Café Engländer

Founded in 1891, Café Engländer is a quietly storied coffeehouse where Vienna’s social rhythm plays out from early morning to well past midnight—unassuming from the street, yet richly traditional within. Thonet chairs, deep red-and-green banquettes and impeccably classic service lend it the air of an intellectual salon that still feels distinctly lived-in. Come for the Kaffeehaus cadence, and stay for one of the city’s most persuasive Wiener Schnitzels.