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Two weeks in the Shangri La

Advantages: Good location, good service & helpful staff
Disadvantages: Poor after service

We stayed in the Shangri La for 2 weeks in April 2006. I travelled with my family and we shared 2 rooms looking over the Harbour Bridge and Opera House. We arrived on our first day in Sydney and were really impressed with the hotel and its location looking out onto the Opera House and Bridge. i would recommend paying the extra as it was great waking up to the view every morning. The location is ideal for getting to the Circular Quay and all the really ...
...walk so you dont need to take a taxi. The main shopping area is only a 10 - 15 minute walk away. The rooms were really nice with large marble bathrooms and large wardrobes containing a safe (which I will come onto later!). The service we received was very good for example helping book trips and finding an emergency dentist. The food was very nice and there is a good bar on the top floor which looks out over Sydney, although be warned it is quite ...

aimeeclaire 23.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Shangri La Hotel, Sydney

Quality Hotel in great location

Advantages: Freindly Staff, Great Rooms
Disadvantages: standard price is a little steep

The Marriot is truly situated well within the city of Sydney. The only reason I went there is because I booked into a hotel somewhere else in the city, but it was filthy, dingey and there was no way I was going to stay there. The marriot had a few spare rooms, so we checked in. We were there in July (low season) and there was plenty of room to negotiate the rate with the manager. I would advise this in low season as we saved a packet. The staff ...
...even arranged for us to go to a big rugby league match. We did not have breakfast included, but that did'nt matter as there are loads of good places to go in the city for food. The rooms were spacious and unbeleivably comfortable. The health club was well equiped with high quality aperatus. Next time that I'm in Sydney (if there is a next time) I will certainly go out of my way to stay there. ...

flamesnm 07.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Marriott Hotel, Sydney

Not the best

Advantages: It was ok
Disadvantages: Impolite, rude and bad mannered staff, not the best hostel regards to the quality.

...arriving in Sydney to return home as I had received some bad news regarding two of my family members. So we rearranged a number of our plans to ensure we could get a flight earlier and so that we could still do everything we wanted to. We booked ourselves into Home using an online website which we had used before and that generally is cheaper than other comparison websites and cheaper than going directly to the hotel/hostel. We arrived in Sydney ...
...around the corner to get to the hostel. The location of the hostel wasnt fantastic, but it was around from Central Station and it it was only a short walk into the city centre which was useful and meant we didnt have to spend money on public transport. On arrival at the hostel - it didnt look much from the outside, but I was openminded. The BOY who served me was an idiot - I believe he was also a backpacker as we saw him around the hostel on his ...

hellscr 30.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Home Backpackers, Sydney

How to backpack in style.

Advantages: A perfect place to start your time in Australia!!!!
Disadvantages: None

...I ended up staying at Wake Up for 3 months and had the best time. The staff were brilliant and always willing to help whether its finding a job, apartment, tourist advice or providing entertainment. The rooms are bright and clean and the bathrooms were always perfect. You can book double rooms, triple or rooms for up to 6 people.The food was fine with a wide range of options and the drinks cheap - very cheap. The bar always had different things going ...
...the staff would do anything to accommodate. My 3 months at Wake Up were exactly what I needed to set me up the the rest of my time in Sydney. I made some amazing friends and we always went back to the Side Bar for a fun night out. ...

GemmaLane 10.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Wake Up! Sydney Central - Youth Hostels, Sydney

Travel..Dodge! Sydney Australia hotels.

Advantages: Location and proximity to centre.
Disadvantages: Everything about this hotel services.

After Traveling around Australia for Months I have stayed in many hotels across the East Coast as you will discover in my Reviews. As more and more of us are traveling to Australia, I think its useful to see what are hotels we are assured of, are actually what we are getting after thousands of miles of traveling to our dream destination. We booked The Travelodge Sydney because me and my partner thought its a reputable name, Travelodge all over the ...
...comes up to standard. We had four days in Sydney and booked here! what a mistake. We arrived at the Hotel after traveling from Bribane 2-hours away. We were very tired and wanted to get some sleep after traveling from 4-am we needed a little sleep. Our hotel reservations were to check in early, but to our dismay they didn't acknowledge that and said we were not allowed to check in till 3pm. A bit irate I began my trek into Sydney soaking up the ...

kristyroberts85 25.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Travelodge, Sydney