The Great Southern Hotel Sydney — Hotel in Sydney

I use to stay at the Adina near Central when I had to catch a countrylink train, I was beside myself when they shut it down. My husband use to go to The Great Southern Hotel for lunch when he worked in Sydney years back, so I thought I would give it ago & I wasn't disappointed! This is an extremely great location & dare say even better then the Adina. The room was really excellent room for the price I paid, was easy to get to & the fact you can get food there was a bonus... I was extremely tired by the time I got to the Hotel. The were helpful, polite & kind... the bathroom was so clean & shower spacious, with good hot water. The telly was a bit limited, but at least it was there. The bed (I got a twin single room) ... was the most comfortable I've ever had staying in a hotel. The room was well set put, very clean & didn't feel poky, it was a very good size. I really enjoyed my one night there & it was basically just across the road & I was able to catch the Explorer train so easy. I was able to get a good meal down stairs & while waiting for it have a drink from the bar... no alcohol is allowed in the rooms, but was able to take my meal to my room to have privately... but really I realised while waiting for it, that I would have felt very comfortable eating it down stairs in the restaurant. The hotel has so much history & has a little display with photos ect... of its past, the antiques were beautiful. It would have been nice to have had some bottled water in the bar fridge. But I have to say... this will now be my go to new place to stay when in Sydney. You can really see why their rating is so high. It really is that good & I highly recommend it! Thankyou to The Great Southern Hotel for a wonderful experience & room at such a...

The location is excellent. An easy walk to Central and Haymarket Light Rail stop. The Thomas St entrance is basically right at Haymarket, and Market City, and quick walk to Chinatown. Plenty of easy food options, especially East Asian. Ditch Uber Eats and walk, it’s worth the exploration. The room was clean and cozy, and very basic. The TV only has free to air channels, so bring your devices if you wish to watch anything decent. I was in room 626, so whilst the view was into another room across a void, it was free from any city noise, including the bar and restaurants on the ground floor.||Now the not so good. The biggest issue, for me, was the pathetic water pressure and fixed shower head. This made it difficult to have a good shower. I’ve stayed at a similarly priced hotel in a similar location, Town Hall, which even had a better shower experience in its cheapest room, with decent water pressure and hand held showers heads. The lack of daily servicing, even at almost $600 for 3 nights, just reeks of greed and cost cutting, by the Singaporean syndicate who owns the hotel, or Acostay who manages the hotel. They actually charge extra for daily servicing, pathetic. This is 2025 and daily servicing, at no extra charge, is an expectation in Australia. Yes I do understand it’s a first world problem, but these little things do make a difference to a stay.||In saying the above, I will return for...

I’ve visited Sydney from interstate a dozen times now, and this was by far the worst hotel I’ve stayed at over here. I had booked this more so because I was extremely tight on time (same day booking) and the other hotels I’m familiar with were already booked out. So it was rather embarrassing when my 2 other guests didn’t believe me when I told them this was indeed a 4 star hotel. Had to pull out the booking confirmation to prove it! I don't blame them, I started thinking it myself. It was all the expected of a typical lower star hotel - dirty sheets, unclean carpet, terrible soundproofing, cigarette stains and odour, sink drainage not working.. and so on. Just very unpleasant and disappointing for the money paid. Perhaps out of their control but there was also a strong cigarette stench coming from what we believed was a neighbouring room. Alongside very loud s*x noises from a neighbouring room during the day... Mind you this was only a 1 night stay on a weekday for us.

I’m rating this hotel a 2/5 ONLY because all the staff I spoke to were all very kind and professional. I also felt bad that they got verbally abused by a drunk/mentally ill (?) man in the lobby. It’s a pity the hotel itself doesn’t reflect the service from the staff. I wouldn’t ever return here, and urge people to consider booking elsewhere if you’re truly after a 4...