Vienna Pub Guide
Bars - Beerhalls - Beer gardens

Introduction
I've spent years taking detailed notes on every trip I've ever made. Except in Vienna. Which explains why this guide is less expansive than my usual efforts.

The emphasis is on brewpubs, of which Vienna has more than its fair share. Add the city's two large industrial breweries and you get a total of 13. Not a bad score at all, for a city of Vienna's size (around 1.5 million inhabitants).

Pubs
Austrian pubs - and those of Vienna are no exception - have lots in common with those over the border in the Czech Republic. Hhalf litre measures, reasonably-priced food and vaulted ceilings are the features that most readily spring into my mind.

Beer
There's a pretty good variety of beer on sale in Vienna. Mostly Austrian, with the odd Czech lager or Bavarian wheat beer. Naturally, there are the standard dismal fake Irish pubs with Guinness and Kilkenny, but you'll have to find those yourselves. I've only listed interesting places.

How this page is organised
Vienna being a rather large and sprawling city, I've split this guide into eight sections, arranged by "Bezirk".

Want to know even more?
Read Gazza Prescott's account (after you've studied this guide carefully, of course) of a beer hunt around Vienna's brewpubs. If I'm being honest, you should start there. He's visited the city more recently than me. And he has first-hand knowledge or more of the pubs. I don't know why I bothered, really.

 Index
Vienna Pubs:
city centre
Prater
south central
west central
outer west
north central
outer north
east

Austrian brewing industry
Austrian beer statistics
Austrian beer styles
Austrian Breweries
Austrian Pub Guides
Graz Pubs
Salzburg Pubs
Linz Pubs
Klagenfurt Pubs
Innsbruck Pubs

Vienna Pub Guide
Pub Listings - city centre

1516 Brewing Company
Krugerstrasse 18 / Schwarzenbergstrasse 2,
1010 Wien.
Tel.: 01 - 9611516
Email: horst1516@1516brewingcompany.com
Homepage: http://www.1516brewingcompany.com/		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers: 3
Regular draught beers:
Food: Meals 7 - 14 euros, snacks 2 - 5 euros, beer 2.70 euros for 0.4 l
A brewpub in central Vienna. The draught beers are served by air pressure.

The seasonal beers include an IPA, an Imperial Stout and a smoked Märzen. You get the idea - a mixture of British ales and central European lagers.
Rating: Public transport:


Bermuda Bräu
Rabensteig 6,
1010 Wien,
Tel.: 532 28 65,
Fax: 532 28 65 /15
http://www.bermuda-braeu.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 13
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 6-10 euros, meals 8-13 euros, beer 3.30 euros for 0.5 l
Corner pub.
Rating: Public transport:


Bockshorn Irish Pub
Naglergasse 7,
1010 Vienna.
Tel.: 01 - 5329 438
Email: bockshorn@bockshorn.at
http://www.bockshorn.at/
 
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 16:00-02:00,
Sun18:00-24:00
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food:
A long thin Irish pub in the centre of Vienna. They also have 70 differnet brands of whisk(e)y.
Rating: Public transport:


Krah Krah
Rabensteig 8,
1010 Wien.
Tel.: 01 533 81 93
http://www.krah-krah.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 8
Number of bottled beers: 40
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-6 euros, meals 5-7 euros, beer 2.40 euros for 0.3 l
Pub with a, for Austria, wide beer selection.
Rating: Public transport:

Einstein
Rathausplatz 4,
1010 Wien.
Tel.: +43 1 4052626
Fax.: +43 1 4052626-24
Email: albert@einstein.at
http://einstein.at
 
Opening hours: Mon - Fri 07:00-02:00,
Sat 09:00-02:00,
Sun 09:00-24:00
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers: 6
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-5 euros, meals 6-11 euros, beer 3 euros for 0.5 l
Pub in a rather grand building.
Rating: Public transport:

Bierhof
Naglergasse 13 (Eingang Haarhof),
1010 Wien.
Tel.533 44 28
E mail:bierhof@bierhof.at
http://www.bierhof.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 11:30 - 24:00,
Sun closed
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: 12
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals, beer 3.40 euros for 0.5 l
Pub that has many meals cooked with beer.
Rating: Public transport:


