The best Viennese Cafés

Café Sperl Recommended

Gumpendorfer Straße 11, 1060 Wien
Mon–Sat 7–22, Sun, Hol 10–20 www.cafesperl.at
Listed Viennese coffee house institution (since 1880) with friendly service. All-day breakfast (classic Viennese breakfast € 10.50); new, light Viennese Imperial and Royal cuisine, classic Austrian: roasted dumplings with egg, egg dumplings, ham dumplings, every dish with salad; small dishes such as sausages or toast (from € 4.90), exclusively local products (Austrian meat from Metzker butchers); homemade Viennese pastries (e.g. "Sperl Schnitte", apple and curd strudel), Austrian quality wines. Children's corner, changing table, high chairs. Billiards (3 carom tables); 4 cloth-covered tables for playing cards; chess; Austrian and international newspapers; live piano music on Sundays from 15.30. Outdoor seating area with large parasol for 50 people.

Foto: Cafe Sperl | 2017

Café Schopenhauer Recommended

Staudgasse 1, 1180 Wien
Mon, Sun 8–22, Tue–Sat 8–24 www.cafeschopenhauer.at
Old Viennese coffee house. Breakfast until 16, classic Viennese coffee house specialties and Viennese cuisine (regional and vegan options), homemade organic pastries, coffee from Pellini Top and Agust (organic). Coffee to go. Card tables, tarot, bridge and chess clubs (including Austria's only women's chess club), regular book presentations, philosophical circles, black-and-white silent films with live piano accompaniment, regular concerts. Integrated bookshop Mon-Sat 10 a.m. - 18 p.m. Pub garden for 30 people.

Foto: Antonia Mittendrein

Café Hummel Recommended

Josefstädter Straße 66, 1080 Wien
daily 8–23 www.cafehummel.at
Classic coffee house with a large menu, traditional Viennese and international cuisine (11-15 TT from € 11.90 - also vegetarian), homemade pastries, breakfast daily until 14 (from € 7.10). Children's meals, armchairs, changing table. 4 game tables (chess and card games), many Austrian and international newspapers, air conditioning, TV room for sports broadcasts (Sky). Air-conditioned pub garden for 100 people. Dogs welcome.

Foto: Cafe-Restaurant Hummel

Café Westend Recommended

Mariahilfer Straße 128, 1070 Wien
daily 8–24 cafewestend.wien
A traditional Viennese coffee house with a historical background. All-day breakfast (from € 8.80). Classics such as veal schnitzel, egg dumplings, cheese spaetzle and Sacher sausages. From 17 Krügerl beer for € 3.60. Coloring for children. Regular card tables, live music with piano and events. Pub garden for 50 people. Dogs welcome.

Foto: Café Westend

Kaffee Alt Wien Recommended

Bäckerstraße 9, 1010 Wien
Mon–Wed, Sun 10–24, Thu 10–1, Fri, Sat 10–2 www.kaffeealtwien.com
Traditional Viennese coffee house, founded in 1922, Bäckerstraße classic. Old Viennese breakfast, coffee Old Viennese goulash from organic pasture-fed calves (from € 14.90), vegan goulash with mushrooms € 16.90, "Old Viennese" schnitzel from organic Wald-ROC pork and potato salad € 18.90, Schnitzel from Styrian free-range chicken and potato salad € 18.90, homemade soups, small dishes (from € 4.90), soup pot, organic sausages, organic Debreziner, sandwiches, Viennese apple strudel with whipped cream (€ 6.50). Beer and various spritzers, homemade lemonades, iced coffee. Austrian and international daily newspapers. Children's chairs. Garden for 20 people. Dogs on a lead. Cultural events and exhibitions in the Blue Salon.

Foto: Gerhard Wasserbauer

Café Tirolerhof Recommended

Führichgasse 8, 1010 Wien
Mon–Sat 8–21, Sun, Hol 9.30–20 cafetirolerhof.at
A dignified, traditional Viennese coffee house in the style of the 1920s, restored from original photos. Classic Viennese cuisine such as schnitzel, boiled beef, goulash, Szeged cabbage, yeast dumplings or homemade apricot dumplings (seasonal). Breakfast until 11 (from € 12), sandwiches, omelettes, sausages, toast, salads. Homemade apple and curd cheese strudel and Kaiserschmarren. Coffee specialties. National and international daily newspapers. Air conditioning. Pub garden for 30 people. Dogs not allowed.

