Salm Brau occupies the vaulted cellars of a former Salesian convent at Rennweg 8 in Vienna's Landstrasse district, a short walk from the Belvedere and Schwarzenbergplatz. The house brews its own beer on-site and serves hearty Austrian fare in a rustic beer-hall setting, run by the Welledits family. Tripadvisor and Lonely Planet both list it as a working brewpub rather than a bar pouring other labels.
Published October 9, 2025 · By Daniel Okafor
The room
The main room runs through the convent's vaulted brick cellars, a warm beer-hall space with long tables built for a group and a meal. A guest garden adds outdoor seating in the warmer months, near the Belvedere gardens across the road. The look is traditional and rustic rather than a modern taproom.
Landstrasse, the surrounding district, sits just east of the centre around the Belvedere and the Rennweg. Salm Brau holds a corner of it inside the historic convent buildings. That setting, in a former monastery by a palace, gives the brewpub a sense of place few Vienna beer halls match.
What to order
The draw is the house beer, brewed on-site to traditional recipes across the usual Austrian styles from a pale lager to a darker märzen and a wheat beer, with seasonal brews through the year. A tasting board of the in-house pours is the way to work through the range. The kitchen backs the beer with hearty Austrian plates, from ribs to schnitzel, built for a full sit-down.
The format is a proper meal with the brewery's own beer rather than a beer-only counter, so the order usually pairs a board of house pours with a plate from the kitchen. The on-site brewing is the point, since the beer does not travel. A tasting board and a plate of ribs is the order the room is set up for.
Who it is for
Salm Brau fits a beer drinker who wants the brewery's own pours with a meal, a group after a Belvedere visit, and anyone who rates a rustic beer hall over a sleek bar. Skip it for a quiet cocktail or a late, loud night, since this is a sit-down brewpub built around food and house beer. It rewards a table that settles in for a board and a plate.
Best time to go
The brewpub runs daily from late morning to midnight, so a weekday lunch or early dinner catches the cellars before the evening fills. The guest garden is the move on a warm day, with the Belvedere gardens close by. A weekend evening is the busiest, when the beer hall runs at full tilt.
An early-evening visit gives the run of the vaulted room before the dinner crowd arrives. Summer suits the outdoor garden, while the convent cellars hold the cooler months. For a calmer seat, a weekday is the steadier window.
The detail worth knowing
The on-site brewing in a former Salesian convent is the detail worth knowing, since Salm Brau makes its own beer in the cellars rather than buying it in. The official site and Lonely Planet both put the in-house brewery at the centre of the draw. The pairing of a working brewery with hearty Austrian food is the identity here.
Few Vienna brewpubs sit in a setting like this, a vaulted monastery cellar by the Belvedere. The Welledits family running it keeps the kitchen and the brewery under one roof. For house beer with a proper meal near a palace, it is a steady Vienna call.
The bottom line
Salm Brau is a working Vienna brewpub in the vaulted cellars of a former convent at Rennweg 8, brewing its own beer and serving hearty Austrian fare by the Belvedere. Come for a tasting board of the house pours and a plate from the kitchen, settle into the beer hall, and take the garden in summer. It is a sit-down brewpub rather than a counter, and the on-site beer is the reason to go.
Keep exploring with our best craft beer bars in Vienna guide, the full Vienna bar guide, and our edit of craft beer bars worldwide. Pair Salm Brau with 1516 Brewing Company, Siebenstern Brau, and Mel's Craft Beer Bar.
