Ulrich anchors a quiet corner of St. Ulrichs-Platz in Neubau, a café, restaurant and bar beside the Baroque Ulrichskirche that runs from breakfast through to late-night cocktails in Vienna's seventh district.
Falstaff awarded the room 81 points and described it as capturing the spirit of the seventh district, urban, eclectic and cosmopolitan, which is a fair read of both the kitchen and the bar. The address sits between Burggasse and Neustiftgasse, a few minutes from the MuseumsQuartier, and the square out front gives it one of the calmer terraces in a part of town not short of cafe seating.
The space works on two registers. By day it is a corner café with big windows, a long counter and a menu built around its well-known breakfast and a list of homemade lemonades. After dark the same room shifts toward drinks, with the bar team working alongside the kitchen so the cocktails track the seasonal menu rather than sitting apart from it.
Order a spritz or a seasonal cocktail and pair it with small plates from the kitchen, which keeps a strong vegetable focus that Falstaff singled out. Prices land in the mid range rather than the high-end cocktail tier, which fits a neighbourhood room. The homemade lemonades are the non-alcoholic move regulars point to, and the coffee holds up to the Viennese standard the city expects.
The crowd is local and mixed, creative-industry types, MuseumsQuartier visitors and Neubau regulars who treat it as a default. It rarely tips into a late-night scene, which is the point; this is a place to sit and talk rather than to queue for a door. Weekend mornings draw the breakfast crowd, while early evening is the window for a quieter drink before the dinner tables fill.
Getting there is easy on foot from Volkstheater on the U2 and U3, or a short walk down from the Ring. The terrace on the square is the seat to ask for in warm weather, and the room holds up just as well in winter behind the windows. Treat Ulrich as an all-day Neubau base rather than a single-purpose cocktail stop.
What regulars say
- Falstaff scored it 81 points and called it true to the seventh district.
- Vienna.info highlights the breakfast and the homemade lemonades.
- Maps reviewers praise the square-side terrace by the Ulrichskirche.
Who it's for
- A long Neubau breakfast that drifts into the afternoon
- An early evening cocktail before dinner nearby
- A calm terrace away from the MuseumsQuartier crowds
Find it among the best cocktail bars in Vienna, see more bars in Vienna, or browse the wider cocktail bars guide.
Sources: Ulrich official site (2026); Falstaff; Vienna.info; Creme Guides; Google Maps reviews.
