Balthasar Kaffee Bar is a coffee roaster in Leopoldstadt, Vienna.
Balthasar Kaffee Bar on Praterstrasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt pours award-winning specialty espresso from a marble counter, a tight kitchen for sandwiches.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The cortado is the room's signature pour; the kitchen does a serious avocado toast for breakfast.
Address: Praterstrasse 38, 1020 Wien, Vienna
Suessmund on Rauhensteingasse roasts on a handmade Greek drum and pours specialty filter, the 2025 shop a roastery-direct alternative to Konditorei cafes.
Tip: The single-origin filter changes daily; ask for the recommendation rather than the bean list.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Honduras
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Cafe Comet on Kirchengasse in Vienna's Neubau is the home of Fuerth Kaffee, a small Vienna roaster that keeps five to ten single-origin beans on the bar.
Tip: The single-origin filter rotates daily; ask which lot is on the brew bar that morning and have it ground on order for retail.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Coffee Pirates on Spitalgasse in Alsergrund was Vienna's first organic-certified third-wave roastery in 2012, the counter still the AKH-quarter standby.
Tip: The Spitalgasse 15 sister shop next door pours filter only and closes weekends; the flagship runs every day.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Brazil, Burundi
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
POC on Schloesselgasse in Josefstadt operates in a former funeral parlour of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche, the small specialty shop pouring single-origin filter.
Tip: Look for the deconsecrated chapel windows when you arrive; the Saturday queue starts by 10:00.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Kaffemik on Zollergasse in Vienna's Neubau is the city's longest-running third-wave roastery and cafe, the tiny room off Mariahilfer Strasse a fixture.
Tip: The bean lineup rotates weekly; ask for whichever Ethiopian washed lot is on the espresso grinder that day.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Burundi, Kenya
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Jonas Reindl on Waehringer Strasse in Alsergrund is one of Vienna's most consistent specialty roasters, with a Schottentor cafe and Westbahnstrasse roastery.
Tip: The Westbahnstrasse roastery does roastery tours by appointment; book through the website.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
