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Reviews of Hotel Josefine 4 stars

Esterházygasse 33, 06. Mariahilf, 1060 Vienna, Austria

#17 of 389 hotels in Vienna

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Review score

Based on 832 hotel reviews

9.2

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    9.5

  • Comfort

    9.4

  • Location

    9.5

  • Facilities

    9.2

  • Staff

    9.6

  • Value for money

    8.9

  • Free WiFi

    9.2

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  • Reviewed: 28 September 2024

    9.0
    Great stay in historical hotel
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Großes Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale Plus
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It is not possible to have a kettle/coffee machine in the room, but the the coffee is free in lobby, and hotel staff provides hot water to the room when asked. In our room the toilet didn't provide too much privacy, don't know how it is in others...

    The location is awesome. The staff is very responsive. We arrived much earlier then usual check in time and got early check in for free. Good wine is a welcome drink.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 24 September 2024

    10
    Fantastic place, staff, rooms and food.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Doppelzimmer – Josefine Sur Cour
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The pillows. Kind of like little sand bags. We managed though.

    The hotel room was fabulous. I loved the mix of new modern with the old feeling of the city. The breakfasts are fantastic. Overall, my favorite hotel stay as I was in Vienna, Salzburg, Grindelwald, Munich, Heidelberg & Frankfurt for the trip.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 September 2024

    10
    Enjoy an a great accommodation that takes back to golden era of the 1920’s
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Doppelzimmer – Josefine Sur Cour
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Loved everything

    Elegant, artistic, comfortable, creative gourmet breakfast, super responsive staff, great location, an amazing experience!

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 21 September 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing.

    Hotel staff were really welcoming. We arrived 4 hours early on a very wet day and they allowed us to leave our bags and gave us coffee. They rang to book restaurants for us. Nothing was too much trouble. Location is good, near to u-bahn and buses. There is a supermarket almost next door, a shopping street and restaurants in the area eg Steman and Thanos. The breakfast was excellent and served by wonderful staff. We loved our stay here.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 September 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room facilities were poor, not a separate bathroom but a curtain partitioning off a portion of the room. Only one chair for two people and not enough storage space, no wardrobe only a rack attached to the wall.

    Staff were absolutely excellent, we can't praise them enough. The location within 100 yes of a tube station was superb. The breakfasts were very good. The bed was comfortable. The hotel itself is unique and full of charm and character it takes you right back to the 1920's.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 September 2024

    8.0
    Loved the location brilliant tkmax around the corner.and room was lovely.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Großes Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale Plus
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    coffee cups tiny and you were charged extra if you had more than two hot drinks. Coffee facilities would have been nice in the rooms and invest in bigger cups.

    Good quality food for breakfast.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 September 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Doppelzimmer – Josefine Sur Cour
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Just a minor details Bathrobes were something shin Would prefer perhaps softer fabric

    Very good sense of taste All hotel looked looked and was styled to very little detail from the room furnishing all common areas to branding and graphic design used on printed materials and website

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 September 2024

    8.0
    Lovely and kitsch hotel. Great staff and location away from the city yet close to everything else
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast was amazing

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 September 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Doppelzimmer – Josefine Sur Cour
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    I liked everything in this hotel, from the room accommodation to the wonderful. Diana and Miroslav were extremely helpful and provided great customer service. I would definitely come back to this hotel in the near future as it exceeded my expectations.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 September 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Doppelzimmer – Josefine Sur Cour
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No complaints unless you want me to nitpick about the pillows, but even those did not keep me from a lovely night's sleep!

    The hotel is beautiful! And well located. The staff was welcoming and so very helpful. The breakfast was next level and delicious!

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 September 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale
    • Stayed 1 night

    Most likely nothing to dislike there.

    Absolutely amazing place - from top to bottom. The staff was incredibly helpful and smiling; the breakfast was nothing but a feast; the decoration and arrangment - stylish and tastefully finished.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 September 2024

    10
    Amazing place and staff
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Doppelzimmer – Josefine Sur Cour
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything was perfect!

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 September 2024

    9.0
    Super smart place with a fab cocktail bar. A little gem
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Einzelzimmer – Josefine Petite
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No gym

    Beautifully appointed

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 September 2024

    8.0
    Gatsby style hotel
    • Business trip
    • Group
    • Großes Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale Plus
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast could be better!

    Central location, fancy interior, nice bar!

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 September 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    If I had to fault anything it would be that the room didn’t really have anywhere to put luggage. It was quite small, but we also booked a small room.

    This was the cutest hotel. The decor and rooms were so perfectly styled. The bed was super comfortable and the linen was very nice. We also loved the on site bar - not cheap, but the bartender is excellent. The breakfast was wonderful, easily one of the best we had, but by far the breakfast staff made the stay. I wish I had got the name of the lady who served us.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 September 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Großes Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale Plus
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It was a wonderful stay in this Hotel! All the facilities and Staff were excellent!