Gösser Bierklinik
Steindlgasse 4,
1010 Wien.
Tel: 01 - 533 75 98 12
Fax 01 - 533 75 98 72
Email: info@goesser-bierklinik.at
http://www.goesser-bierklinik.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 10:00 - 11:30
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 10
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-8 euros, meals 8-14 euros.
A 15th century building that has been a pub since 1683. One of Brau Union's showcase outlets. It's a typical old-fashioned beer hall with panelled walls and a beamed ceiling.
Rating: Public transport:

Vienna Pub Guide
Pub Listings - Prater


Wieselburger Bierinsel
Prater 11,
1020 Wien.
Tel 01 - 729 47 85
Fax 01 - 729 47 85 12
Email: wieselburgerbierinsel@aon.at
http://www.bierinsel.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 08:30 - 23:00
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: 4
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-8 euros, meals 6-15 euros, beer 2.90 euros for 0.5 l
Pub and beer garden in the Prater.
Rating: Public transport: U-Bahn U1 or S-Bahn S1, 2, 3. 7, 15 to Praterstern

Schweizerhaus
Prater 116,
1020 Wien.
Tel: +43 (1) 7280152 0
Fax: +43 (1) 7280152 29
Email: info@schweizerhaus.at
http://www.schweizerhaus.at 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:00 - 23:00 (15th March to 31st October)
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers: 15
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-6 euros, meals 6-11 euros, beer 3.20 euros for 0.5 l
Beer garden in the Prater.
Rating: Public transport: U-Bahn U1 or S-Bahn S1, 2, 3. 7, 15 to Praterstern

Vienna Pub Guide
Pub Listings - south central


Salm-Bräu Ges.m.b.H
Rennweg 8,
1030 Wien.
Tel.: 01 - 7995992
Fax: 01 - 7995992
Email: salm@compuserve.com
Homepage: www.salm-austria.com
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
A brewpub owned by a manufacturer of brewing equipment.

(Photo courtesy of Gazza Prescott)
Rating: Public transport: Tram 71


Wieden-Bräu
Waaggasse 5,
1040 Wien.
Tel.: 01 - 5860300
Email: office@wieden-braeu.at
Homepage: www.wieden-braeu.at		  
Opening hours: Mon - Fri 11:30 - 01:00
Sat 16:00 - 01:00,
Sun and public holidays 16:00 - 24:00
(October - May Sat and Sun 11:30 - 01:00)
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers: 2
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 4-7 euros, meals 7-11 euros, beer 3 euros for 0.5 l
Brewpub.
Rating: Public transport:


Bierkutschn - Pub & Restaurant
Landstrasser Hptstr. 1d,
1030 Wien.
Tel: 01 - 710 79 62
bierkutschn@kadlez.at
http://www.kadlez.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Fri 09:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers: 8
Regular draught beers:
Food:
An outlet for the beers of homebrew pub Kadlez Bräu.
Rating: Public transport:


Bieramt
Am Heumarkt 3,
1030 Wien.
Tel.: 01/712 47 19
http://www.bieramt.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:00 -1:00
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers: 7
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 4-7 euros, meals 6-10 euros, beer 3 euros for 0.5 l
Deceptively large corner beer pub.
Rating: Public transport: U-Bahn U4 to Station Stadtpark


Bierometer
Guglgasse 43/E21 (Entertainment-Center Ebene 4),
1030 Wien.
Tel: 01 - 743 7988
Email: bierometer@bierometer.at
http://www.bierometer.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 08:00 - 24:00,
Sun 10:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: 8
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-5 euros, meals 5-8 euros, beer 3 euros for 0.5 l
Cavernous new pub in a former gasworks.
Rating: Public transport: U3 Gasometer


Otto
Altmannsdorfer Straße 101,
1120 Wien.
Tel. 804 76 50
http://www.biergasthof-otto.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 11:00 - 24:00,
Fri - Sat 11:00 - 01:00,
Sun 11:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 18
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-8 euros, meals 5-11 euros.
Pub and beer garden.
Rating: Public transport:


