Susan C.
Yelp
3.75. Aptly named, Hotel am Konzerthaus is close to several concert and performance venues in a central district of Vienna. The main entrance is the corner of Lisztstraße (yes Liszt street, as in the composer), and Am Heumarkt, and it's around the block from the Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna Concert Hall), a 12 min walk to the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera House), a 7 min walk to Musikverein Wien (Vienna Music Society).
Walking into the hotel, the first sight that greets you is a lush wall of velvet drapes, they're going for a kinda sleek bohemian vibe with dark floral accents mixed with brass-trimmed furniture and glass lighting. Check-in counters are to your immediate left as you turn, and the hotel lobby lounge with open seating is to the right. Past the lobby lounge is the main hotel restaurant that also serves as breakfast buffet in the morning.
Heading upstairs the dark color scheme extends to the hallway and guest room walls. Inside the rooms are pretty spacious for a European hotel, with a focal wall of dark floral wall paper in an asymmetrical diamond arrangement along the wall farthest from the window. The flatscreen TV is wall mounted in the center of a glowing light fixture which seemed like an attempt to be artistic though felt a bit weird when actually watching TV.
The thick blackout curtains did their job well and blocked out almost all light for a solid night's sleep. Pillows weren't the most comfortable and the bed was on the firmer side though comfortable enough. They have a pillow menu available but it costs over €15 if I recalll correctly so I decided not to get it, though was surprised bc a few diff hotels I've previously visit don't charge for this. My room had a king bed instead of two doubles and they did a decent job with turn down service on the day I had them come make up the room--on other days if you hang the "green earth friendly" door sign on the outside of your door before 10am each morning then they credit your loyalty program account* with a certain amount of points per day. Overall pretty clean though there was some grimy stuff inside the electric carafe when I was trying to make tea. When I called the concierge they initially said they would bring me another one, then came to my room and said they had none left.
Two bottles of spring water (one sparkling, one flat) come complimentary with the room. Aside from aforementioned hot water carafe, other amenities include a safe, mini fridge (nothing inside), nespresso machine with coffee pods, tea bags, iron and ironing board, hairdryer. Bathroom toiletries are from L'Occitane and I really enjoyed their bright lemon and citrus fragranced body wash and shampoo.
As other reviews mentioned, the design of the shower (while pretty) leaves much to be desired functionally. Why there is only glass to block half the side of a rainforest shower stall is confusing...there's no way to prevent water from splashing out into a small puddle. Even if you shower very deliberately away from the open side, it's hard to control the splash-age.
The staff here was very cordial and seemed genuinely trying to help. My German is limited though it was fairly easy to communicate in English with the front desk staff.
While not in the direct center of the historic district, it's about a 10-15 min walk to many attractions, and public transportation via metro, bus and trams is easily accessed 3-7 minutes away. Coming from NYC I found the location conveniently walkable and far enough from the louder touristy areas of town.
Side note: during my stay I was able to order Uber here quickly, usually within 5 minutes.
*As part of the Accor Hotel group, it's possible to sign up for their loyalty program where you can acrrue points towards benefits if you stay at various properties worldwide.