Does anyone have suggestions for a nice restaurant in Vienna where my wife and I can have dinner on Christmas Eve? I realize that many restaurants in Vienna aren't open on Christmas Eve and of those that are, many are in luxury hotels with prices to match. I also know that even though Christmas Eve is 2½ months away, bookings for that date may already be getting scarce; I've tried several recently and come up empty. By "nice" I mean Goldilocks nice--not too fancy, not too basic. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Arlington, WA
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Following this! Same boat here, been looking for a place both for Christmas Even and Christmas.
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Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
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Unfortunately, your first two statements summed it well. You may be able to catch an early dinner on Christmas eve -- say 4pm but by six or so, things really do shut down. Our experience from a few years ago was to have dinner around 3, 4pm after having visited the local grocery store and laid in a good supply of cheese, fruit, bread, wine, etc. for our Christmas dinner in the rooftop garden of our hotel. That was the advice of our local guide that day. The only thing we saw open on Christmas day were the restaurants associated with large hotels. And they were packed. We did not see any small local restaurants open. And it was the same for New Year's Day. The attitude towards the holidays is very different than the US. Good luck.
PS We had heard that sometimes oriental and middle eastern restaurants were open. We didn't see that but we were not looking for them either.
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Republic of Texas / U.S.A. / Magyarország / Budapest
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Everytime this question gets asked I read the "not much" responses I am amazed becaus there are fewer open in the city in which I live, but its not terrible. But maybe I live here so I just know vs a tourist and "internet impressions". Usually I just tell people come here and eat, but this time I looked a bit in Vienna. Wow, I was wrong, it is a bit bare on choices. BUT, here is a list. I checked three at random and they had open reservations: https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Restaurants+Open+Christmas&find_loc=Vienna%2C+Wien