40 mid-range rooms in Vienna, editor-picked. the comfortable everyday-good rooms in Vienna, with real cooking and no surprise on the bill. All Vienna food.
Gasthaus Wolf ★ 4.8
wieden · Grosse Neugasse 20, 1040 Wien
Gasthaus Wolf on Grosse Neugasse in Vienna's Wieden cooks classical Beisl plates with a serious offal carte, a wood-panelled side-street room locals book.
Tip: Dinner only, Monday to Friday from 18:00; the room takes weekends off and books up two weeks ahead.
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.
Tip: The bean lineup rotates weekly; ask for whichever Ethiopian washed lot is on the espresso grinder that day.
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.
Tip: Be in the parlour by 22:00 for the Buchteln service; the room fills with the city's old guard.
Pramerl & the Wolf ★ 4.8
alsergrund · Pramergasse 21, 1090 Wien
Pramerl & the Wolf on Pramergasse in Vienna's 9th is Wolfgang Zankl-Sertl's 24-cover Michelin-star dining room in a corner cafe space, Wed to Sat evenings.
Tip: Open Wednesday to Saturday evenings only; weeknights are easier to book than Saturdays.
Joseph Brot Landstrasse ★ 4.8
landstrasse · Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 4, 1030 Wien
Joseph Brot's Landstrasse cafe in Vienna runs all-day breakfast and a serious sourdough-led brunch carte, the bakery's Waldviertel heritage grains.
Tip: Open weekday mornings only; the cinnamon Pulled Bread sells out by mid-morning, get there before 10:00.
Gasthaus Poeschl ★ 4.7
innere-stadt · Weihburggasse 17, 1010 Wien
Gasthaus Poeschl on Weihburggasse in Vienna's first district is a Hermann Czech-renovated Beisl turning out the canonical Viennese carte, with Wiener.
Tip: Open Monday to Saturday 12:00-23:00, kitchen to 22:00; book the back room for a quieter table.
Gasthaus Ubl ★ 4.7
wieden · Pressgasse 26, 1040 Wien
Gasthaus Ubl on Pressgasse in Vienna's Wieden has been a family-run Beisl for over fifty years, the green-tiled stove and wood-panelled rooms turning out.
Tip: Cash only; book by phone because the room is almost always full.
Figlmueller Baeckerstrasse ★ 4.7
innere-stadt · Baeckerstrasse 6, 1010 Wien
Figlmueller Baeckerstrasse in Vienna's first district runs the Figlmueller pork-Schnitzel carte across the cobbled square from the original Wollzeile room.
Tip: Open daily 11:30-23:30, kitchen to 22:00; the Schnitzel-plus-Beisl menu also runs a vegan Schnitzel option.
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.
Tip: Look for the deconsecrated chapel windows when you arrive; the Saturday queue starts by 10:00.
Bitzinger Wuerstelstand Albertina ★ 4.7
innere-stadt · Augustinerstrasse 1, 1010 Wien
Bitzinger on Augustinerstrasse in Vienna is the city's late-night Wuerstelstand of choice, open 08:00-04:00 daily and the Opera-and-Albertina post-show.
Tip: Order the Kaesekrainer with sweet mustard; the side bench takes a small standing crowd.
Heuriger Sirbu ★ 4.7
doebling · Kahlenberger Strasse 210, 1190 Wien
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.
Tip: Seasonal: open mid-March to mid-October only; bus 38A from Heiligenstadt drops you at the foot of the hill.
Meierei im Stadtpark ★ 4.7
landstrasse · Am Heumarkt 2A, 1030 Wien
Meierei im Stadtpark on Am Heumarkt next to Steirereck in Vienna's Stadtpark runs the Reitbauer team's all-day cafe and brunch, the room famed.
Tip: Closed Sundays; Saturday morning is the room's busiest slot for the brunch carte and cheese trolley.
Schweizerhaus ★ 4.6
leopoldstadt · Strasse des Ersten Mai 116, 1020 Wien
Schweizerhaus in Vienna's Prater is the city's most famous beer garden, the Karlovary-style pork Stelze and unfiltered Budvar tap drawing crowds from March.
Tip: Open mid-March to 31 October only; the Stelze sells out by 21:00 on busy summer evenings.
