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Cafés in Vienna a Melange and a glass of water
A Melange on a marble table at Café Sperl, roasters on Siebensterngasse and Schleifmühlgasse, and Buchteln until late at Hawelka on Dorotheergasse.
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A Viennese Kaffeehaus (coffee house) is a room where, as UNESCO Austria puts it, time and space are consumed but only the coffee appears on the bill.1 The furniture hardly varies: marble tables, bentwood Thonet chairs, booths and a newspaper table.1 Austria put Viennese coffee house culture on its national register of intangible cultural heritage in 2011.12 Recent research credits Johannes Diodato, an Armenian, with the first coffee house, opened in 1685, and Kramer's café on the Graben was the first to lay out newspapers, in 1720.21
Women were admitted from 1856, and the grand rooms arrived with the Ringstraße: Café Landtmann opened on it in 1873, and with Café Schwarzenberg it is one of the 27 cafés that once lined the boulevard.13 Café Central opened in Palais Ferstel in 1876; it shut for renovation on 16 March 2026, due to reopen in fall 2026, and Café Decentral at Freyung 3 stood in for it.4 In the 1950s, television and new espresso bars began a slump known as the coffee house death.2
The newer wave roasts its own beans. Kaffeefabrik roasts for its café on Favoritenstraße, Jonas Reindl runs a roastery on Westbahnstraße, and J. Hornig of Graz roasts at its own bar on Siebensterngasse.5 Smoking has been banned inside Austrian cafés, bars and restaurants since 1 November 2019, e-cigarettes and hookahs included.6
Start with a Bezirk
Vienna by area
Vienna has 23 numbered Bezirke (districts), and the middle digits of a postcode give the district: 1070 is Neubau, the 7th.13 The classic Kaffeehäuser crowd inside the Ring, while the specialty roasters sit mostly in the 4th to 7th, around Gumpendorfer Straße, Pilgramgasse, Schleifmühlgasse and Siebensterngasse.
Innere Stadt (1.)
Inside the Ring: Hawelka, Demel, Prückel and the Ringstraße cafés, all within walking distance.
138 cafés
Leopoldstadt (2.)
The island district: Karmelitermarkt breakfasts, Praterstraße coffee bars and cafés by the Prater.
108 cafés
Landstraße (3.)
Belvedere, the Hundertwasserhaus and Landstraßer Hauptstraße, with Café Zartl on Rasumofskygasse.
84 cafés
Wieden (4.)
Freihausviertel galleries, roasters on Schleifmühlgasse and Favoritenstraße, and the Jugendstil Café Goldegg.
53 cafés
Mariahilf (6.)
Café Sperl, Gumpendorfer Straße and Otto-Bauer-Gasse, between Mariahilfer Straße and the Naschmarkt.
60 cafés
Neubau (7.)
MuseumsQuartier, Spittelberg and the roasters of Siebensterngasse, Zollergasse and Westbahnstraße.
91 cafés
Josefstadt (8.)
Vienna's smallest district: Café Eiles, Café Hummel and the cafés of Josefstädter Straße and Lange Gasse.
43 cafés
Alsergrund (9.)
Freud's Berggasse, the university quarter and Währinger Straße, from Café Stein to Café Weimar.
77 cafés
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Schanigärten
Schanigärten
Sidewalk terraces open all year, from the Graben and Stephansplatz to Währinger Straße and Hollandstraße.
372 cafés
Konditoreien
Konditoreien & cake
Court confectioners on Kohlmarkt and Rathausplatz, strudel and Krapfen, and cake cafés in Mariahilf and Neubau.
87 cafés
Lange geöffnet
Open late
Kaffeehäuser serving until midnight or 02:00, from Hawelka on Dorotheergasse to the Gürtel and Ottakring.
194 cafés
WLAN
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi from the Ringstraße Kaffeehäuser to Spitalgasse and Burggasse, and which cafés limit laptops.
104 cafés
Frühstück
Breakfast & brunch
Roll, butter, jam and a soft egg in the Kaffeehaus, brunch by the Danube Canal and early tables at the Volkertmarkt.
32 cafés
Specialty coffee
Roasters and filter bars on Pilgramgasse, Gumpendorfer Straße, Zollergasse and Spitalgasse.
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Brigittenau (20.)
