{"id":60428,"date":"2023-05-26T04:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T03:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=60428"},"modified":"2025-05-19T17:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:34:10","slug":"cafe-goldegg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-goldegg\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 Goldegg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/goldeggsmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/goldeggsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Street sign for Goldeggasse\" class=\"wp-image-60427\" style=\"width:150px;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/goldeggsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/goldeggsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Back when Gustav Klimt was arguing about the price of paint and an old empire unknowingly entered its final decade, a coffee house opened. And Caf\u00e9 Goldegg is still going strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First established in 1910<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notable for the Jugendstil interior<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unusually friendly waitresses on our visit<\/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\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7689\">Viennese coffee houses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When in Belvedere&#8230;<\/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\/2023\/05\/cafegoldegg1.jpg\" alt=\"Caf\u00e9 Goldegg and church\" class=\"wp-image-60425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cafegoldegg1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cafegoldegg1-300x225.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 coffee house with the St. Elisabeth church behind)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Standing on the crossroads of Goldeggasse and Argentinierstra\u00dfe offers a typical glimpse of what it means to live in older parts of Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the distance you can just about see a palace from the 1700s, a church from the 1800s, and a railway station from 2015 that connects the city with Berlin, Prague, Budapest and other such European capitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That same crossroads also has Caf\u00e9 Goldegg, a traditional coffee house that first opened in 1910.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the late 1980s, some ATS 3.2 million (c. \u20ac230,000) went into the caf\u00e9&#8217;s renovation with well over half of the costs coming from state funds for the preservation of historical buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayor of the time attended the reopening, and Caf\u00e9 Goldegg now has a preservation order on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outside of the caf\u00e9, historical though it may be, offers no clue as to why such interest exists in keeping the coffee house in its original form.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cafegoldegg1904.jpg\" alt=\"View down Argentinierstra\u00dfe around 1904\" class=\"wp-image-77459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cafegoldegg1904.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cafegoldegg1904-300x194.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\">(As far as I can tell: approximately the view toward the Hauptbahnhof&#8217;s predecessor that you&#8217;d have seen from Caf\u00e9 Goldegg at the time of its opening. A postcard from sometime after 1904 produced by the Sperlings Postkartenverlag; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 58891\/683; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside, though, is a different matter&#8230;thanks to the particular architectural character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1910 was the time of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/jugendstil\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31716\">Jugendstil<\/a>, and sharp-eyed observers will note Goldegg&#8217;s combination of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/coffee-house-experience\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1947\">traditional coffee house characteristics<\/a> with those of that notable design era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So you have your marble table tops, upholstered niches for two by the windows, bentwood chairs, and herringbone parquet flooring. A stopped clock hanging from the ceiling adds to the timeliness of the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wooden paneling, however, has inlaid miniature columns and the geometric patterning so prevalent in those creative times just before man, machinery, and world war sent everything off in a different direction. Jugendstil mirrors and brass chandeliers add to the turn of the century flair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some parts of Caf\u00e9 Goldegg do show their age: a worn carpet carrying the weight of shoe-filled history. But all in an authentic, tidy manner. Like an elderly gentleman with a trimmed beard and fashionable top hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually, authentic feels like a good word for Caf\u00e9 Goldegg. A proper local coffee house with a mix of ages and many locals within. And an air of personability to it. Like the owners and staff are genuinely invested in the place.<\/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\/05\/cafegoldegg2.jpg\" alt=\"Front of Caf\u00e9 Goldegg\" class=\"wp-image-60426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cafegoldegg2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cafegoldegg2-300x225.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\">(Modern signage fronts a Jugendstil interior)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We encountered remarkably friendly waitresses on our visit, working with an efficiency and smiles you don&#8217;t always get in Vienna. Normal friendly, too: not the product of customer care training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unpretentious menu also featured a notably inexpensive basic breakfast. Coffee prices were lower than in city centre counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The choice seemed plentiful enough with, for example, wellness, vegetarian, and oriental options accompanying Viennese fare. Meals and snacks, too. And, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/vienna-cakes\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22533\">cakes<\/a> like Kardinalschnitte, Punschkrapferl, Sachertorte and other traditional favourites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although not in the old town, Caf\u00e9 Goldegg still allows you to immerse yourself in a historical era: a 5-minute walk takes you to the Baroque magnificence of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/belvedere\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3308\">Belvedere palaces<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artworks on display at the Upper palace include Gustav Klimt&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/kiss\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1119\">most famous work<\/a>, completed just a couple of years before the coffee house opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So work up a healthy appetite consuming all the art and ceiling reliefs, then jump forward a couple of centuries for a bite to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to Caf\u00e9 Goldegg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Subway: a short walk from the S\u00fcdtiroler Platz \/ Hauptbahnhof station on the U1 subway line that passes through the very centre of town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tram\/bus: walk across from the Schloss Belvedere stop on the D tram line that leaves from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/ring\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1546\">Ringstrassen<\/a> at the edge of the old town. Or take the 13A bus to the Argentinierstra\u00dfe stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Argentinierstra\u00dfe 49, 1040 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cafegoldegg.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>Back when Gustav Klimt was arguing about the price of paint and an old empire unknowingly entered its final decade, a coffee house opened. And Caf\u00e9 Goldegg is still going strong. 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