Hotel Stadt Wien

Have being Stadt Wien Hotel several times 90' and early 2000. Now back with new generation...still feeling the same warm hospitality than before. Room very clean&nice, food overall very OK. For small kids very comfortable and safe.Big,Big PLUS for the small ZOO, our 6 years Samuel really loved it!

My partner and I stayed here in the summer of 2019. The hotel is situated about 5 mins walk from one of the cable cars up to the "middlestation" which gets you half way up the local mountain (Schmittenhohn). If you walk 15 - 20 mins up the road outside the hotel you can get to the cable car that takes you to the top of Schmittenhohn. Town is about 10 mins walk down the hill so walking back up to the hotel from town can be a little struggle in the heights of summer but we didnt find it a problem. On arrival the room was spotless and very roomy, the beds were comfortable and the shower was powerful and a nice temperature. The room was modern but also had a rustic feel like you were in a log cabin. The room temperature was ok, even with the temperature outside being around 25C. The room lacked any tea and coffee facilities and also didn't have a fridge. Coffee and tea was available to buy at the bar and is one of the very few things that is not included with the hotel. We had a room on the top floor that overlooked the pool and there were excellent views of the mountains and petting zoo. You could even see Carlos the Donkey. It was really nice to sit out here in the evening as well. In the morning, most days we were woken by Carlos's call which we actually really enjoyed. Such an amazing sound haha. Breakfast is buffet style, a mixture of cakes, bacon, sausages, fruit, poridge, 40 different types of tea and a bean to cup machine. All included in the price of the hotel stay. Also you get a really nice personalised set of info for the day - places to visit, what the weather is like, what the local activities are. Really liked that each morning. For lunch you could select a lunch prepared by the chef OR you could fill a bag with food from the buffet. Most days we made sandwiches and also took some fruit and cake. During the day there's loads of things to do in the local area, the lake is beautiful and walking in the moutains is enjoyable. When we went the hotel gave us a "Zell am See" card which meant that all the busses, local trains, ski-lifts (even the one to the 3000 local glacier) and a lot of the local tourist attractions were free! The evening meal was excellent, nice food and very well prepared. Some days it was buffet style and others it was a la carte. Our favourite was the duck, real resturant quality. Only thing I would have liked to see was a little more Austrian food like Schnitzel and sausage but that's not a real problem. Drinks in the evening are not included (apart from fruit juice and their elderflour drink the hotel makes themselves) but the beer/wine prices are fair. The staff are very friendly and very attentive. One day my partner fell off a bike and hurt her knee. THe owners rushed to help us when we got back to the hotel (with our permission) doused the wound in antiseptic and made sure we were ok - they even suggested taking us to hospital if we wanted (we didnt take them up on the offer but it was very nice to be asked). Very highly reccomended hotel and we'd love to go back Oh and I forgot to say - bike "hire" was free, and the bikes were excellent and very new!

We loved this friendly, family run hotel in the Austrian Alps. The welcome felt very personal, our room was comfortable and well appointed and we loved the breakfasts and dinners in the restaurant. The later was a real high point, you have your own table for the duration of your stay so no need to worry about arriving at peak time and not getting a table. The menu is varied and tasty with excellent service. There is a small but adequate pool, perfect for cooling off after a day's walking. I believe this is being revamped at the end of the year. There's a children's play area with swings, slide, trampoline, sand pit and table tennis as well as a donkey, pony, goats and rabbits. The setting is beautiful, a short walk up the hill from the lake and village centre. It's easy to access the cable cars to get up the mountain above the lake (Schmittenhohe). And there's a bus stop directly opposite the hotel that will take you to the cable cars if you want to cut down on the walking. It's also simple to get a bus to nearby Kaprun. The hotel provides you with a Zell am See summer card, which is fantastic. It provides free access to cable cars, public transport, a boat trip on the lake, amongst other things. And lastly the hotel was always spotless and all staff friendly and helpful. We rarely think about going back to a holiday destination but would love to come back here. It's not somewhere I would originally have considered travelling with two young children (5 and 3), but we had a ball!