Restaurant Do & Co on Stephansplatz, couple on the terrace

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The view from above

There can hardly be a sight more spectacular than from the tallest building in Austria: the 57 Restaurant & Lounge in the DC Tower offers 360-degree panoramic views over Vienna. It occupies the top two floors of the 250-meter skyscraper designed by Parisian star architect Dominique Perrault, with its instantly recognizable zigzag façade. Close by, in the middle of the green Danube Park, stands the Danube Tower, opened in 1964. In addition to a viewing platform, a restaurant and a café revolve slowly around the tower.

From the Do & Co restaurant in the Haas House (designed by Hans Hollein) the colorful tiles on the roof of St. Stephen’s Cathedral seem almost close enough to touch. The roof terrace bar at Hotel Lamée also boasts great views of the cathedral, though it is only open during the summer – as is the Ritz-Carlton’s Atmosphere Rooftop Bar. All of the city’s major sights, from the Giant Ferris Wheel to the Karls­kirche (Church of St. Charles), can be seen from Sky & Roofgarden.

Das Loft at the hotel SO/ Vienna, designed by Jean Nouvel and situated on the Danube canal, also offers a fantastic panoramic vista. Diners and guests enjoying a relaxing drink at the bar can take in the 18th-floor views beneath the colorful ceiling artwork created by Pipilotti Rist. The Italian star architect Renzo Piano designed the Hotel Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere. Sixty meters up on the 16th floor is the Aurora Rooftop Bar with extraordinary cocktail creations and an equally extraordinary view of the city.

The rooftop restaurant Limón at the Hotel Grand Ferdinand, situated on the ring road, offers an impressive view of the Altstadt and the Ring Road: with a Mediterranean ambience and serving the finest Italian, French and Spanish cuisine, the Limón exudes southern flair. Similarly spectacular is the view from the Justizcafé situated on the roof of the Vienna Palace of Justice (an insider tip even among the locals) and from the dachboden Bar of the 25hours Hotel in the MuseumsQuartier. A former anti-aircraft tower is now home to the House of the Sea, the 360° Ocean Sky on the top floor offers drinks with a fantastic panoramic view.

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57 Restaurant & Lounge

Donau-City-Straße 7
1220 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • Restaurant Tu - Fr, 18:00 - 00:00
    • Restaurant Sa, 17:00 - 00:00
    • Lounge Mo - Th, 17:00 - 00:00
    • Lounge Fr - Sa, 16:00 - 01:00
    • Lounge Su, 15:00 - 22:00
    • Lounge: reservation required

Danube Tower Vienna Turm Restaurant & Turm Café

Donauturmstraße 4
1220 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • Turmrestaurant We - Su, 11:30 - 16:00
    • Turmrestaurant We - Su, 18:00 - 22:15
    • Turmcafé daily, 10:30 - 22:30
    • Observation terrace & lift: 10 a.m.-10.30 p.m.

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • (Double swinging doors )
      • Ramp 100 cm long , 118 cm wide , 10 cm high
    • Side entrance
      • 1 Steps (Double swinging doors 180 cm wide)
      • Ramp 510 cm long , 120 cm wide , 17 cm high
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • Parking spaces for people with disabilities
    • Elevator available
      • Door 85 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
    • Comments

      Access to the viewing terrace (150 m): no steps, via elevator, (limit of three wheelchairs permitted on the terrace at one time), there are special ramps (width: 99 cm, height: 25 cm) to enable wheelchair users to enjoy the view over Vienna. Due to company operation restrictions (evacuation routes), wheelchairs are only allowed up to the viewing terrace level (150 m).

      Central floor (165 m): 25 steps up to restaurant (170 m), 25 steps down to the café (160 m). Not wheelchair-accessible. Wheelchair users only with companion (1 companion per wheelchair user free of charge). No wheelchair-accessible restroom.

      Seeing-eye dogs (with muzzle and leash) permitted. Strollers must not be transported in the elevators (can be left at the elevator/shop counter).

Do & Co Stephansplatz

Stephansplatz 12
1010 Vienna

Lamée Rooftop

Lichtensteg 2-3
1010 Vienna

Atmosphere Rooftop Bar The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna

Schubertring 5-7
1010 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • May to September
    • daily, 17:30 - 01:00
    • In good weather

Sky & Roofgarden Café Restaurant Bar

Kärntner Straße 19
1010 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • Mo - Sa, 10:00 - 00:00
    • on holidays - Su, 12:00 - 22:00

Das Loft Hotel SO/ Vienna

Praterstraße 1
1020 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • Frühstück Mo - Fr, 06:30 - 10:30
    • Frühstück Sa - Su, 07:00 - 12:00
    • on holidays, 07:00 - 12:00
    • Dinner daily, 18:00 - 00:00
    • Bar Su - Th, 16:00 - 01:00
    • Bar Su, 16:00 - 02:00
    • Different opening hours in summer - see website.

Aurora Rooftop Bar Hotel Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere

Arsenalstraße 10
1100 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • daily, 17:00 - 00:00
    • Breakfast Sa - Su, 08:00 - 12:00

Attic bar (Dachboden-Bar) in the 25hours hotel

Lerchenfelder Straße 1-3
1070 Vienna

360° Ocean Sky Restaurant & Bar

Fritz-Grünbaum-Platz 1
1060 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • Su - Th, 09:00 - 23:00
    • Fr - Sa, 09:00 - 02:00
  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance

      • Restaurant & Bar direkt mit Panorama Lift vom Erdgeschoss erreichbar.
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