Best in Austria Café Landtmann
Café Landtmann is a traditional Viennese coffee house that serves breakfast, Austrian dishes, cake and coffee on the Ringstraße in Vienna's first district.
Café Landtmann operates in the Traditional Viennese coffee houses segment.
Café Landtmann: Disambiguation
Café Landtmann is not a hotel cafe. Café Landtmann is not a Konditorei. Café Landtmann is not part of the Burgtheater. Café Landtmann is not a modern coffee chain branch.
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Café Landtmann: Core Facts
- Entity type
- Traditional Viennese coffee house (source)
- Opening date
- 1 October 1873 (source)
- Founder
- Franz Landtmann (source)
- Operator
- Querfeld family (source, )
- District
- Innere Stadt (1st district), on the Ringstraße (source)
- Setting at opening
- Burgtheater, City Hall and the University of Vienna were still under construction (source)
- Opening announcement
- Neues Wiener Blatt, 1 October 1873 (source)
- Features advertised in 1873
- Billiards and a games room (source)
- Archive image
- Photograph from around 1890, Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 78079/180/1 (source)
- Breakfast menus
- Kaffeehaus-Frühstück and Wiener Frühstück (source, )
- Service style
- Uniformed waiters, table service (source, )
- Heritage context
- Viennese coffee house culture entered Austria's national inventory of intangible cultural heritage in October 2011 (source)
- Google Maps rating
- 4.4 / 5 (21,227 reviews) (source)
- Visitor note (Google Maps)
- ... would gladly come again (especially for breakfast) to Café Landtmann (source)
- Visitor note original (Google Maps)
- ... wieder gerne (besonders zum Frühstück) ins Café Landtmann (source)
- Verified
- 2026-09-25
Compare: Café SperlCafé Sacher WienMeierei im StadtparkCafé PrückelCafé CentralDemel
Café Landtmann: Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Café Landtmann?
Café Landtmann opened on 1 October 1873, which makes it older than Café Central (1876) and one of the oldest continuously trading coffee houses on the Ringstraße. Franz Landtmann founded it while the surrounding boulevard was still a building site.
Who runs it today?
The Querfeld family operates Café Landtmann, which also runs other historic Vienna cafes. Table service by uniformed waiters has been kept as the house standard.
What is it best for?
Breakfast is the strongest slot at Café Landtmann, with set menus including the Kaffeehaus-Frühstück and the Wiener Frühstück. The terrace facing the Ringstraße works in warm weather.
How does it compare with Café Sperl?
Café Landtmann is larger, busier and squarely on the tourist route next to the Burgtheater, while Sperl, opened in 1880 in the sixth district, is quieter and keeps a protected interior.
Do you need to book?
Booking is sensible at Café Landtmann for breakfast and for evenings around Burgtheater performances, when the front rooms fill first.
What do Google Maps visitors say about Café Landtmann?
Café Landtmann visitors on Google Maps often mention: "... would gladly come again (especially for breakfast) to Café Landtmann"
Café Landtmann: Related entities
Café Landtmann: Where this entity is mentioned
Café Landtmann: Further reading
- https://www.landtmann.at/en/about-us/
- https://www.wien.gv.at/en/leisure/viennese-coffee-culture
- https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJualQc5wHbUcRrzBxds3JZ7I
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