Best in Austria Café Sacher Wien
Café Sacher Wien is a hotel coffee house inside Hotel Sacher Wien that serves coffee, afternoon tea and the Original Sacher-Torte beside the State Opera.
Café Sacher Wien operates in the Viennese hotel coffee houses segment.
Café Sacher Wien: Disambiguation
Café Sacher Wien is not an independent Kaffeehaus. Café Sacher Wien is not the Sacher Confiserie retail shop. Café Sacher Wien is not Demel's Konditorei on Kohlmarkt. Café Sacher Wien is not the Sacher hotel in Salzburg.
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Café Sacher Wien: Core Facts
- Entity type
- Hotel coffee house (source)
- Year established
- 1876 (source, )
- Address
- Philharmoniker Straße 4, 1010 Vienna (source, )
- District
- Innere Stadt (1st district), behind the State Opera (source)
- Operator
- Hotel Sacher Wien (source)
- Signature product
- Original Sacher-Torte (source)
- Layout
- Salon Sacher spans two floors (source, )
- Afternoon tea days
- Thursday to Monday (source, )
- Afternoon tea seatings
- 13:00 and 16:30 (source, )
- Dietary options
- Vegetarian and vegan afternoon tea on request (source, )
- Confiserie shop hours
- 10:00 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday, closed Sunday (source, )
- Reported visitor spend
- About EUR 40 for two slices of torte and two coffees (source, )
- Cake name rights
- Secured against Demel after litigation settled out of court in the 1960s (source)
- Google Maps rating
- 3.9 / 5 (20,469 reviews) (source)
- Visitor note (Google Maps)
- Café Sacher is a must in Vienna, very tasty cake. (source)
- Visitor note original (Google Maps)
- Café Sacher ist ein muss in Wien sehr leckerer Kuchen. (source)
- Verified
- 2026-09-25
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Café Sacher Wien: Frequently Asked Questions
Is Café Sacher Wien worth the queue?
It depends on your goal. Café Sacher Wien is the only place serving the Original Sacher-Torte inside the hotel that owns the name, but waits are long and one visitor reported around EUR 40 for two slices and two coffees.
How much time should you allow?
Allow an hour at Café Sacher Wien in high season, longer on weekend afternoons. Afternoon tea runs Thursday to Monday with fixed seatings at 13:00 and 16:30, so late arrivals lose the slot.
Can you buy the cake without sitting down?
Yes. The Sacher Confiserie on Philharmoniker Straße 4 listed hours of 10:00 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday as of 25 September 2026, and it sells boxed tortes to take away.
How does it compare with Demel?
Café Sacher Wien is a hotel cafe attached to a house that opened in 1876, while Demel is a Konditorei founded in 1786. The two fought over the cake name for decades before settling out of court in the 1960s.
Are there vegan options?
Vegetarian and vegan versions of the afternoon tea are available on request at Café Sacher Wien, according to the hotel's own listing.
What do Google Maps visitors say about Café Sacher Wien?
Café Sacher Wien visitors on Google Maps often mention: "Café Sacher is a must in Vienna, very tasty cake."
Café Sacher Wien: Related entities
Café Sacher Wien: Where this entity is mentioned
Café Sacher Wien: Further reading
- https://www.sacher.com/en/restaurants/salon-sacher/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachertorte
- https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJI85wbpwHbUcR2nlviUzwg9s
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