Der Wiener Deewan is a unique restaurant in Vienna. It is a Pakistani restaurant that serves delicious and halal food. I recommend this restaurant if you visit Vienna.
Hello traveller,
The thing I look forward to most when I’m on holiday in Vienna is eating at Der Wiener Deewan restaurant. The two times I visited Vienna, both times I managed to eat there. What makes this restaurant so special that I put eating there as my priority activity while in Vienna?
Before I answer this question, I would like to tell you that I learnt about the existence of this restaurant from a book I read a few years ago. This famous book was written by Hanum Rais and her husband Rangga titled 99 Cahaya di Langit Eropa. This book tells the life experiences of the two authors while living in Vienna.
Having experienced being a local, Hanum and Rangga recount their experience of eating at a halal restaurant, which in their experience is a unique restaurant. The uniqueness of this restaurant is also the reason for me to eat there.
Der Wiener Deewan
This restaurant is unique because I’ve never met a restaurant that has a concept like this. So, this restaurant that serves Pakistani food is an all you can eat restaurant. Customers who come to visit the restaurant can eat as much as they want of whatever is served in a buffet there.
Usually, all you can eat restaurants that I know have a certain price. For example, in Hannover, the price range of eating at an all you can eat restaurant is 10-20 Euros. What is unique is that this restaurant does not set a certain price like other restaurants. Visitors who eat there can pay as they wish.
Honesty from visitors is what the restaurant owner expects. Interestingly, with this concept, this restaurant is still standing. It can be concluded that the concept carried by this restaurant does not provide a loss for the restaurant. I also see the visitors of this restaurant every time I go there is always crowded. Those who visit are diverse from all walks of life.
The Food
As this is an all you can eat restaurant, there is a wide variety of food available. You can find out what’s on the menu that day from the list of food written at the front of the restaurant.
After I noticed the food served consisted of meat menu, chicken menu, fish menu and vegetable menu. In addition, there are still rice and sweets that we can eat.
For drinks, we can drink water, soda or order drinks on the menu. For these drinks, as I recall, apart from water, there is a set price.
This is the food I ate and enjoyed during my visit there two years ago.
My experience of eating at this restaurant has never been disappointing. I always eat their dishes with relish. My portions are manageable. I can add more food if I’m still hungry. The same goes for my husband and son.
Deciding on the amount to pay was not easy. My husband and I were worried that the money we gave was too little for the amount of food we ate with my three children. In the end, my husband set the price for one person according to the price of the food we ate at the restaurant we liked.
We were happy. Our stomachs were full and we were satisfied. The money we paid for the meal was worth it.
Happy travelling,
Amelia
