I'm sure it helped that the rooms had been recently re-done, but they were pristine, and comfy. Best of all, we were within walking distance to work, as well as great, hip restaurants and music clubs. And the price could not be beaten. I've already got reservations for our return visit.

I feel like things are crawling on me. I'm not really all that weird about that kind of thing either, but i can't help it. There's cigarette burns in everything (in my no smoking room). The bed and bedding are perhaps circa 1983. The TV also. The wi fi is probably my BIGGEST problem, working intermittently (I'm sitting here now hoping this doesn't dead end on me as the signal drops.

I've stopped thinking about swine flu and can't get cockroaches out of my brain because i know they're lurking somewhere in this room, probably near my kitchen foods, eeek.

Thank god i'm only here one night, don't have to pay the $3.00 to get my room cleaned for me. (otherwise they only do it by the week).. I can't believe i paid $130.00 to be in a crappy hotel 1 block from the event, would rather be 50 miles away.

We stayed here in Sept. 2008 because of the Houston-area evacuation for Hurricane Ike. We had a handicap-accessible room, and the smell alone was horrific. The location is great, but the cleanliness was a big issue for me. They charge an extra $25 per night if you have a pet for "cleaning services." It was obvious that the occupants prior to us had a pet, but we found tennis balls and visual evidence of the former occupants everywhere. Dishes still had food traces on them, etc. I would have switched hotels if everywhere else hadn't been booked. And this place wasn't cheap either!

DON'T STAY HERE! sEPTEMBER 24, 2008..These rooms were being charged at a higher rate, due to the special event of Austin City Limits Music Festival. Upon arrival we were greeted nicely enough and checked into our King room with a sleeper sofa with no problems. While waiting in line, another patron was consulting with the clerk about some problem they were having with their room. Upon arriving at our room, we were greeted by the
4 people staying in the room next door, congregated around their open entrance door. Our king bed had been slept in, the covers halfway pulled up, our door to the connecting room was wide open (although our neighbor's connecting door had been shut), there was a nasty wet towel in the kitchen sink, and we didn't even look at the bathroom. Downstairs, we informed the clerk that we needed a new room that was clean. There were no more "deluxe king" rooms (nowhere NEAR "DELUXE" in my opinion) available, but they did have one Queen/Queen available. We got new keys and went back upstairs only to find an even worse situation. Both beds were totally unmade, dirty towels were in the bathroom floor, trash on the counter, chair cushions on the floor, etc. AFter discovering that the "maids" had all gone home, we then told the
clerk that we would not be staying at this hotel and proceeded to get a full refund. I have NEVER seen a more shabbily kept hotel in my entire life. This was beyond completely unacceptable. We had been informed that they did not do house-cleaning for the length of our stay, since it's an extended stay hotel, but we HAD expected it to at least be clean before we checked in! We proceeded to call the Hyatt down the street, paid $50 more for the first night and $100 more per night for the remaining three nights. After what we had just seen, this was totally fine with us. Higher rates are acceptable when the room warrants it, but you couldn't PAY ME TO STAY at the Homestead Suites at 507 S. 1st in Austin, Texas... reserved in March for this!