Alias
- Indoor seating
- Wheelchair access
- Open late
Penzing (14.)
Cafe Cubita
Hietzing (13.)
Café Dommayer
- Outdoor seating
- Air-con
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Vegetarian options
- Wheelchair access
- Smoke-free indoors
Döbling (19.)
Café Garage
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Bakery café
- Open late
- Brunch
Floridsdorf (21.)
Cafe Helga
- Indoor seating
- Cash only
- Open late
Innere Stadt (1.) 138 cafés
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Bar Francis
Bert
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Al Basha
Art Cafe
- Vegetarian options
- Open late
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See the full listLandstraße (3.) 84 cafés
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alice
- Takeaway
- Card payment
- Toilets
- Open late
Benedikt
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See the full listWieden (4.) 53 cafés
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Allergiker Café
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- Partial wheelchair access
- Bakery café
Aufzug Café
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Toilets
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Cafe Siebenbrunnen
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- Open late
Coffee Junkie
- Wi-Fi
- Takeaway
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Vegetarian options
- Partial wheelchair access
- Toilets
- Smoke-free indoors
- Pet-friendly
- Bakery café
- Specialty
Mariahilf (6.) 60 cafés
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ausnahmsweise
ausnahmsweise - Café for vegan, gluten-free cakes
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- Partial wheelchair access
- Toilets
- Smoke-free indoors
- Bakery café
Bistro Fantasy
- Vegetarian options
- Open late
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*tart'a tata
- Indoor seating
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- Smoke-free indoors
1211 Café
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See the full listJosefstadt (8.) 43 cafés
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Cafe der Provinz
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- Vegetarian options
- Smoke-free indoors
- Open late
- Brunch
Cafe Hummel
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Vegetarian options
- Wheelchair access
- Open late
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See the full listAlsergrund (9.) 77 cafés
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Ährlich
- Vegetarian options
- Brunch
Blue Orange
- Wi-Fi
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- Toilets
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See the full listFavoriten (10.) 79 cafés
Cafe Disko
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Vegetarian options
- Wheelchair access
- Smoke-free indoors
- Open late
Cafe Erlach
Simmering (11.) 18 cafés
Café Nola
- Wheelchair access
Castello
- Indoor seating
- Vegetarian options
Meidling (12.) 39 cafés
Café Libero
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Toilets
- Open late
Café Raimann
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
- Indoor seating
- Cash only
- Vegetarian options
- Partial wheelchair access
- Smoke-free indoors
- Open late
- Brunch
Hietzing (13.) 21 cafés
Café Dommayer
- Outdoor seating
- Air-con
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- Card payment
- Vegetarian options
- Wheelchair access
- Smoke-free indoors
Café Laska
- Vegetarian options
Penzing (14.) 24 cafés
Cafe Cubita
Café Demi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Vegetarian options
- Wheelchair access
- Open late
Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (15.) 80 cafés
Buchcafé Melange
Cafe Kriemhild
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Vegetarian options
- Open late
Ottakring (16.) 68 cafés
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Cafe Best
- Indoor seating
- Open late
- Open by 6am
Hernals (17.) 33 cafés
AlsCafé
Anns Café
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
- Card payment
- Toilets
- Smoke-free indoors
Währing (18.) 24 cafés
B and me
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Vegetarian options
- Open late
Blumencafé
- Outdoor seating
- Partial wheelchair access
Döbling (19.) 26 cafés
Café Garage
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Bakery café
- Open late
- Brunch
Cafe Nest
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
Brigittenau (20.) 64 cafés
Alias
- Indoor seating
- Wheelchair access
- Open late
Café Choco
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Wheelchair access
- Open late
- Open by 6am
Donaustadt (22.) 16 cafés
Café Maxi
- Indoor seating
- Open late
Cafe Pony
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
Floridsdorf (21.) 11 cafés
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Cafe Helga
- Indoor seating
- Cash only
- Open late
Liesing (23.) 3 cafés
Eiskaffee Leonardo
Elou
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Aida
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- Brigittenau (20.)
- Grinzinger Straße 112
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- Gudrunstraße 143
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- Am Spitz 13Mon–Fri 07:00–23:00 · Sat 09:00–23:00 · Sun 09:00–22:00
- Innere Stadt (1.)
