A story you can't fake.
Not a new bar. A piece of Vienna's nightlife.
Before anyone mixed or poured at Seitenstettengasse 5, this address was a tailor’s shop. In 1994 the space was reimagined: upstairs became “First Floor,” downstairs opened as Ron Con Soda — Vienna’s first rum bar. The shop turned into a place for long nights, real conversation, and strong drinks.
An idea became a fixture.
Ron Con Soda was founded in 1994 by Michael Satke, first Austrian winner of the Honorary Champagne Medal from the Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne. Mamun worked at the bar throughout his studies, gaining experience over the years. When the time came, he took over from Michael Satke in 2003 — and has been the heart and soul of Ron Con Soda ever since, both as owner and passionate bartender. He carried forward what had defined the place from day one: ease, craft, and a sharp instinct for atmosphere.
At Ron Con Soda, design has always mattered as much as the drinks. The bar and its interior are the work of renowned architect Gregor Eichinger — the hand behind Unger und Klein, the Österreicher im MAK, and the Palmenhaus in the Burggarten. His brief: the most authentic Cuban bodega bar possible. Worn-in stairs, light-wood tables and shelving, wide wooden slats behind the counter — together they make for real style, warmth, and a genuine taste of Cuba.
Cuba in the middle of Vienna.
Ron Con Soda sits inside the Bermuda Triangle, but its heart has always been in Cuba. Rum plays the lead, classic cocktails follow, Latin music runs underneath. A bar that feels more like a bodega than a concept. That’s the whole point: unpolished, real.
The story keeps going after dark.
Reading about Ron Con Soda only gets you so far. Walk in, sit down, order your first drink.
The rest takes care of itself.
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