Locale Rainey Street

I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at Locale East Austin. The property is in an incredible location—just a block from East 6th Street—which offered the perfect balance of peace and quiet while being steps away from great restaurants and cafes on E 6th St. The building is sleek and modern, with a high-tech setup that made check-in completely seamless—no front desk needed and easy access. I’d seen reviews mentioning the A/C, but mine worked perfectly even during 90-degree days while I was in town. The unit had a clean, Scandinavian-inspired design, and the beds were very comfortable. Overall, excellent value for the location! I’ll definitely be back on my next trip to Austin!

The room itself was clean and well decorated. I felt really safe during my stay and love that the building is secured access. Super walkable area with plenty to do! Heating worked during the 20-35°f weather which was nice as well. The front door seal wasn't great so the air was much colder in the kitchenette area. I paid for late checkout and they had changed the code to my room an hour before I was set to leave. I was locked out and it took about 15 minutes for them to issue me a new code. Great price for the location and cleanliness. Quiet street but just a 5 min walk from dozens of great spots if you're into a good dive bar or food truck!

We would have loved to have nothing but amazing things to say about this place, sadly, there were two issues that really ruined the entire experience. 1. Like others have mentioned, the AC did not work. We thought, surely by now it would be fixed! Oh how wrong we were. This was fine during the day since we were out and about, but sleeping became difficult. 2. This one also made it difficult to sleep. There were huge cockroaches. See the attached pics. On the plus side, the location was great, just two blocks away from 6th where all the action is. The room itself was beautiful, modern, and the appliances and fixtures all new and high-end. If you are considering staying here, be sure to ask them if they've fixed the AC and have mitigated the cockroach issue. Side note: Check in time is 4pm; we asked for early check in and were told we would be notified via text the morning of arrival. At around 10a, they sent a text saying for $50, we could check in earlier at 1pm.