{"id":10344,"date":"2019-02-17T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=10344"},"modified":"2025-09-07T19:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T18:59:08","slug":"cafe-pruckel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-pruckel\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/pruckelsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel sign\" class=\"wp-image-10345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/pruckelsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/pruckelsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With most traditional coffee houses in Vienna you imagine travelling back to the early 1900s. Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel also takes you on a journey through time, but stops off for a slice of cake and a cappuccino in the 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Refurbished mid-20th-century ambience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Very &#8220;local&#8221; coffee house, full of Viennese<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Handy for the MAK Museum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freshly renovated in 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notably friendly staff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-walking-tours-l205287\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Coffee\" rel=\"sponsored\">walking tour<\/a>* for your Vienna trip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/coffee-houses\/\">Vienna caf\u00e9s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A local review<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cafepruckel.jpg\" alt=\"Cafe Pr\u00fcckel front entrance\" class=\"wp-image-45970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cafepruckel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cafepruckel-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The main entrance)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of folk pointed me to Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel as a classic Viennese coffee house, so I was a bit surprised on entering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where were all the marble tabletops and parquet flooring?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The waiting staff were dressed reassuringly in black tie, and the coffee came on a tray, so some of the right boxes were ticked. But my brow furrowed in confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turns out not every authentic, traditional coffee house has to look like an authentic, traditional coffee house.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pruckel1900.jpg\" alt=\"Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel in the early 1900s\" class=\"wp-image-64626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pruckel1900.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pruckel1900-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel not long after it first opened in a photo published by Verlag bzw. k. u. k. Universit\u00e4tsbuchhandlung R. Lechner (Wilh. M\u00fcller); Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 79000\/10723; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First built in the early 1900s, a large portion of Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel underwent a refit in 1954 at the hands of architect and interior designer, Oswald Haerdtl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, consider it a living tribute to the 1950s, with its olive-green sofas and perforated lampshades on brass and bamboo stands. And all freshly renovated in 2024, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The location has a touch of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Marvelous_Mrs._Maisel\">The Marvellous Mrs Maisel<\/a> about it, particularly in the pink and yellow stripes of the ceiling, the tall windows, and mirrored walls. No dusky niches in Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do miss that turn-of-the-century flair, go through to the side away from the Ring boulevard. That part has more of a wood and wicker feel, with a restored <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/jugendstil\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31716\">Jugendstil<\/a> ceiling decorated with golden foliage.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pruckelinside2024.jpg\" alt=\"The renovated interior of Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel\" class=\"wp-image-75316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pruckelinside2024.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pruckelinside2024-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The newly-renovated interior; press photo \u00a9 Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel \/ Marcel Drabits)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My coffee has always been excellent here, and the service much more friendly than in the very traditionalist of traditional caf\u00e9s (a waiter once talked with me about the weather&#8230;be still my beating English heart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prices are another plus point, being lower than with many of Pr\u00fcckel&#8217;s city centre colleagues. The menu resembles that of a restaurant, but you can, of course, get your cakes and pastries. Both the sweet and savoury sides of the menu expanded in 2024 under new ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The caf\u00e9 certainly has more of a living dynamism than many of its ilk, with fewer hushed voices and an authenticity born of various tribes of local customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might come across smartly-attired folk grabbing breakfast before work, professorial types reading the papers, or a young student couple arguing over an exhibition. Many tables were reserved on my first visit,  for example, even on a cold January weekday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cafepruckel1915.jpg\" alt=\"View inside Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel around 1915\" class=\"wp-image-73296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cafepruckel1915.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cafepruckel1915-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(1915 postcard with an interior view of &#8220;Anton Stern&#8217;s Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckl&#8221; and its &#8220;talking clock&#8221;; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 236070; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various artistic institutions surround the location, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\">Museum of Applied Arts<\/a> and the university dedicated to the same topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel has made its own contribution to this local flair, serving as a host for exhibitions, lectures, music, and more. It even has a theatre in the basement: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stella-theater.at\/\">Stella Theater im Pr\u00fcckel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve returned several times now for breakfasts with friends, making use of the outdoor seating in warmer seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I usually go for the basic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/breakfast-in-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"82605\">Wiener Fr\u00fchst\u00fcck<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/coffee-glossary\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1863\">melange coffee<\/a>. I may be wrong, but the latter now seems to come in bigger cups that you usually get in Vienna. Which is nice.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cafepruckel1.jpg\" alt=\"Outside area of a coffee house\" class=\"wp-image-74811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cafepruckel1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cafepruckel1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(An outside area makes an excellent option in summer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, the street down one side (Wollzeile) takes you right into the very centre. Wander up it to discover a few more culinary delights that include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/heiner-konditorei\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22939\">L. Heiner<\/a> (at No.9): a Caf\u00e9-Konditorei that dates back to the days of the Austrian Empire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00d6fferl (at No.31): a popular organic bakery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-diglas\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"43560\">Caf\u00e9 Diglas<\/a> (at No.10): another coffee house with a long tradition and one-time haunt of the composer, Franz Leh\u00e1r<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to Caf\u00e9 Pr\u00fcckel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On the east side of the old town, the Pr\u00fcckel sits next to Stubentor, a station served by the U3 subway line, the 2 tram and the 3A and 74A buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stubentor means Stuben-gate and hints at the historical function of the location &#8211; you even see part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/city-walls\/\">old city walls<\/a> across the square from the coffee house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Stubenring 24, 1010 Vienna | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prueckel.at\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1qxMhuM31vUOcHvWtm9QzWRPeiURPKwCX\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With most traditional coffee houses in Vienna you imagine travelling back to the early 1900s. 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