Expert reviews
“Grand Ferdinand, abundant in burgundy leather, parquet flooring and offbeat details like a taxidermy horse, offers gorgeous rooftop vistas. Its 188 rooms range between a grand suite of rich tapestries and a Lobmeyr chandelier to what might be the city’s — if not Europe’s — swankiest dorm rooms with mahogany bunk beds and housekeeping services.”
Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in Vienna, Austria.
“An enormous taxidermied horse stands in the reception area of this ultrahip newcomer, which is shaking up Vienna’s accommodation scene by offering parquet-floored dorms with mahogany bunks alongside richly coloured designer rooms with chaises longues and chandeliered suites with private champagne bars.”
What guests liked
- Boutique style
- Rooftop bar
- Friendly staff
- Excellent Wifi
- Great location
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
The walls of the Grand Ferdinand Hotel would have some tasty tea to spill is they could talk. One of Vienna’s newest boutique hotels, it a 19th-century palace that was bombed in World War II. The building was then used as an office in the 1950s. Rumor had it though, that it was actually an Austrian Secret Service headquarters. It was then converted into this luxurious hotel. That is quite a rich and interesting history!
The hotel is located along the Ringstrasse in Vienna. This boulevard circles Old Town and is only a few steps away from the rich culture that the museums, coffeehouses and vibrant people have to offer. Johann Strauss memorial and the Vienna State Opera beg for a visit too. Musikverein, Vienna State Opera, Viennese City Park, Karlsplatz and Albertina are also nearby.
The hotel is seven floors tall and is decorated with sophisticated items inspired by the imperial era of Emperor Franz Joseph. Suites on the highest floor have amazing views of the vistas below and even of the giant Ferris wheel. Guests live in style with plush accommodations. Features include air conditioning, a flat-screen TV, a safe, a minibar, wooden floors and premium bedding. The private bathrooms have an open floor plan for an even more spacious feel.
Hotel Details
— 186 rooms
— Opened in 2015
— Classic style
Hotel Features
— Free WiFi
— Restaurant
— Bar and lounge
— Swimming pools
— Spa and wellness center
— Fitness center
— 24-hour front desk
— Child care services available
— Pets allowed
— Valet parking
— Laundry service available
— Concierge service
— Bicycle rentals on site
Additional Info
— Check in begins at 3:00 PM
— Check out ends at 12:00 PM
— Minimum check-in age is 18
Address
Schubertring 10-12, 1010 Wien, Austria.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
28 November 2025
Gorgeous Hotel, Friendly Staff & perfect location for Christmas Markets & sights
Perfect Location
Needed Wardrobe space - The room was a little small
28 November 2025
Exceptional
Clean, well taken care of.
28 November 2025
Fabulous
excellent breakfast
24 November 2025
Excellent apart from restaurant management.
Great staff on reception. Housekeeping were amazing.
Resturant management. An alliance with locals rather than hotel guests. One single request from myself was dismissed which was very disappointing give watching locals being accomodated readily. Limon bar tender was amazing on roof top bar/restaurant.
24 November 2025
Great place. Beautiful city.
The charm.
Needed a few more towels but not a deal breaker.
24 November 2025
Had a lovely 3 night stay . Very central , walking distance to many sites. Would use the hotel again .
Very good location. Nice rooms and rooftop bar. Pleasant staff .
23 November 2025
Excellent stay.Will recommend to my friends
Close to city centre. Lovely roof top bar
Prefer separate bathroom than shower in bedroom
22 November 2025
Thanks for everthing, every is wonderful😍
İt was very clean and very close to the center
Nothing
21 November 2025
Very good
The bed is very comfortable. Friendly staff
20 November 2025
Fabulous
The location
No cair to sit near a table
20 November 2025
The staff and location made our stay exceptional!
The location was perfect. Easy access to transportation (bus tours) and many sights.
I can't think of anything.
18 November 2025
Our stay was very enjoyable.
The hotel’s location is superb. The room was clean & comfortable & staff were very professional.The rooftop bar was a real bonus & is very atmospheric.
