The place is co-owned by five creative heroes, each with their respective super power: there’s Fridolin Fink (also the owner of Finkh nextdoor), Gregorio Lubroth and Chieh-shu Tzou (both architects and designers with their own architectural practice), Maria Prieto Barea (artist behind all graphics and illustrations), and Vivien Löscher-Lubroth (PR magician).
As it all runs in the family, it’s no accident that Miranda Bar has been set up in Gregorio’s and Chieh-shu’s architecture firm’s office – even the fucked up floorboards are still there, adding to the flair of the place. And they knew what they’re doing, after all, they already realised the stylish cocktail bar If Dogs Run Free. “
It was the perfect opportunity to create an environment quite opposite to what we have at Dogs. Miranda is Dogs’ little, brighter, more colorful sister”, says Gregorio, “she is open to the street, revealing a light colour palette of green and pink, blue and yellow – an homage to tropical modernism.”
Like everything the team is involved in, looks do matter, and the Miranda Bar is certainly easy on the eyes, with its straight lines and its pastel colour scheme. The open windows framing the high tables also add a casual elegance to the place. We’d suggest sitting at the huge green granite bar though and watching the barmen perform, and blend another creative cocktail creation of excellence. They really do know their stuff in terms of cocktail chemistry here, so just close your eyes and land your finger anywhere on the menu and you’ll be happy.
“Our menu is seasonal and features a combination of bar creations and interpretations of classic drinks that are not usually found Vienna,” Gregorio explains.
Miranda’s cocktails use only freshly squeezed juices, as well as home-made syrups and infusion creations like strawberry black pepper syrup, pineapple syrup, cardamom-honey syrup or hibiscus-infused rum.
What kind of night will you have?
It is a great place to start the night by fueling your blood with high percentage and high quality cocktails. If you’ve been to other cocktail bars in Vienna, you might recognise one or two of the pro cocktail makers behind the bar. Matty, the barkeeper from Belgium, has already proven his street cred as a top notch cocktail barman to us before, not only by fulfilling our every wish and not refraining from turning weird ideas into great drinks.
What the drinks menu looks like
Beer 0.5l = 3.90€
Weißer Spritzer/Aperol Spritz = 2.80€/4.10€
Gin Tonic = 8.50€
Pimm’s Cup (Pimm’s, ginger beer, lemon juice, cucumber, mint) = 9€
Don the Beachcomber’s Zombie (Overproof rum, white rum, gold rum, pineapple juice, passion fruit syrup, lemon juice, lime juice, Angostura bitters) = 12€
Espresso/Espresso Macchiato: 1.90€
Food: coming soon, but the lovely barkeepers will make sure you always have a full glass of crackers and pretzels.
Smoking: allowed
How much money should you bring?
One Gin Tonic and one Aperol Spritz = 13€
Three beers and two weißer Spritzer = 18€
Trying a few cocktail creations = you might need to go and get more money
Nearest bank: BAWAG PSK Gumpendorfer Straße 83
Where to go next
Clubs: Elektro Gönner, Tanzcafé Jenseits
Other bars: Hafenjunge, Mon Ami, Futuregarden
Restaurants: Finkh, Disco Volante, Kaiserwalzer
How to get home: U3 Neubaugasse and U3 Zieglergasse are a short walk away. And if you’re headed the other way, you can stumble down to U4 Pilgramgasse on Linke Wienzeile, that’s also where you’ll find a lot of taxis, as well as on Gumpendorfer Straße.
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