About us
Our team works in a restaurant with a rustic ambience, where tradition and hospitality meet. Under the management of our motivated, young tenant Sebastian Kleemann, you will feel the warmth that our team radiates.
We are full-blooded restaurateurs and love our profession. Hospitality, a passion for cooking and a warm welcome are particularly important to us. We hope that you feel and appreciate our enthusiasm and commitment and that you simply feel at home with us.
Would you also like to realise your dream restaurant job with us? Have a look at our Carreer page, maybe you will find something for you.
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We only use fresh ingredients of the highest quality in our kitchen. Here, our kitchen team not only conjures up traditional dishes, but also creates a variety of savoury delicacies and sweet treats that you simply won't be able to resist.
Our dedicated service team will spoil you in Vienna's oldest managed cellar vault. Let yourself be enchanted by the unique atmosphere and our loving service - we look forward to welcoming you here!
History of the Melker Stiftkeller
The Melk Abbey cellar is part of the Melkerhof in Schottengasse. There used to be a house with a garden on this site, which was acquired by Melk Abbey on 10 July 1438. Abbot Sigismund had a chapel built here in 1520. During the first Turkish siege in 1529, the Melkerhof was damaged and had to be renovated. In 1630, the courtyard was extended and a tower was built. During the second Turkish siege in 1683, Father Bernhard Zapler, the Abbey's steward, observed the movements of the enemy Turks from the tower. Based on his observations, a counter-mine was dug from the herb cellar of the Melkerhof to the enemy lines. At this time, the Melkerhof itself served as a hospital for the seriously wounded. The Melkerhof was later extended to five buildings through the purchase of neighbouring houses. These were torn down by Abbot Urban II at the request of Empress Maria Theresa in 1769. The new Melkerhof was built in their place, which was completed in 1774. A new chapel was also built and decorated with frescoes by Johann Bergl and altarpieces by Martin Johann Schmidt (Kremser Schmidt).
A document from 1629 shows that a wine cellar was already connected to the Melker Hof at that time. It also confirms the right of the monastery to store and sell wines from the monastery's vineyards.
This wine cellar has developed into today's Melk Stiftskeller with its excellent Viennese cuisine.
The Stiftskeller not only offers excellent wines from the monastery's own vineyards but also from the best wine-growing regions in Austria.
The Melker Keller has been famous for its crispy roast knuckle of pork for several decades, but the menu also includes many other tasty classics of Austrian cuisine. Seasonal produce and fresh ingredients are the credo of the down-to-earth home cooking.
Our opening hours
Tuesday to Saturday 17:00 - 24:00
Cuisine until 22:00 (last order 21:45)
Last drinks order 23:30
Open public holidays 2025:
1 May Thursday
29 May Thursday - Ascension Day
19 June Thursday - Corpus Christi
15 August Friday - Assumption Day
1 November Saturday - All Saints' Day
8 December Monday - Conception of Mary
Open table reservation or Book a private event
Online bookings are possible from the following day up to a maximum of 6 weeks in advance. If you would like to come spontaneously, please contact us by telephone.
E-Mail: office@melkerstiftskeller.at Tel.: +43 1 533 55 30