- Graben 29
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- Landstraßer Hauptstraße 99
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- Segafredo Zanetti Austria Campus, Walcherstraße 3
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- Linke Wienzeile 18AMon–Sat 08:00–23:00
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- Meidlinger Hauptstraße 66
- Schönbrunner Str. 222/228Mon–Fri 08:00–00:00 · Sat 10:00–00:00
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- Döbling (19.)
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- Neuer Markt 16Daily 08:00–20:00
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- Josefstädter Straße 31Daily 09:00–20:00
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- Landstraßer Hauptstraße 1
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- Mariahilfer Straße 1cDaily 09:00–20:00
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- Gersthofer Straße 28Daily 08:00–20:00
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- Alsergrund (9.)
- Alsergrund (9.)Mon–Fri 06:00–19:00
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- Donau-City-Straße 6
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- Landstraßer Hauptstraße 73/1Daily 11:00–22:00
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- Währinger Gürtel 97
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- Alsergrund (9.)
- Währinger Straße 2-4Mon–Fri 08:00–17:30 · Sat–Sun 09:30–17:30
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- Josefstadt (8.)
- Josefstädter Straße 67Daily 09:30–17:30
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- Landstraßer Hauptstraße 21Mon–Fri 08:00–17:30 · Sat–Sun 09:30–17:30
- Neubau (7.)
- Westbahnstraße 13Daily 09:30–17:30
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- Kärntner Straße 35
- Vitavien Stephansplatz, Stephansplatz 9Daily 09:00–22:00
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- Landstraßer Hauptstraße 33Daily 09:00–20:00
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- Mariahilfer Straße 109
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- Alsergrund (9.)
- Servitengasse 4aMon–Fri 07:30–18:30 · Sat–Sun 08:30–18:30
- Döbling (19.)
- Obkirchergasse 27Mon–Fri 07:30–18:30 · Sat–Sun 08:30–18:30
- Innere Stadt (1.)
- Hoher Markt 8-9Mon–Fri 07:30–18:30 · Sat 09:00–18:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00
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- Julius-Tandler-Platz 10Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00 · Sat 09:00–16:00
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- Josefstädter Straße 7/8
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- Landstraßer Hauptstraße 146Mon–Fri 07:30–17:00 · Sat 09:00–17:00
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- Gumpendorfer Straße 45
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- Favoritenstraße 45Mon–Fri 08:00–16:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–19:00
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Coffee Fellows
- Favoriten (10.)
- Gertrude-Fröhlich-Sandner-Straße 2
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The Coffee
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- Praterstraße 14Mon–Fri 08:00–18:30 · Sat 09:00–19:00
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- The Coffee Neubaugasse, Neubaugasse 55Mon–Fri 08:00–19:00 · Sat 09:00–19:30 · Sun 09:30–19:00
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Caffè Pascucci
- Favoriten (10.)
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Costa Coffee
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The Miners Coffee
- Innere Stadt (1.)
- Getreidemarkt 1
Before you sit down
How coffee works in Vienna
You order a coffee by its name, never as just "a coffee".79 A kleiner Schwarzer is a single espresso; a kleiner Brauner is the same cup with a small jug of cream and milk, and the großer Brauner doubles both.89 The Melange, the city's signature, is an espresso lengthened a little, with warm milk and a crown of foam. A Verlängerter is espresso stretched with hot water, close to a small americano.89
Schlagobers (whipped cream) defines the rest. A Kapuziner is a large black coffee under a cap of cream, a Franziskaner is a light Melange with cream, and an Einspänner is coffee in a glass with a cream topping and powdered sugar.8 A Fiaker adds rum: at Café Museum it is a double espresso with rum, whipped cream and a cocktail cherry.10 Most cafés also pour wine and beer.9
Every coffee comes with a glass of tap water, free and without asking.710 The glass first gave guests somewhere to rest the spoon; after the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline opened in 1873, it became a sign of the city's spring water.3 One order buys you the table for as long as you like, and newspapers hang on wooden holders called Zeitungsstöckerl, to be put back after reading.7
