Stopped in for some coffee and a break. Good coffee and great atmosphere. Looking forward to going…read moreback and staying for a couple days in a few months.

Can't recommend this place enough!!! Love it here! Came here…read morefor a weekend trip, and was not disappointed or felt bad vibes from here! Room was great and service was good as well. Locker safety is nice, and has a free city walking tour certain days of the week and Saturday! Highly recommend!!! Will return if I'm ever back in Vienna!

Is Gosia still there? I stayed in 1990 and she was awesome. She gave me a copy of Rattle of Hum,…read moreU2 and made my first trip to Europe a blast. I wonder where she is today? SandraLuna.com

I have nothing but positive things to say about this "hostel". Quotation marks you may ask??…read moreBecause it is far from a hostel. It's more of a guesthouse and the owner Lily treats you as a guest in an apartment. I really believe if I stayed any where else my trip to Vienna wouldn't be the same. The process to book wasn't terrible, I booked through the hostel website and paid in cash when I received my keys to the apartment. The hallway to get to the apartment was a bit dodgy but once you get inside the apartment is so well maintained and clean! The beds were comfortable and there is also a kitchen if you want to cook. Breakfast, wifi, and toiletries are also included. The location was absolutely amazing and safe! I really plan on coming back to Vienna and when I do I'll be coming back here!

This is a beautiful hotel overlooking the St Stephen's cathedral. It was super clean and modern…read moreand staff were helpful. Location right in the middle of old town. Breakfast was buffet style and enormous! 100 percent would go back! The Christmas market is right next to the cathedral if you are visiting at Christmas!

A wonderful hotel in a wonderful location!…read more Located directly across from St. Stephens, this contemporary boutique hotel is in the perfect location to see all that Vienna has to offer within a short walk. Or the subway entrance is right out front so you can venture as far as you want! The rooms are well furnished for a European hotel- large towels (even washcloths which are not common in Europe) nice toiletries, and coffee in the room. We upgraded to a suite on the top floor and had our own personal balcony with a table, chair and umbrella to sit outside and enjoy the sights and sounds of the Plaza. The included breakfast in the morning was one of the best we had on our trip! Pastries, eggs, bacon, sausage, breads, meats, cheeses, etc- whatever you wanted - it was there. And they have a couple of guys making your favorite coffee drinks as well so I could have sat in the breakfast room all day. And the staff was super accommodating- they ordered us a taxi on our last day and because they did it (or maybe it was the time of day) they were able to pick us up out front versus us having to walk from the pedestrian plaza that this is located on. Know before you go that if you are driving- I'm not sure exactly how close you can get before you have to park your car although there is a parking garage on the nearby side street. Why not 5 stars you ask? The bed just wasn't as comfortable as it could be. It was hard and just wasn't what I was expecting given everything else was so great! But if you like a really hard beds- this could be your place. That aside- we had a great visit and would return the next time we are in Vienna!

I spent 2 beautifull nights in this villa and can highly recomment to other travellers.read more

I stayed here one night in a mixed six-person room…read more The Good: * The staff was very friendly * I consistently thought the place was very clean * There are multiple vending machines and a mini library in the lobby * People hang out in the common area a lot * Free WiFi that reaches everywhere * Free drink coupon upon check-in * They allow you to leave your bags on the day you check out The Bad: * I visited in the middle of June, and it was HOT * One or my room's two fans didn't work and they had no replacements The Ugly: * The fans that they did have were old * One fan in a room down the hall caught fire at 4AM and the fire department came It was a pretty restless night, and I smell like burnt plastic now. That said, how responsible can they be for something unlikely like this?

Pros: Shower is inside the dorm room…read more Each bed has plug and little light (I thought it is a great idea! because sometime people already sleep and I can't see anything or I need to use flashlight of my phone). Wifi works everywhere. Two doors to get in room (security is good). Cons: Locker key is weird. Breakfast is not free.

Dirty, hot, laundry broken & crowded. Staff was very friendly & helpful. Another hotel owned by the…read moresame company is 8 blocks away & was much nicer. We had to go there to do laundry. There was old hair clogging our shower drain & all over the walls. No bathroom vent so room got very muggy. Windows were locked so we couldn't get air in.

I loved this hostel! It definitely tied with my other favorite on my backpacking trip around…read moreEurope, the Wine Hostel in Porto, Portugal. This hostel was a little ways away from the metro (across the Danube and down a block or so), which tended to put me off in other places, but it actually landed the hostel in such a perfect location of great restaurants and quiet streets that I really didn't mind. The place is modern, clean, the staff is friendly, and the rooms are awesome. Granted, our room looked a bit like a tornado hit it, but that's due to crappy room mates, not the cleaning staff of MEININGER Franz. Anyways, those roommates checked out so the remaining roomies declared what was ours, we tossed the rest in the trash, and it was gone that evening. Problem solved and we were all happier for it. The ensuite bathrooms were awesome! There was a toilet and sink room, and then a shower and sink room opposite. That really came in handy, so I would definitely stay at MEININGER's going forward for that addition alone. It's just nice to do your hair and brush your teeth while another person is showering, the morning routine doesn't have to stop. The bunks were super comfortable. I was out like a light. The sheets are fresh and clean, and outlets and lights are available at every bunk. The common room was great! After a long day of walking all over Vienna and visiting museums (which are at the very closest about a mile away from the hostel, so get a metro pass and take advantage of it; believe me, you'll be doing PLENTY of walking even taking the metro to each stop), my group ordered some beers and chilled downstairs. A guy around our age asked if he could drink with us, which, of course!! He was from just outside Barcelona and we talked of our travels, and then an Australian woman piped up so we called her over, and a pit stop to our dorm room revealed a guy fresh in from Montreal, so he came down and joined our group. It was so wonderful! All these strangers from around the world just traveling, gathering to share a drink in the common room of a hotel/hostel in Vienna, Austria: it's what backpacking is all about. It was so great! The next morning the breakfast spread was very large and plentiful, so if you eat a lot, maybe it's worth it. It was Sunday and a lot of places in Europe don't open on Sunday, so our options were limited and we paid what we considered too much for the Breakfast. We say it was too much because my group are not big breakfast eaters. We just don't need a lot early in the day, a bowl of cereal or granola bar usually does is just fine, so €6,90 for breakfast kind of sucked. But it was good, I'll give them that. And, as is tradition, when we checked out and didn't have to catch our flight until later that afternoon, MEININGER Franz locked up our luggage for us so we could continue to wander Vienna without our backpacks. I loved this place. I didn't book it, my sister did, and I remember thinking it was a bit expensive, but it was totally worth it. So totally worth it. I have a friend going to Vienna next year and I raved about this place and said she would absolutely love it, it's right up her style. You feel safe, clean, and also like you can just start talking to anyone in the common room and not get weird looks like you would maybe in a hotel in The States. It's so wonderful; like I said, I'll be staying in these places again!