Barfly's Club
This is the most urbane and sophisticated cocktail bar in town, frequented by journalists, actors, and politicians. It's got a laissez-faire ambience that combines aspects of Vienna's grande bourgeoisie with its discreet avant-garde.
Address: Esterhazygasse 33, 1060 Wien
Tel: (+43) 01 5860825
Website: www.harrysbar.it

Loos American Bar
One of the most unusual and interesting bars in the center of Vienna, this very dark, sometimes mysterious bar was designed by the noteworthy architect Adolf Loos in 1908. At the time, it functioned as the drinking room of a private men's club, but today it's more democratic, and welcomes a mostly bilingual crowd of very hip singles from Vienna's arts-and-media scene. Walls, floors, and ceilings sport layers of dark marble and black onyx, making this one of the most expensive small-scale decors in the city. No food is served.
Address: Krntnerdurchgang 10, 1010 Wien
Tel: (+43) 01 5123283
Website: www.loosbar.at

The Wine Bar at Julius Meinl
It's small and cozy, set in the cellar of a food shop that leaves most gastronomes salivating, and accessible through a separate entrance that's open long after the delicatessen has closed. Within a decor that evokes the interior of a farmhouse on, say, the Austro-Italian border, it features a changing array of wines from around the world, and platters of flavourful but uncomplicated food that's deliberately selected as a foil for (what else?) the wines.
Address: Am Graben 19, 1010 Wien
Tel: (+43) 01 5323334
Website: www.meinlamgraben.at