zina’s eatery — Restaurant in Vienna

Zina’s is a place that makes for a memorable dining experience, even if you are just stopping by! They have great food prepared with lots of care and heart that taste as amazing as it is healthy. I ordered the falafel bowl and I could just tell that every part of it was thoughtfully put together - falafel was crispy and tasty, hummus and vegetables tasted so wholesome yet clean. But the aspect that left the deepest impression was their service.. the guys at the cafe greets everyone so warmly and checks in on every customer to make sure they have the best time there. I arrived in Vienna just that morning and really needed a place to relax and Zina’s was the best discovery.. Had a very nice chat with the cafe owners and another customer too. It really made my day.

They have this quote scribbled around their shop ‘Food that loves you back’ and this was exactly how I felt dining there. I hope more people will chance upon this little treasure just off the main street and get a chance to experience all that they...

We wanted to try out the 5* phenomena. Unfortunately we needed to disappoint on the food. The owner was very friendly and tried to make the effort. Presentation of the food was also nice and “instagrammable”. But the food other-hand was not something so special and on my opinion was overpriced for what you get. I had the boyfriend’s sandwich and it was just so dry and not much ingredients inside, mostly just bread. The sauces (hummus, pea-avocado puree was put minimum for the colour to the sandwich, it was so little it did not gave any effect or the taste on the sandwich. The green smoothie tasted like liquid grass with ginger. Expected a smoothie texture and some more taste, but it was very plain and runny. My partner had a bagle, which was a bit better and was not so dry. But overall did not get any taste experience. It was rather just dull and salty. Hopefully it will...

So how do you get 4.9 stars across 600+ reviews? I've never seen that before in my travels. You could buy the reviews, but that's not getting past google maps' algorithm, given its the premier worldwide food reviews website. You could have a lot of family and friends write for you, that'll get ya at best 100 reviews though, and other customers will eventually bring your rating down.

Or you could do it right, make a golden milk drink so good (a drink that comes from India) that my mother who's been making it for 40 years is impressed by it. Make creamy perfectly-warm cappuccinos and matcha lattes, and a chickpea omelette so good and healthy that it leaves you wondering if there really was no egg in there. The granola yogurt bowls topped it all, we ate it till we were scraping the sides.

Andre and Hannah were fantastic hosts and helped me practice my...