Figlmüller – Restaurant Bäckerstraße

We went to Figlmuller on Wollzeile but they wouldn't let us in because we didn't have a reservation. At BackerstraBe, people with reservations were seated first, and those who were sightseeing and didn't know what time to book had to wait on the street. The queue wasn't very long, so we decided to wait out of curiosity, but it got huge behind us. When we finally got inside after 40 minutes, we waited again in the corridor to be seated. Then we were assigned a table, where we waited again for the waiter and then waited for the food. Basically, you wait for everything there. It took about an hour or more

Apart from the wait, the service was polite, everything looked neat and clean.

1. Food - We ordered the famous Schnitzel, it cost about 20 euros. The price is OK for a place in the center with such a reputation. On the menu, you can read what class the meat is, fried in 3 different pans, etc. We started eating; it was nice that the waiters thought to ask to serve the dessert at the end. This is very important when you have a warm dessert.

As for the Schnitzel, the side dish was a potato salad, probably with lamb's lettuce. The schnitzel itself was very tasty. Delicate, thin breading, thin schnitzel, tasty, easy to divide into portions. The salad was also nice, it had a good dressing, but I didn't like the fact that the potatoes were served cold. In this form, I would prefer something warm, so the salad was nice, but in a warm version, in my opinion, it would be much better.

Going back to the Schnitzel, was it good? Yes, very good. Was it worth waiting 40 minutes outside and half that time inside? Not worth it. Why? Because it's still just breaded meat. A good homemade schnitzel with good meat will have a very similar taste. It's not something that will send me to seventh heaven. I ate it with taste, but it didn't impress me so much that I would say it was worth waiting so long for such a taste. Therefore, if you have a lot of time, wait for the atmosphere like I'm in fameous place, if you don't have a lot of time, believe me, you won't lose much and I think that you can still find a tasty schnitzel in many places.

Dessert - It wasn't anything special for me either, but still tasty, delicate pieces of egg like from an exceptionally fluffy omelet, I must admit, with plum jam that you can dip them in. Actually, it would suit me better for breakfast.

Summing up: two schnitzels, two salads, drinks and one dessert price around 85 euros. The food was good, even very good, but not exceptional. It's not something that excites me. If I were there a second time, I certainly wouldn't queue again. Nevertheless, congratulations on good marketing 😁