Max Brown 7th District

In an age when many luxury hotels offer a mind-boggling range of services and amenities, it’s refreshing to encounter one with a less-is-more approach. Max Brown 7th District is a boutique hotel with clearly stated priorities: ultra-comfortable beds, excellent coffee, great music, and a killer location in Vienna’s stylish and central Neubau neighborhood. Nail the basics, they suggest, and no one will miss overpriced minibars or round-the-clock room service.

The straightforward approach extends to the rooms, which are named for their sizes, ranging from small to extra large. All are furnished in cheerful primary colors with whimsical local artwork and vintage-inspired details, like rotary phones and Crosley record players with curated selections of vinyls. There’s an appealing breakfast buffet, movie nights hosted in the hotel’s theater, and a Mediterranean restaurant on the ground floor. But as the proprietors know, these offerings are all secondary to one of the hotel’s top attributes: its address, within easy walking distance of Vienna’s museums, cafés, and art galleries.