For everything good about this hotel and this room in particular there was also something very odd. First off, the view was absolutely spectacular. From the rooms and from the balcony. But the state of the room itself was less than desirable. There were tortilla chip crumbs in the floor, there was still laundry in the dryer when we checked in. There are remnants of streamers from someone’s party still taped to the ceiling. The paint is chipping, there is a crudely patched large hole in the drywall above the bed. And while it does have a full kitchen, there are 2 forks and zero spoons.
Also, don’t try to check in early! Our check in time was 4 pm. We got to the lobby at 3:55 and were told by the extremely rude and unhelpful employees to wait in the lobby and come back in 5 minutes. Everyone there had to wait and check in at the same time causing elevator gridlock.
I will look elsewhere next time I’m in Austin.