Café Bräunerhof is on Stallburggasse in the Innere Stadt, between the Graben and the Hofburg, the former imperial palace. It is a plain Viennese coffee house with 1920s furnishings, without the grandeur of the cafés on the Ringstrasse (the Ring). Since June 2026 it has been open again under new owners: the Plachutta family and Peter Friese, who also runs "Zum Schwarzen Kameel."
The café opened in 1920, then under the name "Sans Souci." It is best known for Thomas Bernhard. He came almost every day to read the Austrian newspapers here, and the café features in "Wittgenstein's Nephew" (1982). The writer Alfred Polgar lived above the café, and Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß lived in the same building. In 1996 the Austrian broadcaster ORF held a televised debate here ahead of the Vienna elections.
The new kitchen serves everything from breakfast to dinner, along with draft beer and wine. Some dishes nod to the owners, such as Plachutta's soup pot or open sandwiches served as a "taste of Zum Schwarzen Kameel." According to the menu on the website (October 2026), the Bräunerhof Torte, a chocolate sponge cake with Pariser cream (chocolate ganache cream), costs €7.60, the apple strudel €8.20 and the Viennese breakfast €7.50. Coffee prices are not listed online.
The café is open daily 08:00–22:30. Breakfast is served Monday to Friday until 11:30, and on weekends and public holidays until 14:00. The main menu is available 11:30–22:00, last orders at 21:30, with a dinner special from 17:00. You can reserve online via the website. Information from before the reopening, such as closing days, no longer applies.
Yes. Since June 2026 the café has been open again under new owners, the Plachutta family and Peter Friese, daily 08:00–22:30.
Monday to Friday until 11:30, and on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays until 14:00.
Thomas Bernhard was a regular and came almost every day. The café features in his book "Wittgenstein's Nephew" (1982).
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