Motel One Wien-Prater

Pros +

• It is right next to the ubahn station so very easy to get around, especially when I had to leave for the airport at 4am. I actually think I prefer this location rather than the centre of Vienna because it's a bit more residential and less overwhelming. Bed was comfortable, and I didn't have any problems with wifi in my room (which I was worried about due to previous reviews). It was quite well soundproofed against the outside so you couldn't really hear the screams from Prater unless you had the window open (although I could still hear noise from the hallway and sometimes from other rooms, but it wasn't super loud). The room wasn't huge but there was enough room on both sides of the bed to open my suitcase properly on the floor, which isn't a given in Europe.

Cons -

• The curtains didn't block out the light. 'Balcony' is a bit of an overstatement - it's more like a ledge. Ok for me as I was there alone but if you had two people you wouldn't both be able to sit on it at the same time. I did think the chair on it was quite comfy to sit in though. Not having a kettle to make tea in my room was annoying - yes, you can ask for hot water at the bar, but I want to drink tea more often than I wanted to do that and I couldn't have milk since there was no fridge in the room. I wasn't going to pay almost 4 for a cup of tea at the bar. I understand the 24 hour bar is part of the 'concept' but considering it wasn't an extremely cheap room, it would have been nice to have a kettle and fridge still.