The ice cream is in fact as good as it gets in this town. Gregors Konditorei, Schönbrunnerstrasse 42 (1050 Wien)ĭon’t let the honestly unalluring clean atmosphere of the place get into your way of appreciating one of Vienna’s very best spots to indulge in all sorts of outstanding cakes and wonderful ice cream. Gregors Konditorei (Pastry Shop – Café).It is probable that husbands used to wait here at Weihburggasse 4 in the coffeehouse Zwieback while their wives were shopping in the eight stories high department store Ludwig Zwieback & Brother on Karntnerstrasse, which was owned by the same Jewish family. The real treat for history buffs is the fact that this place at Weihburggasse 4 was a famous Jewish owned coffeehouse named Café Zwieback in the 1920s. Plus, there’s air conditioning, still a rarity in Vienna. It’s the cakes by Sluka I love here but the interior here is really worth a visit, since it’s been painstakingly restored to its original Art Deco glory. But there’s another reason to come here:Ī second entrance to the Kärntnerstrasse branch from Weihburggasse 4, which leads to a wonderfully restored coffeehouse. If you go, you can always ask for Sluka’s own cakes.
Instead, they also sell cakes and tortes made by different companies that are not up to Sluka’s Rathausplatz level.
Unfortunately, they do not sell all their wonderful creations here as they do at Rathhausplatz 8. The branch at Karntnerstrasse is now a Sluka and was a Gerstner branch before. They are absolutely fabulous, every piece of them we ever tried. Maybe the interior is not the most alluring, but everything is about the cakes here. Sluka won the 1898 Vienna Culinary Arts Competition and has been synonymous with high quality ever since.
If you’re lucky, a peek towards the back might grant you a glimpse of someone making traditional Viennese apple strudel, or Sachertorte.ĭemel, Sluka and Café Central complement each other. (To avoid the crowd, we often get their cakes to take them home.) Not-one shop, except maybe the excellent Sluka at Rathaus, comes even close.ĭemel is always packed with tourists but it’s well worth the wait for these fabulous cakes, tortes, open-faced sandwiches and other savory food. I know all the places that pretend to surpass this landmark. Just look at the selection of treats! I grew up in this city. This is one of the world’s leading pastry shops! Famous Jewish author Friedrich Torberg loved it. Hofzuckerbäckerei (Pastry Shop – Restaurant) Demel, Kohlmarkt 14 (1010 Wien)ĭemel is “THE” museum of all traditional Austro-Hungarian cakes, tortes, and strudels. This is a list of classic Viennese pastry shops, that’s why the outstanding Italian pastry shop Dolce Pensiero (Salzgries 9B, 1010 Wien) is not featured here. Most of them offer a place to sit and have coffee or tea just like in a coffeehouse, but with one main difference: As this traditionally catered to the female audience, staff used to be predominantly female, as opposed to coffeehouses where women often weren’t even allowed and the staff was thus male.įor the very best Viennese coffeehouses see my comprehensive list here.Īnd don’t forget my commented list of Vienna’s 14 Must-See Sights and Activities! Classic Viennese pastry shops, or Konditorei typically serve tortes, cakes, pastries, confectionery, and more.
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