The Spitz hotel is under new management (no longer a Best Western) and has been completely refurbished. It opened in November 2006 as a 'design hotel' - very modern and a bit funky. I have been going to Linz weekly on business and this is now my first choice hotel.

Rooms are compact (although vary in size) but very nice (wooden floors, very comfortable beds, desks). Some rooms have a glass wall between the shower and the bedroom, so you can see the shower from the room. However, there are also rooms that have a normal separate bathroom. The shower itself is one of best showers I have used - great water pressure and both a handheld and regular showerhead. Luxury soap and shampoo from The White Company.

Decent breakfast - and free wireless internet access throughout the hotel (huge perk for me). Service is excellent and they have great free Spitz chocolates (Spitz is apparently a Linz company that makes chocolate wafers - I don't quite get the connection, but love the free chocolates!)

This hotel is in need of a renovation. The lobby was dated and the room was worn and very dated--dark colors and late 60s or early 70s style. Given the prices here, I would have expected a nicer room. That said, nothing was terribly wrong and the staff was nice enough. In general, I wasn't impressed and would look for somewhere else to stay if I went back to Linz.

I totally agree with the other review and am pleased to see that the standards of the hotel are still high. We stayed at the hotel for a week in 2002 during a horrible heat wave. The only negative was the lack of air conditioning. The staff could not have been more helpful and took great pains to provide information on places that would be open on holidays. If the Schnitzel Express is still around the corner to the north, don't miss it. It looks rather basic, but the schnitzel is superb!

My father and I spent three weeks at the Hotel Spitz in November 2003 and we have just booked a return visit in June.I must first preface my remarks by stating i have spent 14 years with Holiday INN and Ramada Inn in the guest services department.The accomodations included a junior suite with 2 beds in a spacious room.Our first encounter with the frontdesk staff was friendly and they were most accomodating.All requests were acknowledged and attended to in a reasonable time.Maid sevices and restaurant sevices were superb.The included breakfast buffet is excellent. with a delicious and fully abundant food selection for every conceivable diet.Gourmet coffees and fresh juices available at 6 am.The hotel location is one block from the river Danube and on the main Linz thoroughfare with immediate streetcar accsess which was of high importance to my 80 year old father.The lobby is in an attractive art-deco style and all facillities are held to a high standard of cleanliness.In summary we are looking forward to our retun visit this summer to Linz and Hotel Spitz.l