Kruger's American Bar on Krugerstrasse in Vienna has poured since the 1920s, the original 1920s and 1930s leather furniture from Paris the canonical old-Vienna bar room.
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 to your taste with no menu.
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.
Botanical Garden on Kolingasse in Vienna's Alsergrund is a basement speakeasy under Cafe Stein, the dark nautical room entered through a black door inside the cafe upstairs.
Signature drink: Botanical Garden
Food: No food
Tip: Cash only; ring the doorbell on the side or enter through Cafe Stein's black door.
If Dogs Run Free on Gutenberggasse in Vienna's Spittelberg is a 40-seat cocktail bar with a Bob Dylan-naming spirit, the carte built on classics with a strong amari and bitters depth.
Signature drink: Negroni variation
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Open daily from 18:00; the bar seats are first-come, the booths take a reservation.
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 350+ named drinks across decades of bar history.
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, the same marble counter open until midnight.
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 tower the warm-weather seat.
Signature drink: French 75
Food: Snacks and charcuterie
Tip: Open Tue-Sat from 17:00; the terrace seats fill first on summer evenings.
