Sydney Central Hotel Managed By The Ascott Limited

“Quiet and Convenient to Sydney Central Train Station”

We had a large, spacious, clean room on a high floor. There was lots of space to open our suitcases and leave them open. The room had quite a few power points - but mostly in strange locations. There wasn't anywhere to charge/plug in a phone on one side of the queen bed, which necessitated plugging… more

We had a large, spacious, clean room on a high floor. There was lots of space to open our suitcases and leave them open. The room had quite a few power points - but mostly in strange locations. There wasn't anywhere to charge/plug in a phone on one side of the queen bed, which necessitated plugging a 3m charging cord into the charging station on the opposite side of the bed and running it back behind the bed. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The buffet breakfast was $25 if booked the night before, or $36 on the day. We found it had a lot of choices, and set us up for the day. Omelets are also available on request. The front is only accessible by steps. There is a sign indicating wheelchair/ramp access in a slightly different location. A front desk staff member came out to help us with our luggage, which would have been otherwise tricky to get up the front steps. Central Train station is about a 10 minute walk away.

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“Not the "Ritz" but not the price - decent hotel in handy location.”

A quick 2 night stop over in Sydney to catch a show, "Chicago" at the Capital Theatre so a very handy location in easy walking distance. The hotel is part of the Accor/Novotel chain and is also used by Scoot for their flight crews. As stated the hotel is in a relatively handy location on southern… more

A quick 2 night stop over in Sydney to catch a show, "Chicago" at the Capital Theatre so a very handy location in easy walking distance. The hotel is part of the Accor/Novotel chain and is also used by Scoot for their flight crews. As stated the hotel is in a relatively handy location on southern side of CBD area and easy walking access from Central Station (10min), China Town, Paddy's Market and into the Darling Harbour precinct. Not so great if your interested in The Rocks/Circular Key. The hotel is pretty decent but does show some signs of use and is very popular and reasonably affordable. Staff were all friendly, helpful and attentive if required. We did have a small issue with our booking through - Bk.com regarding breakfast but seemed to have been sorted. The breakfast was pretty much usual fair for 'western' style offering with decent variety - but hot items could have been a little warmer in temperature - did notice better standard of offerings on the second morning. The room was a good size and quite spacious - unfortunately no delightful views from the location. A couple or three small gripes regarding the stay - Bathroom with shower over bath is very poorly designed ergonomically and couldn't understand the placement of the soap holder and liquid dispensers on the wall adjacent to where you use the shower further reducing an already limited space (these could easily be relocated to improve access, bathrooms also a bit dated and not in best condition. (need a refresh) - Bar - unfortunately the bar was a bit disappointing in relation to Whisky selection and they should have a closer look at what is on offer (quite poor) - none of the 4 McCallan's on the menu were available and there were no suitable substitutes available - would recommend a couple of good Speyside whiskys - Glenmorangie, Tomintoul, Dalmore, Tamdu or similar and a couple of highland whiskys - Highland Park, Scapa, Bladnoch, Loch Lomond, could even throw in a Japanese or Australian to improve their selection. - Room service - couple of issues with room amenities that could be improved, found milk in fridge was frozen solid (even after adjustment) and required to be replaced, tea/coffee there was lack of tea supplied - don't understand why you would put out 3 teabag selection on a double room (has to be 2/4/6 - ideally 4 and these weren't replenished during room service - so had to request additional tea (EB) be sent to room, found this to be an unnecessary waste of their/our time for the sake of putting out one extra bag, couple of sugars and a bit inconvenient. Overall we had an enjoyable stay at this hotel and suited our needs in relation to pricing and location. Would use again but would consider other options in the vicinity if staying at this end of town.

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