Vibe: retro furniture, the warmth of a family run hotel, a cheeky, ever-so-cool grin attitude, a kind of hipness that will make you want to hang out with the owner
Location: In a quaint, quiet street in the middle of a not-so-quiet district of cafes and bars
Your stay described in a few words: According to Marvin, the manager of the inconspicuous on the outside, bright and bold canary yellow on the inside, Hotel am Brillantengrund – “this is a place where stories happen.” The place certainly hosts the vibe of a setting perfect for such. Once an old, dusty Austrian hotel, reborn as one of the hippest hotels in the city (even according to The New York Times), it’s obvious as soon as you walk into the retro ridden foyer that a creative mind has been at work on the place. The rooms surround a seemingly sweet (many a party have been hosted here), laidback courtyard, aloft a balcony fringed 2nd floor. Inside, the rooms boast a lot of the vintage furniture from its past life. Meanwhile, in the hotel’s kitchen, some of the best Pinoy food is being served up by Marvin’s mum.
Recommended if you are: traveling as a family, a young couple seeking a dirty weekend getaway … or an affordable place with a personality to stay, a traveling hip hop artist or any other breed of musician in need of a pad to crash
