Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Vienna for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Vienna for grown-ups.
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.
Signature drink: Mini of the Week tasting
Food: Small bar bites
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Classics by Robert Pavlovic
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Open daily until 04:00; the alcoves take pairs and threes, the chandelier room takes larger groups.
First Floor on Seitenstettengasse climbs one stair off the Bermuda Triangle into a dim, leather-bench American bar room open until 04:00 daily.
Signature drink: Classic cocktails
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: The aquarium wall behind the bar is a Vienna landmark; the dress code skews smart but not formal.
Heuer am Karlsplatz on Treitlstrasse next to the Kunsthalle is a glass-pavilion bar with an urban garden, the cocktails leaning on house pickles.
Signature drink: House pickle cocktails
Food: Mediterranean-Asian small plates
Tip: The garden terrace is the room's summer headline seat; arrive before sunset on warm Friday nights.
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.
Signature drink: Drechsler-Spritz
Food: Cafe classics and late bites
Tip: The kitchen runs all day; the room peaks after midnight on weekends with the Naschmarkt crowd.
Tachles on Karmeliterplatz in Leopoldstadt is the low-lit bohemian standby of the Karmelitermarkt crowd, a corner room pouring Spritzer until late.
Signature drink: House Spritzer
Food: Late-night snacks
Tip: Mid-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.
Signature drink: Negroni
Food: Italian aperitivo plates
Tip: Stop in for the 18:00 aperitivo hour before dinner in the first district.
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.
Signature drink: Sake flights and Japanese highballs
Food: Hand-pulled ramen, gyoza
Tip: The market square seats are the room's summer headline; the counter inside takes solo drinkers.
Botanical Garden inside Andreas Gugumuck's urban farm in Favoriten is a 4,000-square-metre garden bar pouring botanical cocktails and craft beer.
Signature drink: Farm-to-glass botanical cocktails
Food: Snacks from the urban farm
Tip: Open 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.
Signature drink: De Rigueur
Food: No food
Tip: 27 square metres of marble and brass; the bar fills by 22:00 most nights. The De Rigueur is the regulars' order.
Kruger's American Bar on Krugerstrasse in Vienna has poured since the 1920s, the original 1920s and 1930s leather furniture from Paris the canonical.
Signature drink: Old Fashioned
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Open until 04:00 Thursday to Saturday; the upstairs bar takes the late-night cigar crowd.
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.
Signature drink: Bespoke cocktail
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Ring the bell at door number 7; the bar opens Monday to Friday evenings and turns away walk-ins past midnight.
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.
Signature drink: Monkey 47 gin highball
Food: No food
Tip: No exterior signage; open Wed-Thu 19:00 to midnight, Fri-Sat to 02:00, closed Sun-Tue.
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 built.
Signature drink: Negroni variation
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Mon-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.
Signature drink: Classic Manhattan
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Open Tue-Sat from 19:00; the regulars order from the original 1990s carte, not the seasonal supplement.
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.
Signature drink: Espresso martini
Food: Snacks and toasts
Tip: The espresso martini is the bar's signature; aperitivo hour from 17:00 brings the post-work crowd.
Le Troquet on Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz in Vienna's Neubau is a small French-leaning wine-and-cocktail bar in the Spittelberg quarter, the terrace under the church.
Signature drink: French 75
Food: Snacks and charcuterie
Tip: Open Tue-Sat from 17:00; the terrace seats fill first on summer evenings.
Kleinod on Singerstrasse in Vienna's first district is the Falstaff-decorated American-bar room three minutes from Stephansplatz, the team behind the bar.
Signature drink: Mexican Negroni
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Open Mon-Sat from 15:30, Sun from 17:00; the back booths take reservations, the counter is first-come.
Dachboden on top of 25hours Hotel on Lerchenfelder Strasse in Vienna's Neubau is the city's most-photographed rooftop bar, the terrace looking.
Signature drink: House gin and tonic
Food: Snacks and pizza
Tip: Sundowner-to-night crowd from 18:00; the terrace fills first on warm-weather Fridays and Saturdays.
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.
Signature drink: Vienna Old Fashioned
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Booking essential at weekends; the upstairs Living Room runs a tighter, calmer carte than the main bar.