7 extremely unique food delivery & take away experiences you should have in Vienna right now

‘Underground Tacos für den guten Zweck!’ is Taqueria la Ventana’s Instagram description. This, along with its name (which kinda means ‘window tacos’), best describes what this speakeasy take-way taco eatery is all about.

We’re not going to tell you too much about this operation out of in Vienna’s 3rd district as this would ruin the whole speakeasy restaurant feel of this initiative, but what we will tell you is that a talented cook named Georg is taking orders via Instagram DMs for his delicious and flavourful tacos. just going to pick them up is half the experience (he lowers paper bags containing the orders down to customers on a pulley-rope system setup).

The second awesome thing about this whole window taco operation (besides how delicious the tacos are) is that a portion of the revenue goes to the charity organisation, Caritas.

For more info, check out the  Instagram page. 

Stuwer is is one of the youngest and oldest Austrian Gasthäuser in the city. What we mean by that is that this gasthaus that has been around for many years is run by a young crowd full of fresh ideas.

Their latest fresh idea is delivering DIY gourmet duck and goose meal kits, every single day. Yep, they are open everyday, and they’re delivering (or you can pick it up rom the restaurant) a complete kit for you to easily prepare a delicious meal with some kind of bird as the centrepiece during this festive season.

You can choose from duck, goose or chicken, and it comes marinated in a sealed bag with a bunch of tasty side dishes to go with it. They even have tutorials for you to follow when preparing it all, and they promise it will only take you 30 minutes to put it all together.

For more info, check out Stuwer’s website.

Everything about MAKASO Ramen gets our food-loving hearts beating faster, from the concept, to the damn good looking visuals they present themselves online with, to the actual ramen kits they’re delivering all over the city.

So the concept is sweetly simple – each week, a ramen menu is sent out to a bunch of email newsletter subscribers and announced on social media and then you can order your ramen kit via DM (direct messages), or email.

By ‘kit’ we mean that you’re delivered (or can pick-up) a little package containing all of the tasty and fresh ingredients you need (including an incredibly tasty broth), and then you can quickly and easily put it together yourself at home. Why would you want to do that? Well, the broth of the ramen is the complicated and time-consuming part and they take care of that for you, while the truth of the matter is – ramen typically doesn’t travel well and tastes like its true self only when prepared fresh. According to their website, they’re also serving tapas of some sort.

For more info, check out the website.

It’s not often that you’ll hear of a fancy wine bar serving up their own fancy take on a Döner Kebab, but hey, it’s 2020. The talented chefs at MAST Weinbistro are coming up with all kinds of – let’s call them – gourmet Döner creations and serving them up for takeaway in Vienna’s 9th district.

They’re baking their own flat bread and coming up with all kinds of topping combinations, like marinated chicken, peanuts, coriander mayo, veggies, cauliflower and tomato curry paste.

You got to try this for your tastebuds to believe it. Oh, and of course you should definitely grab one of the bottles out of their top wine collection while you’re at it.

For more info, check out MAST Weinbistro’s Facebook page. 

The creative crowd from Karma Foods has jumped to the challenge of the lockdown limbo we’re living in by offering a special treat, every Friday, from mama. Well, one of the owner’s mama’s, that is. ‘Mama’ hails from the Punjabi region of India and every Friday she cooks up a storm of the region’s traditional dishes, while Karma food packages it up in their typical hip way.

To get in on the tastebud tingling fun and games, you need to place your order via email, or give them a ring, and pick it up between the hours of 3 and 7pm at their Ausstellungsstraße 63 location in Vienna’s second district.

Plus, you can order some top notch natural wine to go with your meal.

Please note: While it says on their website that December 11th may be the last time in 2020 that they’ll be offering up the Punjabi Kitchen pop up, we hope they’re back in 2021 with more of this delicious Indian food, hence why they’re included in this list.

For more info, check out the website.

The Neni family are no slouches. They are made for the challenges that a city-wide lockdown presents for restaurants. Not only do they know their way around flavours in the kitchen, but they also know how to get creative when it comes to running a gastronomy empire.

Amongst the slightly adapted version of their menu that they’re offering for takeaway and delivery, they’ve also come up with the Balagan Box – a generous spread of food made up of their Israeli & international fusion of greatest hits.

You can order the Balaga box for 2, or for 4 people on Mjam. And we’re not just talking hummus and falafel here – your tastebuds will travel to all corners of the Israeli kitchen, and further afar (with some international influences thrown into the mix).

For more info, check out Neni on Mjam.

One of Vienna’s most beloved Ramen joints, Mochi Ramen, is offering DIY Ramen kits. Yep, you can order their homemade noodles and hearty broths, plus the ingredients of your favourite ramens for you to put together yourself at home. Being the true ramen fan you are, you know very well that ramen is at its best when prepared fresh, hence the concept being rolled out by Mochi, here. Meanwhile, another of their locations, Mochi to go, is putting together DIY Teishuko sets (which is – for those not in the know – a kind of Japanese tapas).

For more info, check out Mochi’s website.