Shopfront of Café Konditorei Fürst at Mirabellplatz in Salzburg.

Entrance and window display of Café Konditorei Fürst at Mirabellplatz in Salzburg.

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Café Konditorei Fürst (Mirabellplatz)

Café Konditorei Fürst at Mirabellplatz is an excellent place to try the Original Salzburger Mozartkugel and classic Austrian pastries.

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Café Konditorei Fürst (Mirabellplatz)

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Austrian Food

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Mirabell & Kapuzinerberg

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Café Konditorei Fürst, founded at Brodgasse 13 on Salzburg’s Alter Markt and now also present at Mirabellplatz, is the Salzburg institution where the Original Salzburger Mozartkugel was born. Founded in 1884 by master confectioner Paul Fürst, the family business has been handcrafting its signature pistachio-marzipan, nougat, and dark chocolate praline since around 1890. Now in its fifth generation under Martin Fürst, the Mirabellplatz branch serves as both a café and confectionery shop, offering traditional Austrian cakes, house-made chocolates, and proper coffeehouse culture just steps from Mirabell Garden. The Mozartkugel you’ll find here - wrapped in silver-and-blue foil - is the only one still produced by hand using the original recipe, and it’s a world apart from the mass-produced versions sold across Austria.

Plan your visit

Opening Hours: Daily 09:30 - 18:00 Thu from 08:30 Sun 10:00 - 17:00All hours

Getting there: Mirabellplatz 5, 5020 SalzburgBus 1 2 3 4 Mirabellplatz · 1 min walkMirabell & Kapuzinerberg

Map: Café Konditorei Fürst (Mirabellplatz) and Mirabellplatz

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Opening hours

Café Konditorei Fürst (Mirabellplatz)

Monday	09:30 - 18:00
Tuesday	09:30 - 18:00
Wednesday	09:30 - 18:00
Thursday	08:30 - 18:00
Friday	09:30 - 18:00
Saturday	09:30 - 18:00
Sunday	10:00 - 17:00

Next: Tue 8 December (public holiday): 10:00 - 17:00

Public holidays

Open 10:00 - 17:00: 8 Dec25 Dec1 Jan6 Jan29 Mar1 May6 May17 May27 May26 Oct1 Nov

Muvamo Opinion

The Mirabellplatz branch isn’t the original Café Fürst - that distinction belongs to the location on Alter Markt in Salzburg’s Old Town - but it’s an excellent place to experience the brand at its best. The setting is especially appealing: you’re right on the square, with Mirabell Garden just steps away.

Café Fürst is worth seeking out because the difference between a proper handmade Mozartkugel here and one of the industrial versions from a souvenir shop is immediately obvious. The Original Salzburger Mozartkugel has a soft pistachio-marzipan center, a smooth layer of nougat that melts beautifully, and a dark chocolate coating with a clean snap. Each one is still dipped individually by hand on a small wooden stick, leaving behind the tiny round mark where the stick was removed - the unmistakable sign of an authentic Fürst Mozartkugel.

And there’s more here than just Mozartkugeln. As a classic Austrian Konditorei, Café Fürst also stands out for its selection of traditional cakes, including Sachertorte, Dobostorte, and Esterházytorte. A standout specialty is the Bachwürfel, a cube-shaped praline introduced in 1985, with layers of marzipan, nut truffle, and coffee truffle coated in dark chocolate. It may not be as famous as the Mozartkugel, but it is just as worth trying.

Even if you’re not planning to sit down, the shop is worth browsing. Fürst produces a wide range of pralines and truffles, and the boxed assortments make genuinely excellent souvenirs - far better than generic airport chocolates.

One practical note: this is a café and confectionery, not a full restaurant. It’s the right place for coffee, cake, and chocolates rather than lunch - ideal for a mid-morning break, an afternoon treat, or picking up something special to take with you.

Recommended tours & experiences

Flavors of Salzburg: Private Food Tour: A three-hour guided food tour through Salzburg’s Old Town, featuring traditional Austrian dishes and local beer, with stops at market vendors, a pub, a bakery and a restaurant.

Helpful Hints

The original Mozartkugel comes in silver-and-blue foil with a Mozart portrait.
Fürst says its chocolate products are made without artificial preservatives and currently have a best-before period of 12 weeks, so buying them toward the end of your trip still makes sense if you’re taking them home.
You can also buy Fürst chocolates at their shops on Getreidegasse, in the Ritzerbogen, in Elsbethen, and on Residenzplatz - but only this location and Alter Markt have the full café.
Café Konditorei Fürst also has an online shop if you want to order more after your trip.

Gastronomic Discoveries

The Original Salzburger Mozartkugel is the star - pistachio marzipan, nougat, dark chocolate, each one hand-dipped.
Try the Bachwürfel too - a cube-shaped praline of coffee truffle, nut truffle, and marzipan coated in dark chocolate, created in 1985 for Johann Sebastian Bach’s 300th birthday.

Hidden Gems

Each original Fürst Mozartkugel has a small chocolate-filled “belly button” where the wooden dipping stick was removed - a characteristic feature of the traditional production method.
Café Konditorei Fürst produces around 3.7 million Mozartkugeln a year, or roughly 10,000 per day on average.

Our Little Extras

Combine your Café Konditorei Fürst visit with a morning stroll through Mirabell Garden right across the square - it’s the perfect pairing.
The gift boxes make excellent souvenirs.

A Sweet Tribute to Mozart - Café Konditorei Fürst

Café Konditorei Fürst started as a small patisserie on Salzburg's Alter Markt, opened in 1884 by Paul Fürst - a confectioner who'd honed his craft in the great workshops of Vienna, Budapest, Paris, and Nice before settling in Salzburg. Born in Sierning, Upper Austria, exactly a century after Mozart, Fürst had a knack for both ambition and timing.

His defining creation came around 1890: a pistachio-marzipan core wrapped in nougat, hand-dipped in dark chocolate, and named the Mozartkugel after Salzburg's most famous resident. What set it apart was the technique - each piece was placed on a small stick before being dipped in chocolate, which allowed a perfectly round praline without a flat base. The small indentation left by the stick is still the telltale mark of a genuine Fürst Mozartkugel today.

Adriana's hand holding an original Salzburger Mozartkugel in front of the blurred Confiserie Fürst sign. — Adriana's hand holding an original Fürst Salzburger Mozartkugel.

The praline earned international recognition when it won a Diplôme d'Honneur and the associated medal at a Paris exhibition in 1905. But Paul Fürst did not legally protect the name “Mozartkugel,” and imitators wasted no time. Copycat Mozartkugeln flooded the market across the Austro-Hungarian Empire, sparking legal disputes that would occupy the Fürst family for generations.

The business passed through the family - Paul's son Gustav, then grandson Herbert, who together with his wife Gertrude took over the Mirabellplatz branch and gradually rebuilt the company's presence on Alter Markt. In 1996, the Austrian Supreme Court ruled in Fürst’s favor on the designation “Original Salzburger Mozartkugel.”

Today, Martin Fürst runs the company as the fifth generation. Production relocated to a modern facility in Elsbethen near Salzburg in 2024, but the recipe at Café Konditorei Fürst hasn't changed. Around 10,000 Mozartkugeln are produced each day without artificial preservatives. Café Konditorei Fürst sells the Original Salzburger Mozartkugel exclusively through its own Salzburg shops and its online shop, not through third-party retailers. You'll find them at Fürst’s Salzburg locations, including the café at Mirabellplatz and the shop on Getreidegasse, as well as in the company’s online shop.