Blue Sydney
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6 Cowper Wharf Rd, The Wharf at Woolloomooloo, (formerly W Hotel) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2-9331-9000
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Am I the only one who gets really emotional on planes? I think it has something to do with the altitude. Or maybe it's just because when you're on a plane you're excited about going there or sad about leaving there, and wondering what there is to look forward to next. But I still think it's the altitude. Nearly every flight I take I have grand plans of reading books and finishing them (I've read only half a book this entire trip... and I brought four of them). But instead I just sit there and...
Sydney, Australia djbenharvey
It's been a nicer welcome home than I imagined it would be (well, besides the unwelcome weather, sleet yesterday, and inhumanely cold winds today). The minute I woke up today (at 2:45; clearly haven't adjusted to east coast time yet) I drew up the blinds and the big black ladies who work on the 17th floor of the office building across the way started waving at me; we used to wave every day, way back when waking up after working late, and they'd always be laughing, not sure why, probably becau...
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia djbenharvey
So, after enjoying a little warmth in the centre we headed back to the coast. The flight was nice but yet again no window, a bit **** when everyone around you is oh and ah ing as we fly over the opera house and bridge.
First impressions of Sydney are wet. we jump into an airport shuttle to take us to our hostel near kings cross and its a long wet rally drive across town. We are the last ones to be dropped, the hostel looks cool and is in a nice area. Next day we are up and ready for it, we...
I had arrived back in Sydney tired and unwashed, but happy. Where better for me to go and rest my head than in five star luxury at Bondi Beach? Emma, bless her, had very kindly offered me a night in her hotel room, complete with slap-up breakfast before I returned to my mum's cousin in Cherrybrook, Sydney. (I think Emma had had enough of the backpacking lifestyle for a while.) I reached Bondi at breakfast time. This is when the beach really comes to life. Amidst the crashing of the surf you c...
Sydney, Australia jo21
Finally, we are back to civilization!!! It was fun being in the Outback, but after Uluru I am ready to be in a city again. We flew to Sydney today and are having dinner with a South African friend of my mom, Rosemary, tonight before we fly to Lord Howe Island tomorrow. Last night we had dinner out in the desert. We listened to someone playing the didgeridoo, which is a long instrument that the Aboriginals play. It sounds weird, like someone moaning or maybe a fog horn. After dinner, someone e...
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia zolab
Well, this is the last day I can say, G'day Mate! Today is our last day in Sydney. Last night after we arrived, we walked through the Botanical Gardens and saw hundreds of the huge bats taking off for the night - they are really big and furry. We also saw cockatoos in the trees and lots of other birds. Today we went to the Sydney Aquarium to see platypus and dugongs, and we saw a lot of other things too. The platypus were smaller than I expected and very cute. They live mostly on land and act...
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia zolabHistorical Traveler Reviews of Blue Sydney
Hip but not 5 star
Easily the best hotel I've stayed in
I'll definitely stay here whenever in Sydney - no question about it.
W for Wonderful
Not up to scratch
The staff were way too laid back - they may be Aussies, but the level of service was not up to scratch eg: I had a wedding to go to at 3pm, I arrived back to my room at 1pm and the room had still not been cleaned. As I was hungry, I went down to to have some room service and to explain the situation - they ordered my room service to be had in the reception area - this area was also dirty...a cockcroach ran across my feet, there were half eaten apple pieces on the floor and a brown substance smeared across the white table. When I went back to the reception to explain the situation the staff were very arrogant. While I ate my lunch no one came to clean the dirty reception area.
Do come here for a drink though - the use of the wharf is amazing and a wonderful place for a cocktail.
A Unique Experience
Kingley's Steak and Crab restaurant is fantastic as is Laurent Patisserie. Manta Ray is good, but overpriced. The spa facial at Spa Chakra is well worth the AU$ 195 for 2 hours.
Keeewl as Sydney
The hotel is a converted wharf with the rooms overlooking the quays.
The service is incredibly good. Albeit, I would recommend this hotel to 20-45ers, or open-minded "cool" adults. THere's a really cool bar in the lobby frequented by Sydney's "artiste" crowd.
Awesome Experience
Staying on the wharf has to be experienced, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone. The hotel comes alive at night, but the noise didn't reach my room on level 5. The security is great, only residents can access the various floors via the lift.
If I can even get to Sydney again, this is the only place I'll stay
Peaceful one minute, pumping music the next....
fashionable and hip wharf. Rooms are all on the outer sides of the huge building, the centre of which is an open plan meeting area during the day but turns into a bar / nightclub with pumping music after dark. This is initially quite disconcerting as when you arrive back after eating, it can feel as if you are walking through a drinking club to get to your room. For example there may be lots of buzzing revellers around the lobby and bar, in the lifts etc. This is more so at the weekend when the pace hots up. We stayed in a gallery suite with living room which was quite nice if compact and had a shower that leaked all over the tiolet floor that they couldn't fix during our three night stay. The stay was soiled by a crowd of partygoers who checked into the room next door at 1600 on a Friday - had a 2 hour argument, got very drunk, invited their mates round, went out to the hotel club bar, got more drunk and came back with their mates to their gallery room for some more partying. Despite our complaining, the hotel manager could do little about it and we left with the feeling that this hotel is great, but not at weekends when it turns into a giant nightclub with bouncers galore. You get the feeling this place regularly gets a little rowdy and is unpeaceful at weekends so if that ain't your thing - stay somewhere else. Perhaps trying to be too hip at the expense of it's hotel guests.
Good, but not for everyone.
Checking in was a breeze, on the whole the staff are really helpful but the place does double up as a regular meeting point for some of Sydney's glitterati so the understated approach can sometimes feel distant to the point of rude.
We stayed in a loft room which was huge and over two floors, the furnishings were excellent, but weirdly it only had a VCR - you'd expect a DVD in a place that's trying so hard to be cool. After all the mineral water was from Fiji - no Evian here.
The bar's good with a broad range of cocktails and you can eat at a number of the restaurants on the wharf and get it charged to your room which is handy.
But one of the really great things is that it's right next to Harry's Cafe de Wheels - one of the best pie shops is Sydney and completely unmissable.
It is a good hotel but it's more for celebs than families.
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