However, one can get "to go" coffee from here while doing your shopping on Kaiserstraße. The coffee is pretty much standard Vienna quality, i.e. not very good. But you're used to that, right?

I recommend it for "to go". Especially after Fair u. Mehr ripped me of for €4,50 for a to go Latte a few months back.

While I applaud the move to go "indie", the bagel quality has suffered. Where once upon a time one could hope for bagels approaching standard NYC level, the bagels are now uniformly too "cake-like" (i.e. too spongy and soft).

Still, everything is handmade in the shop, the coffee can be okay, and even though it is now a more disheveled and erratic affair, you'll find me here at least twice per month for a weekend bagel fix. Sorry if we take your seats.

The coffee here is slightly better than the usual Vienna coffee.

The outdoor area is nice for a soda zitron or a beer on a warm day. I particularly like their grill parties.

That being said, any place with the audacity to call itself "espresso" had better have a good product, and this place, sadly, does not. The coffee is terrible -- very typical, unremarkable, uninteresting and, often, poorly made.

Disappointing considering the fact that when I moved here I thought I had won the lottery because I lived very near Espresso. You see, being somewhat of a coffee nut, I was thrilled to find this place and, although it was closed at the time, an article from a magazine that they had posted in the window declared this shop to have the "best espresso in Vienna."

This, my friends, is a sad joke.

If you don't have high expectations, and want to feel a bit of the rapidly disappearing Neubau vibe, this place is worth a visit.

Sure, one can get an "okay" cup of coffee in this town, but overall, it sucks. Mocca Club is here to rescue us! In addition to the excellent coffee selections, Mocca Club also features amazing hot chocolates, teas and has a great Hawaiian-ish atmosphere and wifi.

(WARNING: the ownership changed and this review applies to the previous owners' operation)

Unfortunately, smoking is allowed throughout with no dedicated non-smoking area, so that's a big negative and prevents Mocca Club from attaining that fifth star. Food is okay, but nothing special -- you didn't come for the food, did you?

The menu is expansive and the staff is extraordinarily friendly. The food is of relatively high quality and is pulled off pretty well. While it's not astonishingly good, it is better than most.

Rochus has a lot on offer and, here's something most won't know, the coffee is some of the best in the city -- especially if you steer toward the Italian section of the coffee menu.