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 September 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Großes Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale Plus
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    Loved the decor Staff were very welcoming Handwritten card and bottle of wine to welcome us.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 September 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great location, wonderful design, comfortable room, great breakfast, wonderful bar

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 September 2024

    10
    Go back a century at the Josefine
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale
    • Stayed 3 nights

    No complaints.

    Oh this is a little Viennese gem! The entrance to the hotel tells it all - the owners have gone to an infinite amount of trouble to fit the decor and ambience into a 1920s-30s stylish experience. All the staff are friendly and helpful. The lush dark red interiors and fringes give a decadent and old world feel to the rooms - can you find your 'very secret passage'?? - while a small book will give the back story of the mythical Josefine and the mysterious happenings, surreal and sometimes magical, set the scene and the tone for your stay. There is an honesty bar with hundreds of vinyl albums, any of which you can play on the record player there. Breakfast is excellent and at night the room's lights are dimmed and it is transformed into 'Barfly', a cocktail bar with a speakeasy vibe which attracts people from all over the locality (reserve a table!). A neon sign inside the small smoking area tells you that 'nothing is impossible'! Dream the dream! We will be back next time we're in Vienna.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 August 2024

    9.0
    very ineresting and diffrent that ussual Hotels
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Doppelzimmer – Josefine Sur Cour
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    bad and pillows were uncomfortable

    It’s so different and interesting, music in a Hotel and colors

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 August 2024

    8.0
    Great location, welcoming staff and comfortable hotel with a few niggles!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Doppelzimmer – Josefine Sur Cour
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    So, for the price the room felt very small and cramped. We are on the top floor and the window was also very high in the room - couldn’t see out of it. It let light into the room but their really was no view out - even of a wall - to speak of. There was really very little space to move around. The ‘bathroom’ is part of the room so there is a toilet and shower side by side with a sliding door and then a curtain to separate that area from the bedroom. Privacy wise not great so hopefully you know your travelling partner well. Again - but cheap at this price. The shower is lovely and hot but the water fills the shower quickly and in our room did not drain away very quickly so ended up paddling in the water then having to switch off for fear of the water spilling out into the bedroom! Next - why no tea and coffee in the room?? I know it’s been mentioned elsewhere but after a weary travel around Vienna I like a hot drink before bed. I should not have to ask for something that should really be standard, especially at this price. We asked for the hotel to book a table at barflys and received a reply that had been done. When we arrived at the bar (opposite the reception) they said they had no booking for us. Didn’t matter as we were both too tired but not really great on our first night. We also tried to book barflys online but again when we arrived there was no booking so possibly a barfly problem rather than hotel. Note: if you want to book a table at barflys you probably should telephone. You can just walk in and sit at the bar if they have space and on Sunday it was really quiet anyway so no need to book. Oh, and there was a mark on the linen on the bed - looked like ink? I didn’t complain, the sheets were clean but still, not what you expect from a hotel at this price.

    Location was excellent. Short walk to underground then pretty much anywhere accessible from there. The staff were very helpful. Special mention to the wonderful lady who welcomed us and served us breakfast in the morning (sorry don’t know her name but she was always smiling and helpful). Also the porter who took our luggage to our rooms - who smiled at us and said hello when he spotted us on the underground. The breakfast was amazing. It looked underwhelming on the menu but it’s undersold. All you can eat, brought to your table by the wonderful staff. Try the pancakes! The bed was super comfortable and I’m really fussy when it comes to beds. The bar underneath is a nice way to end the night (barflys) but be careful how you book - more on that in the negatives. The hotel itself is quaint and I liked the style although it may not be to everyone’s taste as it’s quite dark inside. Felt a bit ‘gothic’. But it is also kept cool that way and was welcome in the heatwave. The room had air conditioning which was also really good! The area feels very safe and we walked and travelled a long way around Vienna from this base. We arrived early and the welcome was good we were early for check in but able to leave our luggage while we went out for a bit. We did not try the ‘honesty bar’ but while we were there some people were sat listening to records which seemed nice - we were too tired! The hotel left a bottle of red wine in the room for our welcome which was free. It was nice. This was a good base to travel from and we enjoyed our stay.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 August 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Doppelzimmer – Josefine Sur Cour
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Leaving my key at the front desk. Wishing there was more storage/ shelves in the room

    Perfect location, charming hotel. Staff was so courteous and willing to go above and beyond. Breakfast was so abundant and tasty

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 August 2024

    10
    Amazing stay at this very special property. Every detail is carefully selected. Great rooms and beds; super quiet but at
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Doppelzimmer – Josefine Sur Cour
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything! So much attention to details

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 August 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Doppelzimmer – Josefine Ideale
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Seize of bed (seemed to be 1m40 - 2m)

    Atmosphere, design, location, bar

    Stayed in August 2024

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