BUG - Backpackers Guide to Vienna, Austria

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.

09, Türkenstraße 3, Vienna

U-Bahn Schottentor

01, Universitätsstrasse 7, Vienna

U-Bahn Schottentor

Nordsee

Self-service seafood restaurant serving everything from fish & chips to lobster and rollmops.

01, Kärntnerstraße 25, Vienna

U-Bahn Stephansplatz

01, Kohlmarkt 6, Vienna

U-Bahn Stephansplatz

Schnitzelwirt

A good place to pig out on huge Wiener Schitzels.

07, Neubaugasse 52, Vienna

Tram 49

Zu den drei Hacken

Old fashioned traditional food at good prices.

01, Singerstraße 28, Vienna

U-Bahn Stephansplatz

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.

Alt Wien

A dank, smoky place where you can also enjoy a coffee or a beer late at night with the arty crowd.

01, Bäckerstraße 9, Vienna

U-Bahn Stephansplatz

Café Central

Trotsky used to play chess in this traditional but rather expensive coffee house.

10, Herrengasse 14, Vienna

U-Bahn Herrengasse

Café Museum

Another famous coffee house which is also a local favourite.

01, Friedrichstraße 6, Vienna

U-Bahn Karlsplatz

Frauenhuber

One of the city's oldest coffee houses which once counted Beethoven among its regulars.

01, Himmelpfortgasse 6, Vienna

U-Bahn Stephansplatz

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.

01, Dorotheergasse 6, Vienna

U-Bahn Stephansplatz

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 flovour, 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.

01, Augustinerstraße 1, Vienna

U-Bahn Karlsplatz

Beethovenhaus

Beethoven once lived in this large heurigen in Heiligenstadt.

01, Pfarrplatz 3, Vienna

Tram 38 to Grinzig, then bus 38A

Esterházykeller

A good value stadtheurigen with a reasonable range of hot and cold snacks.

01, Haarhof 1, Vienna

U-Bahn Herrengasse

Weinhof Wieninger

One of Vienna's least touristy heurigen with good prices and a regular Viennese clientele.

21, Stammersdorfer Straße 78, Vienna

Tram 31

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.

01, Sonnenfelsgasse 3, Vienna

U-Bahn Stephansplatz