Wobbly Giraffe

Review of W Austin Hotel

I stayed here one night and the service is fine. ...

I stayed here one night and the service is fine. They seem to care about their guests. However, now that I live in the area I see clearly how little The W cares about Austin's 2nd Street District.

The garage on 3rd street is absolutely disgusting. It stays open all day with a security guard out front and reeks of a dump. Not a dump truck. Not a dumpster. The actual dump where trash goes to die. How the security guard is able to stand it is a mystery but I suspect he may not require oxygen like the rest of us. It stinks up the entire block and you can smell it from Bob's rooftop patio across the street.

They also have had a truck moving large containers in and out of the 3rd street garage for over a month now that incessantly beeps loud enough to clearly hear from the 18th floor. This goes on well into the night (3AM easily) several times per week and annoys our entire building. Half this building yells at the truck driver from their balcony as he sits in park just beeping away. Maybe they are moving trash and loudly proclaiming it to the neighborhood. I don't think it would surprise anyone that there is enough rotting trash in that garage to require hours of work in the middle of the night.