vienna hotel in center

The Kaiserin Elisabeth is a wonderful hotel in a great central spot. Im sure its still using that name. Have you visited their website and emailed them? They were very responsive via email when we stayed there about 5 years ago.

Our family stayed at the Konig Von Ungarn in the very center of Vienna three years ago. It's a four star and it was lovely. We still talk about the fabulous breakfast. We had a wonderful "family" room, with the kids' twin bedroom connected to our room through a staircase. It was within a one-minute walk of Stephansplatz. Last fall my husband and I stayed at a very nice 3-star, about a 15 minute walk from Stephansplatz, called Hotel Erzherzog Rainer. Seemed like a lot of business people stayed there - it was lovely and well-run. Good luck and enjoy Vienna!

Kaiserin Elisabeth Hotel

www.kaiserinelisabeth.at


Stiil the same name for many years. This is a fine well regarded hotel . Certainly many reviews exist as it is a most popular hotel - fine austrian style- some recent renovations too

Konig von Ungarn is also good and well located in the center -
rooms on the front by the street can be noisy at times as this one way street can be busy espaecially early in the morning - some rooms toward the back perhaps more quiet .
Also excelent and well located very close to the Hofburg Palace on Herrengasse filled with city palaces and also the famoua Cafe Central

Steigenberger Herrenhof-- relatively new in an old renovated building

Style Hotel - very nice

Both of the above offer their fine location- as near to the Palace , shopping , fine dining, U-3 just 1 minute walk and bus 1A, 2A and 3A pass by next to the cafe Central.

Konig von Ungarn website

www.kvu.at

I just recently recommended Konig von Ungarn to another poster. It could not be more centrally located, just behind the cathedral, with overall excellent accommodation, service, etc.

And, just to add, based on the recent PP, GJ, Zep, etc. thread, I do NOT have any vested interest in this hotel. I do always recommend it when queries are in this price range. I have been to Vienna around 8 times; this hotel was the best fit for me and excellent value for money without being OTT. Well, that's the disclaimer taken care of.

How is Le Meridian Vienna? It says it's right next to the opera house, but never having been to Vienna, I don't know how close it really is. It sometimes sells rooms for low rates on the internet, tho it may not be what you had in mind.

We stay in the Kaiserin Elisabeth every time we go to Vienna and it is a wonderful hotel. The gentlemen who staff the front desk are incredibly helpful and professional (Herr Pour is our personal favorite). The buffet breakfast is excellent and the ladies will make you whatever you want if you can't find it on the buffet. Best is its location. Walk out the front door (which is on a quiet street), turn right and in 1/2 block you are on the Karntner Strasse - the main drag of the city center.

For what you are looking for, I would also recommend the Konig von Ungarn, centrally located, decently priced, good breakfast included in the price. It does have to be booked well in advance, just a warning.

Alternatively, and although more downscale and remains modest in its furnishings (kind of like visiting an old Vienna aunt), I would recommend the less expensive Hotel Karntnerhof, located on a quiet side street (Grashofgasse), but again centrally located, a few blocks from the Stephansplatz. It's a three star hotel with pretty large rooms, and again, breakfast and taxes included.

In the same neighborhood and 3-star category as the Kartnerhof (recommended by HuisClos) is the Hotel Austria:

http://www.hotelaustria-wien.at/en/hotel_austria/index.html

The Austria is very highly rated on TripAdvisor, and we had a very pleasant stay there. Its location is quieter than the area around Stephansdom and just a couple of blocks from the Schwedenplatz where you can catch the metro lines U1 and U4 (to Schonbrunn) as well as the bus to/from the airport.