Zum Schwarzen Bären

Austria , Linz
LINZ , Herrenstraße, 09-nov
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100 reviews shown

2/10

Poor

20 Jan 2026

Mark

We booked the top floor suite, thinking it should be a quiet haven for sleep. But it turns out to be right under the rooftop bar/restaurant, so lots of noise until around 2am. And then at 6:30am the cleaners began above us, noisily tossing chairs and tables about as they vaccumed.

Bad, very bad.

So, we got moved down a floor to a tiny room on the opposite end, and.. sewer gases from the ductwork rapidly made us ill. So at 11pm, we packed up and left for a Real hotel 20min away. Never again.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2025

Mina

Friendly staff, clean room, great location

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2025

Murdo

I really like this hotel. So convenient in the centre of Linz. Very comfortable. Perfect for a longer stay

Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2025

Judit

Awesome hotel in the middle of Linz old town, close to the Danube. Great price! Awesome breakfast!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2025

Simon

Great location, I had a single room which was fine, comfortable bed, good shower.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2025

Jeongae

The room is much more spacious and cleaner than it looks on the website, and the air conditioning is wonderfully cool. All the staff are friendly (which was such a relief after being worn out by the rudeness in Salzburg and Hallstatt) and very helpful. I highly recommend the rooftop restaurant’s barbecue and tuna steak, and the breakfast buffet was the best quality we’ve had during our entire Germany–Austria trip.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Aug 2025

Andrew

Very nice hotel in central Linz. The hotel is in a pedestrian area and there are nice restaurants and bars on the street below, but not noisy. Small efficient room, staff were helpful when i left my computer in the room, and shipped it to me. Good base for visiting Linz.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

25 Jul 2025

Barbara

clean, modern hotel in the heart of the old city.
has it's own parkade

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jun 2025

Didier

Business

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2025

Biljana

The hotel is in a great central location with easy access to restaurants, sights and shopping. It is quiet so one can sleep well. The rooms are comfortable and spacious.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2025

Scott

Close to town center

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jan 2025

Ivan

Will come back great location and Hotel

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2024

Pam

Great neighborhood. Close to bars and restaurants and shops.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2024

Steve

Great location and clean rooms.

10/10

Exceptional

07 May 2024

Raymond

It was very central to many places in the city center.

10/10

Exceptional

23 Apr 2024

Balázs

Nice downtown hotel

The hotel is situated in the downtown of Linz, a very short walk from tram stops and the main square, but luckily with the window closed it was quiet and not noisy at all inside the room. The staff was nice, the room was clean, bed was comfortable, and it was nice to have a bottle of complimentary water and a coffee capsule for the coffee machine. The breakfast felt overpriced, but it was good quality, mostly the usual items of a buffet breakfast, but with a little more than usual choice in fruits and cheeses.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2023

Donna

The hotel was in a convenient location for me to walk to all of the Christmas markets, which was the reason for my trip. The staff was very nice and the single room was comfy. I even had my own balcony! Would definitley recommend

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jul 2023

William R

Close to sites in old town. All of the staff were great.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2023

Zuzana

Very helpful staff. Great location. Good breakfest.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2020

Henna

Great stay

Great location and nice for couples

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Nov 2019

Blair

Room was small but clean and functional. I would return.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jul 2019

Eric

Hotel Schwarzer Bär was a good hotel.

Hotel was very good. Location in the city was convenient and staff recommended restaurants that we tried and they were good. Transport on tram was just around the corner.
Breakfast was nice.
Staff were very friendly and helpful.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Jul 2019

Derren

Nothing Not To Like Here

All good at this place. Welcoming check-in. Unexpected free welcome drink too. Room modern, spacious enough and well equipped with A/C. Very comfy beds. Bar is nice and the place is right in the middle of town. Couldn't find the hotel carpark and the front of tyhe hotel is in a pedestrian zone. I parked ina public underground car park near by which was a few euros more but hey, ho. Didn't eat there. Has a rooftop bar and restaurant but, as it is under glass and its a heatwave at present, did not go there. Staff very pleasant and helpful. Nothing not too like and good value.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2019

Kim

Amazing rooftop bar and super comfy rooms

Beautiful modern hotel. Super comfy bed and luxury bed linen. Amazing roof top bar.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Nice hotel and great location and breakfast. I liked it

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

05 Jun 2019

Pavel

Facility does not honor Hotels booking completely.

