# What things cost on the menu in Vienna

Middle prices from 790 restaurant and cafe menus in Vienna, as the places' own websites showed them on 20 October 2026, beside 12 other cities.

| Item | Vienna | Across the cities |
|---|---|---|
| Espresso | €3.10 (248 menus; half €2.80 to €3.40) | €1.55 to €3.30 in 13 cities |
| Cappuccino | €4.50 (200 menus; half €4.10 to €4.90) | €2.50 to €5.00 in 11 cities |
| Beer, per 0.5 l | €6.08 (310 menus; half €4.90 to €7.32) | €4.80 to €8.33 in 12 cities |
| Beer, as served | €4.50 (327 menus; half €3.90 to €4.90) | sizes differ |
| Wine, per ⅛ l | €4.20 (238 menus; half €2.93 to €5.00) | €4.06 to €5.36 in 7 cities |
| Glass of wine, as served | €4.40 (269 menus; half €3.40 to €5.20) | sizes differ |
| Margherita | €10.90 (108 menus; half €9.90 to €12.00) | €8.00 to €12.50 in 10 cities |
| Burger | €12.90 (126 menus; half €10.91 to €16.40) | €9.00 to €18.00 in 11 cities |
| Main course | €16.30 (570 menus; half €13.50 to €19.90) | €15.90 to €25.50 in 13 cities |
| Lunch, one course | €11.90 (78 menus; half €10.90 to €14.00) | €10.50 to €18.00 in 7 cities |
| Lunch, two courses | €11.80 (43 menus; half €10.50 to €13.65) | €11.80 to €19.90 in 3 cities |
| Cola, 33 cl | €4.00 (239 menus; half €3.50 to €4.50) | €2.50 to €4.50 in 9 cities |
| Still water, 50 cl | €2.85 (50 menus; half €2.50 to €3.19) | €2.63 to €4.00 in 6 cities |
| Cover charge | €3.80 (37 menus; half €3.50 to €4.20) | listed on 5% of 790 menus |

## Each item, from the lowest middle price to the highest

City, middle price (the middle half of the menus, the number of menus); Vienna in bold. Beer and wine per half litre and per eighth of a litre.

