This has to be the quietest coffeehouse we’ve ever been in. And this calm silence amplifies the creak of the wooden floorboards, and the beating on the cash register’s keyboard from a (seemingly) angry writer at one of the nearby tables. There’s people here, but they’re almost whispering.
Somehow, the pattern of the booth seat’s fabric sends us into a trance, while the neatly lined up hat racks by every booth adds a charming uniformity to the place like your grandmother’s neatly arranged sock drawer.
While serving the coffeehouse favourite snacks, like the long, bent Sacherwürstel that we order, old Café Raimann is a modern thinker, serving up vegetarian options, as well.
The Kachelofen (stone oven) in the middle of the room keeps the high-ceilinged coffeehouse warm, while several of the guests have their faces hidden behind the many newspapers lying around. The people of Vienna’s Meidling neighbourhood hold this place as dear as they do their famous ‘Meidlinger L.’ Which if you’re lucky, you’ll experience first-hand from your waiter, or waitress.
We recommend… trying one of the cakes. They may look like they’ve been in the cake cabinet since 1925, but they’re sweetly delicious.
