The Grace Hotel - Sydney

Excellent location as it’s near the train station and within walking distance of the harbor and quay. The restaurant in the hotel serves great Italian food which is important as many places are closed at 6. The train station nearby goes to the airport which is really convenient. Much better than taking the airport shuttle really, unless you have tons of luggage. The room is spacious. Not much of a view though.

There's some noisy work going on during the stay and I was not informed of it! Would not book it if I was informed in advance.

Overall a good stay at the Grace. Location was perfect for me visiting customers around the area. Plenty of food choices and short 3-5 min walk to Wynyard station. For shoppers, its only a 200-300 metre walk to Pitt street where you can find Myers and David Jones. Market Street is also around the corner for a short walk to Darling harbor. Challenge was finding good quality food late at nite. There's a pub downstairs, O'Briens. Gets a little noisy and they don't allow takeouts. Mecca is a good coffee place downstairs. Note that these are not hotel owned and operated. So if you have problems there, there's nothing the hotel can do to help. I only find one thing unusual about the hotel, they don't have a cafe/lounge in the lobby but on the 2nd level. Wifi is limited to 500MB a day.

It's a nice looking, classic hotel with a character you won't find in a newer building. I also found the staff both friendly and professional. In summary, I am going to stay there again next time i visit Sydney.

It will be great if hotel provides mineral water, bathroom slippers, toothbrush and breakfast. Stayed 4 nights. Appreciate Grace in changing my room when I feedbacked that the room was not comfortable on my 1st night. The Italian restaurant at 1st level serves great food.