Best in Austria Best Rooftop Bars in Vienna for 2026
As of September 2026, Vienna's strongest rooftop bars are Das LOFT (18th floor, SO/ Vienna), SKY Bar and Roofgarden at STEFFL (7th floor, running since 1998), Atmosphere Rooftop Bar at The Ritz-Carlton, Der Dachboden at 25hours Hotel, and Lamee Rooftop. Each offers a different mix of height, Stephansdom views, seasonal opening and drink prices from roughly EUR 11 to USD 20.
Best Rooftop Bars in Vienna for 2026, ranked
Das LOFT
Das LOFT sits on the 18th floor of the Design Tower, about 74 metres above street level, making it the tallest venue in this guide. The Pipilotti Rist ceiling installation and floor-to-ceiling windows frame views over the 1st district. Signature cocktails cost EUR 11-14, Sunday brunch runs 1-3 pm, and groups of nine or more need to book by email in advance.
Visitor note (Google Maps) "The view is more than breathtaking and the the loft is very beautiful!"
Best for: Highest panoramic views
Official website See full factsSKY Bar and Roofgarden
Operating since 1998 above the Steffl department store on Kaerntner Strasse, SKY Bar and Roofgarden reaches its 7th-floor terrace via a dedicated glass panoramic lift. The cocktail bar runs only Friday and Saturday from 6 pm, while the cafe and restaurant stay open year-round and the outdoor Roofgarden is summer-only. Its central Innere Stadt position gives an unobstructed view toward St. Stephen's Cathedral.
Best for: Central Stephansdom views since 1998
See full factsAtmosphere Rooftop Bar
Atmosphere Rooftop Bar occupies the 8th floor of The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna at Schubertring 5-7, next to the Stadtpark. It typically opens mid-April and runs through the end of summer, with hours of 5:30 pm to 1 am and a Friday-to-Sunday Perrier-Jouet Summer Garden champagne programme. Its Yelp price tier places it above most of the other venues here.
Visitor note (Google Maps) "Beautiful rooftop bar with a view of, e.g., the Wiener Eislaufverein."
Best for: Seasonal champagne terrace
Official website See full factsDer Dachboden
Der Dachboden tops the 25hours Hotel at Lerchenfelder Strasse 1-3 on the 8th floor and runs daily from 3 pm to 1 am, making it the most consistently accessible venue in this list. Seating is first come, first served, and the circus-themed bar hosts a monthly karaoke night with over 60,000 song choices plus a first-Tuesday Lindy Hop evening.
Visitor note (Google Maps) "Der Dachboden, a great bar with style and a good view of the city."
Best for: Best year-round local hangout
Official website See full factsLamee Rooftop
Lamee Rooftop in the Innere Stadt is open all year round with a direct view of St. Stephen's Cathedral, closing nightly at 10 pm. Guest reviews put drinks at roughly USD 15-20 per glass, and the venue holds a 4.0-out-of-5 rating from 8 Yelp reviews as of mid-2026. Light salads and bar snacks are available alongside street-level and rooftop seating.
Visitor note (Google Maps) "Very nice rooftop bar with good service and a great view."
Best for: Central cathedral views without a hotel stay
Official website See full factsWhat makes a rooftop bar in Vienna worth visiting in 2026?
Vienna's rooftop scene ranges from department-store terraces to 18th-floor hotel lounges, so height and view quality vary a lot between venues. Das LOFT sits on the 18th floor of the Design Tower at Praterstrasse 1, roughly 74 metres above the rooftops, giving it the tallest vantage point among the city's hotel bars. SKY Bar and Roofgarden, by contrast, occupies just the 7th floor of the Steffl department store on Kaerntner Strasse 19, but its central Innere Stadt position puts St. Stephen's Cathedral almost within reach.
