Given its proximity to the Wiener Staatsoper, the place is a perfect spot for a glass of wine…read morebefore the opera. I was quite surprised with how easy it was to snag a spot on a Saturday night an hour before the curtain for Cardillac went up. Expect Weinquartier, like many bars and cafes in Vienna, to be smoky. I couldn't work our whether this was because the establishment is below 50m or because the transition phase for banning smoking indoors in Austria is long. With the exception of another pre-opera drink, I probably wouldn't have much reason to return to Weinquartier.