China News Service, August 31. According to the "Europe Times" Central and Eastern European version of the WeChat public account "Weicheng", due to rising prices and the energy crisis, Austrian Chinese restaurants may face a wave of closures.

　　According to reports, Vienna sushi restaurant Natsu-Sushi has raised prices for the first time, "everything is twice as expensive," said Cheng Fang, the owner.

Buying sushi and maki now costs 1 euro more and inflation is what's driving the price up.

　　Cheng Fang said that once buying salmon or salmon was only 5 to 6 euros, now it is 13 to 16 euros.

Fish, rice, basically all groceries cost twice as much, not including energy.

Customers understand the reason for the price increase, "Our prices have remained the same for 20 years, and many old customers come to us because of the good price and quality, and we are grateful that they continue to visit."

　　The past few months have particularly affected restaurants.

"Everything has become twice as expensive, and we are now closing our Burggasse branch," Cheng Fang said.

　　In addition to skyrocketing food prices, energy costs are now soaring, and several Viennese restaurants are under threat of closure.

“The price of energy alone is three times more expensive than it was a year ago,” complained Dragan, owner of “Adut Grill”, who has made slight changes to the menu as charcoal and meat are also badly affected.

　　Chinese restaurant "Sheng" is fighting for survival just five months after opening.

The restaurant's financial plan does not take into account that the price of basic materials such as rice and chicken will increase by 20% to 30%, and the cost of electricity and gas will also double.

　　"I'm scared, what should I do if the bill is between 1,000 and 1,200 euros?" the Chinese restaurant owner asked eagerly.

In "pizza city", customers used to be attracted by one euro per slice of pizza, not everyone likes to raise the price to 1.30 euros.

"Now we have to increase the price by 20 cents," announced pizza boss Ahmed.

"Customers think it's expensive, but there's no other option."