Guidebook for Vienna
Food Scene
Schöne Perle
2 Große PfarrgasseGreat local pub with hearty authentic Viennese food.
Great value top end restaurant. Amazing just for the interior decoration.
86 locals recommend
Skopik & Lohn
17 LeopoldsgasseGreat value top end restaurant. Amazing just for the interior decoration.
Pizza Mari
23A LeopoldsgasseVienna's best pizza. Just go there and tell us we're wrong!
Balthasar Coffee Bar
38 PraterstraßeArtesian coffee, place to relax with perfect wifi.
If the sun is shining and you like a drink, this is a great value place in the open air, particularly for lunch.
24 locals recommend
Die Schankwirtschaft im Augarten
1A Obere AugartenstraßeIf the sun is shining and you like a drink, this is a great value place in the open air, particularly for lunch.
Feel like a little take away lunch to eat in the sun on the canal, this hideaway Japanese take-away is a favourite with locals.
26 locals recommend
o.m.k deli
16 PraterstraßeFeel like a little take away lunch to eat in the sun on the canal, this hideaway Japanese take-away is a favourite with locals.
Zum Roten Bären
39 BerggasseBeloved local pub doing all the right things.
Missing our beloved hole-in-the-wall Asian restaurants in Melbourne, we found this authentic Vietnamese restaurant fills a decent part of the gap. It's fresh, tasty food served by very friendly staff.
Chi's Vietnamesisches Restaurant
15 HollandstraßeMissing our beloved hole-in-the-wall Asian restaurants in Melbourne, we found this authentic Vietnamese restaurant fills a decent part of the gap. It's fresh, tasty food served by very friendly staff.
Vegetarian/vegan vortex. Vegetarian food as it should be. All you can eat on the weekends.
45 locals recommend
Cafe Harvest
1 Karmeliterpl.Vegetarian/vegan vortex. Vegetarian food as it should be. All you can eat on the weekends.
OKRA Izakaya
1 Kleine PfarrgasseIt's packed most nights. Says it all.
Ok there are many claims to best burgers in great cities. Meat is organic, vegetarian burgers sensational. And the fries. You must get them with these special fries.
34 locals recommend
Weinschenke am Karmelitermarkt
KarmelitermarktOk there are many claims to best burgers in great cities. Meat is organic, vegetarian burgers sensational. And the fries. You must get them with these special fries.
Of the name, the way it sounds in English. No, no, because a no nonsense great place to sit in the sun and drink a coffee.
7 locals recommend
Einfahrt
3 HaidgasseOf the name, the way it sounds in English. No, no, because a no nonsense great place to sit in the sun and drink a coffee.
The queues on a nice warm day will indicate just how good this place is for ice-cream.
85 locals recommend
Eis Greissler
14 RotenturmstraßeThe queues on a nice warm day will indicate just how good this place is for ice-cream.
Los Mexikas
31 LeopoldsgasseMexican. In Vienna. Always busy.
Café Fett+Zucker Wien
16 HollandstraßeChilled, friendly vegan cake store and good coffee.
Sightseeing
Numerous quality cafes, bars and restaurants and excellent farmers' market on Saturdays.
251 locals recommend
Karmelitermarkt
KarmelitermarktNumerous quality cafes, bars and restaurants and excellent farmers' market on Saturdays.
Quite simply, Vienna's historical centre, and worth every minute of your time. In the middle of Vienna's World Heritage 1st district, it is a lovely 15 minutes walk from your room.
564 locals recommend
Stephansdom
Quite simply, Vienna's historical centre, and worth every minute of your time. In the middle of Vienna's World Heritage 1st district, it is a lovely 15 minutes walk from your room.
Drinks & Nightlife
You want to play a board game in a world heritage listed cafe. Go here. You don't like board games. Go here.
15 locals recommend
Café Sperlhof
41 Große SperlgasseYou want to play a board game in a world heritage listed cafe. Go here. You don't like board games. Go here.
The view from the bar/restaurant/cafe on the top floor is simply stunning. Go there before the sun sets to see Vienna by both day and night.
81 locals recommend
SO/ Vienna Hotel
1 PraterstraßeThe view from the bar/restaurant/cafe on the top floor is simply stunning. Go there before the sun sets to see Vienna by both day and night.
New Bar. Old bar. This is one of those places we went to years ago, then lost it. Only when we moved into the neighbourhood did we re-find it. Great late night joint, though smoky.
17 locals recommend
New Bar
29 RotensterngasseNew Bar. Old bar. This is one of those places we went to years ago, then lost it. Only when we moved into the neighbourhood did we re-find it. Great late night joint, though smoky.
A wonderfully atmospheric old-school local pub literally 'where life happens'. Are we in Vienna here or Poland? A must.
56 locals recommend
Café Tachles
1 Karmeliterpl.A wonderfully atmospheric old-school local pub literally 'where life happens'. Are we in Vienna here or Poland? A must.
Franz Von Hahn
8 RotensterngasseHipster city. Or is that city hipster.
Parks & Nature
Vienna's favourite backyard. And those Flakturms? It's up to you to decide how you feel...
499 locals recommend
Augarten
Vienna's favourite backyard. And those Flakturms? It's up to you to decide how you feel...
Arts & Culture
Situated in beautiful corner of Augarten, this contemporary arts museum is free to the public and worth every step of the walk through the park.
12 locals recommend
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary – Augarten
1A ScherzergasseSituated in beautiful corner of Augarten, this contemporary arts museum is free to the public and worth every step of the walk through the park.
Question for you to go and answer: Was Hundertwasser to Vienna what Gaudi was to Barcelona? It's up to and over to you...
191 locals recommend
Hundertwasser Village
34-38 KegelgasseQuestion for you to go and answer: Was Hundertwasser to Vienna what Gaudi was to Barcelona? It's up to and over to you...
Getting Around
In 4 stops (about 5-7 minutes), you are at the U1 metro station for a quick connection to Vienna's main train station (less than 10 minutes) or out for a swim in the Danube (5 minutes).
Leopoldsgasse 5
5 LeopoldsgasseIn 4 stops (about 5-7 minutes), you are at the U1 metro station for a quick connection to Vienna's main train station (less than 10 minutes) or out for a swim in the Danube (5 minutes).
Want to go to Schönbrunn Palace? No problem. 6 minutes walk to the U4 metro station and then a 15 minute ride to Schönbrunn metro station without changing trains.
Herminengasse
HerminengasseWant to go to Schönbrunn Palace? No problem. 6 minutes walk to the U4 metro station and then a 15 minute ride to Schönbrunn metro station without changing trains.
4 minutes walk from our front door to the U2 metro station. One stop to Prater for a ride in the famous Riesenrad (have you ever seen The Third Man) and simple and quick access to the Ringstrasse and many of Vienna's inner districts.
35 locals recommend
Taborstraße
4 minutes walk from our front door to the U2 metro station. One stop to Prater for a ride in the famous Riesenrad (have you ever seen The Third Man) and simple and quick access to the Ringstrasse and many of Vienna's inner districts.
Need a bike to get around this great biking city. No problem. Just swipe your card, similar system to many cities in Europe. Take it and drop it off almost anywhere except in the Danube.
23 locals recommend
Citybike Wien
Need a bike to get around this great biking city. No problem. Just swipe your card, similar system to many cities in Europe. Take it and drop it off almost anywhere except in the Danube.
Essentials
Local supermarket is less than 1 minute walk. You'll find all you need for the day, including lots of organic/bio products.
Malzgasse
MalzgasseLocal supermarket is less than 1 minute walk. You'll find all you need for the day, including lots of organic/bio products.