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.
Tip: The dining room fills fast on weekends; the Naschmarkt branch at Stand 343 takes the spillover.
Neni am Naschmarkt ★ 4.6
mariahilf · Naschmarkt 510, 1060 Wien
Neni am Naschmarkt at Stand 510 on Vienna's Naschmarkt has been Haya Molcho's flagship since 2009, cooking Israeli and Levantine plates upstairs.
Tip: Open Monday to Saturday from breakfast; Sundays the Naschmarkt stalls close but the cafe stays open until 21:00.
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.
Tip: The Westbahnstrasse roastery does roastery tours by appointment; book through the website.
Wuerstelstand LEO ★ 4.6
doebling · Doeblinger Guertel 2, 1190 Wien
Wuerstelstand LEO on Doeblinger Guertel in Vienna's 19th district is the city's oldest Wuerstelstand, open until 04:00 daily, the Cobenzl-residents'.
Tip: The Big Mama Kaesekrainer is double the standard size; one is plenty for two appetites.
Gasthaus Wolf ★ 4.6
wieden · Grosse Neugasse 20, 1040 Wien
Gasthaus Wolf is tucked on a wieden side street with no signage from the main artery, locals book and tourists rarely find this serious-offal beisl in 1040.
Tip: Dinner only, Monday to Friday from 18:00; the Beuschel and offal carte is the regulars' default order.
Vinifero Weinbar ★ 4.6
leopoldstadt · Karmeliterplatz 2, 1020 Wien
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.
Tip: Open evenings only Tuesday to Saturday from 17:00; the Thursday weekly tasting is the room's most-booked seat.
Ulrich ★ 4.6
neubau · Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz 1, 1070 Wien
Ulrich on Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz in Vienna's Neubau runs a serious weekend brunch with house granola, eggs and Spittelberg sourdough, the leafy 7th-district.
Tip: Book the leafy Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz terrace for weekend brunch; the room inside is calmer mid-week.
Neni am Naschmarkt brunch ★ 4.6
mariahilf · Naschmarkt 510, 1060 Wien
Neni am Naschmarkt at Stand 510 in Vienna runs a Saturday-Sunday Israeli-Levantine brunch from Haya Molcho's kitchen, the upstairs dining room and downstairs.
Tip: Sundays the Naschmarkt stalls close but Neni stays open; the cafe is the only Naschmarkt option that day.
Figlmueller Wollzeile ★ 4.5
innere-stadt · Wollzeile 5, 1010 Wien
Figlmueller has hammered Vienna's most famous Schnitzel on Wollzeile since 1905, a plate-overhanging pork cutlet fried in three fats and served.
Tip: Book ahead; the room runs at capacity from 11:00 every day, kitchen closes at 21:30.
Gasthaus Kopp ★ 4.5
brigittenau · Engerthstrasse 104, 1200 Wien
Gasthaus Kopp on Engerthstrasse in Brigittenau is a family-run Beisl since 1978, the room serving plate-overhanging Schnitzel at neighbourhood prices.
Tip: Cash preferred; the lunch menu is the best-value plate in the district.
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.
Tip: The Slayer espresso machine at the counter pulls the same beans the wholesale list supplies to 250 cafes.
Hawidere ★ 4.5
rudolfsheim-fuenfhaus · Ullmannstrasse 31, 1150 Wien
Hawidere on Ullmannstrasse in the 15th district is Vienna's craft-beer tap house, 14 taps rotating Austrian small-batch alongside a built bottle fridge.
Skopik & Lohn ★ 4.5
leopoldstadt · Leopoldsgasse 17, 1020 Wien
Skopik & Lohn on Leopoldsgasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt runs the dining room and bar until 01:00 Monday to Saturday, the late-night Schnitzel a 2nd-district.
Tip: The bar at the front runs later than the kitchen behind; the cocktail carte continues to the door.
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.
Tip: Look for the chapel windows above the doorway; closed Sundays and Mondays.
Demel breakfast and brunch ★ 4.5
innere-stadt · Kohlmarkt 14, 1010 Wien
Demel on Kohlmarkt serves Konditorei brunch around the pastry-kitchen window, the K. und K. Hofzuckerbaecker counter the most photographed morning stop.
