Stefan Doubek's two-star Josefstadt room cooks every course over fire, the kitchen built with four flame stations and a wood-fired oven, no gas.
Signature: Tasting menu, Carabinero with tamari and lemon
Order: The full tasting around 18 to 20 courses.
Tip: Reservations release on the 1st of each month at noon CET for dining two months out; Wed-Sat dinner only.
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.
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
Erich on Lerchenfelder Strasse in Vienna's 8th district is a serious natural-wine room from the Gasthaus zum Wohl team, the long pour list rotating.
Signature pour: Burgenland Rotburger by the glass
Wine focus: Natural Austrian wines and orange wines
Food: Small plates, Bib Gourmand
Tip: The carte rotates weekly; ask the bar what natural-wine pour they have brought in this week.
Tuer 7 on Buchfeldgasse in Vienna's Josefstadt is the city's best-kept speakeasy, marked only by a brass '7' on the door, the bar team building cocktails.
Signature drink: Bespoke cocktail
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Ring the bell at door number 7; the bar opens Monday to Friday evenings and turns away walk-ins past midnight.
Curry Insel on Lenaugasse in Josefstadt is the city's go-to Sri Lankan stop, the counter rolling out hoppers, kotthu and chicken curry on plate-sized rotis.
Try: Sri Lankan curry
Order: Chicken curry with parippu lentil dhal and the cucumber sambol.
Tip: Cash and card accepted; the lunch menu is the best-value Sri Lankan plate in the district.
Brew Age's Achtundzwanzig taproom on Schloesselgasse in Josefstadt pours six rotating beers from the brewery's wider portfolio, the city's flagship Brew Age.
Tip: The six rotating taps cover the brewery's range; the bottled list adds another 40 beers for take-home.
Curry Insel on Lenaugasse in Josefstadt slings hoppers, kotthu and chicken curry on plate-sized rotis, a daily Sri Lankan plate for under twelve euros.
Try: Sri Lankan curry plate
Tip: The lunch menu is the daily-value play; cash speeds the queue.
Chelsea opened on the Lerchenfelder Gürtel in 1995 inside three interconnected U6 brick arches, anchoring the Gürtel strip with British indie bookings, alternative DJ nights and Premier League broadcasts on a worn floor.
Tip: Live shows usually 21:00 doors; the basement back room runs after the gig. Cash and card on the bar.
B72 has booked alternative Austrian and international acts since 1998 across two interconnected U6 arches near Alser Strasse, with a downstairs stage, two bars and a chillout balcony above the dancefloor.
Tip: Live concerts most evenings; DJ sets follow the gig and run until 04:00. Cash easier than card.
Loop occupies two of the Stadtbahnbögen arches on the Gürtel near Josefstädter Strasse, running a stage that turns over from jazz and funk early to hip-hop and DJ sets into the small hours seven nights a week.
Tip: Concerts usually start 20:00; the U6 runs overhead and the room shakes during loud sets. Cash easier than card.
Tür 7 hides behind a plain Josefstadt door marked only with a brass 7, with a 35-seat parlour room, no printed menu, and bartenders building bespoke cocktails to each guest in turn.
Tip: Ring the bell and wait; if full nobody enters. Reserve by email for groups over two and brief the bartender on a spirit you like.
rhiz has run for over twenty years inside two Otto Wagner Stadtbahn arches on the Gürtel, programming a steady weekly run of advanced electronic, experimental rock and DJ sets in a smoke-stained bar room.
Tip: The outdoor seating opens in summer and works as a Gürtel pit stop. Cash; the U6 trains overhead change the room every two minutes.