The Viennese Coffeehouse

Sent to me by a friend in Vienna. So you will know where to go to get a great coffee when visiting this amazing city and what to order. Never been to Vienna??  Well, it is time then!!

 

 

Viennese Coffee Specialties

Mokka

(Small) strong black coffee without milk

Melange

Mokka "lengthened" by a shot of hot water, with steamed milk and frothed milk

Cappuccino

Strong coffee with plenty of milk, topped with frothed milk and chocolate flakes

Kapuziner

(Large) black coffee with a shot of milk

Franziskaner

(Light) Melange topped with whipped cream

Einspänner

Mokka in a glass with whipped cream

Fiaker

Mokka in a glass with a shot of rum

Türkischer

Turkish-style, unfiltered mocha

 

Where the Best Coffee is served

Bellaria

Art Nouveau Café

Bellariastrasse 6, 1010 Wien, tel.

+43-1-523 53 20, www.cafebellaria.at

Mon – Fri 7:30 a.m. – midnight, Sat 10 a.m. – midnight

Bräunerhof

Stylish café – Thomas Bernhard’s favorite

Stallburggasse 2, 1010 Wien, tel. +43-1-512 38 93, www.braeunerhof.at

Mon – Fri 8 a.m. – 9 p.m., Sat 8 a.m. – 7 p.m., Sun & public hols 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Central

Tradition revived

Herrengasse 14, 1010 Wien, tel. +43-1-533 37 63–61, www.palaisevents.at

7:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. daily

Diglas

Perfect example of a good, old coffeehouse

Wollzeile 10, 1010 Wien, tel.

+43-1-512 57 65, www.diglas.at

8 a.m. – 10.30 p.m. daily

Dommayer

Coffeehouse elegance

Auhofstrasse 2, 1130 Wien, tel. +43-1-877 54 65, www.dommayer.at

7 a.m. – 10 p.m. daily

Griensteidl

Illustrious past in a great location

Michaelerplatz 2, 1010 Wien, tel. +43-1-535 26 92

8 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. daily

Hawelka

Smokey artists’ haunt, congenially shabby. Buchteln cakes!

Dorotheergasse 6, 1010 Wien, tel. +43-1-512 82 30, www.hawelka.at

Mon, Wed – Sat 8 a.m. – 2 a.m., Sun & public hols 10 a.m. – 2 a.m.

Hofburg

Large café in an imperial setting

Hofburg/Innerer Burghof, 1010 Wien, tel.

+43-1-241 00-420, www.cafe-wien.at

10 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily

Hummel

Spacious meeting place, practical and original

Josefstädter Strasse 66, 1080 Wien, tel. +43-1-405 53 14, www.cafehummel.at

Mon – Sat 7 a.m. – midnight, Sun & public hols 8 a.m. – midnight

Landtmann

Next door to the Burgtheater, where politicians and artists meet

Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 4, 1010 Wien, tel.

+43-1-24 100-111, www.cafe-wien.at

7:30 a.m. – midnight daily

Mozart

Shining splendor

Albertinaplatz 2, 1010 Wien, tel. +43-1-24 100-211, www.cafe-wien.at

8 a.m. – midnight daily

Museum

Traditional café – fitted out by Adolf Loos in 1899

Friedrichstrasse 6, 1010 Wien, tel. +43-1-586 52 02, www.cafe-museum.at

Mon – Sat 8 a.m. – midnight, Sun & public hols 10 a.m. – midnight

Prückel

Ringstrasse café with a 1950s interior

Stubenring 24, 1010 Wien, tel. +43-1-512 43 39, www.prueckel.at

8:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. daily

Residenz

In Schönbrunn Palace. Apple Strudel Show at the Court Bakery

Schönbrunn Palace/Kavalierstrakt, 1130 Wien, tel.

+43-1-241 00-310, www.cafe-wien.at

9 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily

Ritter

Oasis of calm in Mariahilfer Strasse

Mariahilfer Strasse 73, 1060 Wien, tel. +43-1-587 82 38

7:30 a.m. – 11.30 p.m.

Sacher

Elegance par excellence

Philharmonikerstrasse 4, 1010 Wien, tel. +43-1-514 56-661, www.sacher.com

8 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. daily

Schottenring

Contemporary and classic

Schottenring 19, 1010 Wien, tel. +43-1-315 33 43, www.cafe-schottenring.at

Mon – Fri 6:30 a.m. – 11 p.m., Sat, Sun & public hols 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Schwarzenberg

Vienna’s first Ringstrasse café

Kärntner Ring 17, 1010 Wien, tel. +43-1-512 89 98-13, www.cafe-schwarzenberg.at

Sun – Fri 7 a.m. – midnight, Sat 9 a.m. – midnight

Sperl

Popular and award-winning – coffeehouse romanticism at its finest

Gumpendorfer Strasse 11, 1060 Wien, tel. +43-1-586 41 58, www.cafesperl.at

Mon – Sat 7 a.m. – 11 p.m., Sun & public hols 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.; closed Sun in July & Aug

Tirolerhof

Urban reservation

Führichgasse 8, 1010 Wien, tel. +43-1-512 78 33

Mon – Sat 7 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sun & public hols 9:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Weimar bei der Volksoper

A meeting point for audiences and artists at the Volksoper

Währinger Strasse 68, 1090 Wien, tel.

+43-1-317 12 06, www.cafeweimar.at

Mon – Sat 7:30 a.m. – midnight, Sun & public hols 9 a.m. – midnight