Holiday Inn Darling Harbour

This hotel is great value for the money! The location is great, the rooms are lovely, and the staff is very helpful.

The hotel did not meet my expectations. The location was good. It's only a short walk to Darling Harbor and to various forms of public transportation. However, the room itself was very dark. Apparently, the hotel is trying to save energy (which is a good thing) but it was really difficult to read or use the computer in the evening because of the lack of light. Also, the monorail ran literally no more than 6 feet outside the window of the room. So, this added some noise until about 10:30 on weeknights and closer to midnight on weekends. In addition, in-room internet usage cost 55 cents per minute. There was no option to bundle the charges for a day, 3 days, a week, etc. I found that quite expensive. On a positive note, the staff was friendly and the concierge was really helpful. read more

This hotel exceeded my expectations as it was listed as a 3 star and definitely seemed more a 4 star-internet & phone calls were very pricy though.

I travel a lot and the main 2 things that are important to me in a hotel are a clean room and safe hotel. I do not spend much time in the room - there are too many things to see and do. This hotel is great if you are not planning on camping out in the room. It is a short walk from Cockle Bay which has the best restaurants, If you want to go to Circular Quay, Bondi Beach, etc. buy a day pass on the tram and enjoy being with the locals on the bus, tram and ferry. read more