Viennese€€doebling
Heuriger Sirbu is high on the nußberg above the danube with the best vienna-from-above terrace, the heuriger is unmarked from the main grinzing tourist trail.
Why locals love it: High on the Nußberg above the Danube with the best Vienna-from-above terrace, the Heuriger is unmarked from the main Grinzing tourist trail.
Tip: Seasonal: open mid-March to mid-October only; bus 38A from Heiligenstadt drops you at the foot of the hill.
Cafe€€leopoldstadt
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.
Why locals love it: Award-winning specialty coffee bar on the 2nd district's main artery that the Innere Stadt crowd has not yet discovered for proper espresso.
Tip: The cortado is the room's signature pour; the kitchen does a serious avocado toast for breakfast.
Cafe€€neubau
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.
Why locals love it: Tiny Fuerth Kaffee tasting room on a quiet stretch of Kirchengasse, the room seats a handful and most Mariahilfer Strasse traffic walks straight past the corner.
Tip: The five-to-ten single-origin lineup changes daily; bring a notebook and stay through the morning brew bar.
Wine bar€€leopoldstadt
Vinifero Weinbar (Wine bar) in Vienna: Open evenings only Tuesday to Saturday from 17:00; the Thursday weekly tasting is the room's most-booked seat.
Why locals love it: Tiny natural-wine bar tucked on the Karmeliterplatz courtyard side of the 2nd district, most foot traffic walks past on Taborstrasse without noticing.
Tip: Open evenings only Tuesday to Saturday from 17:00; the Thursday weekly tasting is the room's most-booked seat.
Cafe€€wieden
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.
Why locals love it: Art Nouveau room with green-velvet booths, pool tables and railway-worker history in 4th-district Wieden, far from the Innere Stadt cafe tourist circuit.
Tip: The pool tables on the back wall are bookable by the hour; the daily Mittagsmenue is the insider lunch.
Cafe€€josefstadt
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.
Why locals love it: Tiny specialty-coffee shop in a deconsecrated funeral parlour of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche, easy to walk past without noticing on a quiet Josefstadt side street.
Tip: Look for the chapel windows above the doorway; closed Sundays and Mondays.