Having read mixed reviews for this hotel, we were very pleasantly surprised by the superb location and comfort of the Travelodge. It is twenty minutes brisk walk from the Opera House, and you can walk via Hyde Park and the Botanical Gardens without hardly touching the city itself in one direction, and fifteen minutes to Darling Harbour in the other. Both destinations are beathtaking with plenty of things to do and see. We stayed a total of fifteen nights with an 'Autumn Special' rate of 99 dollars a night, and we would have stayed longer if it had been possible. The staff were always helpful, the rooms clean, very comfortable, well made-up each day, with good showers, coffee making facilities and microwave, ironing facilities and laundries on two or three of the eighteen floors. This is a popular hotel and hence there are often groups arriving or departing from the reception area. Broadband was expensive for one hour (10 Au dollars) but only 20 dollars for 24 hours over 90 days. This was far more than we needed but very handy to have if you take your own laptop. There are internet PCs available also - and the broadband only works on this ground floor level. There are no restaurant facilities except for breakfast, but there is a vast range of eating places close by, with Darling Harbour offering a range of places and prices and views that would be hard to beat, especially at night. There are also pubs close by that offer bar meals and bistro options. We would thoroughly recommend this hotel if you have a modest budget and its central position would be hard to beat.

I stayed here two consecutive years for a conference - the organisers booked the room. The rooms are not nearly as nice as other places they have booked for me in the general area. They promised microwaveable meals (needed after a very long drive) but these were unavailable - they could only point me to the convenience store down the road.
The parking was in another property, and required negotiating several flights of stairs.
The place seems to be popular with overseas school groups - I was kept awake by banging fire escape doors, and several others besides me were forced to complain to the staff.
If I was paying, I might find it was a good relatively budget and convenient option, but otherwise, no. I will never attempt to park a car there again, and did not the second time.

It was cheap, clean and quite comfortable and that should have been adequate, except for a few issues.

There were 6 of us in 3 rooms, each one of us with a card key.
Over 2 days, we had to traipse back to Reception on average twice each to have the card rekeyed as it would no longer open our doors. It became frustrating.

4 of us had arrived at 10am, too early for 2pm checkin, but were pleased to store our bags and explore. At 12:30, the last couple arrived at the hotel and were able to check in immediately. Good for them.
Us 4 traipsed back to the hotel at about 1:30, still early, yet one couple were accommodated immediately. Husband and I were asked to wait 10 mins. No problem. We sat and waited 50 mins until it became evident they had completely forgotten about us. It happens everywhere, but it's annoying when the 6 of us were itching to get out and about again.

The service was not offensive, but not friendly either.

It's a very busy hotel on the edge of the CBD, in a not particularly attractive area. However, taxis seem to drop off guests at about 5 min intervals so it's easy to catch one. Museum Train Station is just around the corner, the monorail is a short walk away. We had an easy walk down the hill to Chinatown and Darling Harbour... coming home uphill needs more exertion.

There is no lounge area for a quiet drink. You must go out for lunch and dinner, or order in from a number of local eateries. Breakfast is particularly ordinary, but totally adequate (muesli, yoghurt, corn flakes, toast, baked beans, scrambled eggs, bacon and sausages). The hotel seems to have a large patronage of Asians, so one would have thought a noodle dish at least would have been offered. As a previous reviewer said, there is a great little spot for breakfast around the corner called "Two Good Eggs".

Good value hotel although the breakfast was expensive for what it was. We found a lovely cafe, Two Good Eggs, just a short walk from the hotel which served great breakfasts from 7am and was much better value.
Hotel was about a 10 minute walk from Central Station and about 15 minutes from Darling Harbour.
Beds comfortable, facilities OK and internet costs good value.