A Viennese take on the age-old tradition of seeing and being seen. Zum Schwarzen Kameel provides top grade people-watching opportunities. Anyone on the lookout for genuine Viennese archetypes will soon strike gold in this eatery, which is half luxury restaurant and half bistro. From garbage collectors to the silver-tongued lothario hoping to land himself a wealthy widow. They are all here, if the observer is willing to stretch the cliché far enough.
Amusing vignettes are given additional flavour by the excellent food and drink on offer. And by the incomparable mâitre d’ Johann Georg Gansbichler. He even has his own website (www.gensbichler.at) – in case people find it hard to believe that he is a real person and not just playing a role. Zum Schwarzen Kameel was established four centuries ago, in 1618.
- Zum Schwarzen Kameel, Bognergasse 5, 1010 Vienna, www.kameel.at
opening hours: 08:00-midnight daily
