Guidebook for Vienna

Christopher
Christopher
Guidebook for Vienna

Drinks & Nightlife

Charming tiny café and bar – my favorite! Opposite the "Flakturm", a massive air defense tower from World War 2 that now hosts a aquatic zoo.
8 locals recommend
Schadekgasse 12
12 Schadekgasse
8 locals recommend
Charming tiny café and bar – my favorite! Opposite the "Flakturm", a massive air defense tower from World War 2 that now hosts a aquatic zoo.
Backpacker's bar, young crowd. If that's your thing...
42 locals recommend
Travel Shack Vienna
21 Mariahilfer Gürtel
42 locals recommend
Backpacker's bar, young crowd. If that's your thing...
My favorite small club in Vienna – it's like entering an alternate reality: No sign at the door, beautiful architecture (building used to be synagogue), changing dazzling wall projections every day, indoor street-food stall. Techno music, more chatting than dancing, crowd in their mid-20s. No cover.
73 locals recommend
Donau
10 Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse
73 locals recommend
My favorite small club in Vienna – it's like entering an alternate reality: No sign at the door, beautiful architecture (building used to be synagogue), changing dazzling wall projections every day, indoor street-food stall. Techno music, more chatting than dancing, crowd in their mid-20s. No cover.
Bar inside a theater – great atmosphere! Crowd 30ish and not in shirt/hoodie, but not super dressed up either.
18 locals recommend
Rote Bar im Volkstheater
1 Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz
18 locals recommend
Bar inside a theater – great atmosphere! Crowd 30ish and not in shirt/hoodie, but not super dressed up either.
Excellent cocktails
36 locals recommend
Miranda Bar
12 Esterházygasse
36 locals recommend
Excellent cocktails

Shopping

Shopping mall open until 9pm, featuring an organic grocery store, a large supermarket and much more. In the subway station there's a smaller market open until 1am daily.
358 locals recommend
Vienna West railway station
2 Europaplatz
358 locals recommend
Shopping mall open until 9pm, featuring an organic grocery store, a large supermarket and much more. In the subway station there's a smaller market open until 1am daily.
Plenty cool little boutiques and shops around here
Neubaugasse 14
14 Neubaugasse
Plenty cool little boutiques and shops around here

Arts & Culture

The place to be for enjoying art or just hanging out and people-watching. Outdoor seating in the summer, mulled wine and music (without Christmas kitsch) in the winter.
1009 locals recommend
Museumsquartier U station
1009 locals recommend
The place to be for enjoying art or just hanging out and people-watching. Outdoor seating in the summer, mulled wine and music (without Christmas kitsch) in the winter.
Vienna's premier venue for musicals
66 locals recommend
Raimund Theater #WeAreMusical
18-20 Wallgasse
66 locals recommend
Vienna's premier venue for musicals
Technical museum full of hands-on exhibits
196 locals recommend
Vienna Technical Museum
212 Mariahilfer Str.
196 locals recommend
Technical museum full of hands-on exhibits

Food Scene

Excellent Austrian food in a modern, minimalist setting
25 locals recommend
Finkh
12a Esterházygasse
25 locals recommend
Excellent Austrian food in a modern, minimalist setting
Modern, exciting urban twist on a "Heuriger", a tradition Austrian wine tavern with limited, but typical local food choices.
Windmühlgasse 20
20 Windmühlgasse
Modern, exciting urban twist on a "Heuriger", a tradition Austrian wine tavern with limited, but typical local food choices.
Closest traditional Viennese coffee house – but over-priced.
31 locals recommend
Café Westend
128 Mariahilfer Str.
31 locals recommend
Closest traditional Viennese coffee house – but over-priced.
High-quality traditional Austrian dishes
54 locals recommend
Steman
7 Otto-Bauer-Gasse
54 locals recommend
High-quality traditional Austrian dishes
Somewhat hidden restaurant with beautiful courtyard and excellent food
35 locals recommend
Restaurant Mill
32 Millergasse
35 locals recommend
Somewhat hidden restaurant with beautiful courtyard and excellent food
Hip Pizza parlor – the oven is a giant disco ball.
154 locals recommend
Disco Volante
98 Gumpendorfer Str.
154 locals recommend
Hip Pizza parlor – the oven is a giant disco ball.
Local pub, good burgers. Some would call the atmosphere “comfy” and “unpretentious”, others "run-down".
30 locals recommend
HAWIDERE - Bier & Burger
31 Ullmannstraße
30 locals recommend
Local pub, good burgers. Some would call the atmosphere “comfy” and “unpretentious”, others "run-down".
Traditional Austrian cuisine in an artistically designed building. Kitchen open until midnight.
Bauernbräu
134 Gumpendorfer Str.
Traditional Austrian cuisine in an artistically designed building. Kitchen open until midnight.
Delicious vegan burgers
83 locals recommend
Swing Kitchen
3 Schottenfeldgasse
83 locals recommend
Delicious vegan burgers
My favorite restaurant in Vienna: Vegetarian buffet, pay by the gram. Creative cuisine, not just meat imitations or salad. Try a bit of everything! Average full plate around EUR 12-14.
24 locals recommend
YAMM!
10 Universitätsring
24 locals recommend
My favorite restaurant in Vienna: Vegetarian buffet, pay by the gram. Creative cuisine, not just meat imitations or salad. Try a bit of everything! Average full plate around EUR 12-14.
Hip coffee shop combined with a book store. Young crowd.
155 locals recommend
phil
10 - 12 Gumpendorfer Str.
155 locals recommend
Hip coffee shop combined with a book store. Young crowd.
Pizza for everyone: Gluten and lactose free and no less yummy.
Pizzeria Alla Salute - glutenfrei
51 Stumpergasse
Pizza for everyone: Gluten and lactose free and no less yummy.
Cupcakes!
41 locals recommend
Brass Monkey
71 Gumpendorfer Str.
41 locals recommend
Cupcakes!

Essentials

Low-cost groceries, open until 8pm weekdays, 6pm Saturdays
27 locals recommend
Lidl Österreich
25 Waidhausenstraße
27 locals recommend
Low-cost groceries, open until 8pm weekdays, 6pm Saturdays
Standard grocery store, larger selection than Lidl, more brand-name items. Open until 7.30pm weekdays, 6pm Saturdays.
259 locals recommend
Billa
Praterstern
259 locals recommend
Standard grocery store, larger selection than Lidl, more brand-name items. Open until 7.30pm weekdays, 6pm Saturdays.

Everything Else

Co-Working space. If you're traveling for business and need a productive working atmosphere, you can rent a desk here for 15 Euros per day, with access to printers etc.
STOCKWERK Coworking GmbH
11A Pater-Schwartz-Gasse
Co-Working space. If you're traveling for business and need a productive working atmosphere, you can rent a desk here for 15 Euros per day, with access to printers etc.

Sightseeing

Vienna's premier shopping street starts here
1014 locals recommend
Mariahilfer Straße
Mariahilfer Straße
1014 locals recommend
Vienna's premier shopping street starts here
Famous Naschmarkt open-air market starts here. Plenty of restaurants and bars also.
Kettenbrückengasse 28
28 Kettenbrückengasse
Famous Naschmarkt open-air market starts here. Plenty of restaurants and bars also.
The imperial palace
967 locals recommend
Schönbrunn Palace
47 Schönbrunner Schloßstraße
967 locals recommend
The imperial palace