Cafe Diglas im Schottenstift is a cafe in Innere Stadt, Vienna.
Cafe Diglas im Schottenstift on Schottengasse sits inside the Benedictine abbey's vaulted ground floor since 1888, the cloistered garden a quiet terrace.
Editorially verified June 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The abbey courtyard tables fill on warm Sundays; the vaulted main room takes business meetings.
Address: Schottengasse 2, 1010 Wien, Vienna
Aida on Singerstrasse off Stephansplatz is the pink-tiled flagship of the 1913-founded Konditorei chain, the upstairs window a cheap cathedral-view stop.
Signature drink: Punsch-Krapfen and Brauner
Tip: The upstairs counter is takeaway-fast; the inside parlour seats the wait if you want the Konditorei trolley.
Cafe Tirolerhof on Fuehrichgasse in Vienna's first district has poured Melange since the Kunz brothers took over in 1918, the Art Deco interior restored.
Signature drink: Melange
Tip: Open daily from 07:00, weekends from 08:00; the house-made apple strudel is the long-standing order.
Demel on Kohlmarkt has been a court confectioner since 1786, the Eduard-Sacher-Torte and Anna-Torte from the K. und K. Hofzuckerbaecker still served.
Signature drink: Hot chocolate
Tip: The first-floor dining room takes the queue; the ground-floor takeaway moves faster for a Sachertorte to-go.
Cafe Sacher inside Hotel Sacher on Philharmoniker Strasse in Vienna serves the Original Sachertorte under chandeliers across from the State Opera.
Signature drink: Sacher coffee
Tip: The slice with whipped cream sells out by 17:00 on busy days; arrive before the matinee crowd.
Cafe Landtmann on Universitaetsring in Vienna has poured at the Burgtheater corner since 1873, Sigmund Freud's preferred coffeehouse with a long carte.
Signature drink: Grosser Brauner
Tip: Open daily 07:30 to midnight; the front-room bench seats face the Burgtheater across the Ring.
Aida on Singerstrasse off Stephansplatz is the pink-tiled flagship of the 1913-founded Konditorei chain, the upstairs window a cheap cathedral-view stop.
Signature drink: Punsch-Krapfen and Brauner
Tip: The upstairs counter is takeaway-fast; the inside parlour seats the wait if you want the Konditorei trolley.
Cafe Goldegg on Argentinierstrasse in Wieden opened in 1910, the carved parlour and brass billiard tables a working-class antidote to inner-city cafes.
Signature drink: Verlaengerter
Tip: Billiard tables on the back wall are bookable by the hour; the daily Mittagsmenue is a Wieden insider's lunch.
Cafe Tirolerhof on Fuehrichgasse in Vienna's first district has poured Melange since the Kunz brothers took over in 1918, the Art Deco interior restored.
Signature drink: Melange
Tip: Open daily from 07:00, weekends from 08:00; the house-made apple strudel is the long-standing order.
Demel on Kohlmarkt has been a court confectioner since 1786, the Eduard-Sacher-Torte and Anna-Torte from the K. und K. Hofzuckerbaecker still served.
Signature drink: Hot chocolate
Tip: The first-floor dining room takes the queue; the ground-floor takeaway moves faster for a Sachertorte to-go.
Cafe Sacher inside Hotel Sacher on Philharmoniker Strasse in Vienna serves the Original Sachertorte under chandeliers across from the State Opera.
Signature drink: Sacher coffee
Tip: The slice with whipped cream sells out by 17:00 on busy days; arrive before the matinee crowd.
Cafe Landtmann on Universitaetsring in Vienna has poured at the Burgtheater corner since 1873, Sigmund Freud's preferred coffeehouse with a long carte.
Signature drink: Grosser Brauner
Tip: Open daily 07:30 to midnight; the front-room bench seats face the Burgtheater across the Ring.
