Sydney: Observatory Hotel (5 Star Hotel)

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Address: 89-113 kent street , Sydney 2000, Australia
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Lonely Planet review

  • Charles Rawlings-Way
  • Lonely Planet author
If it's not the marble bathrooms with oversized baths, the sensational day spa, upper-crust service or the feather doonas, it must be the lavish indoor pool with its magical, twinkling starry sky that makes the Observatory special (but it's probably a combo of all of the above).

An effortless winner of prestigious awards, the Observatory is opulent to the core. You might have a hard time believing that it's a relatively recent addition to the Sydney hotel scene - the interior designers have gone all-out to make it look as old-fashioned as possible, with a gentlemen's-club-like vibe throughout the front-of-house areas that will have you itching to pull up a Chippendale, don some slippers, fill a brandy snifter and puff a cigar. The astronomical feel isn't just reserved for the night-sky ceiling of the pool either, with the luxurious Globe bar and the highly regarded Galileo restaurant fulfilling the social needs of guests. Business facilities are uniformly impressive, and children are looked after nicely - right down to mini-bathrobes and bowls of goldfish. An array of themed packages lean heavily on the 'you deserve it' side of things.

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Check-in / Check-out Earliest check-in: 3:00 PM
Latest check-out time: 11:00 AM