It’s a lovely space. It’s sort of like the fanciest hostel you will ever stay at. Unfortunately, unlike a hostel, there are no common areas or kitchens or dining spaces to hang out, meet travelers or prepare food.
I would’ve preferred to keep my towels for the duration of my stay. It seemed ludicrous and wasteful to each get three new towels every single day.
We loved breakfast atop the glorious sunrise skyline of Vienna at the Grand Etage, blowing all the money we’d saved on our room at the 29 Euro per person buffet. If you plan to have breakfast any way other than slowly and luxuriously then definitely skip the Etage, but I recommend it at least once as a vacation excursion in and of itself.
I wouldn’t stay again, but I’m glad I stayed this once.