- Espresso: Lisbon €1.55 (€1.34 to €2.00, 44), Lyon €2.00 (€1.89 to €2.32, 88), Madrid €2.00 (€1.90 to €2.40, 53), Milan €2.00 (€1.50 to €2.00, 72), Berlin €2.50 (€2.30 to €2.90, 326), Paris €2.50 (€2.30 to €3.00, 305), Munich €2.60 (€2.40 to €2.90, 141), Cologne €2.75 (€2.50 to €2.90, 88), Hamburg €2.80 (€2.50 to €3.00, 182), Brussels €3.00 (€2.80 to €3.50, 125), **Vienna €3.10 (€2.80 to €3.40, 248)**, Antwerp €3.20 (€3.00 to €3.50, 63), Amsterdam €3.30 (€3.00 to €3.50, 83)
- Cappuccino: Milan €2.50 (€1.80 to €3.00, 42), Cologne €3.70 (€3.50 to €3.90, 81), Berlin €3.80 (€3.50 to €4.00, 305), Hamburg €3.90 (€3.50 to €4.20, 178), Munich €3.90 (€3.70 to €4.13, 128), Amsterdam €3.95 (€3.60 to €4.50, 77), Antwerp €4.00 (€3.60 to €4.50, 64), Brussels €4.00 (€3.70 to €4.50, 109), Lyon €4.00 (€3.60 to €4.20, 49), **Vienna €4.50 (€4.10 to €4.90, 200)**, Paris €5.00 (€4.50 to €6.00, 199)
- Beer, per 0.5 l: Munich €4.80 (€4.50 to €5.50, 165), Lisbon €5.30 (€4.08 to €6.25, 39), Cologne €5.50 (€4.95 to €6.06, 123), Berlin €5.83 (€4.52 to €6.67, 368), Hamburg €6.06 (€5.00 to €6.90, 193), **Vienna €6.08 (€4.90 to €7.32, 310)**, Antwerp €6.40 (€5.27 to €7.18, 32), Brussels €6.82 (€6.00 to €7.58, 93), Amsterdam €7.00 (€5.80 to €8.00, 39), Milan €7.54 (€6.06 to €9.09, 40), Lyon €7.58 (€6.82 to €8.90, 122), Paris €8.33 (€6.82 to €10.00, 408)
- Wine, per ⅛ l: Berlin €4.06 (€3.44 to €4.79, 266), Hamburg €4.17 (€3.44 to €5.03, 139), **Vienna €4.20 (€2.93 to €5.00, 238)**, Cologne €4.22 (€3.53 to €4.94, 86), Lyon €4.57 (€4.00 to €5.21, 62), Munich €4.88 (€3.53 to €5.63, 122), Paris €5.36 (€4.29 to €6.65, 247)
- Margherita: Milan €8.00 (€7.00 to €9.00, 52), Cologne €9.25 (€7.60 to €10.90, 70), Berlin €9.90 (€8.90 to €11.00, 231), Munich €10.90 (€9.90 to €11.90, 107), **Vienna €10.90 (€9.90 to €12.00, 108)**, Hamburg €11.00 (€9.50 to €12.65, 105), Brussels €11.50 (€10.00 to €12.97, 67), Lyon €12.00 (€10.00 to €13.00, 35), Amsterdam €12.50 (€11.00 to €13.73, 47), Paris €12.50 (€11.00 to €13.98, 110)
- Burger: Berlin €9.00 (€7.50 to €12.90, 132), Cologne €11.90 (€8.90 to €16.58, 58), **Vienna €12.90 (€10.91 to €16.40, 126)**, Hamburg €13.90 (€9.90 to €16.90, 105), Madrid €14.00 (€12.90 to €15.00, 58), Munich €14.90 (€10.99 to €17.50, 67), Amsterdam €15.25 (€9.37 to €18.96, 80), Antwerp €15.95 (€5.45 to €22.50, 37), Lyon €16.00 (€13.25 to €18.20, 31), Brussels €16.99 (€9.00 to €19.98, 86), Paris €18.00 (€15.00 to €20.00, 180)
- Main course: Berlin €15.90 (€12.90 to €21.04, 926), **Vienna €16.30 (€13.50 to €19.90, 570)**, Lyon €16.50 (€13.50 to €20.00, 232), Lisbon €16.70 (€14.00 to €21.50, 149), Cologne €17.60 (€13.00 to €22.56, 280), Munich €17.90 (€14.50 to €22.50, 447), Madrid €18.48 (€15.00 to €23.56, 252), Paris €18.80 (€15.00 to €24.00, 897), Hamburg €19.00 (€14.70 to €24.20, 477), Milan €20.00 (€15.25 to €25.00, 174), Amsterdam €21.00 (€16.71 to €25.00, 320), Brussels €21.00 (€16.83 to €27.98, 343), Antwerp €25.50 (€19.38 to €31.60, 168)
- Lunch, one course: Berlin €10.50 (€8.95 to €13.20, 67), Hamburg €11.50 (€8.90 to €12.90, 49), Munich €11.90 (€9.90 to €15.45, 59), **Vienna €11.90 (€10.90 to €14.00, 78)**, Lyon €15.00 (€13.50 to €18.00, 73), Paris €15.00 (€12.90 to €18.00, 148), Brussels €18.00 (€15.00 to €22.50, 49)
- Lunch, two courses: **Vienna €11.80 (€10.50 to €13.65, 43)**, Lyon €19.50 (€16.92 to €23.75, 54), Paris €19.90 (€16.00 to €25.00, 218)
- Cola, 33 cl: Brussels €2.50 (€2.30 to €3.00, 48), Amsterdam €3.00 (€2.75 to €3.25, 35), Berlin €3.20 (€2.66 to €3.65, 127), Cologne €3.50 (€2.90 to €3.90, 48), Hamburg €3.50 (€2.90 to €3.90, 79), Lyon €3.50 (€2.88 to €4.00, 107), Munich €3.90 (€3.50 to €4.05, 75), **Vienna €4.00 (€3.50 to €4.50, 239)**, Paris €4.50 (€3.50 to €5.20, 322)
- Still water, 50 cl: Berlin €2.63 (€2.05 to €3.00, 66), **Vienna €2.85 (€2.50 to €3.19, 50)**, Lyon €3.30 (€2.50 to €3.90, 65), Brussels €3.50 (€2.50 to €4.85, 76), Munich €3.80 (€2.90 to €4.10, 37), Paris €4.00 (€3.00 to €4.90, 237)

## About these numbers

These are the prices printed on menus that restaurants and cafes publish on their own websites. Places with a menu online lean newer and more central than the average, so a neighbourhood café can be cheaper. A menu online can also be older than the one on the table. Sizes differ by country, so compare beer and wine on the per-litre rows; the cola and the water count only at one size, and a lunch offer by its number of courses. Each price was found on the page it came from, and a city's figure needs 30 menus. Not every city was asked for every item yet.

Every city: https://directindex.org/stats/prices
Cite: What things cost on the menu in 13 cities (The Direct Index, 20 October 2026, directindex.org/stats/prices).
Data: https://directindex.org/stats/prices.csv · Licence: ODbL