum Restaurant Chinazentrum – Vienna’s Chinatown

This place is one hell of a find for those that get excited and can’t stop talking about it when they find an insider eatery doing authentic things in the kitchen. As you might have guessed by the name, this Chinese restaurant specialises in the oh-so-holy Dim-Sum dumpling, and they exceed at the craft. Tables are piled high with the steamer baskets that the plump little steamed dumplings are cooked in, and each cost around 3-4€ a pop (with about 3 or 4 in each basket). There are also fried Dim-Sum variations in the book of a menu which is filled with pictures and numbers alongside them that you can use to order quicker so you can get to the eating part. We sounded like Einstein putting together an elaborate sum when ordering our table’s order. They also cook up a mean duck that a chef cuts up in the middle of the restaurant with skill, to both inspire awe and salivating mouths.

Hu & Wu Asia Markt – Vienna’s Chinatown