Foto: Café Tirolerhof

Café Goldegg Recommended

Argentinierstraße 49, 1040 Wien
Mon–Fri 8–20, Sat, Sun, Hol 9–20 www.cafegoldegg.at
Old Viennese Art Nouveau café with elegant wood paneling. Breakfast all day; Viennese cuisine, seasonal and regional dishes; homemade pastries. Billiards; newspapers from Austria and Germany, magazines. Seminar room. Dogs more than welcome. Pub garden for 80 pers.

Foto: Café Goldegg

Café Eiles Recommended

Josefstädter Straße 2, 1080 Wien
Mon–Fri 7–24, Sat, Sun, Hol 8–24 www.cafe-eiles.at
The restaurant has existed since 1838 (under its current name since 1901), taken over in 2016 and subtly refurbished. 7-12 (Sat, Sun until 14) large breakfast menu, MM on weekdays, homemade pastries, many vegan options. Austrian and international newspapers and magazines. Chess. Children's chair, changing table. Small Schanigarten for approx. 20 and large Gastgarten for approx. 40 people.

Foto: Café Eiles

Café Jelinek Recommended

Otto-Bauer-Gasse 5, 1060 Wien
daily 9–22 cafejelinek.steman.at
A true coffee house institution, very cozy. All-day breakfast (€ 10.50 to € 25), snacks such as goulash or sausages, also vegan snacks, homemade pastries. Lemonades, home-roasted Jelinek coffee (also available to take away or to buy via the online store), from Wiener Melange to Cascara coffee cherry tea. Austrian, German and French daily newspapers. Pub garden for 60 people.

Foto: Christian Fischer

Café Landtmann Recommended

Universitätsring 4, 1010 Wien
daily 7.30–23 www.landtmann.at
Listed Viennese coffee house dating back to 1873, classic Viennese and Austrian cuisine Breakfast, daily 7.30-11.30 (from € 7.50), MM incl. soup 11.30-14.30 (€ 15.90), homemade pastries and cakes, coffee specialties. Children's chair, changing table. 3 function rooms for press conferences, interviews and receptions. Winter garden for 70 and summer terrace for 250 people.

Foto: Jan Lackner

Café Ritter Recommended

Mariahilfer Straße 73, 1060 Wien
Mon–Sat 7.30–22, Sun, Hol 9–21 www.caferitter.at
Classic coffee house, one of the last authentic establishments on Mariahilfer Strasse with a wonderful turn-of-the-century atmosphere. 10 breakfasts until 15 (€ 8,- to € 14,-), classic Viennese coffee house cuisine, homemade pastries. Piano music, live music on Thursday afternoons; Austrian and international daily newspapers, magazines. Outdoor seating for 28 people. Dogs are allowed. The interior of the magnificent coffee house has been a listed building since 2009.

Foto: Café Ritter

Café Rüdigerhof Recommended

Hamburgerstraße 20, 1050 Wien
daily 11–2 www.caferüdigerhof.com
Art nouveau café with a family atmosphere and friendly service that has been in existence for over 100 years. Home cooking (e.g. schnitzel), homemade pastries (e.g. Kaiserschmarrn or pancakes). Children's chairs; chess, backgammon, large flatscreen and screen (sports broadcasts, especially soccer); Austrian and international daily newspapers and magazines. Nice extra room for 30 to 35 people, beautiful, large natural garden for approx. 150 people with maple trees (up to 2).

Foto: Christoph Liebentritt

Café Drechsler Recommended

Linke Wienzeile 22, 1060 Wien
Mon–Fri 8–16, Sat, Sun, Hol 9–17 www.drechsler-wien.at
One of the oldest Viennese coffee houses, known as a place for artists, writers and night owls. Since 2018, the main focus has been on breakfast (all day); brunch à la carte. Pub garden for 36 pers.

