Cafe Central Baden OG

Das Café Central am Hauptplatz in Baden in der Abenddämmerung: zweistöckige Fassade mit goldenem Schriftzug „CAFE CENTRAL" unter dem Dach, Lichterketten über der ganzen Front, darunter die verglaste Veranda mit zusammengeklappten Schirmen
Die Fassade am Hauptplatz 19 in der Abenddämmerung.

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About Cafe Central Baden OG

Café Central at Hauptplatz 19 is the Viennese coffee house in the centre of Baden – founded in 1841 and run by the Kreiker family since 2015. The menu features Viennese and Italian coffee specialities, breakfast up to a Gabelfrühstück (late-morning savoury breakfast) and the coffee house classics.

What is served

  • Coffee: from the Kleiner Brauner via Melange, Einspänner and Kapuziner to the Fiaker and the Maria Theresia, plus espresso, cappuccino and latte macchiato
  • Breakfast: from the Viennese breakfast with Melange and a butter roll to the Frühstück de Luxe for two; as a Gabelfrühstück, a beef goulash with a small glass of beer
  • Savoury: ham roll, Sacher sausages, the Badener sausage platter, goulash soup, toasties, tarte flambée and club sandwich
  • Sweet: Topfenstrudel (curd cheese strudel) and apple strudel, cakes from the chilled display and homemade marble Gugelhupf
  • Wine: including Chardonnay from the Alphart winery and Alte Rebstock from the Reinisch winery in the Thermenregion

The menu on the café's website does not give prices.

From Café Spitzer to Central

Josef and Juliane Schanderl founded the coffee house in 1841; they had bought the building from Leopoldine Countess von Attems. In 1873 the café, then called Café Spitzer, was probably renovated for the first time. In the second half of the 19th century, under Caroline Haschberger, it was called Café Français – French was considered the language of the educated.

In 1892 Franz Cortella took over the house, had the veranda built on and in 1895 added a hotel. With the First World War, the enthusiasm for all things French turned into its opposite: shortly after the war began, the café was given the name "Zentral".

From 1924 to 1958 Michael and Marie Agoston ran the café. During the Second World War concerts were held here; towards the end of the war it closed and the building was used as a detention camp for prisoners. On 8 December 1945 Café Central reopened. In 1960 the Habeler family from Bad Fischau took over, and on 1 January 2015 the Kreiker family.

What else you can expect

The café has an outdoor seating area on the Hauptplatz and free Wi-Fi; access is step-free. It is open daily from 8 to 20 h.

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Ein Blick ins Café Central

Holzvertäfelte Wände, dunkelblaue Lederbänke, Marmortische und die Zeitung zum Kaffee – so zeigt das Café sich selbst.

  • Ein Gast im Nadelstreifsakko liest an einem Marmortisch Zeitung, vor ihm eine Tasse Kaffee und ein Glas Wasser; dahinter holzvertäfelte Wände mit gerahmten Bildern
    Zeitung und Kaffee an der Lederbank.Foto: Cafe Central Baden (cafe-central.at)
  • Sitzbereich am Fenster: dunkelblaue Lederbänke und Stühle um Marmortische, senfgelbe Vorhänge an den hohen Fenstern, draußen der Schanigarten
    Lederbänke und Marmortische an den Fenstern zum Hauptplatz.Foto: Cafe Central Baden (cafe-central.at)
  • Ein Gugelhupf auf einer gläsernen Tortenplatte, von oben rieselt Staubzucker
    Gugelhupf mit Staubzucker – auf der Karte steht der hausgemachte Marmorgugelhupf.Foto: Cafe Central Baden (cafe-central.at)

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Upcoming events at Cafe Central Baden OG

