Hotel Imperial, A Luxury Collection Hotel, ViennavsK+K Palais Hotel
Both properties are highly recommended by writers. On balance, Hotel Imperial Vienna ranks significantly better than K+K Palais Hotel. Hotel Imperial Vienna is ranked #2 in Vienna with recommendations from 13 sources like Star Service, Hideaway Report and The Telegraph.
Hotel Imperial, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Vienna Show All Reviews
Kaerntner Ring 16, Vienna A-1015, Austria
From $397/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
"Splendid interior. The lobby is stylish, the dining rooms magnificent, and the rooms and suites lavish and elegant."
Frommer's
"This hotel is definitely the grandest in Vienna. Luminaries from around the world use it as their headquarters." Full review
Concierge
"This 138-room hotel veritably drips with royal treatment—right down to the hand-ironed newspaper your butler delivers with the morning coffee."
Fodor's
"One of the landmarks of the Ringstrasse, this hotel has exemplified the grandeur of imperial Vienna ever since it was built." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"A palace turned hotel for the 1873 World’s Fair that’s also known for an at-the-ready concierge department (staffers are adept at securing last-minute opera tickets)." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"This hotel, rich in tradition, opened in 1873 and soon turned into a meeting place for Austro- Hungarian nobility."
Star Service
"This property began life as the city's most prominent ducal palace and is now its most glamorous traditional retreat." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"The former residence of the prince of Württemberg, converted to a hotel for the 1873 World’s Fair, this neoclassical palace is in a "great spot" on Vienna’s main boulevard." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"The merest whisper of the Imperial makes most Viennese nod in awe. This former palace, with all the marble and majesty of the Habsburg era, has service as polished as its crystal." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"Originally one of the private residences for the Prince of Wurttemberg, the Hotel Imperial is a luxury hotel steeped in a history that dates back to the glory days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire." Full review
K+K Palais Hotel
Rudolfsplatz 11, Vienna 1010, Austria
From $83/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Michelin Guide
"A pleasant city hotel with a magnificent historical facade. It has an interior that is comfortably decorated in clean lines and warm colours."
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Try to book a room facing the Rudolfsplatz.
Frommer's
"Vestiges of its imperial past remain, in spite of the contemporary but airy lobby and the lattice-covered bar." Full review
Rough Guide
"Built in 1890 and once the town house of Franz-Josef’s mistress Katharina Schratt, the K & K retains an appropriately imperial ambience in the lobby."
Star Service
"This sly boutique-hotel offers better-than-average designer accommodations in a historic townhouse north of the center of the city." Full review
Oyster
Mid-Range
"This three-pearl hotel is set in a residential area overlooking Rudolfspark, north of Vienna's First District." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Modern air-conditioned rooms include flat-screen TV's, coffee machines, minibars, and elegant furnishings. Family-friendly amenities include playground, laundry facilities, snack bar"
Vienna Travel Guide
August 5, 2021