# Café Sperl

Café en Vienna (Mariahilf) · Vienna

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/vienna/where-to-eat/cafe-sperl · Revisado: 2026-11-12

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A Viennese café from 1880 in Mariahilf, with marble tables, Thonet chairs and three billiard tables; house pastries and the Sperl cake, of chocolate and almond.

A Ringstraße café that is still the same
Café Sperl was built in 1880 to plans by Gross and Jelinek, architects of the Ringstraße, and that same year the Sperl family took it over and gave it its name. It keeps its original interior: marble tables, bentwood Thonet chairs and three carom billiard tables where people still play. It was a meeting place for architects, musicians, actors and writers, and today it works as it always has: you order a coffee, take a newspaper from the pile and stay as long as you like.
What to order
Home-style Viennese cooking, with a fixed menu and another of the day with seasonal dishes, and pastries made daily on the premises. The house speciality is the Sperl cake: the recipe is secret, but it contains milk chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon and almond paste. It is also sold whole, in a little wooden box, in two sizes, to take away.
On Sundays from 15:30 there is live piano. In spring and summer they put tables out on the pavement.
With children
Next to the billiard tables there is a children's corner, which is unusual in a Viennese café of this kind.
Getting there
It is on the Gumpendorfer Straße, in the 6th district, five minutes' walk from the Naschmarkt and the Opera. Metro U2, Museumsquartier stop, or U1, U2 and U4 at Karlsplatz.

Qué pedir: a coffee with a slice of Sperl cake, made with milk chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon and almond.

## Practical details

- Address: Gumpendorfer Straße 11, 1060 Viena
- Phone: +43 1 586 41 58
- Email: melange@cafesperl.at
- Opening hours: Mon–Sat 07:00–22:00; Sun 10:00–20:00
- In July and August it is closed on Sundays
- Cuisine: Viennese, café, pastries
- House specialities: Sperl cake, House pastries, Viennese dishes of the day
- Details checked on 12 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.cafesperl.at/
- Coordenadas: 48.2006, 16.3614

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- [Naschmarkt and its Saturday flea market](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/vienna/things-to-do/naschmarkt), a 254 m
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## Consejos

### Sunday afternoon
Come after 15:30 for the piano, except in July and August, when it is closed on Sundays.

### Ask for the cake to take away
If you like it, they sell it in a wooden box; phone if you want a particular size.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### What are the opening hours?
Monday to Saturday from 7:00 to 22:00 and Sundays from 10:00 to 20:00. In July and August it is closed on Sundays.

### Can you play billiards?
Yes, it has three carom tables.

### Do they serve meals?
Yes, Viennese cooking with a fixed menu and a menu of the day; it is open from 7:00 on weekdays.

Destino: [Vienna](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/vienna.md)