Foto: Drechsler – Wienzeile

Café Weidinger Recommended

Lerchenfelder Gürtel 1, 1160 Wien
daily 8–24
A true Viennese institution. Viennese breakfast until 13 (from € 6.80). Billiards: 4 carom tables (€ 4.40/hour), bowling alley (€ 8/hour), card tables. Readings, exhibitions and vernissages. Austrian daily newspapers and magazines. Cellar room for events for 70 people, beautiful, quiet and shady garden in the inner courtyard for 40 people.

Foto: Café Weidinger

Café Engländer Recommended

Postgasse 2, 1010 Wien
Mon–Sat 8–1, Sun, Hol 10–1 cafe-englaender.com
Universal trendy coffee house. Breakfast Mon-Fri 8-11, Sat 8-15, Sun and Fri 10-15. Modern, newly interpreted Viennese cuisine, changing MM, two different types of coffee for Viennese coffee à la melange and for espresso. Children's chairs, changing table. Outdoor seating for 48 people. Dogs with leash and muzzle.

Foto: Café Engländer

Café Bräunerhof Recommended

Stallburggasse 2, 1010 Wien
Mon–Fri 8–19, Sat 8–18, Sun, Hol 10–18 www.facebook.com/pages/Caf%C3%A9%20Br%C3%A4unerhof/113796392003266/#
Traditional Viennese coffee house (former favorite café of Thomas Bernhard) with a large selection of newspapers (Austrian and international dailies) and good homemade pastries, breakfast until 12 (from € 7.50), Mon-Fri MM € 8.50. Sun 15-18 Viennese music with the Bräunerhof Trio (except July/August). In summer, outdoor seating for approx. 25 people. Dogs welcome.

Foto: Nicole Hostnik

Café Prückel Recommended

Stubenring 24, 1010 Wien
daily 8.30–22 www.prueckel.at
Ringstrasse café in the style of the 1950s (complete design by Oswald Haerdtl). Viennese cuisine. Meat and vegetarian dishes. Lunch menu from €9.80. Dogs allowed. Changing table. Mon, Wed, Fri 19-22 and Sat 10-12 Piano music. Every 1st Thu of the month the music collective Wiener Halbwelten gives a concert in the Goldsaal. Stella Theater plays from September. Schanigarten on the ring side and Karl-Lueger-Platz.

Foto: Lukas Schaller

Café Korb Recommended

Brandstätte 9, 1010 Wien
Mon–Sat 8–24, Hol 10–23 www.cafekorb.at
Insider tip from coffee house connoisseurs with Viennese cuisine and all-day breakfast. Wok dishes, vegetarian cuisine, MM, homemade pastries. 18 coffee specialties. Austrian and international newspapers and magazines. October to March every 2nd Sat "First Viennese Philosophers' Coffee", readings, concerts in the Art Lounge (designed by Peter Weibel, Peter Kogler, Günter Brus, Manfred Plottegg; can be hired for parties of all kinds for approx. 50 people, buffet possible, piano and small stage, stereo system, flatscreen available). Outdoor dining area for 90 people. Dogs with leash and muzzle allowed.

Foto: Konrad Limbeck

Café Weingartner Recommended

Goldschlagstraße 6, 1150 Wien
Mon–Sat 9–23 www.weingartner.co.at
Classic Viennese coffee house in the 15th district near Westbahnhof, founded in 1874. Breakfast, homemade Viennese cuisine, pastries. Seating area with boxes and billiards room, carambol (3 large tournament tables, small tournament billiards). Chess, card, board and dice games, large selection of newspapers and magazines (current issues and newspaper archive, where newspapers can be stored and viewed for 1 month), guest garden for 45 people, high chairs for children, dog-friendly atmosphere.

Foto: Christian Fischer

Café Hawelka Recommended

Dorotheergasse 6, 1010 Wien
Mon–Thu 9–24, Fri, Sat 9–1, Sun 10–21 www.hawelka.at
One of the oldest and best-known Viennese coffee houses. Viennese breakfast, home-made strudels and homemade cakes. Home-roasted coffee. International daily and weekly newspapers. Online store, coffee lectures with tastings. Coffee garden for 50 people.

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