Price increase at the “Wiener” – Suddenly luxury: who now breaded schnitzel

When the Styrian landlady Beate Riegler from Bruck an der Mur removed everything breaded from the menu for cost reasons, it soon became clear that the Wiener Schnitzel was on the mend. “Soon a schnitzel will cost 40 euros,” said Viennese gastro spokesman Peter Dobcak, sparking discussions. If you order a schnitzel in your local pub, you will often notice a price increase of between 50 cents and 1.50 euros. Price drivers are the energy costs, which caused the domino effect.

Schnitzel for 9.90 euros is passé
Before Corona you often saw signs for local restaurants that attracted guests with schnitzel and side dishes for 9.90 euros, that’s passé. In the past, the Viennese restorer Heinz Polischansky (Stiegl-Ambulanz, Centimeter, Falco) paid ten euros for ten liters of cooking oil, now it is 25 euros. But what really annoys him is the cost of electricity. These will increase by no less than 600 percent in January, unfortunately not an isolated case in the catering industry.

“There have already been three price increases for beer this year, in the past there was an annual increase,” says Polischinksy. In the Falco on the Schwarzenbergplatz, guests pay 14.90 euros for the schnitzel, there is also a smaller version for 11.90 euros.

Neither guests nor hosts want without breaded food. For example, the old ship station in the Wachau has increased by one euro to 12.90. The Wirtshaus am See on the elegant boulevard in Bregenz also remains traditional. “The schnitzel remains on the menu. It’s part of it. Of course we had to raise prices moderately. We get the meat directly from our butcher in Andelsbuch”, sous chef Roland Hartinger and restaurant manager Sabrina List say in unison. The price for the Viennese pork was only increased by 50 cents in the Vorarlberg restaurant, but was already more than 17 euros in advance.