I have stayed here a couple of times in the past, and it's always pretty good. Not fantastic just good.
It's clean, in an ok location for 6th St entertainment (more on this below!). I guess if you were going to a convention in the convention centre it would be a great location.
The checkin was very efficent, the room was good, the bed was very very comfortable, but the room fitout was getting a little "tired". Nice in-room fridge (not a mini-bar) - nice touch. Lots and lots of free wireless and wired high speed internet - very good. A desk, and chair provided. The room was very nice for the $129 price.
The breakfast buffet (included) was good - lots of bagels, danish, juices of all kinds, cereal, fruit, coffee of all kinds. Some hot selections, that looked a bit "reconstituted". Eggs just done come like that!
One of the problems with Austin is the lack of any basic retail facilities downtown. So when staying at this location you need a car to get around. There is parking - but it's an extra $18 a day.
A few issues:
- There aren't enough seats at the breakfast buffet - a lot of people have to hover waiting for a slot.
- At 0330 on Sunday morning I was woken by other guests being forcibly ejected from the hotel by security staff. As you can imagine this place is close to 6th St - and in the early hours at the weekend it can get loud. But there was a lot of shouting and swearing.
- The walls are very thin - you can hear much of what's going on in the next room.
- At 0930 on Sunday morning, on the morning of my checkout (bearing in mind that check-out time is 12 noon) - I was distrubed by a knock on the door by housekeeping. Surely they know that I am checking out today ?? Don't they have a list ?? Or is this the managements way of trying to get me out early.
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