We were looking to get away for the weekend and decided to go through priceline. We were surprised to book the Hyatt for just $110 a night.
Upon arrival, we did not expect to have a nice room, but requested a city view. To our amazement, we were given one of the rooms with the nicest views. The view is unlike anything else in Austin. Since this hotel is across Town Lake, you can have a view of the entire Austin Skyline from your room. My husband and I enjoyed waking up and watching the activity on Town Lake as we drank our coffee.
The rooms have just been updated and we found the furniture to be functional and spa like. Our king bed was comfortable and faced our amazing view.
The hotel itself has a great lobby area with comfortable furniture and excellent margaritas. The conceirge and desk were incredibly friendly and helpful. The pool area is located right beside Town Lake and although it seemed outdated, we enjoyed it.
Our one disappointment was the cleanliness of the hotel. Unforttunately, as we looked at our great view from the room, we also had to look at about 5 spiders and the webs they had spun. It seemed that the hotel had not cleaned the windows for awhile. Also, the maid service in our room was lacking. We had left some crumbs in our room and they were still there upon our return. Our coffee supply was not replenished. We found a small card in the bathroom explaining that the hotel will only change sheets and towels every 3rd day unless we directly called them and requested they be changed.
We brought our bikes and would not recommend it. The hotel did not have a place to store them and we had to keep them in our hotel room. Also, we never actually ended up riding them because the trails of Town Lake were so filled with pedestrians.
We do recommend, however, renting a kayak at the rental place right by the hotel pool. It costs $10 an hour and was a lot of fun to kayak around the lake. You can also rent electic boats, paddle boats, and canoes right by the hotel.
Going into town is a 15-30 minute walk depending on where you go, but we found the walk interesting and fun. The warehouse district has some great restaurants and is only 15 minutes away. There is also an interesting farmers market every Saturday in the warehouse district.
All in all it was a great experience and we plan to return.
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