If you like spectacular architecture, then you have to go up to the roof of the Hotel Motto on Mariahilfer Strasse. Here sits the rooftop restaurant Chez Bernard, enthroned under a striking glass dome. The restaurant with bar is located on the roof of a historic building from the 1870s. Not only the restaurant, but the entire hotel stands under the motto "Vienna meets Paris". Landlord and host Bernd Schlacher lends his name to the restaurant.

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Cozy seating corners, lots of greenery and an imposing dome over the bar, where lush pot plants hang from the ceiling, create a special flair. The menu is French inspired, but modern Austrian dishes are also served. Fresh preparation and organic products take priority. A restaurant from breakfast to a late cocktail at night. The bar is very busy, with all of Vienna clearly meeting here. The city has a new trendy restaurant and in the summer months a sensational rooftop bar as well.

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