Specht - Wien

Dedicated personal and beautiful atmosphere, good eating and good location.

This is a small, lovely restaurant. Not noisy so can actually talk and enjoy dinner. The food was excellent, especially the bone-in Wienerschnitzel. The service was perfect, and we had a most enjoyable evening. Highly recommend, especially the staff.

Specht is a very pleasant restaurant located in the centre at Bäckerstraße and offers very good Vienna cuisine. Service is friendly and alert. We came on a weekday in June and had a reservation. The place became busy, a very good sign sign. We choose Wiener Schnitzel with Erdäpfelsalat Preiselbeeren and a Beef Tatar, accompanied by a 2020 Grüner Vertlinger and mineral water. The beef tartar was unimpressive and better for a starter and not for a main course. The schnitzel was superb, and the wine was very good. When you fancy one of the best Wiener Schnitzel’s in the world: restaurant Specht is the place for you. Highly recommended.

I was very nicely surprised by the smiling and attentive waiters. We never had to seek their eyes for help and was always greeted with smiles. So nice. They have a nice selection of Austrian wines, the Salzl was good. The schnitzel as it should be and the out door serving was along a narrow street a bit away from the buzzing main flow of tourists (max 100 meters). Try this one if you can't make up your mind.

It was a very quiet evening so not noisy or smokey at all. However the service was very slow for no obvious reason. It's a nice place with a bar at the front and the restaurant at the back (no view at all). They play nice jazz but the live shows are few and far between, and they switched to more modern music at 10pm, sadly. The food was decent, and just as overpriced as anywhere else in town. We had a drink in the bar to finish off and the atmosphere was really good. Would love to come back for a jazz gig some time.