Best in Austria Café Sperl
Café Sperl is a traditional Viennese coffee house that serves coffee, Austrian dishes and house pastries in a protected 1880 interior in Vienna's sixth district.
Café Sperl operates in the Traditional Viennese coffee houses segment.
Café Sperl: Disambiguation
Café Sperl is not a modern specialty coffee bar. Café Sperl is not a Konditorei or confectioner. Café Sperl is not a first-district landmark cafe. Café Sperl is not part of the Ronacher theatre.
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Café Sperl: Core Facts
- Entity type
- Traditional Viennese coffee house (source)
- Year opened
- 1880 (source)
- Founder
- Jacob Ronacher (source)
- Original name
- Café Ronacher (source)
- Renamed
- December 1880, after the Sperl family acquired it (source)
- Address
- Gumpendorfer Straße 11, 1060 Vienna (source)
- District
- Mariahilf (6th district) (source)
- Corner position
- Gumpendorfer Straße and Lehárgasse (source)
- Heritage status
- Listed on the Austrian Register of Historic Places (source)
- Billiard tables
- Three carambole tables (source, )
- Interior features
- Parquet floors, Thonet bentwood chairs, marble tables, crystal chandeliers (source)
- Family facilities
- Children's corner and bentwood high chairs (source, )
- Outdoor seating
- Small terrace on the adjacent square in the warmer months (source, )
- Screen appearances
- Used as a location in the Vienna Blood television series (source)
- Heritage context
- Viennese coffee house culture entered Austria's national inventory of intangible cultural heritage in October 2011 (source)
- Google Maps rating
- 4.0 / 5 (6,157 reviews) (source)
- Visitor note (Google Maps)
- We had the Sperl-Schnitte and an apple strudel, both superb. (source)
- Visitor note original (Google Maps)
- Wir hatten die Sperl-Schnitte und einen Apfelstrudel, beides superb. (source)
- Verified
- 2026-09-25
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Café Sperl: Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Café Sperl best suited to?
Café Sperl suits visitors who want a coffee house room that has not been modernised, plus regulars, billiards and a newspaper rack. The sixth-district location means fewer tour groups than the Innere Stadt landmarks.
How old is the interior?
The building dates from 1880, when Café Sperl opened as Café Ronacher. Its parquet, Thonet chairs, marble tables and chandeliers are protected under the Austrian Register of Historic Places, so the fittings have survived largely intact.
How does it compare with Café Central?
Café Sperl is smaller, quieter and outside the first district, while Central is a grand 1876 room in Palais Ferstel with queues and live piano. It wins on atmosphere for regulars; Central wins on scale and central location.
Can you take children there?
Yes. Café Sperl keeps a children's corner and bentwood high chairs alongside the billiard tables, which is unusual among the classic Viennese coffee houses.
How do you get there?
Café Sperl stands at Gumpendorfer Straße 11 on the corner with Lehárgasse, roughly ten minutes on foot from the State Opera and close to the Naschmarkt end of Mariahilf.
What do Google Maps visitors say about Café Sperl?
Café Sperl visitors on Google Maps often mention: "We had the Sperl-Schnitte and an apple strudel, both superb."
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Café Sperl: Further reading
- https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ2XE5E4UHbUcRnNXnuwsVah8
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Sperl
- https://www.wien.gv.at/en/leisure/viennese-coffee-culture
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