37 cafe rooms in Vienna we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Vienna | Cafe across every city.
The Viennese Kaffeehaus is a way of life: marble tables, newspapers on wooden frames and a cake counter to linger over. Demel, Cafe Sacher Wien, Cafe Landtmann and Cafe Hawelka, all in the Innere Stadt, are the historic institutions. Cafe Sperl in Mariahilf and the bake-with-grandmothers project Vollpension in Wieden show the tradition's living range.
Vollpension ★ 4.6
wieden · Schleifmuehlgasse 16, 1040 Wien
Vollpension on Schleifmuehlgasse in Vienna's Wieden hires Viennese grandmothers and grandfathers to bake the menu of Strudel, Torten and Mehlspeise.
Cafe Englaender ★ 4.3
innere-stadt · Postgasse 2, 1010 Wien
Cafe Englaender on Postgasse in the first district is a coffee-house-restaurant with 90 Falstaff points, the room a meeting place for the arts crowd.
Cafe Tirolerhof ★ 4.3
innere-stadt · Fuehrichgasse 8, 1010 Wien
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.
Demel ★ 4.5
innere-stadt · Kohlmarkt 14, 1010 Wien
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.
Cafe Sacher Wien ★ 4.3
innere-stadt · Philharmoniker Strasse 4, 1010 Wien
Cafe Sacher inside Hotel Sacher on Philharmoniker Strasse in Vienna serves the Original Sachertorte under chandeliers across from the State Opera.
Cafe Landtmann ★ 4.4
innere-stadt · Universitaetsring 4, 1010 Wien
Cafe Landtmann on Universitaetsring in Vienna has poured at the Burgtheater corner since 1873, Sigmund Freud's preferred coffeehouse with a long carte.
Cafe Sperl ★ 4.5
mariahilf · Gumpendorfer Strasse 11, 1060 Wien
Cafe Sperl on Gumpendorfer Strasse in Vienna's Mariahilf has poured since 1880, the bentwood Thonet chairs, parquet. At Gumpendorfer Strasse 11.
Cafe Hawelka ★ 4.5
innere-stadt · Dorotheergasse 6, 1010 Wien
Cafe Hawelka on Dorotheergasse in Vienna has run since 1939 under three generations of the Hawelka family, the late-evening Buchteln the post-war haunt.
Cafe Prueckel ★ 4.3
innere-stadt · Stubenring 24, 1010 Wien
Cafe Prueckel on Stubenring in Vienna has poured since 1903 between the MAK and the Stadtpark, the 1950s Oswald Haerdtl interior the city's most intact.
Cafe Braeunerhof ★ 4.4
innere-stadt · Stallburggasse 2, 1010 Wien
Cafe Braeunerhof on Stallburggasse in Vienna's first district was Thomas Bernhard's preferred coffeehouse, the Saturday-afternoon orchestra still playing.
Cafe Schwarzenberg ★ 4.2
innere-stadt · Kaerntner Ring 17, 1010 Wien
Cafe Schwarzenberg on Kaerntner Ring in Vienna opened in 1861 as the oldest Ringstrasse Kaffeehaus, the front-window seats overlooking the Schwarzenbergplatz.
Cafe Korb ★ 4.1
innere-stadt · Brandstaette 9, 1010 Wien
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.
Phil ★ 4.2
mariahilf · Gumpendorfer Strasse 10-12, 1060 Wien
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.
Cafe Jelinek ★ 4.2
mariahilf · Otto-Bauer-Gasse 5, 1060 Wien
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.
Cafe Museum ★ 4.3
innere-stadt · Operngasse 7, 1010 Wien
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.
Cafe Frauenhuber ★ 4.6
innere-stadt · Himmelpfortgasse 6, 1010 Wien
Frauenhuber on Himmelpfortgasse opened in 1824, the building's older incarnation hosting Mozart and Beethoven concerts before the cafe took the room.
Cafe Eiles ★ 4.4
josefstadt · Josefstaedter Strasse 2, 1080 Wien
Eiles on Josefstaedter Strasse has run continuously since 1901, the Kunze family's 2016 update keeping the Thonet chairs while updating the kitchen.
Cafe Mozart ★ 4.3
innere-stadt · Albertinaplatz 2, 1010 Wien
Cafe Mozart on Albertinaplatz sits between the Albertina and the Opera, an 1855-founded coffee house with terrace seats facing the museum facade.
Cafe Diglas ★ 4.4
innere-stadt · Wollzeile 10, 1010 Wien
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.
