Wikipedia's article for the Tower (
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"Two revolving restaurants (at a height of 161.2 and 169.4 metres, or 529 and 556 ft) offer a varied view over the Austrian capital and the Danube River below. It takes the platform either 26, 39 or 52 minutes to complete a full revolution. The restaurants were originally largely identical; however, now the top is an "upscale" restaurant (named "Donauwalzer") and the lower restaurant is a café (named "Panorama"). Even so, the menu and prices continue to differ little."
The restaurant's webpage (
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"Aperitif recommendation:
GRUBER Frizzante 1 glass 0,1 l EUR 5.90
Punkt Genau rosé
Starters:
Beef tartare from fillet of beef EUR 14.90
Butter croutons, chive sauce, frisee, shallot confit
Matjes herring EUR 10.80
Cream cheese and horseradish mousse, marinated turnips, mustard pickle
Soup:
Cream of parsnip soup EUR 4.90
Roast almonds, crispy parsley
Main dishes:
Creamy risotto with celery
Grapes chestnuts, cream fraiche EUR 13.80
Optional: with roast duck liver, truffle jus EUR 19.90
Game ragout EUR 17.80
Herbed poppy seed dumplings, cranberry red cabbage
"Pork temptations" EUR 18.80
Belly, marinated cheek, fillet, creamed white beans, white cabbage,
potato and crackling dumpling, shallots, bay leaf sauce
Fillet of beef "medium" EUR 29.80
Walnut crust, thyme polenta, sautéed mushrooms, creamed champignon,
black chanterelle cream sauce, small leaf salad
Fillet of catfish EUR 20.90
Beetle bean hash, root vegetables, beurre blanc, pumpkinseed oil, mustard, chives
Zander EUR 22.90
Sweet potatoes, leaf spinach, artichoke, blood orange
Desserts:
"Flower pot" EUR 6.50
of chocolate mousse, poppy seed ice cream, hazelnut streusel, sour cherry ragout
"Sweet strudel" EUR 6.90
Nougat, coffee, chocolate, vanilla ice cream, mango
Curd cheese pancake EUR 6.90
Plum jam and rum sauce, apple sorbet, cinnamon
Wine recommendation:
Vineyard Gruber - Weinviertel DAC Reserve Neuberg-Schanz 2012 1/8 l EUR 4.80
Crispy green apple, apricot bloom and floral tones, dense and fat, lots of minerals
and spices on the palate, long in the mouth with white pepper and golden yellow fruits
Vineyard Reumann - Blaufränkisch DAC 2011 1/8 l EUR 3.80
Blueberry, full and sweet, supremely creamy, wonderfully vivacious on the palate,
brings dark roots to the glass, long, slightly mineral aroma, quaffable and rather playful
Digestif recommendation:
Vineyard Hengl-Haselbrunner - Cherry brandy 2 cl EUR 2.90"
A photo inside the restaurant andsome reviews are provided here (
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