  • 17 Nov 2026, 19:00 Badener Jazzcafé at Café Central: Connected and Playground → The Badener Jazzcafé by Pro Jazz Austria at Café Central on Hauptplatz: the duo Connected on 17 November 2026, the band Playground on 15 December, each from 19:00 to 21:15. Plus a hangover breakfast on 1 January 2027. Admission for a fair donation, reserve a seat.
  • 1 Dec 2026 Stille Nacht? Von wegen! – satirical show at Cafe Central → „Stille Nacht? Von wegen!“ on 1 December 2026 at Cafe Central on Baden's Hauptplatz: a satirical show with readings, singing and acting. The coffee house does not state the start time or admission, so it is worth asking.
  • 15 Dec 2026, 19:00 Badener Jazzcafé at Café Central: Connected and Playground → The Badener Jazzcafé by Pro Jazz Austria at Café Central on Hauptplatz: the duo Connected on 17 November 2026, the band Playground on 15 December, each from 19:00 to 21:15. Plus a hangover breakfast on 1 January 2027. Admission for a fair donation, reserve a seat.
  • 1 Jan 2027, 11:00 Badener Jazzcafé at Café Central: Connected and Playground → The Badener Jazzcafé by Pro Jazz Austria at Café Central on Hauptplatz: the duo Connected on 17 November 2026, the band Playground on 15 December, each from 19:00 to 21:15. Plus a hangover breakfast on 1 January 2027. Admission for a fair donation, reserve a seat.
  • 1 Jan 2027, 11:00 Hangover breakfast with Simply the Quartet at Café Central Baden → Hangover breakfast on New Year's Day 2027 from 11:00 to 14:00 at Café Central on the Hauptplatz in Baden: mainstream jazz with Simply the Quartet. Reservation requested; a fair donation is requested.

All events in Baden → (in German)

Events – Cafe Central Baden OG

1 Dec 2026 Silent night? Far from it! Satirical show at Café Central Café Central, Hauptplatz 19

Dates according to the business's Instagram page – no guarantee, subject to change at short notice.

Menu – Cafe Central Baden OG

Menu of Cafe Central on Hauptplatz according to the website; the website only gives prices for the winter menu, the letters are the allergen codes.

Winter menu (for a limited time only) · Viennese coffee specialities · Italian coffee specialities · Hot chocolate & more · Cold drinks · Aperitifs · Spirits · Wine and spritzers · Beer · Breakfast · Breakfast à la carte · Spicy · Sweet

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Winter menu (for a limited time only)

  • Eiernockerl (egg dumplings)8,90 €
    with a small mixed salad (A, C, G)
  • Potato goulash9,90 €
    with a dollop of sour cream and a hand-made roll (A, L)
  • Chili con carne9,90 €
    mildly spicy, with beef, kidney beans, sweetcorn, peppers and 2 slices of toasted white bread (A, L)
  • Clear chicken soup5,80 €
    with chicken, soup vegetables and fine soup noodles (A, L)
  • 3 pcs Jour Wachauer (small rolls) with Leberkäse (Austrian meat loaf)9,90 €
    incl. a portion of mustard and hot peppers (A, M) · with a Seidl of beer 13.80
  • 3 pcs. salmon rolls with Oberskren (horseradish cream)8,40 €
    (A, D, G) · with a glass of Prosecco 13.10
  • Eierspeis’ (scrambled eggs) with Bergkäse (mountain cheese)6,90 €
    from 2 eggs (C, G)
  • Camembert and pear toast6,90 €
    with homemade cranberry and cognac sauce (A)
  • Warm Topfen (quark) or apple strudel6,90 €
    with vanilla sauce (A, C, G)
  • Warm apple strudel6,90 €
    homemade, with vanilla, cinnamon and brittle ice cream and whipped cream (A, C, G)
  • Warm unsweetened porridge6,90 €
    Organic oat flakes with oat milk, apples, pears and cinnamon (A, G, L)
  • Matcha Latte6,50 €
  • Vanilla latte6,50 €
  • Cinnamon latte6,50 €
  • Egg liqueur latte6,90 €
  • Mozart Latte6,90 €
  • Baileys Latte6,90 €
  • Mulled wine „Rebfeuer“4,90 €
  • Orange punch4,90 €

Viennese coffee specialities

  • Small mocha
    black coffee
  • Kleiner Brauner (small coffee with milk)
    black coffee with coffee cream (G)
  • Large mocha
    Double Mokka (black coffee)
  • Large Brauner (coffee with milk)
    double mocha with coffee cream (G)
  • Verlängerter (long coffee), black
    Mokka topped up with hot water
  • Verlängerter (long espresso) with milk
    with coffee cream (G)
  • Wiener Melange (Viennese milky coffee)
    Small mocha with frothed milk (G)
  • Häferlkaffee (mug of coffee)
    Small mocha with plenty of milk and milk foam in a large cup (G)
  • Franziskaner
    Melange with whipped cream (G)
  • Einspänner (coffee)
    Mocha in an Einspänner glass with whipped cream (G)
  • Kapuziner
    double Mokka with whipped cream and cocoa powder (G)
  • Fiaker
    Mokka with a small rum in a glass
  • Maria Theresia
    double mocha with orange liqueur and whipped cream (G)
  • Irish Coffee
    large Mokka with Irish whiskey and half-whipped cream (G)
  • Wiener Eiskaffee (iced coffee)
    classic or scrambled (C, G)