Did not get large room with sofa bed as ordered. Next day was able to move to large room with sofa bed for 40€ per day extra.Staff was helpful, but did not get what was booked on Hotels.com.

8/10

Excellent

01 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

It was close to the sites we wanted to see, the parking was onsite, and the staff was very helpful. They answered my emails promptly about the parking and access through the pedestrian area.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

17 May 2019

Jacqueline

Our room was so small that the only place to put our (medium size) suitcases without tripping over them was in an upright position in one corner. The closet/wardrobe was divided in two 14 inch vertical spaces making it impossible for suitcase placement.
However, we did appreciate the on site parking.

Partner

2/10

Poor

25 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

They charged me twice.

They charged me twice. It could be a Hotels.com's fault. I chose \"Pay at the hotel\" option. And my money got deducted by the hotel very soon. When I checked out the hotel, the girl charged me again. She said something about \"holding the money\", but it IS deducted. She could check the transaction with my card from their data. Definitely, she didn't care what's happening in my reservation. The hotel itself is awesome. Very clean. Nice location. But how can I like such hotel and service.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Nice hotel, very central, good bar/restaurant; nice roof bar (though closed)

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2019

SAM

Hotel is located just off the main street right in the centre of town. It is an easy 15 minute walk from the main train station. Our room was adequate with seperate bathroom and toilet for one night stay. Unfortunately we received quite cold treatment from the staff member upon check in and then again check out

10/10

Exceptional

02 Oct 2018

Martin

Short stay for Business trip.

Really good location and has a good rooftop restaurant with super steaks. Breakfast was excellent and I really enjoyed my short stay for a business trip.

8/10

Excellent

30 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Great location and good rooms in Linz

The hotel has an excellent location in the centre of Linz’s old town. Service is pleasant and efficient. We chose not to have breakfast in the hotel as there are many good options nearby in cafés and bakeries. Our room was very clean and had everything we needed. Recommended.

8/10

Excellent

29 Sep 2018

Mr.B

In pleasant street close to centre of old town.

Lively foyer cafe and breakfast area, beyond which is Reception. Spacious well decorated rooms. Would be nice and warm in winter. My luggage missed my flight and was delivered later, which the hotel delivered helpfully to my room whilst I was out. Efficient and friendly staff.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2018

Jose

Nice,clean, very comfortable bed and very close to old town.Breakfast was excellent but expensive ($15.00 Euros) Stephan is very helpful and courteous. I highly recommended this hotel!!

2/10

Poor

07 Aug 2018

John

Rooms are not as described, had the Business room,
- no airconditioning
- rooms are smaller than published
- breakfast facility is really bad quality
- parking conditions are not profesional.
will for sure not go to the hotel again, price are way overreted.

10/10

Exceptional

03 Aug 2018

Kevin

Hotel was cool, clean and had a great breakfast. Parking was tight but still easy enough.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2018

Brian

Beware of the fake double beds. Two twin beds with separate sheets do not equal a King size American bed. Ours split apart in the first five minutes.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

I loved it!!!