If you pay over £200 a night for a hotel room it would be nice to include breakfast.
16 November 2025
Vienna is a great place lots to do.
Room was lovely and comfortable. Breakfast had a great choice.
The reception staff were rude. Standing and gossiping in the little office to the left of the reception and ignoring us stood at reception. While one of their colleagues was busy sorting a problem on the phone.
14 November 2025
Fabulous
Superb location . Very nice staff
it has an open restaurant at the entrance and always smells like food
13 November 2025
Great stay 😍
Bright, clean room, good location
12 November 2025
Very good
we enjoyed our stay at this hotel. Unfortunately we had to find breakfast elsewhere because it was too expensive in their restaurant. Otherwise a very good place for a 3 night stay.
12 November 2025
great place with yummy breakfast and perfect location
cosy room, big enough with a nice solution for the bathroom. everything was neat and tidy and especially the breakfast was great in term of available choices and quality, the central location and the short ways from and to public transport is a big plus. also the neighborhood is really nice and encouraged to walk around and explore.
12 November 2025
A stylish hotel at a great location
Great location, elegant design, helpful staff. Bonus: The schnitzel at Meissi & Schadn.
11 November 2025
Great base in a lovely part of town for our short visit to Vienna
Room and location were good. Staff were excellent.
We felt the breakfast could have been more reasonably priced. A separate shower room would have been nice
11 November 2025
Great hotel in a great location.
The rooftop restaurant with views of Vienna was were we had breakfast every morning was fabulous and there is also a swimming pool. The food was amazing. The restaurant downstairs was excellent with THE BEST schnitzels. The location was excellent.
The bathroom was open plan in the room and the towels could have been better but overall a wonderful stay in Vienna.
10 November 2025
Great hotel at Ring
Very comfortable and cosy setting.
10 November 2025
Convenient and pleasant stay in the heart of Vienna
Location, quality of the rooms, top floor with bar and restaurant
Small reception and lobby area
9 November 2025
Modern and clean hotel is a great location for a weekend break.
Excellent location. Very modern and clean, great value for money.
Room was a little on the small side but we weren’t in it much so not a major issue.
9 November 2025
Right in the heart of Vienna quite and comfy room loved the 3 bars /restaraunts the roof bar was gre
Breakfast was very good a good selection readily filled by great attentive staff
Nothing
9 November 2025
Fabulous
ROOF TOP BAR AND RESTAURANT
ROOM DESIGN - BATHROOM NEXT TO BED. Shutters - need to move coffee maker to close Lighting system
9 November 2025
Comfortable rooms, close to everything.
Comfortable rooms close to the heart of the old city. Easy walk to the main tourist areas, shops, restaurants and mass transit. The on-site restaurants and bars were good, with a nice rooftop area that has a bit of view over part of the city.
8 November 2025
Excellent as always!
Great reception services, very clean, one of my favorite hotels in Vienna! Truly worth to stay!
7 November 2025
Nice Hotel in city centar with great restaurants and nice staff
Everything bit special the people and choice of restaurants
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6 November 2025
Pleasant
Spacious, we'll appointed room l, very friendly staff.
Only negative of our stay was the connectivity. The rooms being inward facing, mobile networks were understandably sketchy. However, the hotel could've done way better with proper wifi, the signal strength and speed overall in our room was quite bad. Good if you want a digital detox. Mild inconvenience in an otherwise nice experience.
2 November 2025
Amazing stay in the heart of Vienna
Stylish, clean and very central. Staff members were superb and always friendly and approachable. Would not hesitate to book it again.
2 November 2025
Fabulous
Location and convenience
31 October 2025
Great service, lovely room, excellent gym and location, and exceptionally friendly staff.
Everything about our stay was perfect — the service, the room, the gym, and the location. A special thanks to the wonderfully friendly reception staff and the housekeeping team; they truly made my experience exceptional.
Everything was perfect.
31 October 2025
Exceptional
Best location
28 October 2025
In general is a good hotel, the bedding is super comfortable.