Italian coffee specialities

  • Ristretto
    short espresso
  • Espresso
  • Espresso macchiato
    with milk foam (G)
  • Espresso doppio
    double espresso
  • Espresso doppio macchiato
    double espresso with milk foam (G)
  • Americano
    Espresso lengthened with hot water
  • Capo in B
    Small cappuccino in a glass (G)
  • Cappuccino
    Espresso with frothed milk (G)
  • Latte macchiato
    Espresso with plenty of milk and milk foam (G)
  • Espresso corretto Amaretto
  • Espresso corretto Grappa
  • Espresso affogato
    Scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with espresso (C, G)

Hot chocolate & more

  • Hot chocolate
    with or without whipped cream (G)
  • Chocchiato
    hot chocolate with an espresso (G)
  • Central Schokoretto
    hot chocolate with 2 cl amaretto, whipped cream and cocoa powder (G)
  • Lumumba
    hot chocolate with 2 cl rum, whipped cream and cocoa powder (G)
  • Iced chocolate
    Vanilla ice cream with cold chocolate sauce and whipped cream (C, G)
  • Hot milk with honey
    (G)
  • Hot lemon in a glass
  • Hot apple juice with cinnamon
  • Chai latte
    (G)

Cold drinks

  • „Vöslauer“ mineral water
    0.33 l · 0.75 l, sparkling or still
  • Soda water
    0,25 l · 0,5 l
  • Flavoured soda
    0,33 l · 0,5 l, lemon, raspberry or elderflower
  • PAGO fruit juices
    0.2 l, apple, orange, apricot, redcurrant
  • PAGO fruit juices with soda water
    0.33 l · 0.5 l, with soda or water
  • Orange juice
    0,1 l, freshly squeezed
  • Coca-Cola
    0,33 l
  • Coca-Cola Zero
    0,33 l
  • Schartner Bombe Orange
    0,25 l
  • Almdudler
    0,33 l
  • Red Bull
    0,25 l
  • Thomas Henry Bitter Lemon
    0,2 l
  • Thomas Henry Tonic Water
    0,2 l

Aperitifs

  • Prosecco on tap
    0,1 l
  • Prosecco Aperol
    0,1 l
  • Prosecco Orange
    0.1 l, with freshly squeezed orange juice
  • Aperol Spritz
    Prosecco on tap with Aperol and a splash of soda
  • Hugo
    0.1 l, Prosecco on tap, elderflower syrup, lime, apple slices, mint
  • Campari Soda
    0,1 l
  • Campari Orange
    0.1 l, with freshly squeezed orange juice
  • Vodka Lemon
    2 cl Stolichnaya vodka, Thomas Henry Bitter Lemon
  • Gin and tonic
    2 cl Hendrick’s Gin, Thomas Henry Tonic

Spirits

  • Vodka Stolichnaya
    2 cl
  • Tullamore whiskey
    2 cl
  • Hennessy Cognac
    2 cl
  • Hendrick’s Gin
    2 cl
  • Averna
    2 cl
  • Averna Sour
    4 cl Averna with lemon juice on ice
  • Amaretto
    2 cl
  • Rum
    2 cl
  • Nonino Grappa Tradizione
    2 cl
  • Williams pear
    2 cl, schnapps from the Freihof
  • Raspberry
    2 cl, schnapps from the Freihof
  • Apricot
    2 cl, schnapps from the Freihof

Wine and spritzers

  • Grüner Veltliner Lössterrassen
    1/8 l · bottle 0.75 l, Weingut Josef & Philipp Bründlmayer, Kremstal
  • Gelber Muskateller Furth bei Göttweig
    1/8 l · bottle 0.75 l, Weingut Edlinger, Kremstal
  • Chardonnay vom Berg
    1/8 l · bottle 0,75 l, Weingut Alphart, Thermenregion
  • White wine spritzer
    1/4 l
  • White Spritzer with Aperol
    1/4 l
  • Kaiser Spritzer
    1/4 l, with elderflower syrup and a slice of lemon
  • Summer spritzer
    0.5 l, 1/8 l white wine with soda water and a slice of lemon
  • Göttlicher Zweigelt
    1/8 l, Weingut Glatzer, Carnuntum
  • Golser Merlot
    1/8 l · bottle 0.75 l, Weingut Allacher Vinum Pannonia, Neusiedlersee
  • Alter Rebstock
    1/8 l · bottle 0.75 l, Sankt Laurent, Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt, Weingut Reinisch, Thermenregion
  • Red wine spritzer
    1/4 l
  • Schlumberger Piccolo
    Bottle 0.2 l, „Sissi“ & „Franzl“
  • Schlumberger Rosé Ice Secco
    0.1 l · bottle 0.75 l

