Origin Hotel Austin

Reviews

• AA

  Alisha

  Oct 5, 2026
  1.0
  I am currently in Origin for an extended stay of 4 weeks for work where I will be doing different shifts including late evenings and nights. I would not recommend this hotel for extended stays. They are least accommodating if you are staying long term and will give you the worst rooms possible, since they want to save the better rooms for guests with shorter stays and pilots. The initial room I had on second floor for the first week had a very strong smell (apparently the garbage form downstairs on that side seeps into those rooms). They eventually moved me to an oddly shaped room which is more of a long hallway without blackout curtains on one side with 2 windows. I had to ask to be moved again because the sliding door in the shower in that room did not stay closed and would slide open on its own. When talking to some of the front desk staff they kept telling me to check in every few days to see if they have better rooms available but when I check they clearly have no intention of giving a better room to someone taking up space for that long. One of the staff was finally honest and told me the king bed rooms are reserved for pilots and short term guests. It was a waist of my time to swing by front desk and ask every few days as I am already working long shifts. I’m currently in a room where you can hear your neighbors through the walls and sometimes there is some maintenance work being done during the day which is loud, especially when I need to sleep during the day at times. Additionally they only have benches in the room, so there is not a good space to work. The rooms with double beds does not have any other chairs to sit on besides the bench and the bed. Although the location is good I would not recommend this hotel. I will not be booking this hotel for other upcoming work trips.
• JJ

  Jackie

  Sep 27, 2026
  1.0
  This is a ridiculous hotel. There is no on-site parking, no iron or microwave in the room, and the coffee maker didn't work. The room is very industrial with a weird paint job that looks like someone stopped half way through. The location is the only positive, however there was construction going on all night which disturbed my sleep and I got a weird knock on my door at 2:30am. The knock could have a been a prank or mistaken room by another guest I dont know because I didnt answer and they didnt knock again. Either way not the best place I ever stayed.
• GM

  Glenn McMullen

  Sep 26, 2026
  1.0
  My wife and I, both 81, stayed at the Origin one night last week. We had made a reservation for one night, so that we could attend a book club meeting in our former neighborhood without having to drive back to Georgetown at night. The room was okay, and the location in the Mueller business district was good. The next morning we had breakfast at the hotel restaurant, checked out at 9:30am, and drove home in the daylight. But we later discovered billing issues, serious ones. I was billed for parking that I said when I checked in I didn't need and didn't want. This was corrected in a second folio, but the uncorrected, larger amount was still charged to my credit card. And we were billed for a second night, one that we didn't know about until we saw the charge on our credit card site. In an email exchange (which I kept) the manager insisted that I made a second reservation (at first, they insisted that I made a two-day reservation) for the next day. We were charged as no-shows for the second day. I did not make a two-day reservation and assume that the second reservation (which I simply cannot have made) was the result of a computer glitch, something that the manager did not suggest. I was told (again, by email) that if I disputed the second charge on my credit card I would be put on a blacklist and barred from future stays at the hotel, and Wyndham would be made aware. (Really.) My impression of the Origin instantly went from mildly positive to very negative. Right now, my wife and I will be paying nearly $600 for a one-night stay. Right now, we are paying twice for the same parking. Once with our own Metropolis account, and once to the Origin for parking we refused and did not use. Was our stay worth $600? No. I have already disputed the unwanted parking charge (I have an email receipt with the correct amount) and I plan to dispute the second night's charge, even if the hotel blacklists me. No matter: I canceled a November one-night reservation (for the next book club meeting), and the Origin is now on my personal blacklist. We will stay at a nearby Marriott. The facility is not as nice as the Origin, but at least the management hasn't threatened to blacklist me. Addendum: My Wyndham credit card was apparently hacked by a fake Wyndham Rewards app. The fake one, now uninstalled, has a light gray icon and no functionality to book hotels. I believe it is designed to phish for information. I also believe that whoever got my information from the fake app (which I never used to book a stay but did put my password in) used my information to reserve and then cancel a reservation at the Origin, perhaps to test whether they could do so. I have now taken the necessary steps: uninstall the app, cancel my credit card, change passwords, and notify both the Origin and Wyndham of my suspicions.
• NC

  No Kings Chris

  Sep 20, 2026
  4.0
  The people here are great. We had a coalition of 50 people over a weekend, who all needed checkin/checkout, and parking validation. It went smoothly as far as I know! We also reserved their restaurant and meeting room over two days. I had a special request; that plus all my interactions were friendly and easy. I’d like to acknowledge all the staff who helped us: wait staff Raven & Thaw, bar staff Keeley & Carmel, and our chief person Mariana. I had experiences that made this place a challenge. The meeting room acoustics and the restaurant acoustics are so reverberating that if you have hearing difficulty and/or hearing aids, it might be nearly impossible to cope.
• DF

  Danielle Ferrigno

  Sep 9, 2026
  3.0
  Pros: - The reception desk staff, as well as the restaurant staff are super friendly and helpful. - The lobby is really nice and inviting, though small. There are free bikes you can borrow, as well as an acoustic guitar that guests can play (someone did this during our stay and it was great ambiance waiting for the elevator). - The beds are super comfortable--easily the best part of this room/stay. - The food at the restaurant was very good (we got breakfast) and the service was excellent. - They offer late checkout (12 pm; for $20 extra) and the check-process was super easy. - The location is unbeatable. It's within walking distance of an HEB, among many other bars/restaurants/things to do in the area. There's a pretty park right near by the hotel, too. Cons: For a room that costs $500 for two nights, I would expect better quality finishes/finishing. Some examples: - The weirdest part of our stay was the water (both from the faucet and in the shower). There was some sort of softener in it that made it feel slimy/soapy and no amount of rinsing helped. This made it difficult to tell if soap was rinsed off completely and it was very off-putting. Had the water been normal, the shower would have been amazing. - There is no real bathroom door--it's a loose barn-door-style slider that leaves nothing to the imagination. This is ridiculous at the $200-250/night price range. - The tile in the shower still had markings from construction, and there was paint on the back of the door and the baseboards were peeling off already. Either they rushed or never did a final walkthrough. - There was a sign that specifically said not to hang towels on the shower glass, but then they only had one towel hook installed on the wall. - The room had no dehumidifying option on the HVAC so the room was very humid, and the chair in the corner was slightly damp as a result. - Hotel guests should not have to pay extra for parking when they are already paying for the hotel room. - The breakfast is only served by the restaurant, which you pay separately for--there is no continental breakfast included with your stay, which was not clear upon booking.

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