Vienna Airport Food, Wi-Fi & Facilities: Landside vs Airside

You can eat surprisingly well at Schwechat, provided you know which side of security to be on. The airport has Demel cake by the C gates, Trześniewski’s little open sandwiches in Terminal 1 and a proper Viennese sausage stand in the arrivals hall. It also has the usual chain burgers, overpriced sandwiches and hollow-eyed espresso bars you would find anywhere in Europe. The difference between a good last meal in Vienna and a bad one usually comes down to about fifty metres and a passport check. This guide to Vienna airport food, Wi-Fi and facilities is about getting that right.

It lists what is where, landside and airside, gate area by gate area, with the opening hours the airport publishes; picks out the places that are genuinely Viennese and the ones to skip; explains what is still open at 04:00 and at midnight; and covers Wi-Fi, charging, the pharmacy, prayer rooms and the other practical things you need while you wait. Outlets and hours were checked against the airport’s own listings in September 2026. Airport restaurants change hands and hours shift with the flight schedule, so treat the details as a guide.

Vienna Airport Food at a Glance

Area	Side of security	Best for	Worth knowing about
Arrivals hall	Landside	Meeting people, late arrivals, a proper Viennese snack	Wiener Würstelstand, Café Admiral, Wolfgang Puck Kitchen + Bar, Ottakringer Zapfmeisterei
Terminal 1	Landside	A bite before a low-cost flight	Trześniewski, Haferkater
Terminal 3	Landside	A coffee before check-in	Bieder & Maier
Plaza	Airside, after security	A central meeting point once you are through	Zugvogel, So Coffee, Veganista
C gates	Airside, Schengen	The best cake in the airport	Demel, DO & CO Flight Bar, Henry
D gates	Airside, non-Schengen	A sit-down meal before a flight to the UK or Turkey	Johann Strauss, Ciao a Tutti
F gates	Airside, Schengen	The widest choice in the building	Jamie’s Italian, Leberkas-Pepi, Café Franzl, Bierbar Oida!
G gates	Airside, non-Schengen	Long-haul departures	DO & CO, Trib’s, Wiener Bierbar 1837

Landside or Airside: Where to Eat

The general rule at Vienna is to go through security first and eat on the other side. Security is quick since the CT scanners arrived in 2026, there is more choice airside, and once you are through you know exactly how much time you have left. Eating a leisurely lunch landside and then meeting an unexpected queue is how people end up running for gates.

There are three exceptions:

• You are meeting or seeing someone off. The arrivals hall has the best landside food and the only places open late.
• You have just landed. The arrivals hall is where you will be, and a sausage and a beer at the Würstelstand is a better welcome to Vienna than anything in the city-bound train.
• You are flying non-Schengen. Clear security and passport control before you sit down. The D and G gates have their own restaurants, and a long passport queue is the one thing at Vienna that can turn a relaxed meal into a missed flight. Our guide to Vienna Airport security and check-in explains the timings.

Landside: Before Security and in Arrivals

The arrivals hall

The arrivals area has the best spread of food on the public side of the airport, and it is the part of the building that stays open latest.

• Wiener Würstelstand (08:00–23:00): a proper Viennese sausage stand. Käsekrainer, Burenwurst or a Frankfurter with mustard and a roll. The most Viennese thing you can eat at the airport, and one of the cheapest.
• Café Admiral (06:00–midnight): café and bar, and one of the few places open until midnight.
• Wolfgang Puck Kitchen + Bar (08:00–22:00): the Austrian-born celebrity chef’s first restaurant in Austria, with gourmet pizzas and a full menu. It is close to the car parks; spend €30 or more and the airport gives you two hours’ free parking, which makes it a useful meeting place when you are collecting someone.
• Ottakringer Zapfmeisterei & Leberkas-Pepi (08:00–23:00): beer from Vienna’s own Ottakringer brewery and hot Leberkäse in a roll.
• Anker (05:00–23:00): Vienna’s big bakery chain, for a pastry and coffee.
• Costa Coffee (05:00–23:00), Starbucks (05:00–21:00) and Dean & David (06:00–20:00) for the international chain options.
• Burger King: listed as open 24 hours on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and from 05:00 to midnight the rest of the week. It is the default late-night option for anyone stuck landside.

