+ 7 bars and lounges +
beer & cocktails
Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle is a small area of cobble-stoned streets near Schwedenplatz with 25 pubs and bars to choose from. A good one is Krah Krah (Beer & Food); Ron Con Soda and First Floor. Many you-Tarzan-I-Jane (either way) places. Worth a mention is Maschu Maschu on Rabensteig 8. They say they serve the best Falafel in town - no bullshit!
other locations
Café Carina
(in the Underground station building) Mon-Sat 6:00 pm – 2:00 am, Sunday closed. Former station café, hence the ambience (yuck!) but filled with a trendy crowd. Eclectic programme: bands, film, DJs, art performances, stand-up comedy, symposia etc.
Café Europa
A cozy place for lunch, meeting people, drinking coffee and for relaxing after a strenuous shopping tour from the close-by Mariahilfer Straße or the perfect address for a nightly snack – they are open from 9:00 – 5:00 am and serve food till late. During the summer, they offer a huge breakfast buffet on Sundays and holidays from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm for only € 10,90. Behind the stainless steel door you find the Europa-Lager (formerly known as Hinterzimmer) with a brilliant DJ line-up and live acts.
Caffè Latte
Open Mon-Sat 7:00 am – 1:00 am, Sun 11:00 am – 1:00 am. Breakfast till 3:00 am, italian and meditarranean meals, wonderful cocktails and brunch for € 10,- (drinks are extra) on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm. On Happy Sundays all cocktails are for € 4,50.
Das Möbel
Daily 10:00 am – 1:00 am. Comfy hangout. The peculiar gimmick here is the furniture. You can buy it if you like it, and you will like it. If your backpack lacks space for that sort of shopping, they serve organic wine, Velkopopovicky beer (you are too drunk if you can’t pronounce it) and small snacks.
Down Under
Daily from 7:00 pm with open end. Nice pub for Aussies and Aussie-wannabes. Great, loud cellar (“the snake pit”) often with sort-of private parties.
Pandora's Box
Daily 7:00 pm – 4:00 am. Pool & football-tables, pinball machines. Two floors. Legendary “underground pub” since the 80ies. Every day DJ-line from 10:00 pm to 4:00 am.
Shultz
Mon-Thu 9:00 am – 2:00 am, Fri-Sat 9:00 am – 3:00 am (closed on Sundays during winter season). In the stylish American Bar Café with its glass walls you get the impression of being in the street rather than close to it – which changes in summer when the glass walls “disappear” and you can actually sit outdoors. Two lunch menus. Happy Hour from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm.
Strandbar Hermann
Nicely located on the shores of the Wien River and the Danube Channel, it is as good as a beach bar gets in a landlocked country. Huge bar, sometimes DJs and lots of comfy deck chairs on real sand. Very popular in summer.
Wirr
Open Mon-Sat 10:00 am – 4:00 am, Sun 10:00 am – 2:00 am. The student ghetto´s living room. Nice pub with comfy couches on ground floor, also serving food, and a club downstairs with DJs on Sat and occasional live gigs.
some places to watch sports
Pointers
(Live Cricket, rugby & soccer). Open Mon-Fri 11:00 am – 2:00 am, Sat & Sun 5:00 pm – 2:00 am. If your liver has been naughty and you need to punish it, then „drinking around the world“ is a fun thing to do. 15 beers from 15 different countries await you. Finish them in one evening and you get a t-shirt and a plaque with your name on it that will be added to the wall of fame. Not the cheapest pastime, but definitely one of the must fun things to do during a live cricket, rugby or football match.
Flanagans
Sun-Thu 10:00 am – 2:00 am, Fri & Sat 10:00 am – 4:00 am. These lads take the term “Irish Pub” seriously: built by Irish craftsmen with material originating from a pub in Cork. Excellent pub, good Irish kitchen, rugby and footy shown on big screens.
Shebeen
Tue-Sat 5:00 pm – 4:00 am, Sun and Mon 5:00 pm – 2:00 am. The living room of our South African (and other) expats. Austrian, American (great burgers!) and Thai food, football, baseball, rugby and cricket shown on big screens.
Champions Sports Bar & Restaurant
(Live tennis, hockey, soccer …) A combined restaurant and bar concept with American food specialities and international beer brands. Daily live sport coverage on 28 televisions and one big screen. During larger sport events they offer a sportive buffet.