Simmeringer Biergart´l
Geiselbergstrasse 41,
1110 Wien.
Tel.: +4317491700
Fax: +4317491700
http://members.aon.at/biergartl/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 08:30 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 12
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-5 euros, meals 6-8 euros, beer 2.85 euros for 0.5 l
Corner pub.
Rating: Public transport:

Vienna Pub Guide
Pub Listings - west central

Siebenstern-Bräu
Siebensterngasse 19,
1070 Wien.
Tel.: 01 - 5238697
Fax: 01 - 5232580
Email: office@7stern.at
Homepage: www.7stern.at		  
Opening hours: Thur - Sat 10:00 - 01:00,
Sun - Wed 10:00 - 24:00,
public holidays 10:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers:
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-6 euros, meals 7 - 15 euros, beer 3 euros for 0.5 l
A brewpub whose décor is half traditional half modern. Not as disastrous as it sounds.
Rating: Public transport:

Centimeter I
Lenaugasse 11,
1080 Wien.
Tel.: 01 - 405 78 08
Email: office@centimeter.at
http://www.tourist-net.co.at/lokale/centimeter/centimeter1.htm 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Fri 10:00 2:00,
Sat 11:00-2:00,
Sun 11:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers: 20
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-5 euros, meals 5-8 euros, beer 3 euros for 0.5 l
Pub in the ground floor of a traditional tenement.

There two sister pubs (with a similar beer selection):

Centimeter II
Stiftgasse 4/Ecke Siebensterngasse,
1070 Wien.
Tel.: 524 33 29

Centimeter III
Liechtensteinstraße 44/ Bauernfeldplatz,
1090 Wien.
Tel.: 01 / 319 84 04
Rating: Public transport: U-Bahn U2 to Rathaus

Gürtelbräu
Gürtelbögen 24-25,
1080 Wien.
Tel: 01/ 402 41 95
Email: christenheit@guertelbraeu.com
http://www.guertelbraeu.com 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Thur 11:30 - 02:00,
Fri 11:30 - 03:00,
Sat 18:00 - 03:00,
Sun 18:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 4
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-7 euros, meals 6-9 euros, beer 3 euros for 0.5 l
Despite the name, not a brewpub. Built into the arches under the Stadtbahn.
Rating: Public transport:


Plutzer Bräu
Schrankgasse 2/Ecke Stiftgasse,
1070 Wien.
Tel 526 12 15
Fax 522 73 52-2
http://www.plutzerbraeu.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:30 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 10
Number of bottled beers: 10
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-7 euros, meals 6-12 euros, beer 3.15 euros for 0.5 l.
Large pub with a contemporary interior. There's also a beer garden, should you tire of industrial ducting. It has its house beers brewed at Brauerei Falkenstein.
Rating: Public transport:

Vienna Pub Guide
Pub Listings - outer west


Schwarzer Rabe
Ottakringer Straße 180,
1160 Wien.
Tel.: 01 - 4861177
Fax: 01 - 4861177
Email: gabriele.stastny@raven.at
Homepage: www.raven.at		  
Opening hours: Mon-Fri.: 18:00-01:00,
Sat and public holidays: 19:00-01:00,
Sunday closed
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers: 10
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-7 euros, meals 5 - 8 euros, beer 3 euros for 0.5 l
A quite pub-like homebrew pub.
Rating: Public transport: U-Bahn U6 to Alserstrasse


Medl-Bräu 1. Penzinger Gasthofbrauerei
Linzer Straße 275,
1140 Wien.
Tel.: 01 - 9144340
Fax: 01 - 9144340-4
Email: medl-braeu@aon.at
Homepage: http://members.aon.at/medl-braeu/		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 16:00 -24:00,
Sunday closed
Number of draught beers:
Number of bottled beers: 3
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-7 euros, meals 7-10 euros, beer 2.90 euros for 0.5 l
Brewpub selling unfiltered beers.
Rating: Public transport:

Hawidere
Ullmannstraße 31,
1150 Wien.
Tel.: 0664 / 150 84 29 (ab mittag)
Email: kowara@hawidere.at
http://www.hawidere.at 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 18:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers: 18
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
Traditional pub with lots of wood. It has a small outdoor seating area.
Rating: Public transport: U-Bahn U4 to Längenfeldgasse