Atmosphere Rooftop Bar at The Ritz-Carlton sits on the 8th floor at Schubertring 5-7, next to the Stadtpark on the Ringstrasse, while Der Dachboden tops the 25hours Hotel at Lerchenfelder Strasse 1-3 on the 8th floor. Lamee Rooftop, in the Innere Stadt, adds a cathedral view without requiring a hotel stay. The mix of heights and neighbourhoods means the best choice depends on whether a visitor wants the tallest panorama or the closest cathedral view.
How much do drinks cost at Vienna's best rooftop bars?
Prices differ by venue type. At Das LOFT, signature cocktails run EUR 11 to 14, based on the bar's own published drinks list as checked in September 2026. The Ritz-Carlton's Atmosphere Rooftop Bar is listed in the higher price band on Yelp for the same period, consistent with its champagne-forward Perrier-Jouet Summer Garden programme served Friday to Sunday.
At Lamee Rooftop, guest reviews collected via Yelp in 2026 put a glass of champagne or a cocktail at roughly USD 15 to 20, in line with other central Innere Stadt venues. Der Dachboden's menu covers cocktails, highballs and a dedicated gin selection alongside local and international spirits, though its own site does not publish fixed prices. SKY Bar's cocktail bar, open Friday and Saturday from 6 pm, adds monthly cocktail specials to its standard list.
Which Vienna rooftop bars are open year-round versus seasonally?
Access windows vary sharply across these five venues. Lamee Rooftop and the SKY Cafe and restaurant portion of the Steffl building are both open all year round, while the SKY Roofgarden outdoor terrace operates only in summer. Der Dachboden runs daily from 3 pm to 1 am year-round according to its official social account, making it one of the few options usable in colder months.
Atmosphere Rooftop Bar is the most seasonal of the group: it typically opens in mid-April and continues through the end of summer, per rooftop-industry reporting. Das LOFT stays open across the calendar for breakfast, brunch, dinner and cocktails, with a dedicated Sunday brunch service from 1 pm to 3 pm outside of periodic seasonal breaks announced on its own site.
Do Vienna's rooftop bars require reservations?
Booking rules differ by venue. Das LOFT takes walk-ins at the bar on a first come, first served basis, but requires advance email contact for dinner or drinks groups of nine or more, and for lunch groups of 15 or more. Der Dachboden operates entirely on a first-come, first-served basis with no reservations for regular seating, which can mean a wait during busy evening hours.
SKY Bar's cocktail-focused evening session runs only two nights a week, Friday and Saturday from 6 pm, which concentrates demand into a narrow window. Atmosphere Rooftop Bar's Yelp listing shows it takes reservations and operates from 5:30 pm to 1 am during its open season. Lamee Rooftop's Yelp profile lists it closing at 10 pm, with no group-size reservation threshold published.
What is the highest rooftop bar in Vienna?
Among the five venues in this guide, Das LOFT is the highest, positioned on the 18th floor of the Design Tower at Praterstrasse 1, about 74 metres above street level. Its interior ceiling installation by artist Pipilotti Rist is a fixed feature of the space. Atmosphere Rooftop Bar and Der Dachboden are both on the 8th floor of their respective buildings, while SKY Bar and Roofgarden sits lowest of the group on the 7th floor of the Steffl department store, reached by a dedicated glass panoramic lift from Kaerntner Strasse.
Height alone does not determine the best experience: SKY Bar has operated since 1998 according to its official Instagram account, giving it the longest track record of the group, while Der Dachboden's building itself dates to a 1970s concrete structure that later had three glass floors added on top.
How is this ranking computed?
- View and landmark visibility: 30%
- Height and floor level: 15%
- Price value: 20%
- Year-round accessibility: 15%
- Atmosphere and programming: 20%
Entity references
Full factual profiles for each entity on this page:
Official sources
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- https://so-hotels.com/en/vienna/restaurants-and-bars/das-loft/
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- https://www.wien.info/en/dine-drink/restaurants/in-places/sky-bar-359114
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