20 editor picks across Austria.
20 bars worth the trip across Austria, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Austria guides.
Truth & Dare on Schoenlaterngasse off Wollzeile won Mixology's Best Bar Austria for 2023, 2024 and 2025, the small room a tasting-led cocktail program.
TipThe Mini of the Week is poured without explanation; sip first, ask the bartender after you taste it.
Roberto American Bar on Bauernmarkt was opened by long-time Loos Bar head bartender Robert Pavlovic in 2014, the alcove-divided room running late on classics.
TipOpen daily until 04:00; the alcoves take pairs and threes, the chandelier room takes larger groups.
Tuer 7 on Buchfeldgasse in Vienna's Josefstadt is the city's best-kept speakeasy, marked only by a brass '7' on the door, the bar team building cocktails.
TipRing the bell at door number 7; the bar opens Monday to Friday evenings and turns away walk-ins past midnight.
First Floor on Seitenstettengasse climbs one stair off the Bermuda Triangle into a dim, leather-bench American bar room open until 04:00 daily.
TipThe aquarium wall behind the bar is a Vienna landmark; the dress code skews smart but not formal.
Botanical Garden inside Andreas Gugumuck's urban farm in Favoriten is a 4,000-square-metre garden bar pouring botanical cocktails and craft beer.
TipOpen in the warm season only; check the Facebook page for the current weekend opening window.
Loos American Bar on Kaerntner Durchgang in Vienna is Adolf Loos's 1908 modernist masterpiece, a 27-square-metre marble-and-mahogany room that remains one.
Tip27 square metres of marble and brass; the bar fills by 22:00 most nights. The De Rigueur is the regulars' order.
Kleinod on Singerstrasse in Vienna's first district is the Falstaff-decorated American-bar room three minutes from Stephansplatz, the team behind the bar.
TipOpen Mon-Sat from 15:30, Sun from 17:00; the back booths take reservations, the counter is first-come.
The Sign Lounge on Liechtensteinstrasse in Vienna's Alsergrund is the Kan Zuo team's neon-and-velvet flagship, ranked in Asia's bar lists and a top-10.
TipBooking essential at weekends; the upstairs Living Room runs a tighter, calmer carte than the main bar.
Heuer am Karlsplatz on Treitlstrasse next to the Kunsthalle is a glass-pavilion bar with an urban garden, the cocktails leaning on house pickles.
TipThe garden terrace is the room's summer headline seat; arrive before sunset on warm Friday nights.
Kruger's American Bar on Krugerstrasse in Vienna has poured since the 1920s, the original 1920s and 1930s leather furniture from Paris the canonical.
TipOpen until 04:00 Thursday to Saturday; the upstairs bar takes the late-night cigar crowd.
Krypt on Wasagasse in Vienna's Alsergrund is a candlelit basement bar in a vaulted 18th-century cellar between the Votivkirche and Sigmund Freud's apartment.
TipNo exterior signage; open Wed-Thu 19:00 to midnight, Fri-Sat to 02:00, closed Sun-Tue.
Cafe Drechsler on Linke Wienzeile by the Naschmarkt is a 24-hour coffee-house bar known for late-night DJ sets and the signature Drechsler-Spritz.
TipThe kitchen runs all day; the room peaks after midnight on weekends with the Naschmarkt crowd.
Mochi Ramen Bar at Vorgartenmarkt Stand 12 is the late-evening bar arm of the Mochi group, the counter pouring sake flights alongside hand-pulled ramen.
TipThe market square seats are the room's summer headline; the counter inside takes solo drinkers.
If Dogs Run Free on Gumpendorfer Strasse in Vienna's Mariahilf is a Bob Dylan-named cocktail bar a short walk from the Naschmarkt, the carte.
TipMon-Sat from 16:00, closed Sundays; phone +43 1 9132132 for booth reservations.
Barfly's Club inside Hotel Fuerst Metternich on Esterhazygasse in Vienna's Mariahilf is the city's longest-running classics-cocktail bar, the menu running.
TipOpen Tue-Sat from 19:00; the regulars order from the original 1990s carte, not the seasonal supplement.
Tachles on Karmeliterplatz in Leopoldstadt is the low-lit bohemian standby of the Karmelitermarkt crowd, a corner room pouring Spritzer until late.
TipMid-week sees the artists' crowd; weekends after midnight gets DJ-led on the Karmeliterplatz side.
Bar Campari on Seitzergasse in the first district is the Campari Group's Italian aperitivo bar, the dark-marble room pouring Negronis and Spritzes.
TipStop in for the 18:00 aperitivo hour before dinner in the first district.
Balthasar Kaffee Bar on Praterstrasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt switches from third-wave coffee in the day to a tight cocktail carte after 18:00.
TipThe espresso martini is the bar's signature; aperitivo hour from 17:00 brings the post-work crowd.
Le Troquet on Kirchengasse in Vienna's Neubau is a small French wine and cocktail bar by the Spittelberg quarter, pouring until 4am most nights.
TipOpen Mon-Sat from 17:00 until around 4:00, closed Sunday; croque monsieur and charcuterie run late.
Dachboden on top of 25hours Hotel on Lerchenfelder Strasse in Vienna's Neubau is the city's most-photographed rooftop bar, the terrace looking.
TipSundowner-to-night crowd from 18:00; the terrace fills first on warm-weather Fridays and Saturdays.
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