We stayed in a standard room at Gartenhotel 1 for the first 4 nights, then we've had a Comfort room for 1 night on New Year's Eve.
Standard room review:
It was decent enough. It was clean and the bed was made. The bathroom contained a bathtub with shower capabilities. The sink was nice and big, plenty of space to put your toiletries. There was a separate toilet which is also nice.
The downside of the standard room is that it was located on the Street front side, which meant that early in the morning starting at 5 AM, there was a LOT of noise. Cars, people, drills, vacuums and all other sorts of noise going on.
On top of that, the beds were single beds that could be shoved together. However, this created a crack in the middle and if you tried to sleep close to your partner, you'd just fell down the crack as the beds would just slide apart.
Not recommended if you're trying to keep your marriage together lol
Review of the Comfort Room:
We expected a major upgrade from the Standard room, as we paid double for this ' Comfort' room.
Unfortunately, when we arrived in the room, the toilet was not cleaned. There were actual Pee-stains on the toilet seat and it smelled really bad in there as well. We asked the reception to send someone up there to clean the toilet for us, which they promised to do, but as we arrived back hours later, we noticed they failed to do so.
The bathroom was smaller than in the Standard room and it contained a Window without any curtains/shades. Thus ensuring that any pervert with a good camera could get a good view of our nakedness.
The garden view itself from the room wasn't much to write home about.
I assume it would be a lot nicer in the summer than in the winter, but even so, if you are going to the hotel for this specific 'garden' view, don't bother.
The Comfort room did contain a comfortable Double bed, which was the only highlight of the room. And I suppose if you like sitting around in a hotel room, it also provided two chairs and a round table.
Review of the Staff
The staff was friendly and helpful. Though there was one guy who seemed to be looking down his nose at us, but we paid no attention to him. I guess he thought that his hotel was too good for us, as they do price their rooms very high. And that is excluding breakfast as well.
The location is a bit outside the Center, but it is easy to travel by U-bahn to the center. If staying in Vienna for a couple of days, it's recommended to purchase a Vienna card as it gives discounts to places and shops and it means you can travel by bus, tram and metro for 3 full days for only 18,50 euros per person. Bargain!
Overall I think that the balance between Price and Quality isn't right at this hotel. We have stayed in much better hotels for half the price so no I would not recommend this hotel.