Terminal 1

• Trześniewski (04:30–19:30): the airport branch of the century-old Viennese institution whose original shop is just off the Graben. Small open sandwiches on dark bread with egg, herring, spicy bean or salmon spreads, eaten two or three at a time with a small beer. A perfect, cheap, very Viennese last snack.
• Haferkater (03:30–16:00): porridge and breakfast bowls, and the earliest opening in the terminal.
• Aïda (06:00–20:00): the pink-branded Viennese café and cake chain.
• BILLA bakery (05:30–20:00): supermarket-bakery prices for bread, pastries and drinks.
• Burger King (06:00–20:00).

Terminal 3

• Bieder & Maier (05:00–21:00): a café for coffee and cake before you check in.
• Brezel Meister (06:00–18:00): pretzels, bakery snacks and coffee.

Terminal 3’s landside choice is thin. If you are flying Austrian or Star Alliance and want to eat properly, go through security.

Airside: After Security

The Plaza

The central shopping area after security, home to the biggest duty-free shop, and the last stop before the walk out to the gates.

• Zugvogel (05:00–21:00): the Plaza’s sit-down restaurant.
• So Coffee (04:00–21:00): coffee from the first wave onwards.
• Juice Factory (04:00–20:00): juices and smoothies.
• Veganista and The LaLa: both listed by the airport as opening at 02:00 and closing at 21:00. Veganista is the Viennese vegan ice-cream brand.

C gates (Schengen)

• Demel (10:30–20:00): an outpost of the former imperial court confectioner on the Kohlmarkt. Sachertorte (Demel’s version, the one that fought a famous lawsuit with Hotel Sacher), Annatorte and strudel. The best cake at the airport by a distance.
• DO & CO Flight Bar (05:00–20:15): the Viennese caterer behind Austrian Airlines’ onboard food.
• Henry (from 04:00, until about 20:15): café and deli from the DO & CO group.
• Daily Roast (04:00–21:30) and Daily Bar (04:30–21:30): coffee, bakery and a bar.
• Big Daddy (10:30–20:15): burgers.
• Juicy and the Bowl (08:00–19:00): juices and bowls.

D gates (non-Schengen)

• Johann Strauss (04:00–22:00): café-restaurant with Viennese classics, and the main sit-down option at this pier.
• Ciao a Tutti (08:00–19:00): Italian.
• Ottakringer Zapfmeisterei (05:00–20:00): Vienna’s local beer on tap.
• Natoo (04:00–14:00): café for the morning wave.

F gates (Schengen)

The biggest concentration of food in the airport, on the lower level of Pier North.

• Jamie’s Italian (06:00–20:30), Jamie Oliver’s Bar (05:00–21:00) and Jamie’s Deli (05:00–21:30).
• Café Franzl (05:00–21:00): Viennese café.
• Leberkas-Pepi (05:00–21:00): hot Leberkäse in a Semmel roll, with a choice of mustards. Cheap, filling and extremely Austrian.
• Bierbar Oida! (05:00–21:00) and Beer & Snacks (05:00–21:00): beer bars.
• Brezelkönig (05:00–21:00), Dean & David (05:00–21:00) and Aïda (05:00–17:00).
• Juice Factory (05:00–22:00), plus Veganista and The LaLa, both listed from 02:00 to 22:00.

G gates (non-Schengen)

• DO & CO Bar (08:00–22:00) and DO & CO Pizza (06:00–22:00).
• Henry (06:00–22:00).
• Trib’s (05:00–23:00): a bar, and the latest-opening airside outlet on the list.
• Wiener Bierbar 1837: open in two shifts, 07:30–11:00 and 17:00–22:00.
• Aïda (05:00–17:00).

What to Eat If You Want Your Last Meal to Taste of Vienna

Much of what is on offer at the airport could be anywhere. A handful of things could only be here.

• A Würstel at the arrivals-hall sausage stand. Order a Käsekrainer, the cheese-filled sausage, with sweet mustard and a slice of bread. It is the same thing Vienna eats at 2 a.m. outside the opera house.
• Two Trześniewski open sandwiches in Terminal 1. The spicy bean and the egg are the classics.
• A slice of cake at Demel by the C gates. Order the Annatorte if you have already had Sachertorte in town.
• A Leberkässemmel at Leberkas-Pepi by the F gates or in the arrivals hall. Ask for it with sweet mustard.
• A Melange, the Viennese milky coffee, at Café Franzl or Johann Strauss.
• A glass of Ottakringer, the city’s own beer, at a Zapfmeisterei bar.

If you want to understand what you are eating, our guide to traditional Viennese dishes covers the lot.

