Wine bar$$$Sun-Thu 11:30-24:00, Fri-Sat 11:30-00:30
Gustav Zumsteg created the Kronenhalle Bar in 1965. Architect Robert Haussmann designed the room; Diego Giacometti made the light fixtures. Well-known.
Signature pour: Negroni
Wine focus: Swiss and French growers, classic cocktails
Food: Bar snacks, small Kronenhalle plates
Wine bar$$$Mon-Sat 17:00-00:30, Sun closed
A serious cocktail and wine bar on Schwanengasse with one of central Europe's better rare-spirits libraries. Small old-town room, no-fuss service.
Signature pour: Old Crow signature highball
Wine focus: Rare spirits library and natural wines
Food: Bar bites
Wine bar$$$Mon-Thu 12:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-02:00, Sun 12:00-24:00
The Widder Hotel's art-deco bar with a serious spirits library. Old-school polish on the same Rennweg block as the two-star Widder Restaurant.
Signature pour: Widder classics
Wine focus: Spirits library and classics
Food: Bar snacks
Wine bar$$$Tue-Sat 09:00-24:00, Sun-Mon closed
Razzia's bar runs Tuesday to Saturday from 09:00 until midnight: art-deco room of the former Seefeld cinema, full European wine list, late-night kitchen.
Signature pour: House cocktail
Wine focus: European wines
Food: Snacks and small plates