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Stadthotel Hauser Eck
( 733 36;
www.hausereck.at
;
Schulgasse 2; s €43-60, d €80-150; )
This newly renovated hotel in-
side a rambling art nouveau building offers excellent value in the historic part of town.
Rooms are well appointed if sometimes on the snug side and bathrooms are kept spark-
lingly clean. The restaurant downstairs offers Austrian and Italian staples.
HOTEL
$$
Gasthof Graf
( 352 757;
www.hotel-graf.at
; Bahnhofplatz 7; s/d from €69/98; )
Opposite the train station, this
30-room hotel has no-frills rooms with cheapo furniture and brightly coloured walls as
well as more expensive quarters with a touch trendier retro-design feel. The downstairs
restaurant has affordable mains served with second-hand cigarette smoke.
HOTEL
$$
Metropol
HOTEL
$$$
( 707 00-0;
www.austria-trend.at/met
; Schillerplatz 1; s €200-220, d €250-270; )
Cosy, upmarket and
aimed at a business and culture clientele, the Metropol is not cheap (low season prices
are 20% less), but for these prices you do get free use of the sauna, steam bath and in-
frared lamps. Its restaurant serves up steak and good business -type meals.
Eating & Drinking
Lilli's Gastwirtschaft
AUSTRIAN
$
(Rathausplatz 15/Marktgasse; mains €7-13; 9am-8pm Mon-Fri, to 2pm Sat; )
This homely res-
taurant does a lunch menu for €6.30 and often uses organic beef from the Waldviertel re-
gion. Expect to find classics well prepared, including
Tafelspitz
(prime boiled beef) and
apricot-filled dumplings.
Landhaus Stüberl
AUSTRIAN
$
(
www.landhausstueberl.at
; Landhausboulevard 27; breakfast €4-6, lunch menu €7, mains €8.50-12; 7am-7pm
Mon-Thu, to 5pm Fri)
The name suggests a traditional tavern, but this postmillenium eatery in
