{"id":15267,"date":"2019-06-07T05:10:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T04:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=15267"},"modified":"2025-04-22T09:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:34:37","slug":"cafe-residenz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-residenz\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 Residenz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This coffee house closed at the end of January 2024. A replacement appeared in March of the same year: a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/gerstner-schonbrunn\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"74321\">caf\u00e9-restaurant<\/a> run by the renowned Gerstner K. u. K. Hofzuckerb\u00e4cker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Previous review:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<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\/2015\/08\/schoenbrunnsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Front of Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace\" class=\"wp-image-8853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/schoenbrunnsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/schoenbrunnsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can find plenty of places to eat and drink on a visit to Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace. But one of the more refined alternatives is Caf\u00e9 Residenz&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Suitably-regal coffee house and restaurant in the grounds of a Habsburg palace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also home to Strudel shows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outside area in warmer months<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/palace-of-schonbrunn\/\">Sch\u00f6nbrunn tickets &amp; visitor tips<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/coffee-houses\/\">Vienna coffee houses<\/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=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/caferesidenz.jpg\" alt=\"View of Caf\u00e9 Residenz\" class=\"wp-image-50979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/caferesidenz.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/caferesidenz-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\">(View of the Caf\u00e9 Resident terrace; photo \u00a9 Jan Lackner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike most of Vienna&#8217;s traditional coffee houses, Caf\u00e9 Residenz is a mere youngster that started life in 1998. The building, however, dates back a <del>little<\/del> lot further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/palace-of-schonbrunn\/\">Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace complex<\/a> offered a summer home to empresses and emperors. Your average monarch needed suitable protection, and those soldiers needed their grub; they used this part of the outbuildings (known as the Kavalierstrakt) to prepare meals for the palace guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caf\u00e9 Residenz continues that gastronomic tradition. Though I suspect the comfort level and quality of the food and coffee are considerably higher than your average 19th-century guard enjoyed (possibly with more cake options, too).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uniformed waiters have now replaced uniformed soldiers in a caf\u00e9 that seems to echo the refined nature of its imperial neighbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dark marble tabletops sit under glass chandeliers and above burnished metal and wooden stands, while paintings and photographs of old Viennese scenes line the walls and ceiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the middle of it all is the counter with a vitrine stuffed with cakes from the in-house Landtmann patisserie (Caf\u00e9 Residenz belongs to a family-owned group of coffee houses and restaurants).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you haven&#8217;t quite taken on board the regal nature of the place, classical music played gently in the background on my visit to offer a final hint. This edges towards kitsch if you&#8217;re looking for an earthy, authentic coffee house (but you&#8217;re probably not here for that: try, for example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-hawelka\/\">Hawelka<\/a>).<\/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\/2022\/03\/schoenbrunnforecourt.jpg\" alt=\"Sch\u00f6nbrunn forecourt\" class=\"wp-image-44660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/schoenbrunnforecourt.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/schoenbrunnforecourt-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\">(Not a bad-looking neighbour)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the location, Caf\u00e9 Residenz is not full of locals, but largely home to international guests perhaps waiting for their tour slot to arrive at the palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might expect this to mean the waiting staff have no obligation to be friendly, but I found quite the opposite: they were unfailingly charming in more than one language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/breakfast-in-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"82605\">Wiener Fr\u00fchst\u00fcck breakfast<\/a>, the organic soft-boiled egg done to perfection and a small jar of Staud&#8217;s jam for my rolls. The butter was a touch on the hard side &#8211; 7\/10 on my always-critical spreadability index. My excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/coffee-glossary\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1863\">melange coffee<\/a>, however, came with a lovely thick, creamy topping of frothed milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from breakfast variations, the coffee house offered a full menu for meals and snacks. Traditional Austrian dishes dominated the selection, but with vegetarian alternatives, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prices mirrored those of coffee houses in the city centre, i.e. not cheap. If you expect a quality caf\u00e9 at Austria&#8217;s most popular tourist site to be an inexpensive treat, then I have a bridge I&#8217;d like to sell you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The caf\u00e9 also has a lovely side tract to the main room and a large shaded outdoor area for warmer seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A feeling of timelessness certainly pervaded the place: all helped by the location, of course. And during my visit, I enjoyed a little bonus experience; the baker came in, wearing her white garb and carrying a tray of freshly-made apple strudel. It almost felt like I was in the middle of an ad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(If you time it right, you might find a Strudel show going on in the attached bakery.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s my advice&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/10-things-2\/\">make a day of Sch\u00f6nbrunn<\/a>, then get up early to take some photos of the palace and gardens before the crowds arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards, slip into Caf\u00e9 Residenz for breakfast (which is when it&#8217;s least likely to be busy) to get your strength up for the palace tour and heavy-duty sightseeing.<\/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>This coffee house closed at the end of January 2024. A replacement appeared in March of the same year: a caf\u00e9-restaurant run by the renowned Gerstner K. u. K. Hofzuckerb\u00e4cker. Previous review: You can find plenty of places to eat and drink on a visit to Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace. 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