Currently # 53 in Austin for a reason!
I stayed at the hotel for 4 nights in November 2012 for business. Whereas I found the staff to be friendly and accommodating and the food decent, The facility is worn and the decor in serous need of updating. The actual check-in / front desk areas looks as if it has recently been improved, the rest of the hotel is bathed in hideous orange fireworks carpet and a 1970 motif. If a retro look was the object, well it missed. The same reindeer moss orange, red and gold ice cream cone objects have been in lobby at the base of the escalators for 5+ years with an increasing layer of dust accumulated every year. The fit and finish in the guest rooms is not being maintained with the bathroom of particular disrepair. The front of the basin is stained in dark walnut and it clearly has been scratched and un-maintained. The wastebaskets are brown wicker with the paint chipping from the rims. The tub, corners and caulking are all in need of some Clorox and have signs of mildew. The rack rate is >$200 night, or there about. If I had paid that much I would have certainly been more disappointed. In the evening the noise level coming up from the lobby bar is deafening. The fact that complementary ear plugs are provided in the nightstand in little compensation for uncontrolled guests who have over imbibed. If you have a choice - stay elsewhere!