Vienna Pub Guide
Pub Listings - north central


Highlander
Sobieskigasse 9,
1090 Wien.
Tel.: 01 - 3152794
Email: the-highlander@chello.at
Homepage: www.the-highlander.at		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food:
A brewpub producing a mixture of top- and bottom-fermented beers.
Rating: Public transport: U-Bahn U6 to Währingerstr./Volksoper

Restaurant Dreiklang
Wasagasse 28,
1090 Wien.
Tel.: 01 - 310 17 03,
Fax 01 - 310 69 75
Email: 3klang@gmx.at
www.3klang.info 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Fri 09:00 – 22:00,
Sat & Sun closed
Number of draught beers: 1
Number of bottled beers: 10
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
Pub/restaurant that specialises in organic beers.
Rating: Public transport: U-Bahn U2 to Schottentor

Stiegl's Ambulanz Back&Brau
Im alten AKH - UNI Campus (1. Hof) Alserstraße 4,
1090 Wien.
Tel: 01 - 402 11 50
Fax: 01 - 402 11 50-11
Email: ambulanz@stiegl.at
http://www.stiegl.at/ambulanz/		  
Opening hours: Wed - Sat: 10:00 - 02:00,
Sun - Tue: 10:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers: 3
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
Brewpub owned by the country's largest independent brewery. A cavernous, modern affair with several rooms and a beer garden.
Rating: Public transport: Tram 5, 43 and 44, U-6 – Station Alserstraße

Vienna Pub Guide
Pub Listings - outer north


Fischer & Fischer Ges.m.b.H.
Billrothstraße 17,
1190 Wien.
Tel.: 01 - 3695949
Fax: 01 - 3680903
Email: email@fischerbraeu.at
Homepage: www.fischerbraeu.at		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 16:00 - 01:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 9
Regular draught beers:
Food: Meals 6-11euros, snacks 3-8 euros, beer 3 euros for 0.5 l
Vienna's oldest brewpub, founded in 1985.

Seasonal beers include a Pale Ale, Bock and Schwarzbier.
Rating: Public transport:

Nussdorfer Bräustüberl
Heiligenstädterstr. 205b,
1190 Wien.
Tel: 01 - 370 21 07
http://www.tourist-net.co.at/lokale/bhn/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 16:00 - 23:00,
Sunday closed
Number of draught beers: 4
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
A brewpub established way back in 1989. Despite some of the names, all the beers are top fermented.

***** CLOSED *****
Rating: Public transport:


Vienna Pub Guide
Pub Listings - east


Cult Bräu
Deublergasse 9,
1210 Wien.
Tel: 01 - 271 4199
Email: Kontakt@Cult-Gasthaus-Brauerei.at
http://www.cult-gasthaus-brauerei.at/		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 17:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers: 15
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-5 euros, meals 5-10 euros, beer 2.80 euros for 0.5 l
Brewpub.
Rating: Public transport: Tram 26


Bierkutschn - Bierrestaurant
Floridsdorfer Hauptstr. 9,
1210 Wien.
Tel: 01 - 278 33 52
bierkutschn@kadlez.at
http://www.kadlez.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 16:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers:
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food:
A homebrew pub which sells its beers under the name Kadlez Bräu.
Rating: Public transport:


Brigitta Bräu
Dresdner Strasse 38 - 40,
Brigitta Passage,
1200 Wien.
Tel: 01 - 334 4141
http://www.brigittabraeu.at/		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 10:00 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 2
Number of bottled beers: 1
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-5 euros, meals 5-10 euros, beer 2.80 euros for 0.5 l
Brewpub.
Rating: Public transport: U-Bahn U6 to Dresdnerstr, Tram 31 or 33

Hopfhaus
Donaufelderstraße 241,
1220 Wien.
Tel: 01 2040977
http://www.hopfhaus.at/ 		 
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 11:30 - 01:00,
Sun 11:30 - 24:00
Number of draught beers: 6
Number of bottled beers: 5
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks 3-6 euros, meals 6-14 euros, beer 2.90 euros for 0.5 l
Pub specialising in beer from small Austrian breweries.
Rating: Public transport:

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