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
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.
Nothing
10 October 2025
Fabulous
Size of room decoration breakfast staff
The ceiling of the room
9 October 2025
Very good
Hotel location was realy good!
Internet was poor.
8 October 2025
Amazing syay!!
We loved everything about this beautiful hotel, the rooms were spotless and comfortable, the restaurants had excellent food and service, the location was so convenient we were able to walk to a lot of great restaurants, shopping and attractions.
7 October 2025
Loved it there!!! Clean safe great food awesome staff fantastic location
It was in a fantastic and safe location, the staff were exceptional!
It was all good!!! Would highly recommend
6 October 2025
Nice and clean hotel, thank you very much!
great location and cleanliness
there is no such thing
5 October 2025
A great stay for visiting Vienna
It was super well located and the room was nice clean and comfortable. A lot of restaurants nearby and connected to all must gos
3 October 2025
Wonderful
This was an exceptional hotel in the heart of one of the most beautiful cities on earth.
There isn’t one thing I didn’t like about this hotel, everything in regards to our stay, was simply perfect.
3 October 2025
Great stay 2nd time I’ve stayed here and I would stay again
Clean and friendly staff
Nothing
2 October 2025
Fabulous
Restaurants excellent, location, staff helpful.
Room big but nowhere for cases to be placed for easy access
1 October 2025
Great central stylish hotel
Beautiful rooms, well furnished, comfy bed and easy to use climate control. The location was close to many sights and public transportation. The staff were very friendly and helpful.
30 September 2025
This was our first visit to Vienna as a family and Grand Ferdinand Vienna was the perfect location. All the key sites ar
Great central location, modern and comfortable hotel with great roof top bar and restaurant. All the locations of museums, opera house, galleries and restaurants were short walk or metro ride away. Very convenient indeed. Staff all very helpful and obliging.
Overall hotel was very satisfactory.
30 September 2025
Exceptional
We have been here exactly one year ago. In this time we wanted the same place again. Excellent experience including a lunch by The Meissl & Schadn restaurant and a wonderful breakfast on the terrace. Thanks a lot
30 September 2025
Lovely place, great location and wonderful rooftop restaurant & breakfast buffet
Perfect location, amazing roof top restaurant
29 September 2025
Fabulous hotel, friendly staff, great room and the breakfasts were absolutely delicious! The city was breathtaking and t
Fantastic location, lovely rooms, fabulous breakfasts!
Would have been nice to have had welcome pack in room with information and menus for dinners.
26 September 2025
Lovely hotel, perfect location.
The room was large and comfortable. The location was great for our first trip to Vienna. The staff was friendly and helpful. Breakfast was amazing and the breakfast room is beautiful.
25 September 2025
Coolest place to stay in Vienna
Room was great, bed and pillows comfortable. Shower was amazing. Pool deck was lovely in the hot sun. Staff were great, good English and helpful. Photos from the rooftop Pool.
Pool deck drink and food proces were crazy expensive.
24 September 2025
Very Viennese place to stay in Vienna.
Location. The horse on the lobby. Roof terrace.
Nothing special.
24 September 2025
Fabulous
The style of the hotel was really nice. Breakfast included in the price was very good. Staff super kind. Location perfect.
22 September 2025
Great location
Great location
21 September 2025
Fabulous stay in beautiful hotel with great roof terrace and great service
Fantastic roof terrace and pool. Quality of service extremely good! Fabulous breakfast!!
Bedroom quite dark.
20 September 2025
amazing staying and very good location
Comfortable, very good location and very good staff
Like everything
16 September 2025
Wonderful
Location
Shower in bedroom
13 September 2025
Excellent hotel, perfectly placed to explore Vienna
Location, cleanliness, good restaurant were all very good
Room is smaller and shower is in an unusual spot in the room
13 September 2025
Short sweet and enjoyable😅
The location of this hotel was amazing as we were there for only 1 day layover heading to our next location.
12 September 2025
We had an excellent stay
Location
Nothing
11 September 2025
I enjoyed my stay a lot
Breakfast Atmosphère Location
Don’t like the washing sink within the bedroom Have seen better cleaning service
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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9 November 2025
Comfortable rooms, close to everything.