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Café Central Wien Reviews
Lovely place with medicore taste
Making a reservation is a must thing otherwise you have to wait a long queue which makes your visit worse because althoug it is a historical place the food and cafe could not match with the history and expectation.
Wonderful place
What a sweet place. Thanks so much to our wonderful nice waiter always smiling. This place is a real classy restaurant as it should be. Everybody are so professional and intelligent. The atmosphere is great thanks to the team. Bravo! We will definitely come back!
Cake Heaven!
This place should be ranked No 1 & not No 14! Amazing place. Friendly, attentive staff, amazing setting, interior decor is incredible. The only thing I was worried about was the price, but this was great too! The cakes are to die for! Incredible place.
Old world charm
I'm visiting some famous coffee shops and this was one of the best! Beautiful old world charm interior. Very efficient and attentive staff. You don't feel rushed although the queue is long outside the door. The apfelstrüdel was great and I can recommend it. Price was fair for this kind of establishment.
Dissapointing, pricey , rude, slow but beautiful architecture and pastry art
The beautiful architecture of the restaurant, its rich history topped and the beautiful assortment of tortes an pasteries were a unique experience. Unfortunately the service was snotty. I happened to spill some water on the table which may not be ideal but is not a crime ! The waiter rudely commented with a smirk " water is to be drunk madam" .. I ignored this with a smile. We had a round of iced coffee and sachertorts - nice but overall sweet for my taste. Lots of delayed service.. coffee and cake ( which are pre plated up anyway) Then came a 20 minute wait for the cheque. We still waited patiently.. Finally when we got the cheque we would have left a tip ( just because) but then the waiter decided to actually ask for one with more snorty remarks. It wasnt even a charming suggestion , it was a demand. This was a HUGE turnoff. You cannot DEMAND a tip ( its an overpriced menu to begin with) while being rude ! We left with the waiter loudly muttering about no tip. I wanted to turn back and educate him about his rude remarks throughout plus the delayed service but .. whatever..
Top for food and service
Lovely food,excellent service from our waiter. The surroundings were very nice. Absolutely recommend the goulash (delicious). We had booked in advance as two of our group live in Vienna. Longish queue of people hoping to get in when we left
Very touristic, but also visited by locals. Good quality and service.
It is not easy to get a place, early morning for breakfast is ideal. The food is good and the staff friendly amd good. Many tourists who make pictures of the food. Mr. Leo was a very funny waiter.
Style over Substance
We decided to head in for breakfast at 8am on our way to the airport on our last morning. As it was first thing in the morning there was no queue and the cafè was half full when we arrived. We we underwhelmed with our visit. The staff were pleasant. However the service and food were disappointing. The coffee was very similar to coffee.out of a machine rather than made by a barista. There was some confusion with our order as people who arrived after us got their food before us. To be fair to the waiter he did come over to us to tell us it would be with us shortly. When our food arrived my husband's eggs has 2 large pieces of shell visible. No jam or butter were provided with our food for our toast and crossaint. As we were in a hurry to leave for the airport we gobbled down our food and had to ask for the bill twice. My husband was asked if he wanted to leave a tip when settling the bill. We would always tip good service but were unable to do so on this occasion.
A lovely experience!
On our second morning of our trip (15th March), the group and I decided to try this well recommended cafe, known for its famous clientele throughout the years. This was the first cafe we saw with a queue out the door and we took that as a good sign (which it was). There was 6 of us total, the queue moved fast and we were given a seat very quickly. Walking through, it was hard to take in the Grandeur and beauty of the cafe (not to mention the case of delicious looking pastries and patisseries!). We were seated towards the back, but right under some portraits (I believe of the emperor and empress?) I had the traditional vienese breakfast and a hot chocolate and others in the group had patisseries - we all agreed it was some of the best food we'd ever eaten (and we're a group who love our food!) The stand out factor of this trip was our waiter, Hr. Toni. So professional, so friendly, and accommodated us so well. We were all so impressed with his skill for service and professionalism and I think he should be recognised for his hard work. I'd really recommend going along to cafe central, even for coffee and cake, as it really is a sight you need to see whilst in Vienna. We loved it so much, we came back for our final breakfast and I had the same again, including a vanilla custard slice. I will mention here that this experience on the 17th wasn't as positive as the first trip - we had a different member of the serve us and they weren't as friendly or professional, and things got missed and we struggled to catch them to ask. I will say though, it was incredibly busy and a Sunday, so perhaps this effected the service on this final visit.
Don’t even bother.
Don’t even bother going here, as a party of 3 we queued for circa 45 minutes, one member of the group is in her 70’s. There was a maitre d allowing people in, however rather than first come first served basis, they would let larger groups in, regardless how long they were in the queue. Despicable service and shows they prefer to put profit before people. We walked away along with multiple other people.
please do not come here
not worth wasting time tbh. we were not hosted very well. and their attitude was not the best.
Great Atmosphere and Great Service!
The atmosphere at Central Cafe was so so nice! The food was delicious, I got the traditional Austrian Breakfast and thought it was more than enough to fill me up and it was delicious. Our waiter was very kind and even chased us down to return something to us that we had left at the table. Such a great place to visit for breakfast!
Do it and tick it off the to do list for Vienna, but don't expect much from it.
Its on the tourist circuit, so felt less than authentic. Impression some locals frequenting the place, but its more of a tourist attraction, with perhaps tourist attraction prices. unimpressed by the dry cakes. Having had both the Cafe Central speciality torte and their Sachertorte. Even less impressed by the house speciality coffee, which seemed to lack the coffee element. A tea cup, with a puddle of coffee and a tower of frothed milk. I cant believe I paid so much extra for air. Not even enough to wash the cake down with, especially as coffee had to be ordered and was delivered before we were invited to choose cake from the display case. Queue (of some 20 or so in front) did move along fairly swiftly. - helped by the quick to serve, but polite and helpful and foreign language proficient staff. Didn't feel rushed, just hoped perhaps for more - coffee and cake together perhaps. Unless this isn't the Vienna way?
If it’s good enough for Freud…….
Heart sank when I saw the queue but it moved very quickly. So all good. Had the goulash which lacked punch but was pleasant enough. To be honest you’re not really here for the savoury dishes. It’s the patisserie and the strudel, which were superb. Add to that a wonderful waiter and you have the perfect afternoon tea (well, wine with strudel).
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