{"id":23684,"date":"2020-03-04T05:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=23684"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:02:20","slug":"cafe-mozart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-mozart\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 Mozart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cafemozartsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee house window\" class=\"wp-image-23687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cafemozartsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cafemozartsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If you feel like you can hear a zither playing in your subconscious, do not be alarmed. Caf\u00e9 Mozart might trace its origins back to the days of Beethoven, but <em>The Third Man<\/em> made it famous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First coffee house here opened in the 18th century<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Convenient central location<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top cakes and cosy, traditional ambience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular with tourists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/concerts-opera-vienna-tickets-l206741\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Coffee\" rel=\"sponsored\">concert experience<\/a>* for your Vienna trip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nearby: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/opera\/staatsoper\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1071\">Staatsoper<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2995\">Albertina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/heidi-horten-collection\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47637\">Heidi Horten Collection<\/a><\/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 coffee houses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coffee, Opera &amp; Harry Lime<\/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\/cafemozart.jpg\" alt=\"Caf\u00e9 Mozart\" class=\"wp-image-46578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cafemozart.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cafemozart-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 entrance facing Albertinaplatz square)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the well-known coffee houses in Vienna look back on a long history. But perhaps none quite so long as Caf\u00e9 Mozart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first coffee house on this site appeared in 1794, just three years after Mozart&#8217;s death, when Haydn and Beethoven still entertained the Viennese public with new compositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A chequered history and various name changes followed, including a pause when the surrounding building made way for the current one in the late 19th-century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those early caf\u00e9s adjoined a major theatre and concert venue (now the Sacher hotel), where Beethoven&#8217;s Ninth Symphony premiered and Chopin first played piano to a Viennese audience. Another neighbour was (and still is) the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/opera\/staatsoper\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1071\">State Opera House<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inevitably, Caf\u00e9 Mozart became a frequent haunt for actors, singers, musicians, dancers, and others of an artistic bent. And that central location continues to contribute significantly to the coffee house&#8217;s popularity.<\/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\/02\/cafemozart1941.jpg\" alt=\"Caf\u00e9 Mozart around 1941\" class=\"wp-image-56828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cafemozart1941.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cafemozart1941-300x225.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\">(Albertinaplatz in 1941 with Caf\u00e9 Mozart on the left behind the Mozart monument that gave it its name but which has since moved; photographed by Bruno Reiffenstein; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 79000\/1153; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curiously, the Caf\u00e9 Mozart name only came about in 1929 in reference to the large <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozart-monument-burggarten\/\">Mozart monument<\/a> outside. Though you won&#8217;t find Wolfgang there now: the installation moved to the nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/burggarten\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2746\">Burggarten park<\/a> in 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equally curiously, the highlight in the location&#8217;s rich and long history was perhaps fairly recently just after WWII, when the likes of Graham Greene, Carol Reed, Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten dropped in for refreshments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All worked on <em>The Third Man<\/em> and apparently became regular guests, which might explain why the film&#8217;s Holly Martins and Baron Kurtz meet at &#8220;Caf\u00e9 Mozart&#8221; in the movie (although they actually shot the relevant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/third-man-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31222\">film scenes<\/a> elsewhere on Neuer Markt square).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So much for history. But what about today&#8217;s Caf\u00e9 Mozart?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside, you encounter the classic interior of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/coffee-house-experience\/\">traditional coffee house<\/a>. Wood panelling, marbled tabletops, upholstered sofas, wooden chairs, and black-clad waiters that appear to materialise out of thin air as if teleported in through a 19th-century version of Star Trek&#8217;s transporter.<\/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\/2025\/02\/cafemozartinside.jpg\" alt=\"Inside a coffee house\" class=\"wp-image-80216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cafemozartinside.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cafemozartinside-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 inside; press photo \u00a9 Jan Lackner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike with many of its colleagues, the main room is remarkably bright thanks to the wide windows, large mirrors and giant glass chandeliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the Querfeld family business, Caf\u00e9 Mozart draws on the in-house Landtmann Patisserie for its cakes. Which basically means you will not be disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a lovely banana slice, suitably banana shaped and rich in chocolate. The cappuccino was great, too (not always a given), with a rich creamy froth. Prices, inevitably, are on the expensive side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrary to what you might expect, our young, male waiter knew all the details of the cakes, much to the delight of my companion, for whom cakes are less a type of food and more an entire cultural and intellectual experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The location, history, and fundamental quality means queues tend to be common, with Caf\u00e9 Mozart popular with tourists (as you can tell when inside).<\/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\/05\/cafemozartsign.jpg\" alt=\"Caf\u00e9 Mozart sign\" class=\"wp-image-46579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cafemozartsign.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/cafemozartsign-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\">(&#8220;Bei der Oper&#8221; means next to the opera house)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You experience more of a coming and going than in many coffee houses, as folk hurry off to continue their sightseeing. So expect fewer wise old ladies and gentlemen with a pen in one hand, espresso in the other, writing their memoirs alongside a copy of a broadsheet (my life goal, incidentally).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting a seat should get a touch easier in warmer seasons when the terrace outside opens, allowing you to sip your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/coffee-glossary\/\">melange<\/a> under the watchful gaze of Archduke Albrecht <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/archduke-albrecht-monument\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"39990\">perched on a horse<\/a> opposite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to Caf\u00e9 Mozart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Spend any time visiting Vienna and you can&#8217;t avoid bumping into Caf\u00e9 Mozart. As mentioned, it lies opposite the State Opera House, but also across from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2995\">Albertina art museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You would actually pass it right at the start of my recommended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/walking-tour\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"50322\">self-guided walking tour<\/a> of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subway: walk down K\u00e4rntner Stra\u00dfe from Stephansplatz station (U1 and U3) or up past the opera house from Karlsplatz station (U1, U2 and U4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bus\/tram: The nearest tram stop is Oper\/Karlsplatz, reached on the 1, 2, D, 71 and 62 trams. The old town buses stop nearby, too: take the 2A to Albertinaplatz, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Albertinaplatz 2, 1010 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cafe-mozart.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>If you feel like you can hear a zither playing in your subconscious, do not be alarmed. Caf\u00e9 Mozart might trace its origins back to the days of Beethoven, but The Third Man made it famous. 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