Ristorante La Tavolozza

Amazing Italian restaurant with a great menu selection and the friendliest staff. Pizza tasted fresh and flavorful. Desserts were excellent

Honestly, I have a hard time understanding how the reviews can be that good when the food is at best average. I have eaten better at my local pizzeria or at any random pasta place in Vienna. The food is priced so much higher than what it is worth that everything becomes insipid. The pizzas are average austrian style pizzas (priced at twice the normal price for this quality), pasta are ok and the sea food dishes definitely lacked quantity. The service was ok and the place is however nice in itself but the unbelievable prices for such food make the overall experience really disappointing ! Therefore, we will for sure not be coming back here.

It is one of the best Italian restaurants in 8 district as people said. However, the quality has dropped tremendously! We went there for bro’s birthday celebration. We ordered the seafood and all the seafood are very very NOT FRESH. Once the seafood is NOT FRESH, every bite is uneatable and a torturing experience. Taste is very normal and nothing extraordinary. Pizza is also not good. I think the awards from Falstaff is a big joke and an insult for the judge ? Or the awards can be used money to buy and get promoted ?! NOT recommended !

I am only giving 3 stars but let me say that I would definitely come back. Main reason is that I had the carpaccio with chanterelles which was ok but my main dish was the tuna which was super dry and disappointing despite the nice mango sauce. Someone else had written the same and I should have remembered it before ordering. That being said my dad had the branzino fish and the kids had a bolognese pasta and everyone loved it. So I can definitely come back but never again the tuna and I will also try a different starter. But super awesome service.

We had the privilege of dinning here. Our friends told us that this restaurant has been around for almost 40 years. You would find only local residents here and no tourists unless they came with friends. An absolutely amazing dinning experience. The staff were friendly and professional. The ambience is inviting and comfortable. The food is of very high quality and delicious. The restaurant runs full daily so do make reservations.

Perfect restaurant with amazing waiters with good mood. Very good music, wine, orange juice. We ordered pizza, get on 2 plates. Appetizer were homemade pastry with garlic oil. Candle crated romantic atmosphere during our date. 10/10

I was bored with the food. It's not bad. It's dull. The salad was tasteless, the steak overcooked, and the pepper sauce looked (and tasted) like one of those from the supermarket. I was with my kids, and we thought that going to Vapiano could have been better (and cheaper).

Wonderful dishes and speedy service. Got here at 5pm, it was a bit quiet but that's because we had an Opera showing at 7pm so had to have an early dinner.

I really wanted to rate this place higher, because the ambiance is lovely, the servers are friendly, welcoming and funny, and they have some nice wines. But to be great, a restaurant needs to serve great food, and on the night we were there, the food fell short. It started off very promising. They brought bread with a really nice garlic & pesto oil for dipping, and the salads were really fresh with delicious dressing. However, the mains weren't so good. The saltimbocca pork was over-cooked and tough, and was over-salted. The margherita pizza was basically a cheese pizza - we were expecting at least some green basil on it, but there wasn't any to be seen - we even asked, just in case we had mistakenly gotten the wrong order. Nope. And the pizza dough was a bit undercooked. This place has such potential, and it's in the cool Josefstadt neighborhood. If they raise their game in the kitchen, they could be really great.

Had cravings for Italian food last night un Vienna and found this restaurant that opens late. The food and the service were amazing. We had: salmon carpaccio, calamari with polenta, porcini ravioli and pizza. Everything was amazing and great selection of wines!

Extremely arrogant waiters. Especially when you think of the low quality of the food. Go somewhere else will you still can!

This is a nice Italian restaurant in the heart of Vienna's 8th district. It has an elaborate menu, including a la carte dishes, as well as pizzas. The ambient is nice, the service good as well, but the food is very average. Overall, the restaurant is severly overpriced as to what it offers.

4 stars is a strong grade for me, as I reserve 5 stars for absolute excellence. The waiters are friendly and the ambiance is very relaxing. We had 4 courses and enjoyed each one. The main course of Norwegian Salmon was cooked to perfection. I highly recommend this restaurant if you crave a flavorful, clean eating Italian meal.