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This neighborhood place should have been busier than it was when we ate there. Service was great and the food selection was interesting. My risotto with salmon was great as was my partner's pasta with asparagus and shrimp. Give this place a try...you won't be disappointed!

I found this restaurant using a quick Google search when we couldn't find what we wanted at the Nashmarkt. Always a gamble. And this time, it paid off. This is a delightful place. It feels like you're eating at the home of friends. The friends you wish you had. Friends who cook simple, delicious Italian food in an unpretentious way. Our waiter was so very nice. And very efficient. My sister had pizza. She said it was the best pizza she'd ever had. I got the Bolognese and it was perfect. The pasta was cooked perfectly and the sauce was tangy and meaty and fresh tasting. My mom ordered sea bass, and it was hilarious. She's a very picky eater, and she freaked out when the plate came out with a whole fish, eyeballs staring up at her. Maybe she was hungry or wanted to prove us wrong when we started giggling at her, but she took a bite. And didn't say another word until she finished. She said it was one of the best things she'd ever eaten. Here's what was great. This food. It was simple. It was delicious. It was unpretentious. The owner came out to welcome us and sent us off with grappa. He chatted with us about the election and what brought us to Vienna. It was a perfect end to a warm, comforting meal in a warm, comforting place. I wish I could go back there right now.

I have been in Vienna many times and every time I have to eat over there the best Italian restaurant in Vienna

Prices were a little high outside of the pasta dishes, but not unreasonable. The pasta itself was very good- I had the puttanesca, my wife the tagliatelle with artichoke- and we were quite pleased. Our wine was the Sicilian Nero D'Avola; what a delight to have a real Italian wine (we'd enjoyed the Moravian wines in Prague, but this was a whole level above!)As the hour grew later the restaurant grew crowded. The food was good enough to have deserved the full house that it was getting. Service was friendly and efficient, leaving nothing to be desired on our parts. Looking for Italian in Vienna? Stop in to Otto e Mezzo!

I spent 1 month around the corner from here and tried this place out because I needed a practical place to eat and have gotten to like the local Italian places one common sees in throughout Germany and Austria.I found this one a cut above the rest. I ended up eating here at least 10 times during my stay. Everything I ordered was prepared well above the average that I've come to expect; most commonly I would order a pizza or Vitello Tonnato. I found the service good and the atmosphere fine; I ate outside in the street-side seating because it was quite warm most of the time during my visit to Vienna.

I had the tagliatelle with artichoke and rum and it was really nice. Good coffee and great grappa! Service a bit on the un-attentive side though.

lways trying to find new or different places to eat. I happened by Otto e Mezzo this evening and the place looked attractive, bright, with an antipasto display that looked quite appetizing. As I sat down I notice a heavy smell of smoke. It seems that in Vienna it is up to the restaurant whether to be or not to be. I should have left politely. but this had never happened to me in Vienna, so I stayed hoping for the best. bad idea! Eating under the cover of cigarette smoke is unpleasant at best. The food was good, the service prompt and attentive, but all ruined by the smoke. So if you and your friends are smokers, and cannot spend a meal without it then this is as good a place as any. If you rather taste the food...It seems that restaurants post on their doors if they allow smoking or not...Check!