Cafe Korb is a cafe in Innere Stadt, Vienna.
Cafe Korb on Brandstaette in Vienna's first district was the 1960s underground-artist hangout, the cluttered Strudel-on-a-counter room now better-known.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The basement bowling alley still runs on Saturday nights; reserve a lane two weeks ahead.
Address: Brandstaette 9, 1010 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.
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.
Phil on Gumpendorfer Strasse in Vienna's Mariahilf is a cafe-cum-bookshop-cum-record store, the secondhand sofas and shelves of books for sale a counterpoint.
Signature drink: Cortado
Tip: The books and records on the shelves are for sale; pay at the front counter when you settle the tab.
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.
Signature drink: Melange
Tip: Cash only; the stove in the middle of the room is lit from October through April.
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.
