We Paid /night

Including room rate, taxes and mandatory resort fees

What does ""We Paid"" mean?

Forbes Travel Guide performs independent, incognito inspections of all hotels we rate. This is what we paid when we stayed at this hotel.

Rates can vary widely by room type and season. "We Paid" is intended to give a general sense of price, but you might find considerably different rates for your trip.

When we book, we aim for the optimum season for the destination, but we avoid holidays and major public events, when prices are highest. We generally book a room at one category up from the most basic.

We take advantage of promotional rates, when possible. That means the rate you see above might have included other benefits, such as spa or meal credits.

VIEW ALL RESULTS

Destinations
Stories
Award Winners

Professional Resources

Vienna Hotels|Vienna, Austria

Grand Hotel Wien

Name: Grand Hotel Wien
Telephone: 43-1-515-800

Baroque style meets classic comfort in Old Vienna

VERIFIED LUXURY

Learn How We Inspect

We are the only independent, global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants, spas and ocean cruise ships.

Here are five things to know about us:

1. We verify luxury. Our highly trained inspectors visit every property we rate, evaluating based on up to 900 objective criteria. Our hotel stays span a minimum of two nights.

2. We pay our own way. No one can buy a rating; all ratings are earned through our objective inspection process.

3. Our global team of inspectors are anonymous at all times, so they have the same experience as a typical guest.

4. While we inspect both service and facility, our Star Rating system emphasizes service because your experience at a hotel, restaurant or spa goes beyond looks — how it makes you feel is what you will remember most.

5. We started in1958 as Mobil Travel Guide, and we created the original Five-Star rating system for hospitality.

For press inquiries, please click here.

Five-Star
These properties deliver an outstanding experience and consistently offer a highly customized level of service.

Four-Star
These are exceptional properties, offering high levels of service and quality of facility to match.

Recommended
These are excellent properties with consistently good service and facilities.

Soon To Be Rated
As our highly trained, incognito inspectors work to assess properties, our editors check them out ahead of time and provide a sneak preview of what to expect.

VIEW ALL AWARD WINNERS

When Grand Hotel Wien debuted in 1870, it was Vienna’s first luxury hotel and quickly became its social center. Waltz king Johann Strauss even commemorated his 50-year jubilee here in 1894.

Although the hotel later was converted to the headquarters for the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has been restored to its original grandeur. The lobby, for example, is teeming with marble, chandeliers, columns and an ornate staircase. You could imagine Strauss strolling through the opulent halls.

Of course, there have been modern upgrades. Choose from five restaurants, including the celebrated Le Ciel by Toni Mörwald, a quality Arabic eatery, a rooftop Japanese spot and a modern sushi bar. Grand Spa No. 605 does LED therapy, along with Valmont facials. And rooms are equipped with LCD televisions with movies and music on demand.

Despite the hotel’s sumptuous décor, it delivers friendly service and exudes an inviting air.

When Grand Hotel Wien debuted in 1870, it was Vienna’s first luxury hotel and quickly became its social center. Waltz king Johann Strauss even commemorated his 50-year jubilee here in 1894.

Although the hotel later was ...

Our Inspector's Highlights

The incredibly elegant hotel has a warm and welcoming atmosphere, with attentive staff and top-notch service across the property.
A favorite among the stylish set, the Vienna hotelis also accessible for families, business and leisure travelers. Celebrity sightings are not uncommon — Goldie Hawn chose the Grand Hotel for her recent stay in the city.
Marble flooring, silk tapestries, Corinthian columns and gilded stairways ensure the historic grandeur of the hotel is maintained from the basement ballrooms to the rooftop terrace.
Get a taste of fine French food with Austrian touches at Le Ciel by Toni Mörwald. The dining room is as lavish as the cuisine, with pale golden walls, dark blue ceilings and windows affording great Vienna vistas.
The rooms are rococo-inspired, but evoke the ambiance of a comfortable high-end apartment, making this one of the coziest Viennese luxury hotels.

Things to Know

The hotel is attached to the Ringstrassen Galerien shopping center, ideal for those who want to enjoy some luxury retail therapy with ease of access.
Rooms that face street-side on the fourth floor have small balconies from which to enjoy the views down the Ringstrasse into the center of town.

The Rooms

Each room has its own unique palette, with blush, peach and muted mint tones available in different suites. All feature damask walls and richly colored upholstery.
Most marble bathrooms have deep-soaking baths and Acca Kappa toiletries to indulge your senses.
The popular deluxe suites offer a home away from home with a full dining room table, an entrance hall, an open fireplace, a small kitchen and balcony affording sweeping views of the Ringstrasse.
Double-glazed windows provide quiet comfort for all rooms.

The Restaurants

The standout restaurant is Le Ciel by Toni Mörwald. The well-established restaurant serves French-Austrian cuisine, like pike perch with beetroot and Perigord truffles, and strudel dough pockets stuffed with pork.
A rooftop terrace adjoins the two premium restaurants on the seventh floor. It’s the ideal spot for pre-dinner drinks and sunsets or a picture-perfect champagne breakfast.
Unkai is the Grand Hotel’s authentic Japanese restaurant, offering some of Vienna’s best sushi and teppanyaki, with authentic tatami rooms available for private functions.
The hotel’s in-house baker is known for creating Vienna’s best gugelhupf,the Austrian version of a marbled bundt cake covered with almonds and a dusting of powdered sugar. The cook’s original recipe is said to date back to the reign of Kaiser Franz Josefin the late 1800s and can be enjoyed at the lobby lounge bar Rosengarten.

Amenities