Hendricks is the cafe and sports bar built into Vienna's Praterstern station, a bright transit-side room in Leopoldstadt that opens at eight in the morning and stays on until two.
The address is the Praterstern railway station in the second district, a junction where the U1, U2 and the suburban lines converge beside the Prater. That siting is the whole identity: Hendricks works as a morning coffee stop, a between-trains pause and an evening sports bar in the same room. The venue lists itself as a cafe and sports bar directly in the station (hendricks.at).
The design is contemporary and practical rather than themed, a clean, well-lit space that suits a quick coffee as easily as a long evening with the football. The screens carry live sport once the fixtures roll in, and the wide opening hours mean an early kickoff or a late finish both find the room open. It is the rare sports bar you can reach without leaving the platform.
What that location buys is reach. Sport at Praterstern means anyone arriving for a match at the nearby venues, or heading home after one, can stop in without a detour. The kitchen runs snacks and cafe plates through the day, and the bar keeps drinks flowing from breakfast coffee to late beers. Anyone working through the best sports bars in Vienna should mark this as the transit-hub option, the one built around the station clock.
What to order: this is a cafe first, so a coffee in the morning gives way to draught beer and snacks once the sport starts. The menu favours easy plates that pair with a fixture, and the long hours mean there is rarely a wrong time to drop in. For a big match, the screens and the central position make it a practical choice rather than a destination splurge.
The crowd shifts with the timetable, commuters and coffee-drinkers early, then a sport-minded evening room as the fixtures land. It pulls a steady cross-section of the city precisely because everyone passes through Praterstern, which gives the place an unfussy, come-as-you-are feel.
Who it is for: travellers who want sport near the platform, locals after a long-hours cafe that turns into a bar, and anyone catching an early or late kickoff. It is a weaker fit for a destination night out or a polished date. For the giant-screen experience, Champions on the Ringstrasse is the big-format room, while Pointers in Wieden is the Sky Sports house.
Best time to go: early mornings for coffee, weekday evenings for the after-work football, and any time you are passing through the station with a match on. The bar opens from 08:00 on weekdays and 11:00 at weekends, running to 02:00 most nights. Our guide to the best bars for watching the game sets the scene, and the Vienna city guide covers Leopoldstadt and the Prater nearby.
What regulars note, across the listings on Restaurant Guru and Tripadvisor, is the value and the convenience, the two things that keep a station bar busy through the day. Praterstern sits at the edge of the Prater, so a match at one of the area's venues leaves Hendricks a short walk away for a pre-game coffee or a post-game beer. The room is more functional than atmospheric, which is the trade for the location and the hours. It earns its place on a Vienna sports list less for the spectacle of the screens than for staying open, central and easy when a fixture lands at an awkward time.
Sources
Hendricks official site · Tripadvisor: Hendricks Café und Sportsbar · Restaurant Guru: Hendricks