Beer

  • Zwettler Pils classic on draught
    Pfiff 0.2 l · Seidl 0.3 l · Krügerl 0.5 l
  • Stiegl Freibier 0.0 % alcohol-free
    0,33 l
  • Schneider Weisse Original
    0,5 l

Breakfast

  • Small Viennese breakfast
    Wiener Melange with a buttered bread roll
  • Viennese breakfast, large
    Wiener Melange with butter roll and soft-boiled breakfast egg
  • Italian breakfast
    Cappuccino with croissant
  • Kipferl breakfast (croissant breakfast)
    Wiener Melange with brioche croissant
  • Cafe Central breakfast
    2 bread rolls, butter, jam, 1 soft-boiled egg, ham and cheese plate, 0.1 l freshly squeezed orange juice
  • Breakfast de Luxe
    for 2 people: 4 bread rolls, butter, jam, honey, ham and cheese plate, scrambled eggs made from 3 eggs, fresh fruit, 2 glasses of Prosecco or orange juice
  • Gabelfrühstück (late-morning snack)
    Beef goulash with a dash of beer

Breakfast à la carte

  • Soft-boiled breakfast egg
  • 2 eggs in a glass
  • Scrambled eggs made from 2 eggs
  • Scrambled eggs from 2 eggs with pumpkin seed oil or truffle oil
  • Scrambled eggs from 2 eggs with ham, bacon, cheese or vegetables
    Extra charge for 3 eggs
  • Scrambled eggs with avocado cream
    and dried tomatoes on toast
  • Butter, honey, Nutella
  • Jam of your choice
  • Portion of Beinschinken (ham on the bone)
  • Portion of cheese
  • Yoghurt with fresh fruit
  • Muesli with yoghurt or milk
    with fresh fruit on request

Spicy

  • Classic ham roll
    with pastry
  • Debreziner (spicy sausage)
    with mustard, freshly grated Kren (horseradish) and bread
  • Sacher sausages
    with mustard, freshly grated Kren (horseradish) and bread roll, or with gravy and bread roll
  • Badener Würstelteller (Baden sausage platter)
    Sacherwürstel, Debreziner, Käsekrainer (sausages) with mustard and horseradish, served with a bread roll
  • Berner sausages (bacon-wrapped)
    Sacher sausages with cheese, wrapped in bacon
  • Beef goulash
    with pastry
  • Goulash soup
    with pastry
  • Flammkuchen (tarte flambée)
    with red onion, bacon and cheese, approx. 12 minutes waiting time
  • Ham and cheese toastie
    optionally only ham or only cheese
  • Bauerntoast (farmer's toast)
    on dark rye bread with ham, cheese and a fried egg
  • Salmon toast
    with homemade honey, mustard and dill sauce
  • Piadina
    grilled flatbread with prosciutto crudo and mozzarella
  • Finely garnished open sandwiches
    with ham on the bone, cheese or salami
  • Smoked salmon with creamed horseradish
    with toast and butter
  • Three baguette rolls
    with ham on the bone, salmon and cheese, with a glass of Prosecco
  • Club sandwich
    with grilled chicken breast, bacon, cheese, egg, lettuce, tomato and mustard sauce
  • Avocado and salmon tartare
    with a slice of toast

Sweet

  • Topfenstrudel (curd cheese strudel) & Apfelstrudel (apple strudel)
    with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or with vanilla sauce (winter only)
  • Cakes from the chilled display
    per piece, current selection from the service staff
  • Homemade marble Gugelhupf (bundt cake)

All information without guarantee, as of 3 Nov 2026 – on the business's website.

Frequently asked questions about Cafe Central Baden OG

Where is Cafe Central Baden OG?

The business is located at Hauptplatz 19, 2500 Baden. You can open directions via the map link.

How can I contact Cafe Central Baden OG?

You can contact Cafe Central Baden OG by phone on +43 680 2004508 or via the website www.cafe-central.at.

When is Cafe Central Baden OG open?

Cafe Central Baden OG is open at the following times: Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00. Hours may differ on public holidays or change at short notice – if in doubt, please check directly with the business.

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