Kruger's American Bar is a bar in Innere Stadt, Vienna.
Kruger's American Bar on Krugerstrasse in Vienna has poured since the 1920s, the original 1920s and 1930s leather furniture from Paris the canonical.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Bar snacks
Tip: Open until 04:00 Thursday to Saturday; the upstairs bar takes the late-night cigar crowd.
Address: Krugerstrasse 5, 1010 Wien, Vienna
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.