What Is Not Worth It

• A Wiener Schnitzel at the airport. A good schnitzel is fried to order in lard or clarified butter and eaten straight away. Airport schnitzel rarely is. Have it in town, at a proper Gasthaus. Our Wiener Schnitzel guide tells you where.
• International chains when there is a Viennese option a few metres away. Burger King has its moment at midnight in arrivals; at 13:00 by the F gates, a Leberkässemmel is cheaper and better.
• A big sit-down lunch landside before a non-Schengen flight. Eat after passport control.
• Bottled water at airport prices, when Vienna’s tap water comes from Alpine springs and is among the best in Europe. Bring an empty bottle through security and fill it up.

Early Mornings and Late Nights

What is open for the first flights

The departure wave at Vienna starts before 06:00, and a good number of outlets open for it. According to the airport’s listings:

• Landside: Haferkater in Terminal 1 from 03:30; Trześniewski from 04:30; Anker and Costa Coffee in arrivals from 05:00; Bieder & Maier in Terminal 3 from 05:00.
• Airside: So Coffee and Juice Factory at the Plaza from 04:00; Daily Roast and Henry at the C gates from 04:00; Johann Strauss and Natoo at the D gates from 04:00; most of the F-gate outlets from 05:00; Trib’s and Aïda at the G gates from 05:00.

What is open late

• Landside: Café Admiral in arrivals until midnight; Burger King in arrivals 24 hours on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, otherwise until midnight; Anker, Costa Coffee, the Würstelstand and the Ottakringer bar until 23:00.
• Airside: Trib’s at the G gates until 23:00; Juice Factory, Veganista and The LaLa at the F gates until 22:00; Johann Strauss at the D gates and DO & CO and Henry at the G gates until 22:00.

If you are stranded overnight, buy food before 23:00. Our guide to sleeping at Vienna Airport covers the rest of the night.

Eating Cheaply at the Airport

Airport food in Vienna costs noticeably more than the same thing in town, but it is possible to eat well without paying lounge prices for a sandwich.

• Eat Austrian fast food, not international fast food. A Leberkässemmel or a sausage from the Würstelstand is the cheapest hot meal in the building and more filling than most of the alternatives.
• Use the bakeries. The BILLA bakery in Terminal 1 and Anker in arrivals sell rolls, pastries and drinks at close to high-street prices.
• Buy supplies before you leave the city. Vienna’s supermarkets sell good bread rolls, cheese, fruit and Manner wafers for very little. Since July 2026, Vienna’s security lets you carry most food and drinks in containers of up to 2 litres, so a picnic now goes through without a fuss.
• Fill a water bottle rather than buying one. It is the easiest saving in the airport.
• Skip the table-service restaurants for a counter or a café if you are watching the budget; a sit-down meal with drinks at the gate adds up quickly.

For the cheap way to eat in the city before you fly, see our guide to cheap eats in Vienna.

If Your Flight Is Delayed: Meal Vouchers

If your flight is significantly delayed, you may be entitled to food and drink at the airline’s expense. Under EU passenger-rights rules, which apply to all flights departing from Vienna, airlines must offer meals and refreshments in proportion to the waiting time once the delay reaches:

• 2 hours for flights of up to 1,500 km;
• 3 hours for flights of 1,500 to 3,500 km, and for longer flights within the EU;
• 4 hours for other flights over 3,500 km.

In practice this usually means a voucher that can be spent at outlets airside. Ask at your airline’s desk or the gate as soon as a long delay is announced; vouchers are not always handed out automatically. If you are not given one, keep your receipts and claim the reasonable cost of food and drink from the airline afterwards.

Look at where the voucher can be used before you choose where to wait. If you have a voucher for the F-gate outlets and are sitting at a G gate, you will have to cross passport control to spend it, and you may not be allowed back.

Special Diets

• Vegan and vegetarian: Dean & David, Juice Factory, Juicy and the Bowl and Haferkater are the easiest starting points; Veganista’s ice cream is fully vegan. Trześniewski’s spreads include vegetarian options such as egg and bean. Most cafés have at least a cheese or vegetable sandwich.
• Gluten-free, halal and kosher: options exist but are limited and change. Ask at the counter, and if your needs are strict, bring food with you. Vienna’s security rules now let you carry most food through.
• Allergies: Austrian law requires food businesses to provide allergen information. Ask for it; staff will show you the list.

Wi-Fi, Charging and Staying Connected

Vienna Airport offers free Wi-Fi in all areas of the terminal, landside and airside, including the restaurants. Connect to the airport network and accept the terms on the landing page. It is fine for messages, email and browsing; for large downloads or video calls at busy times, your own mobile data is often faster.

