Detailed Review
Das Triest has been designed as a cut above the standard rooms in most hotels and is a popular luxury destination in Vienna. Das Triest offers all the exclusiveness and amenities a business traveler could possibly dream of. Experience this home-away-from-home flair that sets our hotel apart from other accommodations.
The facilities
Das Triest is a perfect example for the symbiosis of history and modern design. Our staff is well aware of the fact that today's business travellers appreciate premium quality and personal service.
Das Triest is set in central yet peaceful location, with its stylish courtyard boasting an oasis of recreation and relaxation in the heart of the city.
In addition to the bar and restaurant, there are three lounges and a garden where our guests can relax. For recreation, the hotel has a fitness studio with sauna and sun bed.
The rooms
The hotel offers 72 spacious rooms which are divided in three different categories. The Suites, Junior Suites as well as the Standard rooms spoil with the comfort of a deluxe hotel (24-hour room service, shower/bath, bathrobe, bidet, hairdryer, fireplace, safe, satellite TV, trouser press). Some rooms offer their own garden.
Press Quotes
"The style here is understated chic" Independent 06
Independent Reviews
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"Terence Conran designed this luxury hotel of clean lines, an exclusive feel and a sophisticated palette, in the heart of Vienna."
With a meticulous eye for detail, Sir Conran has created an overall feeling of sophistication and style. Simplicity and clean lines feature throughout the comfortable lounge, restaurant and rooms, all boasting great facilities and an obliging staff.
Das Triest
By Jamie Dunford Wood
Entering from the street you might be forgiven for thinking you’d strayed into the foyer of the neighbouring technology college. Blank coloured functional walls and bright clean lines set the tone along, with staff in black – but evidently free to choose their own footwear. Only the expensive flower arrangements (they spend 50,000 euros a year on them according to the manager, second only, one would presume, to the George V in Paris), the swanky toiletries on sale , and the giveaway bowl of apples on the reception desk suggest otherwise. Conran is a great restaurateur, but is he a hotelier? Das Triest is certainly clean, bright and stylish, but lacks warmth, and has the feeling of an upmarket chain hotel. No – perhaps that’s unfair, because it’s evidently a ‘happening’ place, with plenty of buzz and rock star kudos, and the wonderful garden courtyard, barbeque area and restaurant are, as one would expect, a triumph – great public spaces. But the private spaces are cold, the suites having more the feel of design studio offices than living space. Black and white photos of the staff adorn the walls – service-wise there is a great team/family spirit about the Triest. And as with many designer hotels, the designer has not been able to resist scattering signatures about the place – in this case a single fresh flower in every bathroom, and a ship theme running through the hotel (Trieste – sea port – geddit?) – portholes in doors, flags, railings etc. Details are well chosen – Italian desk lamps and CP Hart taps, the branded tops of which (Hot and cold) can be unscrewed and disappear in their 100s every year. So the next time you see someone sporting them as cufflinks ask them what they thought of the Triest. Most rooms are light and generous with space, the best being on the top floor (6th), with their own large sit-out balconies and views, or those with access to the first floor roof garden – 113 for example, with its seven windows. Ten minutes walk from the centre this is ideal for popstars who don’t want to be mobbed stepping in and out of limos, or creative types and businessmen who fancy themselves as creative types. For those looking for Viennese romanticism, go elsewhere.
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