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Hotel im Palais Schwarzenberg


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City/region: Vienna
Address: Schwarzenbergplatz 9, A-1030 Vienna, Austria

VHO contact:
VHO e-mail: schwarzenberg@vho.at




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Hotel im Palais Schwarzenberg Vienna


More information:

  • Restaurant
  • Menu
  • Kaminzimmer & Palais Bar
  • Sports&Leisure
  • History




    Terrassenrestaurant

    Anyone who would like to enjoy lunch or dinner at the Hotel im Palais Schwarzenberg must try the "Terrassenrestaurant" - a glassed-in-terrace directly facing the Schwarzenberg Park.
    The very best Austrian creative cuisine is served there. The restaurant menu is altered seasonally and a business lunch and an evening set meal is served every day.
    The wine list contains great Austrian choices and selected Bordeaux vintages.

    Service de luxe.

    Our "Terrassenrestaurant" (seating for approx. 55 persons) with view onto the park is open daily from 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m. and from 6.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.



    Menu

    Cold starters

    Raw marinated scallops with courgettes, tomato salad and lime oil
    € 18,50

    Pastrami from saddle of veal with truffle, root vegetables
    € 17,50

    Variation of small paprikas (stuffed with salmon tartar, roastbeef and smoked duck breast) on broad bean salad
    € 18,50

    Soups

    Gaszpacho Andalusz with cucumbers and paprika cubes
    € 6,00

    Consommé of beef with semolina dumpling,vegetable pearls and sherry
    € 5,50

    Rocket foam soup with crayfish strudel
    € 6,70

    Warm starters

    Fried goose liver glazed with honey, served with papaya risotto
    € 20,70

    Prawns fried in butter on vegetable wheat and mango carpaccio
    € 19,00

    Lobster ravioli with bisque foam and green asparagus
    € 19,80

    Main course, fish

    Wild turbot poached in basil-milk with leaf spinach and artichoke gnocchi
    € 27,50

    Crispy roasted gilthead on grilled tomatoes with rocket foam and wide paprika noodles
    € 24,00

    Sea bass in whole braised in olive-herb oil served with sautéed young onions and mussel cous cous
    € 25,50

    Main course, meat

    Grilled lamb chop with spicy beans and sweet mashed potatoes
    € 27,00

    Filet of beef with a mango-pecan nut crust on shallot port wine sauce, served with green asparagus and red rice
    € 29,00

    Quail egg stuffed with mushroom risotto served with roasted vegetables and red onions on parsley sabayone
    € 28,50

    Desserts

    Exotic fruit salad with sherbet variation
    € 8,00

    Lemon tarte with white chocolate and marinated berries
    € 8,00

    Orange - grapefruit aspic on iced tee sauce and campari sorbet
    € 8,00

    Best of chocolate
    € 9,00



    Kaminzimmer & Palais Bar

    For those who are looking for a stylish and comfortable atmosphere the "Kaminzimmer" is just an enjoyable place, especially in winter months when a cup of tea is served in front of the fire place. Guests can enjoy tea specialities, coffee, selected Viennese pastry and light meals from 10a.m until midnight every day.

    Pleasure & ambience.

    The "Palais Bar" is open daily between 11a.m and 1a.m and serves a variety of cocktails, drinks, and fine wines accompanied by light meals.



    Sports&Leisure

    18 acres private hotel park with jogging paths and resting lawn
    Five hotel clay-tennis-courts next to Belvedere castle
    Bike rental free of charge for hotel guests
    Fitness: Free entry to John Harris Fitness Club
    Golf: Freudenau
    Horse riding: at the "Prater"
    Swimming, sauna: Stadthalle



    History

  • 1683 Second Turkish Siege of Vienna; reconstruction of the city begins
  • 1697 Prince Heinrich von Mansfeld-Fondi commissions the famous baroque architect LUKAS VON HILDEBRANDT to build a garden palace with orangery and fun-fair
  • 1716 Purchase of the partially completed building by Prince Adam Franz zu Schwarzenberg, Imperial Equerry
  • 1720 Commission given to JOHANN BERNHARD FISCHER VON ERLACH to continue construction
  • 1722 DANIEL GRAN paints the frescos in the "Kuppelsaal" and
  • 1726 the "Marmorsaal"
  • 1727 The interior is completed, the palace has been used by the Schwarzenberg family as its Viennese summer residence
  • 1945 The park is devastated by 20 bomb strikes, two bombs hit the palace. Upon the end of the war, the palace is given back to its owner, Prince Adolph zu Schwarzenberg
  • 1950 Restoration of the palace by Prince Heinrich zu Schwarzenberg
  • 1957 All major renovations are completed
  • 1962 Opening of an exclusive Bed and Breakfast
  • 1968 Restaurant and Bar added, full service hotel operation resumes
  • 1984 Renovation of the Sala Terrena and parts of the restaurant
  • 1985 by the famous Viennese architect Hermann Czech, as well as total renovation of all guest rooms and bathrooms.
  • 1997 Six Designer Park Rooms and Suites are added in the Palais' east wing



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