Meierei im Stadtpark

To celebrate the end of a lovely Christmas holiday my suggestion was to go for a stroll downtown and have a glass of Sekt and a little something. Hasi picked this idea up, thought for a little while, made a secret phone call and got very mysterious.

Then we set off to the City centre for our little stroll, discovering that Vienna still is a tiny bit christmassy.

And I suddenly found myself in the "Meierei im Stadtpark". What a nice surprise! This restaurant is a branch of Vienna´s famous "Steirereck am Stadtpark", an extremely expensive top-restaurant which has absolutely overwhelming food, but also overwhelming prices. For a 4 course menue with wine you pay around Euro 200,- per person which is really breathtaking and might be something for a special SPECIAL celebration - but not for something you do on the fly and just because you feel like a glass of Sekt! The Meierei is different, it is in the same house as its "Big Brother", the prices are rather decent, they serve typical Viennese cooking (in "Steirereck"-style) and they specialize in cheese. If you are interested you may want to check  http://www.steirereck.at/.

I finally got my glass of Sekt! Followed by Cray soup for starter and Gulasch as main course.

To finish our pampering we made the terrible, terrible mistake to order the small cheese plate twice. When we asked if it would be big, because we felt quite full already, he said, "Oh no!" and we believed him. Bad, bad.... When he came with our order I first thought this would be the cheese from which to chose, but then he said, "I gave you a bit more, so you can have a nice taste." And this is what he came with...

While we were quiet in shock he told us how to proceed: Start at six o´clock and work your way up clockwise, then make a right into the center and end with the "Kracher" right in the middle. Let me just say we only made it up to 12 o´clock.

Anyway, the lovely relaxed staff allowed us a doggy bag, and we staggered out with the last few kilos of cheese which our inspired waiter called "a nice dinner tonight". Yes, for the next month or so....

Summary: Great place, great service. And lessons learned! If you like cheese then forget the main course and let the starter be followed by one of the hillarious cheese platters. We will go again and I recommend you to hit the place when you are in the area! But book a table in advance!