Wonderful, Romantic property
The hubs & I stayed at the Omni La Mansion del Rio to celebrate our 37th wedding anniversary. We booked a King-river view with a "shared" balcony thru the hotel's reservations on the day that we were to travel. The rate was great as it was a 4th of July promotional rate (a week prior to the 4th). I told the reservationist it was our anniversary & he upgraded us to a private balcony!! We were in room 425. We checked in on a Tuesday & stayed two nights.
When we arrived there was a bottle of champagne iced down & two glasses with a anniversary card signed by all the staff waiting for us! HOW SPECIAL!!!! We opened it, made a toast & began our vacation! 
The room was really nice & was very quiet. One whole wall was brick. We had a couch & a flat screen TV. It was a nice sized room with french doors that opened out to our balcony, a very small balcony, but just ours! There were two straightbacked chairs to sit in, but it was more comfortable to just stand & watch the happenings down on the river. 
The 4th floor is perfect, not too close to the river & the noises that come with it, but not too high that the treetops blocked your view. There was another door to out that opened to a "shared" balcony. Shared by three other rooms. Which would be great if you were with a larger group.
The bathroom had granite countertops & wonderful large towels. Shower was great. 
The hotel is in a historic old school building. So it has wonderful San Antonio charm. It's laid out a bit odd & you have to walk a bit to get to the elevators. Which were a bit on the slow & HOT side. (they had record heat - 106 while we were there). UGGG.
The pool was AWESOME!! We think it was a saltwater pool. The water was perfect! The staff at the pool was great. We ate snacks & had drink by the pool one entire day! Heaven!!
The staff was SUPER from the second we drove up til the minute we left (sadly). The front desk staff greeted us by name the whole time we were there. The concierge was so helpful. Tony was our bellman & he was great! He recommended a restaurant off site (as we wanted Mexican)... and said we might be able to use the hotel's limo service. Great idea!! We called & were accomodated right away. Ronnie was our driver & he dropped us off at the restaurant, gave us his card for us to call him to come back for us. He was great!! The staff seems so eagar to please & make your stay a special one. This is a fantastic hotel. I WILL always stay here in the future. 
We ate breakfast at the hotel's restaurant one morning. We had the buffet & sat out on their patio. The food was EXCELLENT & again, the staff was incredible. $19 pp - all you can eat. I didn't think I could eat $19 worth of breakfast....but once I was done, I didn't complain about the price. It was worth it. 
THANKS Omni La Mansion del Rio for making us feel "SPECIAL". We will return!!