To call the waiter, raise a hand briefly instead of calling across the room. The bill comes only when you ask for it.79 Tip by rounding up, about 10 percent, and say the total as you hand over the money: "Fünf, bitte" for a €4.30 bill.79 Laptops are tolerated in most coffee houses, and some set aside tables or times for them.7
What coffee costs in Vienna
| Drink | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Melange Espresso with warm milk and foam | €5–6 Many Vienna cafés, February 2026 |
| Melange Small Melange to go at a bakery chain | €3.20–4.40 Bakery chains, February 2024 |
| Kleiner Brauner Espresso with cream on the side | €3.70–4.70 Julius Meinl am Graben (December 2025) and Café Museum (2026) |
| Verlängerter Espresso lengthened with hot water | €4.70 Julius Meinl am Graben, December 2025 |
| Einspänner Double espresso under whipped cream, in a glass | €7.70 Café Museum, 2026 |
Table-service prices. In February 2026 a Melange or cappuccino cost between €5 and just under €6 in many Vienna cafés, and a Melange with cream passed €7 in some upscale Kaffeehäuser.11 Bakery-chain prices are from Falter's Melange test of February 2024.12 Kleiner Brauner, Verlängerter and Einspänner prices come from the menus of Julius Meinl am Graben (December 2025) and Café Museum (2026), where a Melange cost €6.90.810
Sources
- Wiener Kaffeehauskultur, Österreichische UNESCO-Kommission, accessed October 2026
- Viennese coffee house, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Viennese coffeehouse fun facts, wien.info (Vienna Tourist Board), accessed October 2026
- Top traditional coffee houses in Vienna, wien.info (Vienna Tourist Board), accessed October 2026
- Modern cafés, wien.info (Vienna Tourist Board), accessed October 2026
- Austria Banned Smoking in Restaurants, Novinite (November 4, 2019), accessed October 2026
- Viennese Coffee House Etiquette for First-Time Visitors, Vollpension, accessed October 2026
- Café Bar menu (Kaffeespezialitäten), Julius Meinl am Graben (December 23, 2025), accessed October 2026
- Vienna, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
- Coffee & Cakes menu 2026, Café Museum, accessed October 2026
- Preise für Tasse Kaffee in Europa teilweise über 10 Euro, Tageskarte (February 27, 2026), accessed October 2026
- Melange-Test: Wo Sie am meisten Kaffee für Ihr Geld bekommen, Falter (February 19, 2024), accessed October 2026
- Districts of Vienna, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
FAQ
Cafés in Vienna: common questions
How much does a Melange cost in Vienna?
In February 2026, a Melange or cappuccino cost between €5 and just under €6 in many Vienna cafés, and a Melange with cream cost more than €7 in some upscale Kaffeehäuser. Café Museum charged €6.90 for a Melange in 2026. In a February 2024 test, bakery chains sold a small Melange for €3.20–4.40.
Which district of Vienna has the most cafés?
Innere Stadt (1.) and Leopoldstadt (2.) have the most cafés, followed by Neubau (7.). The 1st holds most of the famous Kaffeehäuser, from Hawelka on Dorotheergasse to Prückel on Stubenring; the 2nd and 3rd are residential, with cafés around the Karmelitermarkt and along Landstraßer Hauptstraße.
What is the difference between a Melange, a Brauner and a Verlängerter in Vienna?
A Melange is espresso lengthened a little, with warm milk and a crown of foam. A kleiner Brauner is a single espresso with a small jug of cream and milk on the side; a großer Brauner doubles both. A Verlängerter is espresso stretched with hot water, close to a small americano. An Einspänner comes in a glass under whipped cream.
Why do Vienna coffee houses serve a glass of water with coffee?
Vienna coffee houses bring a glass of tap water with every coffee, free and without being asked. The glass first gave guests a place to rest the spoon. After the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline opened in 1873, it became a way to show off the city's spring water, and it is still taken as a sign of a good coffee house.
How do you tip in a Vienna coffee house?
In a Vienna coffee house you ask for the bill, since it is not brought unprompted. Tip by rounding up, about 10 percent, and say the total you want to pay as you hand over the money, for example "Fünf, bitte" on a €4.30 bill. Leaving coins on the table is not the custom.
Can you work on a laptop in a Vienna coffee house?
Laptops are tolerated in most Vienna coffee houses, and some set aside tables or times for laptop work. One order lets you stay as long as you like, though ordering more than a single espresso is polite on a long stay. Cafés that take reservations, such as the Vollpension, may give tables in fixed time slots.
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