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Cafés in Mariahilf (6.)

Café Sperl, Gumpendorfer Straße and Otto-Bauer-Gasse, between Mariahilfer Straße and the Naschmarkt.

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Mariahilf, the 6th district, runs from Mariahilfer Straße, Vienna's main shopping street, down to the valley of the Wien river, and from the Gürtel in the west toward the center.1 It was formed in 1850 from five suburbs, among them Gumpendorf, first mentioned in 1130. Its name comes from a copy of a sacred painting from Passau that became known as Mariahilf, "Mary's help".1

Within a few blocks stand Café Sperl on Gumpendorfer Straße, Café Ritter on Mariahilfer Straße and Café Jelinek on Otto-Bauer-Gasse, three classic Kaffeehäuser that still look their age.35 Gumpendorfer Straße, with its bohemian and queer stretches, also has much of the city's specialty coffee, which continues around Pilgramgasse.4

Local tip: Café Sperl closes on Sundays in July and August, so in summer go on a weekday, when it opens at 07:00.3

At a glance

60Cafés listed
22With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
04:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Café Sperl, from 07:00 (Mon–Sat 07:00–22:00 · Sun 10:00–20:00).
  • Closes latest: SMartCafé, until 04:00 (Tue–Thu 18:00–02:00 · Fri–Sat 18:00–04:00).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (55%), vegetarian options (28%), partial wheelchair access (27%).

ausnahmsweise

ausnahmsweise - Café for vegan, gluten-free cakes

  • Hofmühlgasse 18
  • Tue–Sat 12:00–18:30
  • +43 681 10591872
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Toilets
  • Smoke-free indoors
  • Bakery café
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Shodai

  • Mariahilfer Straße 49
  • Mon–Thu 12:00–21:00 · Fri–Sat 12:00–21:30 · Sun 12:00–21:00
  • Takeaway
  • Bubble tea
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Getting around Mariahilf

Mariahilfer Straße has U3 stations at Neubaugasse and Zieglergasse, and the line ends its run along the street at Westbahnhof, a U6 stop as well.2 The U4 follows the Wien valley along the district's southern edge.4

Since 16 August 2013 the stretch of Mariahilfer Straße between Kirchengasse and Andreasgasse has been a pedestrian zone, and the other sections became shared spaces with a 20 km/h limit.2

Café Sperl and the classic houses

Café Sperl, at Gumpendorfer Straße 11, has kept furnishings that have barely changed since 1880, along with billiard tables and a large selection of newspapers; the Sperltorte is its own cake.35 It opens Monday to Saturday 07:00–22:00 and Sunday 10:00–20:00, with piano music on Sundays from 15:30 to 17:30, and it closes on Sundays in July and August.3

Café Ritter, founded in 1867 and now at Mariahilfer Straße 73, has red faux-leather benches, marble tables, large mirrors and stucco ceilings; it takes cash only.65 Café Jelinek, at Otto-Bauer-Gasse 5, has a wrought-iron wood-burning stove and free newspapers, and its homemade guglhupf (marble bundt cake) is the thing to order.3 Café Savoy on Linke Wienzeile opened in 1897 as Café Wienzeile and is popular with Vienna's LGBTQ+ community.6

Drechsler and the Naschmarkt

Café Drechsler, at Linke Wienzeile 22, opened in 1919 as a market café called An der Wien. For decades it opened at 04:00, and it was where the city's night owls ended up after the clubs closed.7 After a €700,000 renovation it reopened on 15 February 2007 in an interior by Terence Conran.7

The Naschmarkt nearby is the largest of Vienna's 22 markets, with a flea market on Saturdays.4 In the same district, the Haus des Meeres aquarium fills a Second World War flak tower that has a viewing platform on its roof.4

Specialty coffee on Gumpendorfer Straße and Otto-Bauer-Gasse

Otto-Bauer-Gasse is one of the most successful parts of the shared-space zone around Mariahilfer Straße, with room to stroll and for Schanigärten (sidewalk terraces).8 Kaffeefabrik has its second café at No. 23 and opens on Sundays too, L'Amour du Pain at No. 21 bakes from 07:00, and MatchaBa at No. 4 serves matcha until 14:00.

On Gumpendorfer Straße, phil at Nos. 10-12 sells books, records and furniture alongside espresso from a Faema machine.4 Roast.ed is at No. 36 and Brass Monkey at No. 71, Josua Coffee is on Hofmühlgasse, and Café Kafka on Capistrangasse stays open until 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Sources

  1. Mariahilf, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Mariahilfer Straße, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Top traditional coffee houses in Vienna, wien.info (Vienna Tourist Board), accessed October 2026
  4. Vienna/Mariahilf, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
  5. Coffeehouses around the City Center, wien.info (Vienna Tourist Board), accessed October 2026
  6. 9 traditional coffeehouses that are over 100 years old, Vienna Würstelstand (October 28, 2020), accessed October 2026
  7. Cafe Drechsler, Austria-Forum, accessed October 2026
  8. Holzer im Grätzel: Otto-Bauer-Gasse, Falter (November 7, 2023), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Mariahilf (6.) cafés: questions

When is Café Sperl in Vienna open?

Café Sperl at Gumpendorfer Straße 11 opens Monday to Saturday from 07:00 to 22:00 and on Sundays and holidays from 10:00 to 20:00, with piano music on Sundays from 15:30 to 17:30. It closes on Sundays in July and August. Its furnishings have barely changed since 1880, and the Sperltorte is its own cake.

Which old coffee houses are in Vienna's Mariahilf district?

Mariahilf has Café Sperl on Gumpendorfer Straße (1880), Café Ritter on Mariahilfer Straße (1867), Café Jelinek on Otto-Bauer-Gasse with its wood-burning stove, and Café Savoy on Linke Wienzeile (1897). Café Drechsler by the Naschmarkt opened in 1919 and reopened in 2007 in an interior by Terence Conran.

Where is specialty coffee in Mariahilf, Vienna?

In Mariahilf, specialty coffee runs along Gumpendorfer Straße, with Roast.ed at No. 36 and Brass Monkey at No. 71, and around Otto-Bauer-Gasse, where Kaffeefabrik has a café at No. 23. Josua Coffee is on Hofmühlgasse, and phil at Gumpendorfer Straße 10-12 serves espresso among books and records.

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