| From: Woodsider, UK |
| Date of Stay: November, 2006 |
| Let's get the negative over first: there's no air conditioning but this wasn't a problem in November! I imagine that you cook in summer.
SUMMARY
This is an excellent hotel, scoring highly in every department.
SITUATION
Its location is delightful. It is high above the city, on the edge of the Vienna Woods. There are some delightful walks in the immediate vicinity but take advice on Tick-Born Encephalitis. The bus from Ottarkring stops bang outside but a cab from the city won’t break the bank.
ARCHITECTURE
It is a C18th hunting lodge and typical of its time. This means beautifully excessive, as the Count that had it built threw his money around. The terrace was closed, it being winter but we could still see how breathtaking it would be in summer. Clock the pictures on the hotel’s website.
SERVICE
I speak German but all of the staff (from chambermaids to reception) spoke English and were unfailingly polite, helpful and accommodating. The waiting staff in the restaurant merit special mention; they were exceptional. Reception helped us with all sorts, booking trips and visits.
FACILITIES
Breakfast is typically Germanic with cheese and cold meats. Something more Anglo-Saxon is available, for the feebly unadventurous. The restaurant is first rate, offering imaginative menus and many Austrian wines. The rooms are, er, amusing, being double-decker (your bed’s on a platform upstairs, cleverly creating more room downstairs).
VALUE
This is a hotel of well above average comfort, more than warranting its 4-star rating. You pay a 4-start tariff - but not above the odds. |
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| From: Frank, Dallas, TX |
| Date of Stay: October, 2006 |
| The overall hotel stay was very comfortable, housekeeping is questionable, Check in quick and friendly, Food excellent, Miniature Television which is hard to watch from the bed laying down, nice view, Room is spacious, bed is kind of hard. To summarize it was a good experience. |
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| From: MN, Germany |
| Date of Stay: March, 2008 |
| The hotel surroundings are nice and charming, the views on Vienna City and the hills of Wienerwald are really great; one has the feeling to be in the countryside. But the downside is about the time it takes to get to the heart of Vienna, 1/2h by bus and by tube. |
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| From: JK, USA |
| Date of Stay: October, 2007 |
| Two well traveled Americans requested a quiet room. Given a room over a reception hall with dancing and music. Asked front desk how long the music would go on and we were told 10 pm. Music got louder and went on until 2 am. Room also extremely dirty! Would not recommend. |
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| From: CC, Italy |
| Date of Stay: August, 2005 |
| too few facilities, equipment for a four star hotel |
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| From: PB, Germany |
| Date of Stay: May, 2005 |
| Great location, room was very nice and clean. Breakfast buffet enough. Great view over Vienna from the restaurant window tables, but you have to reserve seats in advance (nobody tells you that on arrival). Evening dining in the restaurant we found not the first choice. Friendliness of staff varies from person to person, from very nice to not finding it worth to say goodbye to us after checkout. |
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| From: Bojan Lahovsky, Croatia |
| Date of Stay: June, 2004 |
| Very nice hotel on beautiful location with perfect view. Very good food and good service. We came after midnight so guy at reception desk was tired. That's why my welcoming rating is little bit worse than other ratings. |
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| From: MZ, Ukraine |
| Date of Stay: May, 2004 |
| Wonderful place and good hotel, good breakfast. One thing to improve – the available internet station - very bad connection and bad specialised interface. For the guests will be much more appropriate to have an access to the "normal" PC with high speed connection, not this "internet station" |
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| From: Bing Liang, People's Republic Of China |
| Date of Stay: October, 2003 |
| I do like the Austria Trend Schloss Wilhelminenberg Hotel Vienna which is located in the quiet suburb of Vienna and has next-to-the-door connection with public transport. I will probably still choose this one if I visit Vienna again in the future. |
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