The Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel

There is no free parking. You can either pay for valet parking or use the nearby parking garage. There is no drop off zone. You are not allowed to use carts to bring your own stuff up to your room because you have to tip the bellhops. We had an item that was left at the bar area and it took going through 4 different employees to retrieve a lost item. Other than that, the hotel and the room was very nice. It is a great location walking distance to many bars and restaurants.

The service here was spectacular. From the front desk to the gentleman who held the door. They take COVID seriously and there are sanitizing stations everywhere. Housekeeping is suspended as with most places but they deliver towels or any other toiletries very promptly. It started as a normal trip to see friends and ended with me getting stuck here in the storm that hit. We never lost power or heat which I was very grateful for. They allowed me to extend my stay as I couldn’t get a flight out and they honored the original price at a time when a lot of hotels were gouging. The restaurant opened towards the end and I dined there once. The food was good considering they were working with limited options due to the delivery situation. The weather did not permit me to experience the beautiful patio but I will be back for that. All in all you can not go wrong staying here.

We stayed there because they had a restaurant and bar on site, with hopes for room service and hanging out on their terrace with cocktail . We were disappointed that both the restaurant and bar were closed due to Covid. Everything else was fabulous!!!

Place was excellent location is great, overall great place to stay. Only negative is the pillows were wafer thin. Everything else was great.

Staff accommodated all our needs. Friendly and comfortable atmosphere. I will definitely consider staying there on my next trip to Austin.

Room and facilities and location outstanding. Bed comfortable. Staff friendly. Bad - rooftop bar closed on sundays and mondays. Was looking forward to that.

Beautiful historic hotel in a great location — about a 10 minute walk to either the Capitol building or 2nd Street. There are open restaurants nearby and a small local grocer on the next block. The service was great — James (I hope I remembered his name right!) at the front desk was phenomenal. When I needed a fridge, directions or even mentioned that the robe was missing from the room, he was always happy to help. The bed was comfortable and it was nice to have a shower and deep tub with plenty of hot water at a good pressure. I was pleasantly surprised that the smaller queen room I reserved (which was plenty big for me) was a corner room, allowing me to open the curtains and have sunshine streaming in on two sides. FYI there is a mini bar in the room that is empty because of COVID but also doesn’t seem to be that cold. So if you truly need refrigeration, you may want to ask for a fridge. I chose valet parking because it was nearly 8pm when I arrived — the stand is on 7th Street and they tended to my quickly. It did take about 10 minutes to get my car when I left, but they had told me to call ahead and I failed to do that. Apparently, the valets work the hotel across the street as well so I would definitely recommend following their advice to call first!

The hotel staff was amazingly attentive and helpful! The surrounding area was nice for walking to get food. Parking was a bit of an issue. They offered valet which was a bit expensive and locating a place to park nearby was a also a task. Overall it was a good hotel experience!

Beautiful facility. Parking fees are high, but in line with most other downtown hotels.

Excellent location dead center downtown Austin the Royal Sonesta is the perfect soot if you are looking to stroll down on 6th street at night, not having to catch an Uber to get back at your hotel and at the same time not having to put up with the rumble and noise of the bars at sixth