Casa Schuk — Donaukanal, the 2nd
Featured in the 2026-W28 newsletter
- The file
- The practical details Claire checked before this went into the index.
- Where
- Obere Donaustraße 63, 1020 Wien
- Price
- street food prices
- Outdoor
- Mexican street food
- Cocktails
- Donaukanal
- Summer 2026
- 2nd district
The Molcho family—founders of NENI, which has become Vienna's most reliable restaurant group for genuine flavour and thoughtful design—opened Casa Schuk as a summer street-food concept directly adjacent to NENI am Wasser on the Donaukanal. The idea is simple: Mexican street food with a canal-beach aesthetic. Sand on the ground, water views, no need to fly anywhere.
The Menu
Tacos rotate through versions like chipotle chicken, pork belly, and sabich (Israeli eggplant). Fresh ceviche, corn ribs, guacamole. Cocktails carry the same casual intelligence: the Spicy Schuk Paloma combines heat and fruit, the kind of drink that tastes better in the sun than it reads on a menu. The Molcho approach—taking a cuisine seriously but refusing to perform it—carries through here too.
Why the Donaukanal
The canal has become the summer gathering place for people who want to be outside without the tourist machinery of the old town. Casa Schuk sits in that current: close enough to NENI's reputation to draw people, far enough from the city centre to feel genuinely separate. Early evening, the light hits the water at an angle that makes the whole stretch look like it's in a different season.
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