The pavilion

A glass room set down gently in the park.

Stadtpark

the public park at the centre of Vienna, our site and our larder

Clarity before decoration. We let the park, the glass, and the season decide the mood, and we build each plate around one clear idea rather than many loud ones. The product leads, the technique stays quiet, and the room keeps its calm.

Steirereck sits inside the Stadtpark, a low glass pavilion held between old trees and the slow water of the Wien river. The architecture asks for very little. Clear panes, pale stone, a frame that steps back so the park can do the talking. We cook in the same spirit. Austrian produce, read precisely, plated with room to breathe. The day outside changes the room hour by hour, from cool morning light to the long gold of an evening service.

Cool morning light filling the glass dining room

We open with the light, and let the room follow it.

01

Clarity first

We build each plate around a single clear idea and remove everything that does not serve it. The product should read at a glance.

02

Close to the source

We buy from Austrian growers we know by name, across pasture, river, and marsh, and let the season set the length of the list.

03

Keep the calm

The room, the glass, and the light are part of the meal. We move quietly so the park and the produce can speak first.

Maximilian Ebner

Maximilian Ebner trained in Salzburg and Copenhagen before returning to Vienna to cook where he grew up walking.

He reads the Austrian larder the way an architect reads a site, looking first for structure and light, then for the single detail that makes a thing hold together. His cooking is measured and exact. Each course is built to feel like a clean line drawn once, with the produce of the day set in the clearest possible frame and nothing added that the plate did not ask for.

Maximilian Ebner

Chef and Host

A slow path to a quiet glass room.

1996

A family kitchen opens its doors in the centre of Vienna.

2005

We move into the glass pavilion in the Stadtpark.

2014

The cellar is extended for long aged cheese and Austrian wine.

Now

One seasonal park menu, served to a quiet room beside the trees.

The hands that keep the room calm.

Maximilian Ebner

Maximilian Ebner

Chef and Host
Katharina Gruber

Katharina Gruber

Head of Pastry
Florian Wimmer

Florian Wimmer

Cellar and Pairings

Sit by the glass, and let the park speak first.