I’ve booked the hotel as it’s only four minutes walking distance away from the Musikverein, it is safe for me to go back to hotel after concert.
The light above the sink is flashing, and the bath room door is so heavy that I was scared that might lock me inside.
24 October 2025
Exceptional
Location and unique
22 October 2025
Great time in Vienna
Location. Bed and pillows. Restaurant on the 8th floor.
The light in the room is not enough. Room 206 is next to the housekeeping office and they start to make noise early in the morning.
22 October 2025
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in a stylish and comfortable hotel in a great location.
Location great.Room and beds and shower and refreshments all very good.The bed was nice and large and very comfortable.It was quiet.It was also rather cool and stylish.Was good to be next door to friends.
We weren't sure at first about the exposed shower but we got used to it!It would have been useful to have a bit more space for our clothes ie drawers or more shelves.The lighting system was a bit tricky!
22 October 2025
Good central location in Vienna
Great location
Reservation required for the bar
21 October 2025
Amazing
Beautiful property. Very characterful and luxurious and the location was superb.
Nothing.
19 October 2025
Cool urban Vienna vibes
The location was excellent. Also very practical to have one of the best schnitzel places in town in-house. We also loved the breakfast place with a wonderful view from the top floor. The rooms are stylish and the beds are comfortable.
The only thing we did not like was the lack of space in the room - there was not one drawer to put your clothes
17 October 2025
Fabulous
The rooftop pool/bar/breakfast area was amazing.
Bed was a little hard.
17 October 2025
Pleasent enough experience but Vienna is expensive so hard to gauge the value of this stay, but the hotel was profession
Location was good near trams and buses and Belvedere etc. good restaurants in-house as well as roof level bar and small pool.
Breakfast was expensive at 38 euros each so skipped it. Room was lacking storage for clothes. A tiny settee would have been better replaced with a chest of drawers. Open style shower not to everyone’s taste.
16 October 2025
So conveniently located within walking distance from most of the attractions, staffs are helpful and friendly
Superb location with great breakfast buffet spread and wonderful view!
Hotel lobby could be better
14 October 2025
Fabulous
Location unbeatable. rooms are small but charming. best restaurants and cafes are around the hotel. The rooftop bar and restaurant has a lovely view for sundowners.
it's not exactly something I didn't like like but it was a pity that each time I went by the pool there was no loungers available. As a result I never got to use the pool during my stay.
13 October 2025
Location, Breakfast
Great location and wonderful staff. The breakfast was great and had a good variety. The staff at the breakfast service were all excellent! The room was large and comfortable with adequate amenities.
The shower being so close to the bed was strange.
13 October 2025
Great location and classic style of room with a modern twist
The location. The room facing the courtyard was very peaceful.
Breakfast was overpriced so decided to eat elsewhere. Don't be fooled the pool is tiny.
12 October 2025
Very nice stay in Vienna; highly recommend this hotel.
Beautiful room and hotel. The staff was always available and welcoming. Location on the RingStrasse and very safe and convenient to most of the inner city of Vienna.
The bar was not really open when I was there. Or at least the kitchen was closed. I believe that it was open at other times.
11 October 2025
Great hotel location. Will stay again.
Location and friendly staff
No ironing board and the type of Donner was uncomfortable. Also lack of AC option. Need a lot of physical strength to open toilet door and main door.
11 October 2025
Would stay there again & recommend to friends
Lovely hotel, with energetic vibe. Convenient restaurants downstairs. And very easy walk to shops, restaurants parks & sights.
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Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Fitness centre
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Cycling
- - Fitness
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Cooking class (additional charge)
- - Bicycle rental (additional charge)
Outdoors
- - Garden
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor pool
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor pool (all year)
- - Outdoor furniture
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Accessible parking
Transport
- - Public transport tickets (additional charge)
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
Pool and wellness
- - Rooftop pool
- - Infinity pool
- - Pool with view
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Sun umbrellas
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming pool
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property

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29 November 2025
Very good