myNext - Riverside Hotel Salzburg
Riverside Lehen location, hotel-grade private rooms, free Salzburg mobility ticket — the quiet alternative to YoHo
myNext - Riverside Hotel Salzburg is the quietest budget option on the river — a converted student dorm in Lehen, 12 min from the Hauptbahnhof and a 20 min Salzach walk to the Old Town. 7.9 over 1,843 reviews, hotel-grade private rooms with private bathrooms from €38, free guest mobility ticket, and the calm-and-clean profile YoHo can't match.
MyNext - Riverside Hotel Salzburg sits at Strubergasse 1 in Lehen, on the north bank of the Salzach where the river bends toward the Müllner Steg footbridge. The location is the soft spot of Salzburg geography: 12 min walk to the Hauptbahnhof, 18 min along the riverside cycling path to the Old Town, 5 min to Augustiner Bräu Mülln. It's hotel-feel rather than hostel-feel — the building was a student dorm in winter and operates as a budget hotel-hostel hybrid the rest of the year.
The property runs around 200 rooms — almost entirely private singles, doubles and triples with private bathrooms. There is a small shared dorm wing but most guests book privates. Rooms are basic-modern: laminate floors, single or double bed, desk, private shower-toilet, free Wi-Fi, kettle with tea and coffee. River-side rooms (Strubergasse-facing) get morning light and a quiet outlook over the cycling path; courtyard-side rooms are darker but slightly cheaper.
There is no in-house bar and no common evening scene — by 8 pm the lobby is empty and guests are out at Augustiner or in the centre. Breakfast (€11 buffet, 7-10 am) is served in a hotel-style dining room. The shared kitchen is a real shared kitchen with stove, fridge, microwave and dishes — useful for self-caterers shopping at the SPAR a 4 min walk away. Reception (24h) hands out a free Salzburg Card mobility ticket on check-in covering all city buses for the duration of your stay — a €30+ savings over 2 nights. Reviewers consistently flag the staff (Felix is named repeatedly), the river view, and the value for money. The flip side: not social, not central, and the courtyard rooms can feel institutional.
- 01The river view from a Strubergasse-side room is the calmest morning view in any Salzburg hostel — the Salzach is wide here and the cycling path below is quiet until 8 am.
- 02Private rooms with private bathrooms at €38-65 is rare in Salzburg. YoHo privates start at €78 and Kolpinghaus is summer-only — myNext is the year-round private-room budget hostel.
- 03Reception is staffed 24h and Felix shows up by name in dozens of reviews — the staff give better mobility advice than the official Salzburg tourist office.
- 04The free Salzburg Card mobility ticket on check-in is the genuine sleeper perk. Two nights = €11 saved on bus fares; longer stays save more.
- 05It's a 5 min walk to Augustiner Bräu Mülln (Lindhofstraße), the chestnut-shaded monastery beer hall that beats every hostel bar in Salzburg by a country mile.
- Riverside location in Lehen — 12 min walk to Hauptbahnhof, 18 min along the Salzach to Old Town
- Free Salzburg Card mobility ticket on check-in (covers all city buses) — undervalued perk
- Hotel-grade private rooms with private bathrooms from €38 — most rooms are not dorms
- 5 min walk to Augustiner Bräu Mülln, the must-do Salzburg monastery beer hall
“Nice hotel, 20 min walking distance to the centre. If you stay overnight in Salzburg you can request a Guest Mobility Ticket pass at the hotel which lets you travel for free inside Salzburg, we did this and it was very convenient.”
“I like the location. It is just next to the train station, but not noisy at all. Walking along the river from here to the Old Town was not too far. I enjoyed the quietness and the view from the room.”
“Location is excellent. Value for money. The hosts were awesome especially Felix.”
- Augustiner Bräu Mülln (monastery beer hall)5 min walk
- Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (trains to Vienna, Munich, Hallstatt)12 min walk
- Mirabell Palace and gardens (Sound of Music)15 min walk
- Salzburg Old Town (Getreidegasse, Cathedral) via Müllner Steg20 min walk
- Salzach cycling path to Lehener Park1 min walk
- SPAR Lehen supermarket (sandwiches, deli)4 min walk
