Vienna tips · Food & Drink
Coffeehouses & Pastry Shops
8 places in Vienna we like to recommend to our guests.
Café Frauenhuber
Vienna's oldest continuously operating coffeehouse – since 1824. Small, charming, with red velvet and an atmosphere that instantly transports you to another era. Mozart …
Himmelpfortgasse 6, 1010 WienRead more
Café Sperl
Unchanged since the imperial era. The high windows, the billiard tables, the newspaper racks – all still there. Here, one understands what Viennese coffee …
Gumpendorfer Str. 11, 1060 WienRead more
Café Central
Architecturally impressive with its high vaulted ceilings in Palais Ferstel, historically significant, and highly sought after. Leo Trotsky, Peter Altenberg, Stefan Zweig, Adolf Loos …
Herrengasse 14/1/1/1035, 1010 WienRead more
Café Hawelka
Legendary, dark, cozy—and famous for its evening Buchteln. The Hawelka is a coffee house for night owls and anyone wishing to experience Vienna's more …
Dorotheergasse 6-8/8-9, 1010 WienRead more
Café Demel
Imperial and Royal Court Confectioner since 1786. Upon entering, you can smell butter and sugar in the air—and see on the ground floor how …
Kohlmarkt 14, 1010 WienRead moreGerstner K.u.K. Court Confectioner
Just as imperial, just as refined. Gerstner is a court confectioner, café, and restaurant all in one—an establishment where Viennese coffeehouse culture is simply …
Kärntner Str. 51, 1010 WienRead more
Café Landtmann
Grand, elegant, classic – since 1873. Café Landtmann is situated directly adjacent to the Burgtheater and has always been a meeting point for theatre-goers, …
Universitätsring 4, 1010 WienRead moreAida
Pink, retro, iconic. This pastry shop chain with its characteristic pink facades is pure Viennese post-war nostalgia. Good cakes at fair prices, and the …
Stock-im-Eisen-Platz 2, 1010 WienRead more