The good thing everything was close by so I didn’t had to walk that far away. The staff members were super nice and friendly and for sure would love to return to this hotel

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2018

Mark

Good central hotel

Hotel was perfectly located, staff excellent, value as well. Beds were two single beds with single quilts pushed together, as in much of Europe. I personally hate that configuration and as a result sleep was not great.
But hotel was excellent nonetheless.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2017

Timothy

Very nice hotel in Linz

We stayed in this hotel for only 2 nights, and we would like to have stayed longer. It is an attractive hotel with courteous and mostly helpful staff. The room was spacious and well-appointed with a comfortable bed and great shower. The hotel is located near the main shopping street on which the trams run, so it is convenient to get around town. The hotel itself is on a pedestrian street, so there is no traffic noise. The area is pleasant with shops and small cafes. We had some difficulty finding a restaurant on a Saturday evening. The hotel has a restaurant but it is closed on Saturday and Sunday - very strange. Our only complaint about the hotel is that the breakfast is not included - it is an extra charge of 13 euros per person. The breakfast is a nice buffet, similar to that in many Austrian hotels. This hotel is definitely a good choice for Linz.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Sep 2017

Verified traveler

A bit noisy

Our room had this funky bathtub framed in brick right in the room, not a separate bathroom. The toilet has a separate room. I'm not sure how we ended up with that, or if all the rooms are the same. My wife kicked me out so she could take a shower in privacy. The night we were there, there was a serious party going on in the street, from midnight until 4am. Windows didn't offer much sound insulation. Then the street sweepers came out and took away that last bit of quiet before we had to get up. Not blaming the hotel, it is what it is, just be aware.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Nov 2016

Annie

Awesome price for all that it has to offer

They went out of their way above and beyond for my 83 years old parent and me. The parking is awesome. They have a secure underground garage. The area is very safe and awesome location. Will come back again most definitely.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2016

James

Good city centre hotel

A thoroughly enjoyable stay with good friendly welcoming service. The Breakfast charge of EUR 13 was OK but for thriftier souls there are plenty of good bakeries and cafes nearby for breakfast fodder. The tOurism office and good public transport were all nearby

10/10

Exceptional

23 Feb 2026

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Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Feb 2026

Phillip

Mitarbeiter top Hotel eigentlich top nur das Zimmer 100 war etwas laut, sonst ein ausgezeichnetes Hotel

4/10

Poor

01 Feb 2026

David

Stayed Saturday-Sunday. Lived on the 6th floor with kids. The rooftop bar on 7th floor was full blast which wasn’t very pleasant. Breakfast was very small, disappointing.

Location 10/10, and if you don’t travel with kids I think you will have a good experience.

2/10

Poor

21 Jan 2026

Christian

Zimmer 100. Viel zu laut. Bett nur von vorne erreichbar und mit 2 Stufen! Putzpersonal startet die Arbeit um 5:00 Uhr. Sie unterhalten sich sehr laut. Sie schreien und rufen durch die Gegend. Kein Schlafen mehr möglich!

Business

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2026

Johanna

Wunderbar

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

27 Dec 2025

Andreas

Super Frühstück, saubere Zimmer, gerne beim nächsten Linz Aufenthalt wieder!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Dec 2025

Florian

Alles ok

10/10

Exceptional

13 Nov 2025

Thomas

Seltsames Bett! Man muss von vorne über 2 Stufen ins Bett einsteigen, das ist nicht angenehm.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

03 Nov 2025

Michael

Frühsück war gut

Business

10/10

Exceptional

20 Oct 2025

Ralph

Tolles Hotel und sehr freundliches Personal. Wir kommen gerne wieder.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2025

Jessica

Alles gut , Parkplatz vorhanden aber etwas „eng“

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2025

Reinhard

Im Zentrum von Linz

Zentral gelegen

Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2025

Ingo

Hotel mit angenehmen Stil. Sehr gut eingerichtet und die Bar und das Restaurant sehr angenehm mit einer guten Auswahl an Speisen und Getränken.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 Aug 2025

Jan Ove

We stayed one night, very good location in Inner Stadt, nice facilities, friendly and helpful staff. Good breakfast. Enjoyable, low key environment. We were three persons, including a teen, in a suite. Plenty of room.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2025

Ebru

der Aufenthalt war super, das Zimmer war schön groß und sauber, Früchstücksbuffet ebenfalls sehr vielfältig. Auf jeden Fall weiterzuempfehlen!

8/10

Excellent

20 Jul 2025

Lydia

Jederzeit wieder,sehr zentral.
Zimmer sauber,Frühstück super gut!

