I honestly have no idea why this place has such great reviews. I usually love Airbnb, and have stayed at many different ones in many different countries, and I’ve never had a bad experience until this one.
First of all the building itself is really old, and it literally feels like it’s falling apart. Everything is old and smells musky. Second, the listing specifically said that there were two beds in the living room and one in the bedroom, but there wasn’t. There was only a sofa bed in the living room. I hope he has changed this now before he misleads any more people. When I inquired about it, he blamed it on me and said it was my fault for reading it wrong because no one else has.
Second, the WiFi is literally a 2g T-Mobile hotspot, and was absolutely terrible. The download speed was less than 1 mbps, which basically made it impossible for more than one person to use the internet adequately.
Third, this place claims it has parking. The parking space is so small and impossible for any normal sized car to get into. We had a compact sized sedan and it would not fit. Instead we had to street park, and didn’t know that street parking costs money because there’s no signs anywhere. Luckily we were there on the weekend and a holiday, so it was free most of the time. The only catch was that this place was in a “special location” that charged from 6-10 on weekends, so we got one ticket for that.
The place itself is old, the doorframe to the bathroom fell off, and the chair mat sunk while I was sitting in it and I literally fell off. (I’m actually a pretty tiny person too, so I don’t think it was from weight), and overall the apartment is only stocked for two people based on the plates and stuff provided.
Lastly, communication with the host was awful, he took forever to respond and was probably the least friendly host I’ve ever had. At the end, he even had the audacity to ask me for a five star rating. Maybe that’s why the ratings are so high? Either way, I would not recommend this place, and there’s so many better Airbnb’s and hotels in Vienna.