Aux Gazelles is a Moroccan venue at Rahlgasse 5, just off Mariahilfer Strasse, that has been part of Vienna's nightlife since 2002. The address holds a restaurant, a club bar, a shisha lounge, a bazaar and a traditional hammam under one roof. The fit-out follows the calm and color of a Moroccan riad, with dim light and tiled detail.
Published March 23, 2026 · By Tom Callahan
The room
The space is laid out like a North African courtyard, with low seating, lanterns and tiled surfaces, which vienna.info notes spans a hammam, club bar, restaurant, bazaar and business lounge. Vienna Wurstelstand calls it a cozy, Moroccan-leaning room with dimmed lighting. The effect is a single address that shifts from dinner to drinks to a late club as the night runs.
It sits a minute from Mariahilfer Strasse, the city's main shopping street, in the sixth district. That central location has kept it on the map for more than two decades. The venue reads as a self-contained world rather than a bar on a strip.
What to order
The kitchen runs North African dishes, with lamb and chicken tajine and mezze such as hummus, tabbouleh and aubergine. The bar pairs mint tea and shisha with cocktails built around the same spice-led palette. A tajine followed by mint tea and a pipe is the house way through an evening.
The club nights are the other half of the offer, with the bar carrying the room once the kitchen winds down. Drinkers who want a straight cocktail are catered for, but the appeal is the setting rather than a classic cocktail list. The experience leans on atmosphere and a long table of dishes.
Who it is for
Aux Gazelles fits a group after a North African dinner that turns into a late night, and anyone curious about a hammam-and-club hybrid. It is less suited to a quick two-drink stop or a quiet date, since the room is built for a longer, social evening. Booking ahead helps for dinner, especially at weekends.
Best time to go
The venue opens in the late afternoon on weekdays and stays open into the small hours at the weekend, with Saturday running from late morning to 4am. A dinner start gives the fullest read, before the club side takes over. Sunday is the one day it closes.
Groups planning dinner should reserve, since the dining room fills before the club side opens. A weekday visit gives the calmest read on the food, while Friday and Saturday lean fully into the late club hours. Anyone after the hammam should book that separately from a table, as the bath and the bar run on different timings.
The detail worth knowing
The hammam is the detail that sets Aux Gazelles apart from any standard Vienna bar, since few drinking rooms in the city sit beside a working Turkish bath. That mix of wellness, dining and nightlife under one address is why vienna.info files it under livable Vienna. It is a destination rather than a corner bar.
The bottom line
Aux Gazelles is Vienna's Moroccan riad off Mariahilfer Strasse, a restaurant, shisha lounge, hammam and late club open since 2002. Come for a tajine and mint tea, stay for the club, and treat it as a full evening. For a North African night in the sixth district, it has no real local rival.
Keep exploring with our best cocktail bars in Vienna guide, the full Vienna bar guide, and our edit of cocktail bars worldwide. Pair Aux Gazelles with Loos American Bar, Kruger's American Bar, and Kleinod.
