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Doubletree Hotel University Area Austin	Average Price: $156 Check Rates

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1617 Interstate Highway 35 North

Austin, 78702 View map

4-Star Hotel Rank: 13 of 23
Average review rating: 3.78

OpinionWell Value Index: 1

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (27) , MyTravelGuide (164) , Travelocity (5) , TripAdvisor (146) , YahooTravel (10)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	No recent comments about noise were found.
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. What this hotel's biggest issue is, is the location.

"Service is great; Hotel's location is not. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/30/2012 Vote

2. I faced I-35 and did not experience any noise issues at all, and I sleep VERY lightly.

"Nice hotel, OK location " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/29/2012 Vote

3. I did notice that you could definitey hear highway noise while in the room, but it didn't end up being an issue for me since I was exhausted by the time we got in that evening anyway.

"Good location & comfy beds! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/27/2012 Vote

4. The front desk was very nice, but it didn't make up for the questionable issues with our first rooms.

"When the Cab Driver said previous folks complained--one should listen " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/26/2012 Vote

5. There were only minor issues - the toilet kept running if you didn't jiggle the handle, the shower head was almost 7 feet high and thus hard to adjust, and an empty beer bottle was sitting in the elevator lobby on my floor for several hours at least without a staff member picking it up.

"Clean, modern hotel close to but not directly in downtown Austin. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/13/2012 Vote

6. Clean, with friendly and helpful staff I didn't have any issue with my stay.

"Reasonable hotel - nothing special " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/10/2012 Vote

7. The big issue is the location and the thin walls.

"Just enough to pass. Just barely. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/29/2012 Vote

8. The big issue is that you WILL hear traffic noise from I-35 if you get a room facing the freeway.

"Just enough to pass. Just barely. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/29/2012 Vote

9. We had a good discussion and she apologized for the problems, thanked me for alerting her to issues in the hotel, and reduced my nightly rate by a third.

"Should have been better " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/31/2010 Vote

10. I rarely complain, but she needed to know that something was amiss, so I gave her my list of issues.

"Should have been better " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/31/2010 Vote