Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf 2

The worst experience ever. I fled, canceling the reservation on booking. The room we were assigned is a room with two single beds. The staff is kind and friendly. The hygiene is too poor, the floors are all dirty with large stains. The bathroom and toilet are old and not clean. Room odors. There is no refrigerator in the room and no air conditioning either. We can call it an old inn.

We changed rooms as soon as we arrived, having seen the sparse room we were allocated! For a very small upgrade fee, we moved to a ‘suite’ with a kitchenette, fridge, kettle, sink, a living area, great bathroom with a bath, and a large balcony. It was definitely great value! The bed was extremely comfortable, and the water really hot for relaxing showers and baths after long days of sight seeing in the city. While the interiors of the room were a little dated, they were spacious and homely, allowing us to spread out and decompress during our 3 nights there. The balcony (which did have a couple of weeds and a couple of cigarette butts when we first used it) was a terrific spot to sit at the end of each day with a beer, listening to the local birds and church bells chiming. It was a simply spectacular place to wind down each evening. Plenty of sunshine on the balcony allowed us to dry our laundry fully, which we did at a nearby laundromat as the hotel’s guest laundry facilities are no longer available. Downstairs is the breakfast room, and although we self-catered, they were very kind to us in giving us some milk and supplies to keep us going until we got to the supermarket when we first arrived (it was late Saturday night we knew that on Sunday all the shops would be closed). The lady at reception also made us a hot chocolate from their coffee machine later in the day! Philip, who welcomed us was super friendly, and interested in us. A couple of the local knowledge things that he told us weren’t quite right (e.g. that there was no bakery that operates on Sundays - we did find one but it was about 1km away), but we knew that it was from his heart and he didn’t mean to make a mistake. The price he gave us for the room upgrade was well and truly worth the money. The hotel suburb and street was super quiet and peaceful. Public transport of all sorts if nearby (U-bahn is probably your best bet). The toilet in the room is separate from the bathroom, which is super functional, but it would be better with a hand basin in the toilet room. For some reason (probably the skylights?) the hallways got very warm, so we had to open the windows all night to keep our room cool. the television only had local channels (awesome for practising our German) so there was only about 3 English channels but that’s a first world problem. Also, there’s no ability to stream to the TV, nor does the TV have internet access, but again, all the more German :) :) All in all, we absolutely loved this hotel! P.S. If you’re an avgeek and have Flight Radar 24, you will ADORE how many heavies go overhead on a clear day. A380s everywhere!

I stayed in Vienna for 3 days. I expected more from this hotel. The staff was very cold and unfriendly. The rooms were spacious enough, althought furnished with old furniture. The food was acceptable. The locations is good, with quick acces to public transport,