This bar is one of my favourite places. It's a rather small cocktail bar situated in the "first…read morefloor" right in walking distance to all tourist attractions within the first district of Vienna. English is spoken very well there and you have the pleasure viewing a large aquarium behind the bar. It's one of the perfect places for a pleasant evening (either the start or the end of it). The prices in the first floor are moderate, maybe a little bit on the high side.

Review for a Friday to Saturday night:…read more Was busy. Coat check for about 2 euros, and its only because someone told me its a "jazz bar" that I realized there was jazz like music in the background. It is upstairs, has a decent fish tank behind the bartenders at the bar, and has every potential to be a cool smallish jazzy trendy bar, but falls sort. 1. Its not obvious to start meeting people here 2. The drinks didn't taste all that great. Bartenders make a big show to prepare them, but some of my friends didn't even want to finish their drinks. I didn't buy a drink here, so I can't tell you the price, but I was eating the peanuts (complimentary, if you dare) and tasting their drinks, and I wasn't impressed either. Note: Its also smoker friendly. So 2 stars because the drinks are not so great, and it didn't sell itself to me as a fun entertaining jazz place. And not posh enough to sit by one of the tables and just relax all chill to the environment. I would say take your money and go to Albertina Passage, its expensive but if that's what you're looking for, that's where you should go (not to be confused with Albertina, or with Passage. Lame I know, oh well). Cheers!

Amazing service and probably one if not the best mezcal old fashioned that I've ever had. Great…read morebartenders, amazing hang and it's open until 4am

This place reminds me of an old speakeasy inside, dimly lit interior with backlit cabinets full of…read morealcohol all around the bar. Not the cheapest but the bartender makes great drinks and you get what you pay for, definitely worth checking out if you're in the area. Despite the name, it's mostly a local crowd. And like much of Europe, they do smoke indoors/at the bar

Really nice bar with a distinct pub feeling to it. Live two piece band and friendly staff…read more Nice and well poured beers and a smoky, loud atmosphere. The perfect place to hang out with a few friends and get a bit rowdy. Not too pricey and clean. Owners are ready with a few jokes and maybe a surprise or two for a special occasion. Table reservation is available and necessary on busy night but when you get a table settle in for a few...

Supposedly one of the best places in Vienna to go for alternative/rock music but doesn't really…read morelive up to the hype. Its a pretty ok place to go but is a little smallish for so many hipster/rocker/alternies. The music was okish and I guess it would be much better with a live band. The barmaid at the entrance bar is clearly in the wrong job as she was unfriendly, grumpy and rude and the barmaid at the back bar was a little loony. She had the prices of the most popular drinks written on her hands and arms and would flash the prices whenever you ordered. There is a non smoking area towards the back by the dance floor but I honestly didn't notice we were in it as the whole place was fairly smoke free. (unlike what some of the other reviewers say.) Overall its not the worst place to go but not the best either...

One of my favorite bars in Vienna!…read more Great staff! Awesome great for soccer games. Very convenient using the train

Lovely International bar in the lobby if the Marriott Vienna. Every day from 5-7pm is Happy Hour…read more Drinks are 2 for the price of one and complimentary snacks. The waterfall is a nice effect and music is up to par. The cocktails and wine selection are many to choose from. They are open til midnight so make sure to stop by.

There is a certain charm permeated by wifts of faded elegance that sets the Rote Bar apart from…read moreother late night music and drinking establishments. It is located upstairs in the Volks Theater of Vienna but has its own entrance which you'll know by of course the red lights. Red is everywhere in this locale (seats, tables, bar, stage) and when you add in the crystal chandeliers and a pair of lunette murals, you feel that you're sipping wine or drinking whiskey in one of the last active vestiges of Imperial Austria. Now for the music - well it is so varied you just have to know the performer(s) or indulge in discovery. Last night I was privileged to hear the immensely talented Austrian guitarist Martin Philadelphy who had just returned from an American tour. Hey with a name like Philadelphy of course I'm gonna go hear him play in person and he was well-worth the price of admission. Now if you don't like the music playing or want to continue the conversation you had started before the musicians took the stage, you can always move down the hall to the much lesser known little sister bar which I call the "White Bar." On the negative side, what I don't like is the sometimes costly cover charge to get in. There are tricks to get around that but that's another story. Also the opening times can vary depending on the duration of the theatre performance that evening so when arranging this as a place to meet people, you have to do a little research first. Hey but other than this, most major cities in the world would undoubtedly yearn to have a late-night destination like the Rote Bar among its drinking and music options ... but Vienna already has it!

Went to the Rote Bar for the first time last night. Not impressed. Sounded really cool to get to…read morego to a bar located inside a theater, but I was very disappointed. Cost 8 euro to get it, and while the bar was decent, the "dance floor" if you can call it that, was terrible. The music was super slow bad techno you might use to try to sleep to and was just simply not fun to dance to. Everyone looked bored except for the DJ who looked super busy, but was not! Won't be going back, waste of 8 euro I wish I could get back...