It’s a coffeehouse with a smoky voice. At the nose of the Jugendstil apartment building it’s housed in, Café Rüdigerhof boasts as much character as the artists, writers, comedians (among them, Josef Hader) and intellectuals it has attracted and served coffee to over its long life (born in 1903).
The décor is dressed up in a 50’s/60’s style, with photos of well-known faces on the walls, while it also possesses the typical worn wooden look belonging to Vienna’s beloved coffeehouses.
It’s shady Schanigarten (beer garden), with its view onto the Wien river, is popular in summer. Meanwhile, at night it takes on the transformation of café to bar, filling with a mixed crowd, from lone individuals reading books, to groups of old locals playing cards, to young people throwing back beer and wine.
Also good to know… there are games and plenty of newspapers at Café Rüdigerhof.
