Cafe Jelinek is a cafe in Mariahilf, Vienna.
Cafe Jelinek on Otto-Bauer-Gasse in Vienna's Mariahilf is the under-the-radar Beisl-coffeehouse with a tiled stove in the middle of the room.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Cash only; the stove in the middle of the room is lit from October through April.
Address: Otto-Bauer-Gasse 5, 1060 Wien, Vienna
Cafe Museum on Operngasse in Vienna was Adolf Loos's nicotine-stained 1899 design, restored under the Querfeld family and now a serious meal-and-coffee room.
Signature drink: Einspaenner
Tip: Walking distance to the Secession and the Naschmarkt; this is the lunch-and-coffee stop between the two.
Frauenhuber on Himmelpfortgasse opened in 1824, the building's older incarnation hosting Mozart and Beethoven concerts before the cafe took the room.
Signature drink: Melange
Tip: The chess corner near the window stays free during weekday afternoons; ask for the daily Mehlspeise.
Eiles on Josefstaedter Strasse has run continuously since 1901, the Kunze family's 2016 update keeping the Thonet chairs while updating the kitchen.
Signature drink: Einspaenner
Tip: The Mittagsmenue is among the city's best-value parliamentary-quarter lunches; the back room is the quietest seat.
Cafe Mozart on Albertinaplatz sits between the Albertina and the Opera, an 1855-founded coffee house with terrace seats facing the museum facade.
Signature drink: Mozart-Torte and Melange
Tip: The terrace under the chestnut trees is the headline seat in summer; book the inside parlour ahead for the Sacher-Torte on the marble counter.
Cafe Diglas on Wollzeile has worn its 1934-era plush, brass and red-velvet since the Lehar years, the Konditorei counter the room's headline draw.
Signature drink: Diglas-Schnitte
Tip: The piano on the back wall is played weekend afternoons; the cake counter is the takeaway shortcut.
Cafe Diglas im Schottenstift on Schottengasse sits inside the Benedictine abbey's vaulted ground floor since 1888, the cloistered garden a quiet terrace.
Signature drink: Diglas-Torte and a Verlaengerter
Tip: The abbey courtyard tables fill on warm Sundays; the vaulted main room takes business meetings.
