Last year, just after my three week stay in London, my boyfriend tricked me into staying at the Hotel Daniel for a night (in Vienna).
He picked me up from the airport and told me he urgently needed to pick up a USB stick from his friend who was having an office party. Obviously me being very tired (all the time) I didn’t notice that we actually went inside the Hotel Daniel. We went to the very top floor with the elevator and I still didn’t realise what was going on, but I did find it quite odd that I didn’t hear any music although it was an “office party” so bla bla I finally realised it was a surprise and yeah I was too tired to care too much because I just wanted to sleep and maybe have a G&T. No. Hotel Daniel doesn’t have a minibar in the room. Why? Because “There is a bar downstairs”. Well guess what Daniel, there’s a bar downstairs at every friggin hotel! But they all got minibars too! Ok fine fine. We were at the very top. The view was nice! The view of Vienna. It was beautiful! But on the other side, the view was of another persons flat. Actually he was wearing a bathrobe and really shiny red slippers all evening. Lets call him Albert. He was reading some magazine for a while and then we got bored of him not jerking off or doing anything exciting so we gave up on Albert. Alright so bed time. It was the end of August and it was cold outside. Raining actually. But guess what. Hotel Daniel still had its air conditioning on full speed. My nose was runny. My boyfriend went to the reception to ask them how to switch off the aircon. Oh that? No you can’t. It’s the central air con and we didn’t know that it would be so cold so soon this year so we can’t switch it off I’m afraid. Ok. Easy, we’ll just freeze to death. The room had a bath tub and two showers. I’m guessing Hotel Daniel has some seriously dirty customers. The Hotel Daniel soap/shower gel was amazing though. We naturally took one home. Were we allowed to? Not sure, but aren’t all those soaps at the hotels there so you can take them home with you ? And the remote control batteries too right? (I’m from Azerbaijan) Oh yeah, there was also a weird hammock in the room. I was guessing it was used for sexual purposes at it smelt of dried cum and wet dog. The shower room obviously didn’t have a door and both showers had perfectly see-through glass, so it’s definitely not a room to rent for just buddies or family members, but could be a thing for cousins (again I am from Azerbaijan).
It was just so cold in that room, and watching Albert all snuggled up on his expensive looking couch with the TV on and a glass of what looked like whiskey, made us feel like some sort of fashion bloggers (all fashion bloggers are dead inside). I slept with my socks on and used the hair dryer in the morning to unfreeze my feet.
I’m not a hater. I wanted to be fair. I went to Hotel Daniel again, but just for lunch this time. My meal was a combination of dead pigeon and moist cat food. Luckily the lunch we had was revolting which was nice because it made us finally agree that Hotel Daniel is all looks and no quality. Sure it has this cute hipster bicycle loving we make homemade cake and we like burgers everything here is written in English with a pinch of what we think is humour we are so relaxed and international but our receptionist will greet you with a GRÜSS GOTT, but Hey – looks just aren’t good enough anymore, Daniel! The staff is very friendly though. Didn’t charge me for the meal as they also agreed that what I ordered was not very good and they actually told me they wanted to put that dish off the menu anyway. In fact the staff is so lovely that it wasn’t easy to complain about my food and tell them that I couldn’t touch it anymore.
New location. Graz. Hotel Weitzer. Same owner as Hotel Daniel. Our room had the amazing Hotel Daniel soap/shower gel thing and also a dirty panty hose next to the bed. Which was nice cuz it’s always good to know how well the room was actually cleaned after the last guest. Apart from the nasty panty hose, I can’t remember much as I was at the elevate festival all night.
Ok so I conclude. I did not have a very good experience at Hotel Daniel. The food is not good. The soap is amazing. The staff is lovely. The place is trying too hard to look cool and hip and forgot to invest in actual good quality stuff. Would I stay there again? Probably not. But maybe. Never again. Who knows. But I guess so. Na. Definitely. Doubt it.
This soap/shower gel thing is the only reason I would go back to Hotel Daniel.
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