Truth & Dare Summer Affair — Hotel Topazz rooftop, the 1st
- The file
- The practical details Claire checked before this went into the index.
- When
- 1 July 2026 – 2 September 2026
- Where
- Hotel Topazz Lamée, Lichtensteg 3, 1010 Wien — the 1st
- Price
- Cocktail bar prices
- Outdoor
- Cocktail bar
- Rooftop
- Innere Stadt
- Ongoing
- Evening
Truth & Dare has been running a ground-floor bar on Schönlaterngasse for years — the kind of place where the bartenders know their craft and the room fills with people who actually care about what's in their glass. No performance, no velvet rope, just serious cocktails in a space that earns its reputation through consistency.
For summer 2026, David Kranabitl and Dominik Möller have taken over the penthouse of Hotel Topazz Lamée in the heart of the 1st district. The rooftop bar opens daily at 4 p.m., running until midnight. The view covers the Stephansdom area — the light changes through the evening, and the city's pace slows down once the sun drops.
What to expect
The concept is the same as the ground-floor bar: serious cocktails, no pretension. You come for the drink, you stay because the space and the people make it worth staying. The rooftop itself is open-air, so the experience shifts with the season — warm evenings in July, the air cooling into September. The kind of place where you arrive for one drink and look up to find two hours have passed.
Why it matters
Hotel rooftop bars in Vienna often feel generic — a venue renting out space to a name brand. This is different. The team has a track record. They've built something real on Schönlaterngasse, and they've brought that same care to the rooftop. It's worth climbing the stairs for.
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- Where
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- Where
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- When
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- Where
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