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A four-star option in the gentrifying neighborhood of Leopoldstadt, the Stefanie is closer to the Schwedenplatz—just over the bridge crossing the Donau Canal—than many Innere Stadt hotels. In operation since 1870, the Stefanie has 122 rooms and is one of three hotels in Vienna owned by the Schick Hotel Group.
The hotel's Viennese restaurant, sleek library, and sleepy courtyard garden speak to the time when the neighborhood wasn't so chic. The staff's attitude still reflects the old Leopoldstadt: ask for a restaurant recommendation in Leopoldstadt and the concierge is likely to reply "There really isn't much of anything." In actuality, guests are surrounded by new ethnic restaurants and studiously dive-y bars.
Doubles are significantly bigger than the cramped singles. Both are outfitted in a restrained rococo Viennese style. Despite the hotel's location on the busy thoroughfare of Taborstrasse, rooms are library quiet. Bells from the nearby Klosterkirche der Barmherzigen Brüder can be heard every morning and evening.
Amenities are plentiful but tend to they come at an extra cost, like Ethernet at an exorbitant €48 per week, or a garage space €18.50 a night. Reduced rates are often available for rooms booked online. | 
