This is a Japanese Kneipe (bar) owned and run by 2 couples made up of Austrians and Germans … we know, there’s so many things odd about this sentence. Creative takes on Japanese dishes are made to consumed in a sharing tapas kind of way at Mochi, including their sushi ‘special rolls,’ which come in original combinations like their surf and turf option that’s stuffed with tempura prawns on the inside and a thin slice of beef on laid delicately on top. And their popular Dana roll deserves a mention, with its truffle mayo topping and its tempura salmon insides. Then there’s their plain and neat Maki varieties, from pumpkin to salmon or avocado.
The menu – prepared by their highly-trained chef, Eddie, and his team – is traditional Japanese mutated into a modern western creation. Actually, there’s little that’s traditional about Mochi. Except maybe you could loosely say their Nakiri and Sashimi variety that is made with the freshest and top quality seafood you’ll find in town.
Inside it boasts an interior design in which the chopsticks match the drapes – complete with the exotic, bold weirdness that we love about the Japanese sense of style. Bold, minimalist touches spring out at you from the black background of the walls. Outside, one of the best al fresco gardens in the city is set between a outstretched leafy tree, and cobblestones of a sweet square located at Praterstraße’s sweet spot, up the Donaukanal end. And you have to use the toilet, even if you don’t have to go. You’ll know what we mean once you venture down there.
We also recommend… you have one of the house sake-based cocktails, like the Tokyo Mule (lime, ginger beer, sake) or the Mochi ginger (ginger, tonic water and sake)
