Do any of the shops at the Vienna Airport sell Sacher Torte? If I buy it from one of the Sacher shops, is it the same price as the online shop, or is it cheaper? How much does it cost to enjoy a slice of torte and a cup of coffee in a Sacher Cafe?

Thanks!

It's been a few years since I tried one (at the Sacher Café), and quite honestly it was one of the worst things I've ever put in my mouth. Pure cardboard for a ridiculous price. Two bites and I was finished.

I'm sure you can google for the actual current-day prices.

according to my researches [Google is such a wonderful resource, have you heard of it?] a piece of Sachertorte in the Cafe Sacher in Vienna costs €5;

[I wanted to post a picture of the menu that I found on line but fodors wouldn't let me post it; however if you search for cafe sacher vienna menu it should come up]

The general opinion seems to be that there are better cafes and better cakes in Vienna, but part of the fun, of course, is trying them!

Of course, you get the Sachertorte everywhere at the airport. It is the favourite souvenir.

The price in the shops will be the same as in the online shop (without shipping fee).

In the Sacher Café a piece of Sachertorte is 4.30 € and a coffee with whipped cream (Einspänner) 3.70 €.

As said, the Sachertorte is not exactly a culinary sensation. You will find much better cakes in Vienna. I also prefer German Chocolate Cake to the Sachertorte, not to speak of Devil's Food Cake.

I love Sacher torte, even without whipped cream. Given the typical tourist reaction, you might want to try it out in Hotel Sacher itself before investing in the full monty, which comes at a hefty price.

When I was last at the Vienna airport (October), it did seem to me that all food products -- including Sacher and Demel cakes and pastries -- were more expensive than what you would pay in town (although maybe only by a few euros). That said, a full Sacher torte is large and comes in a wooden box, so it is not easy to lug around, which argues for buying it at the airport.

Hope you enjoy Sacher torte as much as I do, but I also encourage you to try as many Viennese treats as you can. Some of the less famous ones -- like poppy seed cakes and hazelnut or chestnut treats are really memorable, and if you are going in summer, many creations with fruit.

We had it at the cafe in the Sacher Hotel and I have to say it was one of the worst desserts I have ever had - not just in comparison with all the delicious confections in Austria - but anywhere at all.

It is extremely dry and crumbly, had a limited sort of chocolatey taste and was so bad both of us left ours half eaten. Looking around the cafe we were not the only ones. (We had a lot of desserts in Vienna and other than this they were all excellent, although not inexpensive.)

Perhaps at some time in the past they had a different recipe. But now you could not give one to me for free.

Why am I not surprised that Sandralist is the only one who likes Sachertorte?

Maybe she will be joined by NYCFoodSnob when she will be awake.

I have had Sachertorte both at Sacher and at Demel, and quite frankly cannot understand its appeal. As others have noted it is dry and not very tasty and is only saved by the heaping whipped cream which usually accompanies it. Vienna has so many better pastries than this.

I have had it where it was very moist and delish but have had it where it wasn't. I think some of you had the day old cake.

I have had it where it was very moist and delish but have had it where it wasn't. I think some of you had the day old cake.`..

fie on them if that's what they are serving.

However I think that it may be something to do with the recipe - wherever I've had it, it has disappointed.

at the risk of attracting the ire of the fashion brigade, IMHO it takes a lot to beat a good slice of Schwartzwaelderkirschtorte.

Yes, you can purchase Sacher Torte at the Vienna Airport, and can even splurge for a wooden carrying box for the cake if you wish.

Ah, Annhig,

I am currently in the Black Forest and we have here a bakery that makes the very best Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte which is so rich with kirsch schnaps that you cannot drive after consuming a piece of it!

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I've had some pretty awful desserts in Japan, but ranking high on my list of all-time disappointments is the Original Sacher-Torte. I adore anything made with chocolate, so you can imagine how bad a chocolate dessert has to be for me to trash it or give it away.

I did some work for Helmut Lang back in the day and befriended one of his Viennese executives. Whenever she visited me in NYC, she gifted me with an Original Sacher-Torte. I didn't have the heart to tell her how much I disliked it, because I knew it was her favorite, and she was so proud that she managed to travel with it without it breaking or falling apart.

In my workspace, I would put the cake out in our kitchen for everyone to help themselves. It was the only cake that went uneaten by the end of the day, and I never received a compliment for it. No matter who I asked, the reaction was always the same: dry chocolate cardboard.

lucky you, traveller - the Black Forest is lovely, and the bakeries turn out some wonderful concoctions.

<<and can even splurge for a wooden carrying box for the cake if you wish.>>

I'd rather eat the wooden carrying box.

Now, Schwartzwälderkirchtorte has never been a disappointment.

Now, Schwartzwälderkirchtorte has never been a disappointment.>>

except to your doctor, St C!!

>>except to your doctor, St C!!<<

I have just made the big check and my cardiologist told me that I can eat everything as long as it contains a healthy daily dose of Kalamata olive oil.

Did I tell you that my cardiologist owns a vacation home in Koroni, Kalamate, Greece, and that I get the oil from the olive trees of his garden?

(And that I stayed with him at his home last summer?)

Well if the Sacher hotel is serving day old stale cake in the late afternoon what will the poor people who order it after dinner get? Sounds like it would be suitable only to throw to the ducks.

I read an article on them and they are suppose to last for several weeks. UGH...not a fruitcake, it is a sponge cake.

The original Sacher Torte as served at the Sacher Hotel is meant to be on the drier side and a bit crumbly. The more moist ones that people have been served are simply an adaption made to appeal to the majority who prefer the more conventional taste of a moist - styled cake. The original does have its supporters but, arguably, they are in a minority. Still, thousands of the original Sacher Tortes are sold in their little wooden boxes to tourists who have little or no idea as to what they're actually purchasing.