When you’re on a vacation in Vienna, Austria, you can never be too alert if you’ll just visit one of Vienna’s coffee shops. There’s nothing like a freshly brewed coffee that can perk you up while shopping and taking pictures of the fantastic view of the city.
If you are with a friend or with your family, then you can definitely enjoy hanging out for as long as you like at the cafés in Vienna, because the waiters do not tell you to leave when you’re all done with your coffee. Unlike in other countries like the United States of America in which they have a coffee-on-the-go culture where waiters subtly shake off their customers after they gulped down everything.
There are so many coffee shops you can choose from to stay awake and enjoy your vacation.
Café Einstein
You will definitely remember Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast†once you’ve entered the premises of Café Einstein and tasted their café au lait. It’s like walking into Vienna because of the high ceilings, red banquettes, and mirrored walls which will give you the ultimate traditional Viennese coffee house feeling. Their coffees range from £6 to £10 which is relatively expensive but probably the best coffee you’ve ever tasted. Service is very good too so you’ll definitely find Café Einstein worth it.
It is located at Kurfuerstenstrasse 58, D-10785 Berlin. You can also visit another Café Einstein coffee house at Unter den Linden 42, Berlin-Mitte.
Café Central
This is the most popular and most frequently visited café by tourists. It is located at Herrengasse No. 14 1010 Vienna – Innenstadt. Its interesting architecture, good quality coffee, and gothic vaults attract visitors as well as the locals.
In 1938, it was a favorite place of chess players but the café closed after World War II. It reopened in 1986 and now it’s famous again for its history of literature.
Café Eiles
Café Eiles is located at Josefstädter Strasse 2, Vienna and is frequently visited by people who are looking for the ultimate ‘gemütlichkeit’ (genuine coziness). The locals are usually the customers because the location is off the beaten track so the tourists are not frequent at this coffee shop.
Café Bräunerhof
It is located at Stallburggasse 2, Vienna, and it is a favorite hangout place of locals on weekends because every Saturday, a small orchestra plays classical music at the café. It is famous because Café Bräunerhof has the widest selection of newspapers in Vienna. On of the regular customers is Thomas Bernhard who is a famous writer.
Café Griensteidl
It is located at Michaelerplatz 2, Vienna and is known to be one of the best cafés in Vienna where it is a favorite place of journalists, tourists, and businessmen. Before, the café is a hangout of artists to talk about art.