Summary: good location, helpful hosts, excellent price, and cute apartment. A great place to stay in Vienna!

The Frisierzimmer Violet is clean, comfortable and well-maintained; close to the center of the city and a U-Bahn stop right up the street; and wonderfully quiet at night (which a person suffering from jet lag through the wee hours of morning would have occasion to appreciate).

I did not meet Andrei, though I did meet his father, who runs the gallery on the main floor of the building. He was a delight. When I asked him some questions he couldn't answer, he wasn't content until he had found the answers and gotten back to me. I appreciated how gracious he was, as well as how accommodating both he and Andrei were in permitting me to arrive earlier than check-in specifies.

The little kitchen in the apartment is an added benefit, and there are a couple of grocery shops at the top of the street. It is easy to walk from this place into the center -- which only takes 15 to 20 minutes. I liked being a little outside the center, so I got to see a different neighborhood than just the tourist area, and Mariahilferstrasse is very busy, with tons of shops and restaurants lining the way. The subway is less than 5 minutes away, if you don't feel like walking, and there are also city bikes at the stops.