We came for dinner and left at two. Nobody let us feel it was late — and that is a rare luxury now.
Martina and Paul · anniversary
An evening that takes its time
In a Gründerzeit house from 1891, seven minutes from the Stephansplatz, Weinhaus Adlerhof keeps a seasonal kitchen, a cellar of wines from Austria and its neighbours, and a quiet salon in which cards are a sociable game — played with symbolic tokens, never for money.
Six ways through an evening
Each page holds one part of the house: the building itself, the kitchen, the cellar, the card salon, the private rooms, and the way a table is booked.
Voices from the house
I had brought four guests from Munich. The kitchen spoke for me all evening, and at the card table we settled something that had been sitting for half a year.
Thomas W. · business dinnerI had never played cards in my life. The rules were explained to me with a patience I had not earned, and I spent two hours talking to a gentleman from Graz.
Elisabeth R. · Thursday eveningOne table at a time
Forty-six seats is a deliberate limit, which is why the hall fills early on Friday and Saturday. A week ahead is usually enough; the card salon always needs a place set aside.
The dining hall
Wednesday to Sunday, kitchen from half past six until half past eleven. Monday and Tuesday the house is closed, unless it has been taken exclusively.
The card salon
Opens after service on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and closes at one. Sixteen places, always reserved in advance, adults only.
Taking the house
The whole house goes to one party for up to forty-six guests, or a single room for something smaller. Three weeks notice is comfortable.