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The Driskill	Average Price: $300 Check Rates

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604 Brazos Street

Austin, 78701 View map

4-Star Hotel Rank: 6 of 23
Average review rating: 4.09

OpinionWell Value Index: 3

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (38) , MyTravelGuide (65) , Travelocity (4) , TripAdvisor (323) , YahooTravel (63)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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1. I travel at least once a month for business and personal and have stayed in hotels all over the world, and have NEVER had an experience as bad as this for such a highly rated hotel.

"Over Promised hype and VERY Disappointed Reality.. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/8/2012 Vote

2. I can't say one bad word about The Driskill, well, one thing.

"Fabulous Hotel! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/11/2012 Vote

3. I made a brief remark when we arrived at the front desk, to make sure they had noticed the bad smell.

"Musty Driskill Inferior Service " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/19/2012 Vote

4. This left a bit of a bad taste for me.

"Beautiful hotel with history " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/17/2011 Vote

5. OK, now the bad.

"Gorgeous Hotel, Unfortunately, Manager Should Be Fired " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/2/2011 Vote

6. ringing it late at night was a bad idea since the baby was already asleep.

"Beautiful Place To Stay... " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/31/2011 Vote

7. Gym could be slightly more robust, but overall nothing else bad to say.

"No surpises. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/26/2011 Vote

8. Now for the bad: the room felt like a small storage room with large furniture shoved in it.

"I think they put us in a storage room by mistake " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/13/2011 Vote

9. Also, we were woken up by screaming girls in the middle of the night, which was so bad, the Austin police responded.

"This is not a 4 star hotel let alone 5 star!!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/27/2011 Vote

10. Really bad value.

"Underwhelmed " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/7/2011 Vote