Eating and drinking

Few locations recommend themselves more for conversations on life, the universe and everything than a Viennese coffee house. So what better than one named for a great German … [Read more...] about Café Schopenhauer

Back when Gustav Klimt was arguing about the price of paint and an old empire unknowingly entered its final decade, a coffee house opened. And Café Goldegg is still going … [Read more...] about Café Goldegg

Buried in the midst of historical Vienna, but away from the crowds: the Cottage Roasters coffee shop "im kleinen Diglas" delivers an intimate mix of tradition with modern … [Read more...] about Cottage Roasters / Diglas

For most of the last 900 years, the Schottengasse area echoed to the sound of religious debate among local monks. But gossip has largely replaced the gospels as a topic of … [Read more...] about Café Diglas at Schottenstift

I never tire of Vienna slipping modern convenience into historical buildings. Like the branch of Oberlaa café confectioners on Neuer Markt, which forces me to (again) break … [Read more...] about Oberlaa café on Neuer Markt

A small island of Viennese-flavoured Englishness rests alongside the Alte Donau lake. Das Bootshaus captures the feel of a genteel rowing club environment. The boat … [Read more...] about Das Bootshaus lakeside restaurant