Café Museum

Café Museum Review

The controversial architect Adolf Loos (famed for his pronouncement "Ornament is a sin") laid the foundation stone for this puristically styled coffeehouse in 1899. Throughout the 20th century, this was a top rendezvous spot for Wien Secession artists, along with actors, students, and professors because of its proximity to the Secession Pavilion, the Academy of Fine Arts, the Theater an der Wien, and Vienna's Technical University. Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Josef Hoffmann all enjoyed sipping their melangehere. Today, after years of intensive and painstaking restoration (following Loos's detailed documents discovered in the Albertina), it once again lives up to its former glory. The daily menu special is one of the best bargains in town.