Not what we expected from Intercontinental
We staycationed at the Stephen F. Austin for two nights to be close to downtown over the weekend. The location is excellent. The staff friendly. But the rooms were pretty dated and not in a quaint B&B sort of way, but rather a lumpy bed, tube tv, carpet and wall stained kind of dated. The indoor pool is freezing cold. Additionally there's no self-parking. We payed $28 a day for valet and on check-out our car had scuff marks, a shoe print on the bumper, and what smelled like beer sprayed along the side. Probably would've been safer to just park the car on 6th street. The 2/5 rating is more for expectations. This is a half-way decent place to stay, but not at this price point, and not when you have the expectations associated with an Intercontinental hotel.