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

20 Jul 2025

Sylvia

Im großen und ganzen ok

Das Hotel ist sehr zentral, Betten sehr bequem, Badezimmer alles neu,leider die Dusche beginnt schon in den Ecken schwarze Flecken zu bekommen,Personal sehr freundlich aber langsam,leider kein früherer Check in möglich und in der Nacht ist sehr laut

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jul 2025

Dietmar

Frühstück wirklich gut. Beim nächsten Besuch benötige ich ein Zimmer hinten hinaus. Durch das Pflasterspektakel war vor dem Haus starker Lärm bis tief in die Nacht

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2025

Martin

Zentral gelegen, tolle Rooftopbar!

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2025

Philippe

Everything was clean, very nice and working (bed, washroom, shower, toilet, WIFI). Breakfast was very good. Only small negative point was that the room was a bit hot (AC working ok but not very strong, curtails quite thin so the sun could heat the room easily). Honestly, it was way better than expected.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2025

Bernd

Es war sehr schön, Leckeres Frühstücksbuffet, eine Garage in der ich das Fahrrad abstellen könnte, nettes Personal.
Und eine Bar im 7. Stock sehr schön.
Die Führungskräfte in der Bat und im Hotel sind sichtbar aufgedreht 🤔

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2025

Gabriel

Great location and the room for 1 was more than okay. You get what you pay for.
Maybe change the TV for one with YouTube or something, because you only have German speaking TV.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2025

Ayse

Checkin i isimle bile kolay ve hızlıca yaptı resepsiyondaki hanımefendi. Sormadan wi fi şifresi verdi. Oldukça rahat şekilde yerleştim

Business

10/10

Exceptional

23 Apr 2025

Massimo

In the pedestrian street, very nice almost totally renoved. Very nice breakfast.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

Gut

Schönes Stadthotel. Zentral gelegen. Parkgebühr in der Tiefgarage 20 EUR. Rooftopbar war leider geschlossen

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Apr 2025

Reinhold

Ein tolles Hotel

8/10

Excellent

22 Mar 2025

Michael

Guter Service, freundliche hilfsbereite Angestellte

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2025

Gabriella

Balkon

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jan 2025

Wido

mitten in der Stadt gelegen, hervorragender Anschluss an öffentlichen Verkehr, ruhig und zentral

8/10

Excellent

17 Oct 2024

Petra

Die erste Übernachtung Freitags, war sehr ruhig, dafür war es Samstags extrem laut in der Nacht. Aufzug fiel auch aus, was bei 5. Obergeschoss nicht lustig ist. Der Aufzug ist im Übrigen zu eng. 2 personen mit kleinem Koffer passen rein. Mehr nicht. Ansonsten ist der Service und das Hotel super! Die Lage ist ebenfalls perfekt.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

03 Oct 2024

Juan Carlos

Lugar tranquilo, cómodo y céntrico

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Sep 2024

Verified traveler

Modern, gutes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis, Einstellmöglichkeit für Fahrrad

Self

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2024

Reto

Excellent hotel, nice and rich breakfast, some small door problems to be solved soon

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Aug 2024

Kerim

Great hotel

Very nice hotel with friendly staff and good service. Main problem was an unexpected heatwave in Linz for which their AC just wasent ment to handle. They did also charge me for a night even tho i pre paid the trip, but they refunded me in the morning.
Overall very nice hotel with a great location!

Self

8/10

Excellent

26 May 2024

Andreas

Ein gutes und zu empfehlendes Hotel. Wer allerdings Wert auf gute WLAN Verbindung legt sucht sich besser eine andere Bleibe. Die ist schlicht indiskutabel. In den hinteren Zimmern fast nicht zu nutzen und selbst in der Lobby meist schwach

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

21 Aug 2023

Ilaria

Hotel carino ma le camere un po' stile antico e senza aria condizionata

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Aug 2023

christine

Hôtel accueillant et bonne restauration !

