Rathauskeller - Der Melker Gasthof

Koloman

➤ Linzer Straße 25, 3390 Melk, Austria

Carta • Sushi • Pizza • Asiatisch • Vegetarisch

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"Gasthofs all seem to have the same menu and there are only so many schnitsels you can eat, so we were all looking forward to eating here because of the great reviews. Koloman is going for the chic trendy look, but this doesn't really work...as it's clientel are neither chic nor trendy, it is a tourist burger joint. It is busy one though as many of the tables were reserved. We were shown to table which was much lower than the chair and people were having to eat dinner from their lap, it was also uncomfortably hot and people on neighboring tables were smoking which my wife hates, so we asked if we could eat inside as the other tables were busy or booked. This was so inconvenient for the waiter his sighs were embarrassing. In the end we were offered the table that was previously occupied by some staff. It was fine once we wiped away all the cigarette ash. The burgers are quite pricey for Austria and fries, sauce, onion rings are all extra. Not terrible, but not cheap for what you get. The burgers are pretty good, though not in my top 20. Good quality meat but a bit overcooked and dry, which may be why they arrived just a few minutes after ordering were they cooked before we ordered? We ordered cocktails, I love a margherita but you can't order a normal one here, you have to have a banana or kiwi one which is not cool, there didn't seem to be much booze in it either. We were out the door barely half an hour after arriving, we didn't really enjoy the ambience of the restaurant, the surly waiter, the cigarette smoke, or the beating sun which shooed us away before we could look at the desert menu. The burger was decent, and certainly better than burger chain fodder. Mostly, this place isn't half as cool as it thinks it is."

Stiftsrestaurant Melk

➤ Abt-Berthold-Dietmayr-Strasse 3, Melk 3390, Austria

Carta • Pizza • Cafés • Fast Food • Mexikanisch

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"We stopped here on a tour for lunch and we ordered a Wiener schnitzel, salmon with risotto, salad with grilled chicken, boiled beef, pasta and soup. The hot food was served cold - we think everything was already cooked instead of made to order and they just plated the food. As such the coldness of the pasta and schnitzel ruined the food. Salmon was served with skin on and risotto was just awful as was the apricot sauce that came with it. The boiled beef was also awful and small and overpriced. The only things we like were the salad, potato cakes and soup. Wine was a joke. We think we were served about 3 ounces in a large glass. Cole was expensive. Actually everything was way over priced - captive audience so the my take advantage. I suggest you walk down to the town of Melo and find something else to eat. Kudos to our waiter Mario who had a full restaurant and was hustling around trying to serve everyone. He was doing a good job."

Zur Post

➤ Linzer Straße 1, 3390 Melk, Austria

Carta • Pizza • Kebab • Sushi • Cafés

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"We stopped for a light lunch here with no expectations, and were completely charmed by the location (a cosy traditional tavern next to the 18th c. post office), the service (even though we only ordered soup, it was cheerfully and quickly served, piping hot, with bread and butter) and the food (delicious traditional goulash and an imaginative lentil soup with a chili pesto). In homage to the post-office, old packets of mail and the postman's horn are suspended from the ceiling). Would love to go back."

Zum Fürsten

➤ Melk, Rathausplatz 3, 3390, Austria

Carta • Cafés • Pizza • Fast Food • Vegetarisch

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"Visited with a family of four and was able to sit outside under the awning. It was a perfect day so it was perfect for an al fresco brunch. The food was good. Highly recommend the Vital toast (think grilled cheese with veggies) and ham...and cheese toast w/ fried egg (egg was perfectly cooked). The Margherita pizza looked good but taste was average at best. Only issues were that the breakfast menu was only in German (the lunch/dinner menu in in German and English) and we ordered toast that never came but didn’t see that it was on the bill until after it was paid. The staff’s response when we brought it to their attention was that they were sorry but did not have any way to fix the situation."

Zum Schwarzen Bären

➤ Emmersdorf an der Donau 7, 3644 Emmersdorf an der Donau, Melk, Austria

Carta • Kebab • Asiatisch • Fast Food • Vegetarisch

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"seit so vielen Jahren gehen wir immer gerne hin und wurden noch nie enttäuscht. So nutzten wir das schöne Wetter für einen Wachau-Ausflug, der natürlich nicht ohne den Schwarzen Bären geht. Überaus freundliches Personal, köstliche Gerichte, schönes Ambiente - was will man mehr? Diesmal Schweinsbrust mit Kraut (herrlicher warmer Krautsalat) und Knödel. Zartes saftiges Fleisch, allerdings hätte ich mir die Schwarte gerne knusprig gewunschen, denn das ist für mich das beste daran. Kurz unter den Griller und es wäre absolut perfekt gewesen. So mußte ich sie halt wegtun. Mein Mann hatte Rehpfeffer, tolle Sauce, zartes Fleisch. Immer wieder einen Ausflug wert."