The café boasts a shiny vintage interior, definitely tapping into the hipster corner here, and with touristy greetings from Vienna drawings on the wall, referring to the name of the café. The coffee is the real deal and we’ll confidently stamp it with the ‘specialty’ label. With a menu of an impressive selection of different dishes from all over the world, while they are also trend hunters here at Cafe Telegraph, with a full page dedicated to Avocado-ccentric dishes, and very hipster-y Bowls. However, breakfast is the main meal of the day here (unless you count cake as a meal, which is totally above board if you do) with over 2 pages dedicated to it in their menu. They even have a whole page full of just avocado-centric breakfast dishes – proof that they’re taking breakfast to new heights in Vienna.
Meanwhile, they also have a secret French weapon that comes in the form of a trained patisserie chef. Chef pâtissière Sophie makes a fresh selection of French éclairs that come in different flavours, including the classic ones with vanilla, chocolate and pistachio, plus one seasonal variety.
Hidden away on a street that is a hop, skip and a jump away from the Votivkirche in the 9thdistrict, the look of the place is even conducive to lazy morning breakfasts that last for hours, or afternoon coffee and cake – the bold-patterened tiles that will make you want to photograph everything with them as a backdrop, the large Schanigarten on the quiet street, the window booth seats, not to mention the quick and friendly service.
The cheesecake is also earning it a name for itself, while one could say the same about all of the pretty pastries in their cake cabinet.
The coffee is good and comes in a cup made out of recycled used coffee grounds, which we just found f*** cool. Almost as f*** cool as the fact that they were playing Destiny’s Child in the background while we were there.
Also good to know… is that their logo is actually morse code, and spells the café’s name.
We recommend… sitting outside in the cafe’s big Schanigarten while enjoying an Acai Bowl after your yoga class.
