Located in a 1320-built monastery building, the Hofmeisterei opened in 2014 as the restaurant arm of Weingut Franz Hirtzberger. Over 2,100 labels cover the wine list, with the Veltliner and champagne sections especially strong.
Awards: Michelin Guide Austria 2024, Gault Millau Austria 2024
Address: Hauptstraße 74, 3610 Wösendorf in der Wachau, Austria
A 400-year-old vaulted inn in Unterloiben serving Emmerich Knoll wines exclusively. The Biedermeier interior and seasonal garden garden rank among the most picturesque restaurant settings in the Wachau, with a kitchen open Wednesday to Sunday.
Christine Saahs' organic wine restaurant at Nikolaihof in Mautern, on an estate with documented winemaking history to 985 AD and Demeter certification since 1971. Open late April to early November from Wednesday, the kitchen pairs Wachau biodynamic cuisine with Nikolaihof's own estate wines under a century-old tree in the garden.
Awards: Gault Millau Austria biodynamic recognition 2024
The restaurant of the only 5-star hotel in Lower Austria, set in a 17th-century palace above the Danube. The terrace is open to non-hotel guests from late March. The historic cellar holds hundreds of different bottles with a strong Wachau focus.
The restaurant of the 4-star Hotel Richard Löwenherz in a former convent on the Danube bank in Dürnstein. Third-generation Thiery family hospitality pairs carefully sourced regional produce with a Wachau-forward wine list.
A renovated country inn serving refined tavern cuisine with a wine list built around Tegernseerhof and other Unterloiben producers. The kitchen runs Friday to Tuesday from 11:30 and the quiet garden terrace seats wine-tour cyclists.
One of the most beautiful garden-restaurants in the Wachau, in the hamlet of Klein-Wien near Mautern. Traditional specialties including duck liver terrine, fish soup and veal butter schnitzel, paired with Wachau estate wines.
