Cafe Raimund is located right across the Volkstheatre on the Museumstrasse, the nearest subway station is U-Bahn Volkstheatre. It is a beautiful old-school Viennese cafe with lots of mirrors, old photos, soft red plush interiors, and a gentle, subtle elegance. It is not as touristic as the cafes on the Ringstrasse, but its convenient location right across the road from the Museum Quarter and the Volkstheatre makes it a favourite hangout for theatre-goers and art lovers who want to have some food and drinks before or after the shows and exhibitions.
I found this place so much more congenial and authentic than most of the big-name places inside Vienna's Ringstrasse.
The interior of the cafe has that trademark 19th century Viennese cosmopolitan touch, with warm rays of sunlight seeping through the large windows. The tastefully decorated salon, although a bit old-fashioned, has such an airy, cosy feeling, it makes you feel like staying there for the whole afternoon.
The best thing about Cafe Raimund is, unlike Cafe Sperl which is served by some inexperienced part-time students working as cafe waitresses, the staffs at Cafe Raimund are older ladies who are quite professional with their job. And one does not need to fight for a place for the privilege of paying extraorbitant price for a piece of cake with coffee.
The cafe is divided into a smkong and a non-smoking section, each section has its own entrance/exit, so you do not need to smell the fumes from the smokers sitting just a few tables next to you.
The variety of cakes and pastry available are not as overwhelming as in Cafe Schwarzenberg, but here you can have some delicious home-made apple tarts (Apfelstrudel) or sponge cakes/strudel with poppy seeds (Mohnstrudel).
Cafe Raimund
Museumstraße 6, 1010 Wien
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