Hotel Zur Wiener Staatsoper

I stayed at this hotel for four nights and everything about it was just perfect.
This is a small family run hotel in the center of Vienna. It is about a three minute walk to the opera house and Stephansdom from the hotel. The location is excellent.
I had a single room, which was small but fully adequate for my needs. There are four rooms on each floor.
One of the best things about the room was that it was very quiet. There was no street noise coming through to my room, so I could get a good night’s sleep. The only thing I could hear from the outside were the bells from the cathedral.
The staff was extremely friendly and helpful.
I enjoyed the breakfast that they served, which was the typical offering you will find in German and Austrian hotels.
I went in the off season, in January, and did not see too many other patrons in the hotel. The prices were very good especially for the cereal district of Vienna.
I’ll definitely stay here again if I can me to Vienna again.

I am frankly shocked that this hotel has not gotten any reviews. It is listed in Rick Steves book and is easy walking distance to anything inside the Ringstrasse and only 20 min walk to the Belvedere and Nachtmarkt.
After having stayed in this hotel for the past three days, I can honestly say it has been one of the best hotel experiences ever (and I have visited and/​or worked on 4 different continents). Here are a list of reasons for my now unending loyalty to this hotel:
–Spouse and I arrived in early morning from a night train from Venice. We were exhausted and hoped that we could at least drop off our bags. When we arrived, we were warmly greeted and offered orange juice and promptly sent to our room… at 8:30 a. m! No waiting for check-​in time at 1:00. When we thanked them later that day for the courtesy, the hotelier stated that of course if the room is ready why should we not have it? I would love it if American hotels followed the same logic.
–Breakfast is very well appointed with rolls, breads, cheeses (I counted ten types), boiled eggs, meats, herring, pickles, yogurt, cereal, juices, jams, even chocolate. The servers bring you little pots of coffee with even cuter little pots of steamed milk. After being in Italy the week previously I was so grateful for protein and they did not skimp on it!
–We put the do not disturb sign on our door and the hotelier wanted to make sure that we understood that meant our room was not serviced. We appreciated the double checking.
–Their English is superb. We had studied German before our trip, but were reduced to lingual idiots when in the real situations. It was very easy to communicate and we felt free to approach with any questions.
–The rooms themselves are VERY nice. Bright, clean, everything you need. My husband took pictures of the bathroom for a future dream remodel. The mattresses are memory foam so I slept like a rock.
–We have to leave early in the morning and TWICE they offered to prepare us breakfast for the road since the buffet will not be open when we leave and have already reserved us a taxi pickup.
–Without exception, every staff member from the front desk to the breakfast servers to housekeeping have been super friendly (which trust me, in Vienna there seems to be polite, but rarely friendly).
In short, even if I won the lotto tomorrow and could have my choice of any hotel in Vienna, Hotel Zur Wiener Staatsoper would be my first choice.