The 10 best nightlife spots in Vienna

7 cafés and bars you should try

• Needle Vinyl Bar
• Hard Rock Cafe
• Bockshorn Irish Pub
• Kaffee Alt Wien
• B72
• Kruger’s American Bar
• Chillout Lounge

3 high-class brothels for a top-notch sexual experience in Vienna

• Nightclub Maxim Wien
• Nightclub Babylon Wien
• Saunaclub Goldentime Wien

Needle Vinyl Bar offers a unique experience centered around its exclusive use of vinyl records, primarily jazz and blues. The bar features a comfortable and nostalgic atmosphere with vintage decor and dim lighting.

Here, you can enjoy an extensive selection of cocktails and reasonably priced shots, crafted by knowledgeable and friendly staff.

This place continuously gets good reviews on the biggest review portals and occasionally hosts special events, including live DJ sets, further enhancing its appeal as a notable destination for both locals and tourists.

The Hard Rock Cafe in Vienna combines classical and modern elements to create a vibrant dining and entertainment experience. It is quite big, providing space for 142 guests in its two stylish bars. Counting its outdoor terrace, the café can accommodate up to 174 guests at once.

Hard Rock Café is known for its American cuisine, including specialty entrees like Baby Back Ribs, Cowboy Ribeye, and Cedar Plank Salmon, as well as a variety of salads, bowls, and desserts. The cafe also offers live acoustic concerts, adding to its lively atmosphere.

Bockshorn Irish Pub is a small, cozy place with an authentic Irish atmosphere and an extensive collection of memorabilia. This pub adds an additional color to Vienna’s night scene, with a solid wood bar, traditional decor, and dim lighting, creating a warm and inviting ambiance.

The pub is popular for its quality drinks, especially the well-poured Guinness, and attracts both locals and tourists, providing a charming and convivial environment for socializing.

Kaffee Alt Wien is an authentic Viennese coffeehouse that you should definitely try. The ambiance is traditional, featuring a smoky interior with dim lighting and walls adorned with posters of local events.

Vienna has a rich coffee culture, and this café adds an extra touch that can’t be neglected.

The menu includes classic Hungarian-Austrian cuisine such as Wiener schnitzel, goulash, and dumpling soup, complemented by an excellent selection of Viennese coffee options like espresso, Melange, and Einspänner.

B72 was established in 1998, and since then it has become one of the most well-known clubs in the city. It is situated in a unique setting under early 20th-century railway arches on the Gürtel, close to the U6 Alserstraße station.

The club is renowned for hosting a variety of national and international bands and DJs, making it a popular venue for live music events. Over the years, it has featured performances from notable artists such as Calexico, Tocotronic, Peaches, and Moneybrother. This venue is a central hub for the alternative Austrian music scene, often frequented by local musicians and music enthusiasts.

B72 boasts a two-floor layout, with the lower floor housing two bars and offering an intimate view of the stage. The upper floor provides a more relaxed environment with excellent views of the performances from above. During warmer months, the outdoor garden area, open until 2 AM, provides a pleasant space for guests to enjoy the evening air.

Kruger’s American Bar is also a unique place, providing you with a touch of the 1920s and 1930s. The bar’s interior features original leather furniture from that era, contributing to its vintage ambiance.

Kruger’s is known for its extensive cocktail menu and offers a sophisticated environment for both casual and special occasions.

Once entering the place, you can enjoy the classic music from artists such as Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, providing a nostalgic backdrop to the excellent service and high-quality drinks.

The venue also offers outdoor seating, wheelchair accessibility, and the ability to make reservations, ensuring a comfortable and accommodating experience for all guests.

Chillout Lounge is a famous cocktail bar situated in the city center. Known for its warm atmosphere, it is a popular spot for both locals and tourists looking to unwind with a well-crafted drink. The interior is comfortable and stylish, making it an ideal place to relax after a day of sightseeing or work.

The bar offers a wide variety of cocktails while the Chillout Lounge features outdoor seating, providing a great option during warmer months.

Nightclub Maxim Wien is one of the best classic sex clubs in the city, providing a high-class experience for decades. Located in the absolute city center, it is just a stone’s throw away from the best sightseeing spots.

The club has a strong international lineup of girls who are available for sex in the brothel or can be picked up or booked for hotel escort. In Maxim Wien, you can find regular and VIP rooms, equipped with mirrors, whirlpools, and king-size beds.

The live DJ provides the music in the community area, where the bar is also located. You can find the girls here and negotiate their services before going to a room. A key advantage of this nightclub is its reliability; the prices are set in stone so you will never be scammed.

The place is very popular among local guests and tourists, so you can always expect a good vibe when entering the brothel. The ladies often provide striptease on the community area’s stages, which also raise the mood. You will find the biggest champagne and spirit brands in the place; Maxim Wien offers a really amazing variety in this regard.

The brothel is very active on social media and maintains a top-notch website where the girls’ details can be found. They can be booked for escort services, and their availability in the club is also listed.

Maxim Wien introduced a small entry fee in 2024, which costs EUR 20. For this, you get a EUR 10 discount when paying for sex or champagne, plus Maxim Dollars which can be used for tipping the girls. For sex, you should pay EUR 170 for half an hour or EUR 220 for an hour (regular room). You can also use a VIP room or the BDSM room instead of the regular one; in this case, one hour costs EUR 300 and EUR 400.

Maxim Wien is a very reliable brothel, providing the same 5-star service level for decades. Be sure to read our detailed Maxim Wien review as well:

Babylon Wien is another well-known nightclub in the city, where you can find high-class interiors and girls.

The place is often visited by whales; therefore, it is more expensive than Maxim Wien and you can run into a situation where most of the girls are busy because of a special customer.

Unfortunately, this place is not very active on social media and its website is also very weak. Because of this, regular guests can never be sure of the girls’ lineup and their availability.

An interesting fact is that this brothel can be found in the building of Palais Coburg, a 5-star luxury hotel. We reported a gossip that the owner of the hotel would like to remove the brothel from the building, using the space for his own goals and raising the value of the building without residing there a sex club.

Speaking about the entry fee, it is much higher than in the other 2 brothels in the section. By entering Babylon, you should pay EUR 150. A room with sex costs EUR 600 for the first hour.

Unlike Maxim Wien and Babylon, Goldentime is a saunaclub. This brothel type provides wellness services and a lot of girls are waiting in the community areas to be picked up by clients. Both the customers and the sex workers should pay an entry fee, and the management is responsible only for the wellness services. Lately, the service level of the facilities worsened seriously, making the whole brothel less-maintained and leading to fewer customers.

Because the brothel focuses on girls who often pay an entry fee every day when working (as opposed to guests who are just paying occasionally on visits), the girls have become too greedy lately.

The prices have gone high in Goldentime, and the previously base-price included services have become independently priced and more expensive.

This again led to fewer local customers, which worsened the overall mood of the sauna club.

If you are visiting Goldentime as a tourist, there is a high chance that the girls will rip you off. The normal price is around EUR 100 for half an hour of sex, but all of the extras must be paid, including kissing, OWO, etc.

To be on the safer side, we strongly recommend you read our most recent summary about Goldentime by clicking on the button below.