The Vienna

Big plates, whole/​home cooking, and good service. My new go-​to breakfast place in Nelson. Really enjoy the omelettes, made with your choices of fresh stuff (I like doing spinach, mushroom, white cheddar), served with pile of grill potatoes and toast. Drip coffee is fine, not gourmet but what you’d expect from a quality diner. Slightly better than average price, and a book store sharing the space — just perfect for me.

We got here just after they opened at 10am on Sunday morning, and got one of the last tables. The ambient music seemed to be a 18-​minute space-​rock jam session, courtesy of the turntable at the attached book/​record shop. Our server told an agitated woman next to us, who was upset we were attended to before her: «OK, let’s not panic» (she promptly left, muttering under her breath).
Somehow they manage to encapsulate everything that’s great about Nelson. I mentioned the food is great, right?

Looking for breakfast and found this place by accident. It is literally built into a used book store. Ordered the all day breakfast ($ 6) with rye toast ($ 1.50). Food came fairly quickly. The breakfast was your no nonsense diner fare. 2 eggs, 3 strips of bacon, 4 slices of toast. Normal sized everything. Overall it got the job done. Asked for peanut butter, jam, ketchup and sriracha. The jam was chunky and wasn’t what I would typical expect. I give this place 4 stars for the hippie vibe, convenience and cheap breakfast. I will probably come back tomorrow to try out the omelette special.

Located in a library/​book store, a nice little place to eat in Nelson, and its kid friendly!
My hunny made me discover this really great location on a recent trip to Nelson.
The food is delicious and the service is great. The ambiance is relaxed and friendly. There is a stand of treats where one can purchase goodies as they leave the establishment, and it is also the place to pay for your meal which makes it a very convenient stop. There are many options for food, from spatzle to Eggs Benedict. The price is very reasonable as well considering this restaurant only cooks from local organic products.
one of the better features for families is a dedicated corner for children to play so as to leave their parents with a few precious minutes of kid-​free food-​enjoyment pleasure. This establishment also use a lot of recycled products for the napkins and packaging products so as to reduce their carbon footprint.
I will most certainly return to this location as the freshness of the ingredients could literally be tasted in the cuisine.

Delicious. This is the perfect place to get away from the pretentiousness of other cafes. The coffee is great, the food is great, the wait staff are sweet. Leave your attitude at the door and come inside for a dose of realness — don’t forget to purchase some home made truffles! This café is Nelson to the heart.

Don’t let appearances fool you — the food at The Vienna is great, with very tasty omelets & eggs benny (on Saturdays only, I believe), and the service is very friendly.
It’s also very baby/​toddler/​kid friendly, including a play corner with toys.

Is it a bad thing when you are in a café but it feels as though you are in a hippie’s rumpus room from 1978? I don’t know if it’s a «bad» thing, but I do not actively seek the «hippie rumpus room» ambience when craving a bold cappuccino or a quiet space in which to read and concentrate. I don’t really mind The Vienna, but only because I view this space as a bookstore with a café, rather than a coffeeshop located incestuously close to an autonomous book shop. With plastic tablecloths, dirty blue carpeting, and an incohesive layout, the décor of this café does not reflect the goods that they serve. Their coffee and baked goods are above average, but this is not a place that you would choose to spend a great deal of time in. You may sit down for a drink after buying a new book at the neighbour’s shop (Packrat Annie’s), but you would not select this business over Oso Negro or the Dominion Café, which is just across the road.