La Mezcaleria — Mexican restaurant & mezcal bar, Neubau, the 7th
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- The practical details Claire checked before this went into the index.
- Where
- Zitterhofergasse 8, 1070 Wien — the 7th
- Price
- Restaurant prices
- Indoor
- Mexican
- Mezcal
- Natural wine
- New opening June 2026
- The 7th
La Mezcaleria opened on June 2 at Zitterhofergasse 8 in the 7th — a quiet side street in Neubau that you find by recommendation, not by walking past. It's a small restaurant and mezcal bar run by Arturo Castañeda Martínez and Mehmet Gayir, built around traditional Mexican cooking and a mezcal-forward drinks list. There are regional Austrian wines too.
Why This Matters
Vienna's Mexican food scene has been thin for years. Most of what exists leans toward Tex-Mex or the kind of place where the food is secondary to the vibe. La Mezcaleria is different. The cooking is serious. The mezcal list is serious. The Austrian wine selection suggests the owners actually think about what you drink with the food.
It's the kind of restaurant that doesn't need to announce itself because it knows who will find it.
The Menu
Traditional Mexican cooking — the specifics will depend on what Castañeda Martínez sources and what's in season, but expect the kind of food that takes time and technique, not shortcuts. The mezcal list is the other anchor. Mezcal is not tequila; it's made from agave in different regions of Mexico, and the flavour profile varies wildly depending on which plant, which producer, which process. A restaurant that leads with mezcal rather than margaritas signals that the drinks are meant to be studied, not just consumed.
The Location
Zitterhofergasse is the sort of address that rewards walking slowly. Nothing on the street is shouting. That's the whole mood. It's in Neubau, the 7th district — a neighbourhood that has gentrified carefully over the past decade without losing the texture that made it worth moving to in the first place. The quiet side streets are still quiet. The cafés are still cafés. A restaurant that settles on a street like this rather than a high-traffic corner is making a choice about who it wants to attract.
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