Strandhotel Alte Donau

The room was large and the bed was comfortable. Clean and nice bathroom. The view from my room was nice.

The waiters at the breakfast didn't speak a word of English (which is very weird for a 4-star hotel in an international city like Vienna). I had to use Google Translate to tell them that I needed a "boiled egg". They didn't even know how to say "Good Morning"!!!. There was no reception during the midnight to 7 am (again very weird for a 4-star hotel). The main entrance looks so mundane and so different compared to the photos (more like a shop entrance from 1950s). No wending machine in the hotel. No bathtub. No elevator. So you should be ready to carry your luggage up the stairs yourself. The hotel is located by a 6-lane street with a lot of traffic, which makes the rooms quite noisy, especially if you need some fresh air and want to open the windows (which considering the high traffic and air pollution, it is not a good idea). The hotel had two sections. I had to come into the open air and then enter the room for breakfast. This is highly problematic as you have usually taken shower at that time and it's so tough to go into cold weather to get to the breakfast, first thing in the morning. The handheld shower head in the bathroom would slip and fall off every once in a while when I was in the shower. The sofa in the room was comfortable but the cover was quite dirty (the bed cover was clean and nice, though). Since my room was getting a lot of sunshine, I felt a bit warm and I asked if I can turn on the air-conditioner. They told me that it is not possible in this season (mid-April).