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Vienna (Wien)
Eating & drinking
Eating
Mensas
There's always good value, filling food at the university mensas. Anyone can eat here, although an ISIC student card can get you an extra discount. These usually open for lunch between 11.30am and 1.30pm on weekdays.
Türkenstraße 3, Vienna
Tram 37, 38, 40, 41, 42 (stop: Schwarzspanierstraße) bus N41 (stop: Schwarzspanierstraße) U-Bahn Schottentor (U2)
Universitätsstrasse 7, Vienna
Tram 43, 44 (stop: Landesgerichtsstraße) bus N43 (stop: Landesgerichtsstraße) U-Bahn Schottentor (U2)
Nordsee
Self-service seafood restaurant chain serves everything from fish & chips to lobster and rollmops.
Kärntnerstraße 25, Vienna
U-Bahn Stephansplatz (U1, U3)
Kohlmarkt 6, Vienna
U-Bahn Herrengasse (U3), Stephansplatz (U1, U3)
Schnitzelwirt
It is touristy, but Schnitzelwirt has an authentic atmosphere and generous servings of Vienna's culinary speciality, the wiener schitzel, at affordable prices.
Neubaugasse 52, Vienna
Tram 49 (stop: Neubaugasse/Westbahnstraße) bus 13A, N71 (stop: Neubaugasse/Westbahnstraße) U-Bahn Neubaugasse (U3)
Zu den drei Hacken
Old fashioned traditional food at good prices.
Singerstraße 28, Vienna
U-Bahn Stubentor (U3), Stephansplatz (U1, U3)
Drinking
Drinking in Vienna is split between coffee houses, heurigen (wine taverns) and pubs and bars.
COFFEE HOUSES
Viennese coffee houses are instrinsically linked with the city and it would be an injustice to visit Vienna without spending time in one. Even more so than their Parisian counterparts, a Viennese café (kaffeehäuser) is an opulent place with a cosy, easy-going ambience where you can spend hours over a single coffee as you catching up on reading newspapers and writing letters. When you buy a drink, you're really paying for the atmosphere which goes some way toward explaining why the coffee here can be so expensive.
Café Central
Trotsky used to play chess in this traditional but rather expensive coffee house. Architectually, it is perhaps Vienna's fanciest (and most famous) coffee house.
Herrengasse 17, 1010 Vienna
Tel (01) 5333 76419
U-Bahn Herrengasse (U3)
Open Mon-Sat 7.30am-10pm, Sun 10am-10pm
Café Frauenhuber
One of the city's oldest coffee houses which once counted Beethoven among its regulars.
Himmelpfortgasse 6, Vienna
U-Bahn Stephansplatz (U1, U3)
Café Hawelka
It can sometimes be difficult to find a table in this famous café. The clientele covers a broad cross-section of society and it's especially popular with students.
Dorotheergasse 6, Vienna
U-Bahn Stephansplatz (U1, U3), Herrengasse (U3)
Open Mon & Wed-Sat 8am-2am, Sun 10am-2am
Café Museum
Another famous coffee house which is also a local favourite.
Friedrichstraße 6, Vienna
U-Bahn Karlsplatz (U1, U2, U4)
Open Mon-Sat 8am-midnight, Sun 10am-midnight
Kaffee Alt Wien
A dank, smoky place where you can also enjoy a coffee or a beer late at night with the arty crowd.
Bäckerstraße 9, Vienna
U-Bahn Stubentor (U3), Stephansplatz (U1, U3)
HEURIGEN
These wine taverns have traditionally sold only the latest vintage produced in the adjoining winery, meaning that you have to venture into the outer suburbs to find an authentic heurigen.
Many of these genuine heurigen are located to the north-west of the city centre in the Wienerwald region, often near the terminus of a tram or bus route. These include those in Grinzig, Heiligenstadt and Nussdorf. For a more authentic flavour, head to Strebersdorf in the 21st district where you can avoid the tourists.
Although they can't really claim to be true heurigen, several stadtheurigen exist in the city centre providing a traditional wine tavern without having to trek out into the suburbs.
Augustinerkeller
Although a bit touristy, this centrally located stadtheurigen is still good fun.
Augustinerstraße 1, Vienna
Tram 1, 2, D (stop: Oper (Opernring)) U-Bahn Karlsplatz (U1, U2, U4)
Open 11am-midnight daily
Heurige Mayer am Pfarrplatz
Beethoven once lived in the house now occupied by this large heurigen in Heiligenstadt. During his time here in 1817, he composed parts of his Ninth Symphony.
Pfarrplatz 3, Vienna
Tram D (stop: Heiligenstädter Straße/Grinzinger Straße)
Open Mon-Sat 4pm-midnight, Sun 11am-midnight
Esterházykeller
A good value stadtheurigen with a reasonable range of hot and cold snacks.
Haarhof 1, Vienna
U-Bahn Herrengasse (U3)
Open Mon-Fri 11am-11pm, Sat-Sun 4pm-11pm
Leopold Wieninger
One of Vienna's least touristy heurigen with good prices and a regular Viennese clientele.
Stammersdorfer Straße 78, Vienna
Tram 30, 31 (stop: Stammersdorf (Bahnhofsplatz/Schleife))
Zwölf-Apostelkeller
Another centrally located stadtheurigen which is perfect for a good value night out. However it can also get busy meaning that its difficult to find a place to drink in the three levels of this 17th century building.
Sonnenfelsgasse 3, Vienna
U-Bahn Stephansplatz (U1, U3), Schwedenplatz (U1, U4)
Tel (01) 512 67 77
Open 7pm-midnight daily
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