One of my favourite hangouts just across the street from my place. Here they serve heart-warming coffee, made with love and time! No rush here. And you can taste it.
Should I stay or should I go? Both are pleasant for this location.
Our Sofie has a serious addiction to coffee. But who can blame her having grown up in this city. She walked out of her home one day in Vienna’s third district and went in search for the city’s best Kleiner Brauner.
Vienna Würstelstand’s Sofie put together a list of her favourite coffee shops around town, reviewing and rating them by their serving of Kleiner Brauner. She then wrapped it up nicely in this neat little map, adding a more detailed review on every mentioned café.
When i first met coffee, he looked like light brown milk.
About half a litre in a see-through glass with a lot of foam on top and some sugar inside to hide the taste that the milk couldn’t yet disguise. Yes, I admit it. That’s how I started drinking coffee – as some kind of pseudo grown-up cocoa. But that was also the start of a lifelong and very intimate relationship. As the years flew by, the need for sugar subsided as the amount of milk steadily decreased. Coffee’s pure flavour claimed its permanent place in my heart. So, a Kleiner Brauner became my daily caffeine dosage. Hot, steaming black coffee with a squirt of milk to top it all off and make my insides hum.
Vienna’s coffee culture is famous, or so they say. I too frequent traditional Viennese Kaffeehäuser regularly. But to me, their charming cosiness often forgoes a lack in taste and quality of their served coffee. So even though I’m Viennese through and through, I bear no shame in ordering my coffee from the less-traditional cafes from around the city. Life is too short for bad coffee! Unlike most people, I’m desperate for coffee, but good coffee! For coffee that caresses my tongue and strokes my insides, making my eyes beam and forcing a bite of the lip and a sigh of contentment.
And all is fair in love and coffee.
So, enough rambling. Here’s my first Kleiner Brauner tour as part of my quest to find the city’s best, complete with detailed reviews and how much they cost …
Landstein – Kleiner Brauner Tour
MON–FRI: 11am–1am
SAT: 5pm–1am
SUN: closed
Kleiner Brauner = €2.20
Café Le Bol – Kleiner Brauner Tour
MON–SAT: 8am–10:30pm
SUN & public holidays: 9am–10:30pm
Kleiner Brauner = 2.70€
The coffee is served in a bowl and everybody sits together in the middle of the room around a huge table. Need I say more? I just love the French. They can serve me anything with their lovely susurration of a language. Et un éclair, s’il vous plaît. Ah, pas de problème, merci!
Should I stay or should I go? No takeaway here, but you won’t want to leave anyway.
Labstelle – Kleiner Brauner Tour
MON–FRI: 11:30am–12am
SAT: 10am–12am
SUN: closed
Kleiner Brauner = €2.40
Labstelle’s comfy atmosphere and their exceptionally neat ceramic cups totally fit their serving of quality coffee. You’ll want to sit here all afternoon, squeezing the cup’s “ear” between your thumb and index finger and slurping down your hot liquid gold.
Should I stay or should I go? No takeaway here so stick around.
Plus: their wonderfully green backyard patio/passageway!!
Kaffeeküche – Kleiner Brauner Tour
MON–FRI: 7am–8pm
SAT, SUN & public holidays: closed
Kleiner Brauner: €2.20
Kaffeeküche charms you with its aesthetic neatness and good-looking young baristas. You also can grab one of the best brioches in town with your coffee. Whenever I happen to walk by, I am sure to jump in line!
Should I stay or should I go? We would recommend getting you coffee to go. Only limited standing space around two high table.
Plus: Don’t forget your brioche!
Joseph Brot 1030 – Kleiner Brauner Tour
MON–FRI: 7:30–7pm (Bistro opens at 8am)
SAT: 8am–6pm
SUN: 8am–4pm
Kleiner Brauner = €2.30
After the initial joy about the opening of Josephs Brot in my street, my excitement about the cheap and good coffee didn’t. I like staying here for a while when it’s not too crowded and taking a break from the day. So I find myself coming here more often for the atmosphere than for the taste of their coffee.
Should I stay or should I go? They do takeaway coffee but we would recommend sticking around.
Plus: Interior design and staff boast charming good looks!
Espresso Mobil – Kleiner Brauner Tour
Kleiner Brauner: €2.30
Where: different locations all over Vienna, check here
These guys are like the batman of coffee! When in desperate for a coffee; When the caffeine cravings are too much and you’re in the middle of nowhere (e. g. in the midst of Stadtpark), they’re always there. I rejoice if I happen to run into the Espresso Mobil. They serve a quality coffee at the most unexpected places around town.
Should I stay or should I go? Only option is to go
Plus: I can sit down on the next bench in Stadtpark (where the Espresso Mobil can be found)
Café Prückel – Kleiner Brauner Tour
Ok, so I will throw in there one traditional coffeehouse – I love Café Prückel. But their coffee is definitely not their drawcard. And unfortunately the price is ridiculous. I’ll still visit again. Because because … it’s Café Prückel
Should I stay or should I go? Stay for a day
Plus: you can sit there for hours, only have one coffee and they will serve you water every now and then (or did I just look so desperate they felt sorry for me …)
Heiner – Kleiner Brauner Tour
MON–SAT: 9am–6:30pm
SUN & public holidays: 10am–6:30pm
This one’s for Mama! Another traditional Viennese Kaffeehaus in the 1st district. They often lured me in as a child, offering a huge selection of vegetable shaped marzipan. Every now and then, my mother and I stop by for a Kleiner Brauner and Brötchen.
Should I stay or should I go? Stick around
Plus: They have chairs from Vienna’s most famous chair maker, Thonet, and flowery ceramic tableware!
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