 It s an old building and most rooms are small but that can t be changed and doesn t matter hugely unless you have a need for rooms like small apartments However if I d paid a 4 star price I d have been disappointed with the many of the room facilities e g warm minibar small TV minimal towels few toiletries no tea kettle But then maybe if I d paid full price the offerings would have been different So given the low rate I paid which my Viennese friends could hardly believe I m not really complaining 
 Its great location for the opera house and its excellent breakfast I stayed here several times in the 1990s for the same reasons until it upgraded from 3 to 4 stars and became too expensive so I moved elsewhere I made the 2017 bookings because I saw rooms offered on line at an extraordinary price and knew I was on a winner 