Punthill Manhattan

“Industrial feel - great location to fed square”

Lovely little hotel room. Industrial look and feel. Air conditioner worked well and queen size bed was very comfortable. This one bedroom apartment was just what we needed after a day partying in the city. The shower located over a bath and was hot and had great water pressure. The European laundry… more

Lovely little hotel room. Industrial look and feel. Air conditioner worked well and queen size bed was very comfortable. This one bedroom apartment was just what we needed after a day partying in the city. The shower located over a bath and was hot and had great water pressure. The European laundry and small kitchen were fully fitted out to accomodate any requirements in these areas. Tea, coffee and a kettle were supplied. The hotel location was fantastic for a variety of dining options. Lounge was comfortable but the tv was too small for the room. An upgrade to a 65 inch is what’s needed here. There’s free wifi and a study nook for laptop work. Windows opened up for fresh air but there’s construction going on next door and it is a bit noisy but we were warned of this when booking. I’m suspecting this will be the case for at least another 12 months at least. I think this was pretty good value for money and the checkout validation for parking was quick and simple.

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“Good stay but one major potential problem.”

My 1 bedroom superior apartment I stayed in for 3 nights was great, it was spacious, clean and modern. The location of the hotel is unbeatable especially if wanting to go the MCG, Melbourne Park AO tennis etc. It is a 15 minute walk through the gardens to get there. It is also on the edge of city … more

My 1 bedroom superior apartment I stayed in for 3 nights was great, it was spacious, clean and modern. The location of the hotel is unbeatable especially if wanting to go the MCG, Melbourne Park AO tennis etc. It is a 15 minute walk through the gardens to get there. It is also on the edge of city so only 5 - 10 minutes walk into the centre of Melbourne and all the shopping. All the staff I interacted with were friendly and helpful. The price I also thought was very reasonable. While several others have commented about the construction I knew this going into it and came prepared with a white noise machine (ROHM they are great and small travel size). But I thought the hotel handled the situation very well, for starters in reception they had a massive bowl of industrial grade ear plugs that you could take for free, on the welcome letter it listed all the times the construction was scheduled etc. (e.g. there is no work on Sunday). I slept fine and was maybe woken up once but quickly got back to sleep as it’s not that loud and after all this is outside the hotel’s control. But a major concern and disappointment was that my room was the 1 bedroom superior apartment when in actual the fact the bedroom and living room is separated by a blind (see attached picture and actually the room’s floorpan slightly shows this on the hotel’s website). It didn’t affect me as I was travelling alone but if had I been staying with someone else it would have frustrated me because the other person can’t be in the other room without hearing or seeing them (noise and light insulation from the thin blind was non-existent). I think it is pretty deceptive too (and doesn’t mention anywhere in writing it is separated by a blind), while I guess it is technically a 1 bedroom apartment it is not really, I would implore the hotel to just put a wall there.

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