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Cafés open late in Vienna

Kaffeehäuser serving until midnight or 02:00, from Hawelka on Dorotheergasse to the Gürtel and Ottakring.

Photo: Zeki Land, Pexels License

Vienna sets closing hours by type of business. A Kaffeehaus, a Kaffeekonditorei, an espresso bar or a restaurant must close by 02:00 and may reopen at 06:00, a bar may stay open until 04:00, and the general limit for everything else is midnight.1 Many of the latest cafés in the city stop at exactly 02:00, the Kaffeehaus limit.

The late Kaffeehaus even has its own dish. Josefine Hawelka, who ran Café Hawelka on Dorotheergasse with her husband Leopold from 1939, served her Bohemian Buchteln, sweet yeast buns, from 22:00 every night.23 She died in 2005, after 66 years in the café, and Buchteln remain its specialty.3

Local tip: Plan a coffee after 23:00 for a Friday or Saturday, when the U-Bahn runs all night; on weeknights it stops around midnight and night buses fill the gap.5

Where these cafés are: Innere Stadt (1.) (28), Landstraße (3.) (20), Leopoldstadt (2.) (15), Ottakring (16.) (15), Neubau (7.) (12), Alsergrund (9.) (12), Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (15.) (11), Favoriten (10.) (9), Brigittenau (20.) (8), Mariahilf (6.) (8), Margareten (5.) (8), Josefstadt (8.) (7), Döbling (19.) (7), Meidling (12.) (6), Wieden (4.) (6), Penzing (14.) (4), Hernals (17.) (4), Donaustadt (22.) (4), Simmering (11.) (4), Floridsdorf (21.) (3), Hietzing (13.) (2), Währing (18.) (1).

At a glance

194Cafés listed
194With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
05:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Cafe Best, from 06:00 (Mon–Thu 06:00–00:00 · Fri–Sat 06:00–02:00).
  • Closes latest: Café Europa Lager, until 05:00 (Daily 09:00–05:00).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (59%), outdoor seating (54%), vegetarian options (26%).

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Hawelka and the Kaffeehäuser open until midnight

The Innere Stadt has the most late cafés, followed by Landstraße, then Leopoldstadt and Ottakring. Hawelka, at Dorotheergasse 6, serves from 09:00 until midnight Monday to Thursday and until 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, but closes at 20:00 on Sundays. Elsewhere, Buchteln are a dessert-sized meal: at Café Museum, two with apricot jam and warm vanilla custard cost €14.70 in 2026.4

On the Ring, Café Landtmann stays open daily until 23:00 and Café Schwarzenberg until midnight every day. Café Votiv on Reichsratsstraße serves until midnight from Monday to Saturday, and Cafe Diglas on Wollzeile until 22:30.

From 06:00 to 02:00

A few cafés use the whole legal window. Café Choco at Hellwagstraße 1 in Brigittenau opens at 06:00 and closes at 02:00 on weekdays, and Massimo at Simmeringer Hauptstraße 73–75 and Cafe Zero in Meidling keep the same hours every day. Salettl-Pavillion at Hartäckerstraße 80 in Döbling opens daily at 06:30 and closes at 02:00.

In the west, Cafe Times at Wattgasse 69 in Hernals serves daily 09:00–02:00 and takes cash only. Cafe Kriemhild on Markgraf-Rüdiger-Straße stays open until 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and Café Mond at Märzstraße 60 opens at 06:30 on weekdays and closes at 01:00 on Saturdays.

The same 02:00 limit covers ice-cream parlors and café-restaurants.1 Eissalon Garda at Mariahilfer Straße 140 serves until 23:30 every day, Sundays included.

Ottakring and the Gürtel

Ottakring, the 16th district, has as many late cafés as Leopoldstadt. Cafe Weidinger at Lerchenfelder Gürtel 1 serves daily until midnight, Café L'O on Thaliastraße until 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and Cafe Hide on Römergasse opens at 06:00 on weekdays and closes at 02:00 on Fridays.

Cafe Best at Herbststraße 40 follows a similar pattern, from 06:00 until 02:00 at the end of the week, and Cafe Frida at Payergasse 12 opens daily 09:00–00:00. Past 02:00 the bar limit of 04:00 applies.1 Bar Francis on Weihburggasse and SMartCafé in Mariahilf both stay open until 04:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Getting home after a late coffee

On Friday and Saturday nights and before public holidays, the U-Bahn runs all night every 15 minutes.5 On other nights it usually stops around midnight, NightLine buses take over from about 01:00 to 05:00, and the first trains leave again at about 05:00.5

Sources

  1. Sperrzeiten (as of January 5, 2026), WKO, Fachverband Gastronomie, accessed October 2026
  2. Hawelka, Austria-Forum (Heimatlexikon), accessed October 2026
  3. Café Hawelka, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Coffee & Cakes menu 2026, Café Museum, accessed October 2026
  5. U-Bahn, wien.info (Vienna Tourist Board), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Open late in Vienna: questions

Until what time can cafés stay open in Vienna?

Under Vienna's closing-hour rules, a Kaffeehaus, Kaffeekonditorei, espresso bar or restaurant must close by 02:00 and may reopen at 06:00. Bars may stay open until 04:00. The general closing hour for other businesses is midnight. Massimo in Simmering uses the whole window every day, opening at 06:00 and closing at 02:00, and Café Choco in Brigittenau does so on weekdays.

When are the Buchteln served at Café Hawelka in Vienna?

Josefine Hawelka, who ran Café Hawelka on Dorotheergasse with her husband Leopold from 1939 until her death in 2005, served her Bohemian Buchteln, sweet yeast buns, from 22:00 every night. Buchteln remain the café's specialty. Hawelka serves until midnight Monday to Thursday and until 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and closes at 20:00 on Sundays.

How do you get home from a late café in Vienna?

On Friday and Saturday nights and before public holidays, Vienna's U-Bahn runs all night every 15 minutes. On other nights it usually stops around midnight, and NightLine buses run from about 01:00 to 05:00. The first U-Bahn trains start again at about 05:00.

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