Partner

4/10

Poor

17 Aug 2023

sophie

Vêtement laissé dans l'armoire de l'hôtel

Nous sommes partis le matin. Je me suis aperçue que j'avais un vêtement de marque (robe en soie) dans l'armoire de l'hôtel , j'ai téléphoné en fin d'après midi pour que l'on me renvoie le vêtement ou bien trouver une solution pour récupérer la robe, on ne m'a jamais rappelé malgré qu'ils m'avaient dit qu'ils le feraient. J'ai pourtant rappelé deux autre fois.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Aug 2023

Rolf

Sehr gute Lage in der Stadt und schöne Rooftopbar. Unser Zimmer nach vorne zur Gasse hin war Nachts etwas laut.
Insgesamt haben wir unseren Aufenthalt sehr genossen und würden das Hotel wieder wählen.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2023

Stefanie

Freundliches Personal, sauberes und nettes Hotel, eher für Menschen mit gutem Schlaf (Einzelbett sehr schmal und hart, Umgebung tendenziell laut).

Business_and_leisure Self

4/10

Poor

08 Jul 2023

Andreas

Letzter Besuch meinerseits in diesem Hotel

Nur 1 Flasche Mineralwasser für 2 Personen ist gerade im Sommer nicht gerade Kundenfreundlich und als ich diesen Umstand beim Rezeptionisten bekritelte war dieser nicht an meinen Feedback interessiert!
Feedback ist das Geschenk des Gastes!
Ich rechne es aber seiner Unerfahrenheit und Jugend zu.
Trinkgeld war von meiner Seite aus nicht gerecht.
Zweiter Kritikpunkt war das Frühstück, ich war vor Jahren schon mal Gast und da gab es zb.mehr Auswahl beim Gebäck.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2023

Lässt keine Wünsche offen.

Das Hotel ist wirklich zu empfehlen. Kurzer Weg zum Hauptplatz
Das Personal lässt keine Wünsche offen.
Das überteuerte Frühstücksbuffet muss an nicht nehmen, da es Alternativen gibt. Fanden wir super

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2023

Volker

Kleines Zimmer aber sehr sauber, freundliches Personal aber preislich am oberen Ende

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

10 Jan 2023

Günter

Lift sehr langsam :-( Frühstück teuer :-( Rooftop-Restaurant :-)

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2023

Verified traveler

Zweckmäßig, freundlich, sauber. Aber während Gaskrise und Kostenbremse sind Zimmer und Gänge sehr überheizt.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Aug 2022

CHRISTIAN

Surpris car entre la présentation et la réalité c'est 2 mondes. Petite chambre, avec petite salle de bain, dangereuse avec sa petite marche. Nous avons tout les deux faillit nous blesser car très peux de place. Rideaux occultants annoncés, réalité papier a cigarettes, donc reveillé très tôt. Pas de climatisation. Heureusement Linz est une très belle ville, mais éviter cet hôtel.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 May 2022

Ravi

Der einzelzimmer war klein aber fein :-)

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2022

Guy

Très bien

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Oct 2021

Helene

Das Zimmer war wunderschön - alles vorhanden, was man so brauchen könnte. Die Mitarbeiter*innen waren alle zuvorkommend, freundlich - perfekt!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Sep 2021

Beat

Gut gelegen aber....

Hotel in der Stadt, nicht die modernste Zimmer
Meines hatte ein Stufe im Badezimmer und nur spärliches Licht

Business

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2020

Matthias

Perfect stay

Just amazing!

Directly in the city, great food in the rooftop bar nice atmosphere 👌

Business

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jul 2020

Andreas

Superschön und angenehm

Perfekter Check in, superfreundlich und zimmerupgrade gratis bekommen!
Lage top! Komme jederzeit sehr gerne wieder, für mich gibts kein anderes Hotel in Linz von nun an!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2020

Andreas

Perfekt

Freundlich! Sehr sauber im gesamten Hotel,komme sehr gerne wieder

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2019

Verified traveler