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A traditional Viennese café with opulent red velvet seating and mirrors on the walls. In summer seating is on a terrace facing the Ringstrasse. The café hosts changing exhibitions of Viennese artists and there are piano concerts on Wednesday and Friday evenings (7:30–10pm).

This café has been in business for more than 120 years and has a reputation of being frequented by the city’s artists, actors and nobles. It is just as popular today as it has always been (see p77).

This café was built in grand style in 1880 and the regulars (the Sperlianer) have always been artists, singers, and musicians from the nearby Theater an der Wien. Concerts take place every Sunday afternoon from September to June (see p116).

Daily set lunch and an extensive menu all day long. A traditional coffeehouse feel.

This traditional Viennese café offers a variety of tasty cakes, among them excellent Apfelstrudel . You can read a range of international daily papers while sipping your coffee.

Traditional café-restaurant with hot and cold snacks and a set lunch at midday.

The pavilion in the middle of the Prater park was built in 1874 as a meeting point for the imperial hunting party (now a restaurant).

The tearoom is part of a shop with more than 300 specialist teas. There are fine fruit, black and green teas as well as little snacks, such as scones, cakes and sandwiches.

A former laundry is one of the hotspots in the area. Delicious brunch at weekends but book ahead.

If you enjoy a comfortable atmosphere and international cuisine, then this small but fine bistro is the place for you. It is particularly favoured for lunch or early dinner, but many people come just to read the newspapers and enjoy a coffee. In winter oysters are a speciality (see p95).