"Austria's first Michelin-starred Japanese kitchen — Joji Hattori's Krugerstrasse room where Alois Traint folds Vienna terroir into a nine-course tasting."
About Shiki
Shiki sits a step from the Vienna State Opera at Krugerstrasse 3, the restaurant the conductor and violinist Joji Hattori opened in 2015 after returning to the city. The name means "four seasons," and the kitchen reads them through Japanese technique sharpened with Austrian produce. In March 2018 it became the first Japanese restaurant in Austria to win a MICHELIN star. The fine-dining room runs a nine-course tasting menu, three of the courses vegan, at €185. See our seven signs of a great restaurant for the bar it clears.
The Kitchen
Joji Hattori is the founder and the public face — a globally touring musician who built Shiki as a serious second act — while the day-to-day cooking is led by chef de cuisine Alois Traint, whose team earned the Michelin star in 2018. The brief is a genuine fusion rather than a Japanese restaurant in Europe or a European one borrowing soy: Japanese craft applied to Austrian terroir, course by course.
The nine-course tasting menu (€185, with three vegan courses) is where it shows. Traint's pickled seaweed is a signature, a small dish that captures the house style — precise, restrained, season-led. Around it run the tasting's fish and meat courses, knife-work and broth in the Japanese register, ingredients drawn from Austrian growers and waters. Shiki bills itself as Europe's only restaurant presenting Japanese cuisine fused with European fine-dining culture at this level, and the kitchen holds the line between the two cultures with unusual discipline.
The Room
The address is pure central Vienna: Krugerstrasse, moments from the Opera and the Ringstrasse, in a calm, design-led room that splits between the Michelin fine-dining space, a brasserie and a sake-focused bar. The mood is composed and adult, well suited to a quiet business dinner or a considered date; service is formal without being stiff. Dress smart — this is opera-district Vienna — and book the fine-dining room specifically if the tasting menu is the goal, since the brasserie runs a separate, more casual offer.
Best for Impressing a Client
Book Shiki to impress a visiting client because it is a name that signals you know Vienna: a Michelin-starred kitchen a step from the Opera, a composed room that lets a working conversation breathe, and a nine-course menu polished enough to flatter without trapping anyone for four hours. It works equally for a first date and a birthday, and ranks among the city's best Japanese restaurants and fine-dining rooms.
Not for
Not for a quick, budget supper — the headline experience is a €185 nine-course tasting in a formal room, not a casual à la carte stop near the Opera.
Frequently Asked
Who is behind Shiki in Vienna?
Shiki was founded in 2015 by Joji Hattori, an internationally touring conductor and violinist who returned to Vienna to open it. The kitchen is led by chef de cuisine Alois Traint, whose team won the restaurant its MICHELIN star in March 2018. See the Vienna dining guide for the wider scene.
Is Shiki Michelin starred?
Yes — Shiki earned one MICHELIN star in March 2018, becoming the first Japanese restaurant in Austria to do so. The recognition is for the fine-dining room, where chef Alois Traint serves a tasting menu fusing Japanese technique with Austrian produce.
How much is the tasting menu at Shiki?
The fine-dining tasting menu is nine courses, three of them vegan, at €185 per person. The address also houses a more casual brasserie and a sake bar with their own pricing, so book the fine-dining room specifically if the full tasting is what you are after.
What is Shiki's signature dish?
Chef Alois Traint's pickled seaweed is one of the house signatures — a small, precise dish that captures Shiki's restrained, season-led style. It sits within a nine-course tasting that moves between Japanese technique and Austrian ingredients, the fusion the kitchen is known for.
Where is Shiki located in Vienna?
Shiki is at Krugerstrasse 3 in the centre of Vienna, a short walk from the State Opera and the Ringstrasse. The location makes it a natural choice before or after a performance, though the nine-course tasting is an evening in its own right.
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Practical Information
AddressKrugerstrasse 3, 1010 Vienna, Austria
NeighbourhoodKrugerstrasse, by the State Opera
CuisineJapanese fine dining
Tasting menu9 courses (3 vegan), €185
FounderJoji Hattori
Chef de cuisineAlois Traint
RecognitionOne MICHELIN Star since 2018
Dress codeSmart / formal
ReservationRecommended for the fine-dining room
