Hotel Sacher Vienna: the Rote Bar, Viennese cooking and prices

The Rote Bar in Vienna is Hotel Sacher’s restaurant for Viennese cooking, served in a red damask room hung with large oil paintings and chandeliers, or in the winter garden that faces the State Opera. The chef, Anton Pozeg, holds 2 Gault&Millau toques for his Austrian classics.

Updated 24 October 20264 min readHow we write the guide

The Rote Bar dining room: red damask walls, oil portraits in gilt frames, velvet chairs and white-clothed tables under a crystal chandelier.

The choice, in short

Why choose Hotel Sacher

Among the starters and soups, 2 dishes carry the Original Sacher name: the Original Sacher goose liver tarte, with elderberry, apricot and brioche, at €36, and the Original Sacher bouillabaisse with pikeperch, scallop, crayfish and mussels, at €26.

The holidays

When to look elsewhere

For a fine-dining tasting menu, the Sacher has the Grüne Bar, with set menus and international haute cuisine, open in the evening from Thursday to Saturday.

The caviar

What the Rote Bar cooks

Beside the Viennese classics the menu sets fish and the season: gently poached sole with spinach, potato broth, lovage and chorizo and pan-seared sea bass with Gala potatoes, grains, romanesco and morel sauce cost €42 each, grass-fed beef tenderloin with braised lettuce hearts and Café de Paris €54.¹

Among the Sacher traditional dishes, the braised beef roulade comes with homemade linguine and pickled cucumber mustard at €32, and the Viennese fried chicken with potato or leaf salad at €31. The escalope also comes plant-based, with parsley potatoes and mixed salad, at €39.¹

The wine list leans on Austrian estates: among the whites by the 0.1l glass, prices run from the Gelber Muskateller at €8.50 to Franz Pichler’s Grüner Veltliner Kollmitz at €12.90, and Bollinger Rosé is €25.¹

Lunch and dinner

From 7pm

The piano

Every evening from 7pm a pianist plays live, discreetly in the background.¹

On warm days

The winter garden

The winter garden opens its glass fronts.¹

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Christmas and New Year’s Eve at the Rote Bar

The dates

24 December 2026: a 5-course menu at €445 a person, with matching wines and drinks
25 December 2026: a 4-course menu at €325 a person, with matching wines and drinks
31 December 2026: a 4-course menu at €585 a person, with matching wines and drinks; first seating 6pm to 9pm, second from 9.30pm, with admission until 10.30pm

Where it is

Address	Philharmoniker Straße 4, 1010 Vienna.¹
Gault&Millau	14.5 points out of 20 in the 2026 guide.⁴

Rooms at the hotel

A Deluxe Room with View: the double bed, a crystal chandelier and the French window open on a balcony facing the State Opera.

Rooms and staying here

Beluga-Imperial caviar

The Huso dauricus sturgeon caviar comes with a potato yeast pastry, cream and chives.¹

What	Quantity	Price
Beluga-Imperial caviar	30g	€149
Beluga-Imperial caviar	50g	€241
Beluga-Imperial caviar	125g	€590
Smoked eel with caviar, leeks, parsley and potato purée	10g of caviar	€49

Before booking

Can I order Sachertorte at the Rote Bar?

Yes: the desserts include the Original Sacher-Torte with whipped cream, at €11.50.¹

Are there dishes for children?

Yes: under the Petit Sacher offer, selected children’s dishes are served in all the hotel’s restaurants.²

Are there vegan or gluten-free dishes?

Yes, and vegetarian and allergy-friendly ones too; the hotel asks to be told in advance.² The vegan dishes on the carte include young kohlrabi with quinoa and quince chutney, at €24, and the black salsify Wellington, at €32.¹

Is the Rote Bar wheelchair accessible?

Yes: the restaurant is fully accessible, and air-conditioned.¹ The hotel has a ground-level entrance and lifts throughout.²

Can I book the Rote Bar for a private party?

Yes, for a private celebration or a corporate event: send a request through the hotel’s event form.¹

The restaurant’s page

Rote Bar

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