Tip: The first-floor dining room takes the queue; the ground-floor takeaway moves faster for a Sachertorte to-go.
LOLA Spanisches Tapas Restaurant ★ 4.4
innere-stadt · Gonzagagasse 14, 1010 Wien
LOLA on Gonzagagasse is Vienna's Bib Gourmand-listed Spanish tapas room, the bodega-style space tiled in Spanish ceramics and vintage Rioja posters.
Tip: Closed weekends; groups over six can't be seated due to the small room.
Glacis Beisl ★ 4.4
neubau · Breite Gasse 4, 1070 Wien
Glacis Beisl inside the MuseumsQuartier on Breite Gasse in Vienna's Neubau cooks classical Viennese plates in a tucked-away bistro with a walnut-shaded.
Tip: Open daily 12:00 to midnight, kitchen to 22:30; the walled garden under the old walnut trees is the room's best seat.
Cafe Anzengruber ★ 4.4
wieden · Schleifmuehlgasse 19, 1040 Wien
Cafe Anzengruber on Schleifmuehlgasse in Vienna's Freihausviertel has been in Croatian hands since 1949, serving Wiener Schnitzel and one of the city's most.
Tip: Sit in the Schanigarten in summer; the room turns into a football-screening crowd when the Croatian team plays.
Ulrich ★ 4.4
neubau · Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz 1, 1070 Wien
Ulrich on Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz in Vienna's Neubau cooks all-day plates and a serious weekend brunch, the leafy corner square one of the 7th district's best.
Tip: Open daily from 09:00; book a table on the leafy Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz terrace for weekend brunch.
Brauwerk Wien ★ 4.4
ottakring · Ottakringer Strasse 95, 1160 Wien
Brauwerk in the Ottakringer brewery's Ottakring complex has run as the group's experimental craft arm since 2014, cycling new Vienna Lagers and IPAs.
Wuerstelstand am Hohen Markt ★ 4.4
innere-stadt · Hoher Markt 4, 1010 Wien
Wuerstelstand am Hohen Markt in Vienna's first district sits under the Anker Clock and runs 07:00-04:00 daily, the bar-crawl regulars' late-night.
Tip: The blistered-casing Kaesekrainer is the counter's most-ordered after midnight.
Pub Klemo ★ 4.4
margareten · Margaretenstrasse 61, 1050 Wien
Pub Klemo on Margaretenstrasse in Vienna's 5th district pours wine until 02:00 Monday to Saturday, the kitchen running homemade pasta and small plates.
Tip: Closed Sunday; the next-door retail shop is the bottle order for the after-party.
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.
Tip: The pool tables on the back wall are bookable by the hour; the daily Mittagsmenue is the insider lunch.
Cafe Frauenhuber brunch ★ 4.4
innere-stadt · Himmelpfortgasse 6, 1010 Wien
Cafe Frauenhuber on Himmelpfortgasse runs Vienna's oldest coffee-house brunch in the room where Mozart and Beethoven performed, Frühstück until noon.
Tip: The Sunday Wiener Frühstück runs to 13:00; the chess corner near the window is the quietest seat.
Alt Wiener Gaststaette Beim Czaak ★ 4.3
innere-stadt · Postgasse 15, 1010 Wien
Beim Czaak on Postgasse is a near-century-old Alt-Wiener Beisl, the rustic room lined in dark wood, with a separate fryer for gluten-free schnitzel.
Tip: Closed Sundays; Mon-Sat 11:30-23:00, kitchen runs the whole shift without a break.
Huth Gastwirtschaft ★ 4.3
innere-stadt · Schellinggasse 5, 1010 Wien
Huth Gastwirtschaft on Schellinggasse in Vienna's first district cooks Beisl classics in a sober wood-panelled room, the Huth family's quiet.
Tip: Open daily 11:30-23:30, kitchen to 22:30; book a back-room table for a calmer dinner.
Reinthaler's Beisl ★ 4.3
innere-stadt · Dorotheergasse 2-4, 1010 Wien
Reinthaler's on Dorotheergasse off Graben is an old-school Beisl with no closing day, the kitchen running 11:00-22:30 and the parlour bright with locals.
Tip: Open every day with no closing day; phone reservations preferred between 09:00 and 12:00.