Cafe Diglas im Schottenstift ★ 4.4
innere-stadt · Schottengasse 2, 1010 Wien
Cafe Diglas im Schottenstift on Schottengasse sits inside the Benedictine abbey's vaulted ground floor since 1888, the cloistered garden a quiet terrace.
Cafe-Konditorei Aida ★ 4.0
innere-stadt · Singerstrasse 1, 1010 Wien
Aida on Singerstrasse off Stephansplatz is the pink-tiled flagship of the 1913-founded Konditorei chain, the upstairs window a cheap cathedral-view stop.
Cafe Goldegg ★ 4.3
wieden · Argentinierstrasse 49, 1040 Wien
Cafe Goldegg on Argentinierstrasse in Wieden opened in 1910, the carved parlour and brass billiard tables a working-class antidote to inner-city cafes.
Cafe Hawelka ★ 4.8
innere-stadt · Dorotheergasse 6, 1010 Wien
Cafe Hawelka on Dorotheergasse runs every night until midnight on weekdays and 01:00 on weekends, the famous 22:00 warm-Buchteln service the late fixture.
Cafe Drechsler ★ 4.2
mariahilf · Linke Wienzeile 22, 1060 Wien
Cafe Drechsler on Linke Wienzeile by the Naschmarkt runs to midnight every day, the kitchen serving late bar plates next to the signature Drechsler-Spritz.
Balthasar Kaffee Bar ★ 4.1
leopoldstadt · Praterstrasse 38, 1020 Wien
Balthasar Kaffee Bar is a cafe room in Leopoldstadt. The cortado is the room's signature pour; the kitchen does a serious avocado toast for breakfast.
Cafe Comet ★ 4.0
neubau · Kirchengasse 44, 1070 Wien
Cafe Comet is a cafe room in Neubau. The five-to-ten single-origin lineup changes daily; bring a notebook and stay through the morning brew bar.
Cafe Goldegg ★ 4.4
wieden · Argentinierstrasse 49, 1040 Wien
Cafe Goldegg is a cafe room in Wieden. The pool tables on the back wall are bookable by the hour; the daily Mittagsmenue is the insider lunch.
POC People on Caffeine ★ 4.5
josefstadt · Schloesselgasse 21, 1080 Wien
POC People on Caffeine on Schloesselgasse in Vienna's Josefstadt is a tiny specialty-coffee shop in a deconsecrated funeral parlour of a 1727 chapel.
Vollpension Strudel and coffee ★ 4.2
wieden · Schleifmuehlgasse 16, 1040 Wien
Vollpension on Schleifmuehlgasse in Vienna's Wieden bakes Apfelstrudel under €6 a slice, the grandmother-baker social-enterprise cafe a budget alternative.
Kaffemik ★ 4.8
neubau · Zollergasse 5, 1070 Wien
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.
Jonas Reindl Coffee Roasters ★ 4.6
alsergrund · Waehringer Strasse 2-4, 1090 Wien
Jonas Reindl on Waehringer Strasse in Alsergrund is one of Vienna's most consistent specialty roasters, with a Schottentor cafe and Westbahnstrasse roastery.
Alt Wien Kaffee ★ 4.5
wieden · Schleifmuehlgasse 23, 1040 Wien
Christian Schroedl's Alt Wien Kaffee on Schleifmuehlgasse in Vienna has roasted since 1987, the front-shop in the 4th district one of the earliest specialty.
Balthasar Kaffee Bar ★ 4.2
leopoldstadt · Praterstrasse 38, 1020 Wien
Balthasar Kaffee Bar on Praterstrasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt pours award-winning specialty espresso from a marble counter, a tight kitchen for sandwiches.
Suessmund Kaffee ★ 4.1
innere-stadt · Rauhensteingasse 12, 1010 Wien
Suessmund on Rauhensteingasse roasts on a handmade Greek drum and pours specialty filter, the 2025 shop a roastery-direct alternative to Konditorei cafes.
Cafe Comet ★ 4.0
neubau · Kirchengasse 44, 1070 Wien
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.
Coffee Pirates ★ 4.3
alsergrund · Spitalgasse 17, 1090 Wien
Coffee Pirates on Spitalgasse in Alsergrund was Vienna's first organic-certified third-wave roastery in 2012, the counter still the AKH-quarter standby.
POC People on Caffeine ★ 4.7
josefstadt · Schloesselgasse 21, 1080 Wien
POC on Schloesselgasse in Josefstadt operates in a former funeral parlour of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche, the small specialty shop pouring single-origin filter.