• EU roaming: if your SIM is from an EU or EEA country, you can use your normal allowance in Austria at no extra charge under EU roaming rules.
• Non-EU visitors: check your roaming charges before you switch on data, or buy an eSIM before you travel.
• Charging: many seating areas and some restaurants have power sockets, and Austria uses the standard European two-pin plug (type C and F). Sockets near the gates fill up during the morning wave. Bring a power bank and keep it in your hand luggage.
• Working: the lounges have proper desks and a quieter connection. Our guide to Vienna Airport lounges explains who gets in and what a day pass costs.

Other Facilities

• Pharmacy and medical centre: both in Terminal 1, landside. The pharmacy keeps daytime hours; for medicine you need on the flight, go before security.
• Prayer rooms: interfaith prayer rooms are available, including at the Plaza and in Terminal 3, among them one in the non-Schengen area.
• Smoking: smoking is not allowed in the terminal except in designated smoking booths airside, including near the F gates. The SKY Lounge also has a smoking area.
• Left luggage: in Terminal 1, from €4 for small items, 05:30–23:45.
• Somewhere to lie down: rentable sleeping cabins on Level 2 of Terminal 3.
• Meeting points and information: information desks in the check-in and arrivals halls.

Coming in 2027: The Terminal 3 Southern Extension

The food situation at Vienna is about to change a lot. The Terminal 3 southern extension, due to open in the second quarter of 2027, adds about 10,000 square metres of new retail and restaurant space and around 30 new outlets. The confirmed line-up reads like a list of Vienna’s favourite places to eat: Figlmüller, the schnitzel house; Café Landtmann, the Ringstraße coffee house; NENI, the Israeli-Viennese restaurant group that started on the Naschmarkt; DO & CO; AIDA; Mochi; Tür 7; BARBARO; Veganista and JuiceFactory.

If it delivers, a Figlmüller schnitzel will be available at the gate, which would make at least one of the “not worth it” points above out of date. We will update this guide once it opens.

Our Verdict

Vienna Airport’s food is better than most European airports’ if you choose well, and no better than average if you do not. Go through security early, walk past the chains, and eat something you could only eat here: a Trześniewski sandwich, a Leberkässemmel, a slice of Demel cake. Fill your water bottle from the tap, use the free Wi-Fi, and save the schnitzel for the city.

Frequently Asked Questions

What food is available at Vienna Airport?

Everything from Viennese classics to international chains. Airside highlights include Demel at the C gates, Jamie’s Italian, Café Franzl and Leberkas-Pepi at the F gates, and DO & CO at the G gates. Landside, Trześniewski in Terminal 1 and the Wiener Würstelstand and Café Admiral in the arrivals hall stand out.

Is there food open 24 hours at Vienna Airport?

Burger King in the arrivals hall is listed as open 24 hours on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and until midnight on other days. Café Admiral in arrivals is open until midnight. Several airside outlets open from 04:00.

Is the Wi-Fi at Vienna Airport free?

Yes. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the terminal, landside and airside, including in the restaurants.

Should I eat before or after security at Vienna Airport?

After, in most cases. Security is quick, there is more choice airside, and you can keep an eye on the time. If you are flying outside the Schengen area, eat after passport control too.

Where can I eat at Vienna Airport after arriving?

The arrivals hall has the best landside choice: the Wiener Würstelstand, Café Admiral, Wolfgang Puck Kitchen + Bar, the Ottakringer Zapfmeisterei and Leberkas-Pepi, Anker, Costa Coffee and Burger King.

Is there a pharmacy at Vienna Airport?

Yes, landside in Terminal 1, next to the airport’s medical centre. It keeps daytime hours.

Can I refill a water bottle at Vienna Airport?

Yes. Vienna’s tap water is excellent and safe to drink. Bring an empty bottle through security and fill it up airside.

Where can I smoke at Vienna Airport?

Only in the designated smoking booths airside, including near the F gates, and in the SKY Lounge’s smoking area. Smoking is not permitted elsewhere in the terminal.

Related Vienna Guides

• Vienna Airport: The Complete Guide
• Vienna Airport Lounges
• Vienna Airport Duty Free and Shopping
• Sleeping at Vienna Airport
• Vienna Airport Security and Check-In
• Traditional Viennese Dishes
• Vienna Street Food
• Vienna Coffee Houses Guide

Photo Credits

Trześniewski open sandwiches: Trzesniewski Brötchen 1 by majkowska on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Leberkas-Pepi counter at Linz Hauptbahnhof: 2018-02-09 (130) Leberkas-Pepi at Linz Hauptbahnhof by GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.