Recommended by a viennese lawyer. Quite special for a city centre hotel. Lovely small outdoor pool on the 8th floor with a fabulous breakfast room and breakfast Great restaurant on the strreet. Fair value rooms a bit small. Warm reception from Jessica marina and Julia even after we had checked out. No complaints and we will be back.

So firstly it’s important you know that we visited at a difficult time, when the Hotel was dealing with fast changing directives on how to handle the corona virus. So while we found this hotel disappointing and can’t recommend it, some of it might have been down to this. The reception is round a corner, it’s small and the staff concentrated on trying to get us to upgrade and pay more rather than welcome us and explain facilities. We did upgrade but it wasn’t worth it. The bedrooms are ok. The toilet is a separate room within the bedroom but the sink is in the bedroom. The shower is also separate but in the bedroom. The toiletries smell nice but no conditioner for hair. They do provide a hair dryer!! Slippers and a robe too. They provide two single duvets on a double bed. They don’t do a turn down service which we did expect from a 5* hotel. The coffee machine was broken in our room and never got replaced. So we didn’t have the best experience of our welcome nor the room. I’d say though the worst thing was the lack of information and care. No one took the time to tell us what was going on, to proactively help us. The bar was shut but we weren’t told. When we got back down to the reception, we were offered a seat in the restaurant but they could only do wine or beer. We got told by the receptionist that there was a sign telling us & she showed us it but it only mentioned the restaurant. We asked about food and were told the roof top bar was now closed so only the downstairs restaurant was open but that they weren’t sure if they could keep it open. Not great reassurance when you’re a guest and in a foreign country. We heard her tell another couple, that foreigners would just have to go home if the hotel closed. So in summary, I would suggest there is a nicer, more welcoming hotel round the corner you might like to consider!! It serves great coffee, amazing cake and has a lovely place to sit and relax! Staff that welcomed us!

The hotel has a perfect location. The staff is very friendly and the service is excellent. The rooftop bar is a scoop and a very nice spot in the summer. The pool is small but good for Instagram. The comfort rooms are nice, but the light in the room can only be controlled by a switch that turns all lights on or off. You can´t turn them on individually. At this price you expect that when you order a cup of coffee you also get a piece of chocolate, when you order a drink you expect some peanuts or little snack. Here you get no extras. A drink costs 14 euros. At the price level you also expect body lotion and conditioner for free. There is only a chep looking plastic dispenser with all in one body and hair shampoo. The breakfast at 30 euros is not overwhelming. Everything is ok, but you only get one sort of juice served, and the buffet is not large. You can order very good egg dishes. The hotel only has two main elevators who are quite small. The very limited capacity is not what you expect from af 5 star hotel. All in all Ferdinand is a great hotel, but there certainly is room for giving the visitors a little something extra to top it of.