The worst hotel reception I've encountered. Was given a wrong/faulty set of keys, and made to travel up and down three times between the room and the reception as they kept insisting that the keys were working fine - spent more than half an hour being locked out of our room. What makes the one-night stay worse is the most... more

booked two interconecting rooms over xmas and new year ,confirmed a day before was told the exact room numbers all secure arrived and waited 1 hour at check in finally saw the consultant was told rooms ready at 3 pm it was now 1 pm returned with our 2 children at 3.30 only one room ready !!!!!at 6 pm was... more

The Novotel Darling Harbour is part of the landscape at Darling Harbour. The view from my harbour facing room was reminicent of Hong Kong Harbour with the well lit bank offices as a back-drop. Within short walking distance are a huge shopping mall, which includes a craft shop of original ethnic work run by an Aborigine organisation, as well as... more

We booked this a bit late (the morning we arrived at Sydney airport!) and stayed in a darling harbour view room. The view was fantastic especially at night, the beds (2 doubles and a couch) were really comfortable and the room itself was spacious and very nice. Did not eat here so cannot comment on that, the reception staff were... more

We booked this hotel on lastminute.com.au. They offer "secret hotels" at good prices, you don't find out which hotel you've got until you book it. Anyway we decided to be adventurous and used this option. The location was good. Unfortunately we did not get a room with a view, we had a noisy street beside our window instead. My advice:... more

First of all, I read all the reviews and they were pretty much right on. I can't say enough about the harbor view, WOW! The pictures are accurate for decor, but watch out for room size. Harbor view rooms come with two double beds or 1 queen with a chair. Ours did not have a couch (as shown in pictures... more

Me and my wife stayed 3 nights in this hotel in march 2008. We choose it because of the ratings we read in tripadvisor. Overall i must say, that it is was a good choice. The hotel is located in darling harbour, so you are just in a few minutes in the center of sydney. The furniture in the hotel... more

...and I agree. Where do I start? oh - the Internet...3rd world speeds at sky high prices. If the hotel contracts this service, they need to cancel it - it is tragically unusable. We stayed in a double room street side (not harbour side) and the hotel room is more bland than boiled old beans. Back in 1992, this may... more

Stayed here for one night over easter weekend. Hotel was pretty busy, but staff were very attentive. Room was massive and renovated with huge daybed. Bed itself wasnt that comfortable with felt like a double and not queen like they said. It was a bit odd the hotel had a pokie room next to reception with no bar, just pokies. more