The embodiment of Viennese hospitality

BEST OF | Issue 04 | AUTUMN/WINTER 2025/26

Just a few minutes’ walk from the Vienna Opera House, the eponymous boutique Hotel Zur Wiener Staatsoper has been spoiling international guests with a preference for art, culture, music and high-quality cuisine thanks to its personalized hospitality for a year now.

The unique façade in Viennese Wilhelminian style architecture is the first highlight you will enjoy when arriving at the hotel.

Located in the heart of the city of Vienna, Hotel Zur Wiener Staatsoper is a veritable architectural jewel. The secret tip opened in March 2024 and provides the perfect point of departure for your tours of exploration and discovery in Vienna’s city centre. Located between the Vienna Opera House and St. Stephen’s Cathedral, this boutique hotel is an exclusive and inspiring refuge for visitors. Whereas culture lovers treasure the proximity to the most important museums, exhibitions and cultural institutions of Vienna, business travellers and other leisure guests love the absolutely tranquil but central location.

Right at the beginning of the day, an à-la-carte breakfast which alternates with the changing seasons spoils guests with a plethora of regional specialties, which – with some luck – are served personally by the Chef de Petit Déjeuner himself. During the daytime hours, the hotel team provides a bespoke concierge service, combining personal attention with Viennese charm to create unique and memorable experiences in Vienna. In such a way, the hotel often becomes a veritable home-away-from-home for its guests. Each and every stay is gilded by a very personal touch, or, as the Hotel Manager Victoria Klinkhammer puts it: “As a team, we have a soul, bringing this intimate hideaway to life and cultivating a very personal relationship with our guests.”

A Viennese touch… with inimitable relaxation

Equally individual are also the 12 rooms and suites, as well as the two-bedroom penthouse with its own terrace and dream-come-true view of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, designed to perfection. Each one bears the name of a famous composer, for example, Mahler, Strauss, Mozart or Tchaikovsky, who are said having stayed at this very special place. The interior decoration of the Neo-Baroque inspired rooms are the creation of London designer Nina Campbell, who generated interiors which are both contemporary and timeless, with huge attention to detail as well as harmonious colours and materials, including wall hangings which were selected in paisley patterns for the walls, herringbone parquet flooring, accompanied by highly modern bathrooms in their own inimitable style. Local carpenters and manufactures have provided a particularly Viennese touch and the much-praised cosiness of this boutique hotel.

Veritable items of jewellery from the Fin-de-Siecle

Often affectionately called a “gem“ or “jewel“ by its hosts, the 18th century building also looks like a precious architectural pearl from the outside – thanks to its unique façade in Viennese Wilhelminian style architecture. In order to truly savour this degree of beauty in the warm seasons of the year, a separate guest garden is currently in the planning for 2026 which will also be open to non-hotel guests, in order to provide pre-opera cocktails or an after-shopping drink to all those who know how to value such a cadre. However, external guests can already enjoy the high-quality à la carte breakfast in the small salon – the boutique hotel’s “Schmuckstückchen”, if they book in advance.

The hotel thrives on its attention to detail – whether in its architecture, interior design or service.

Nestled in an elegant, personal ambience …

… the fine breakfast menu offers culinary surprises at their best: ranging from Viennese classics served on étagères, from porridge and French Toast all the way to seasonally changing egg dishes. As a result of the truly unique location in the immediate vicinity of the local luxury boutiques, some of which are traditional Viennese artisan businesses, international museums, the “House of Music” or from the so-called “Viennese Secession” at the turn of the century, breakfast can easily be combined with a marvellous shopping tour in the inner city or with a visit to one of the current art exhibitions. And afterwards, a delicious lunch at one of Vienna’s top restaurants is right around the corner.

„As a team, we have a soul, bringing this intimate hideaway to life and cultivating a very personal relationship with our guests.“ – Victoria Klinkhammer, Hotel Manager