What People are saying
Great stay - highly recommend.
88goldcoasttraveller on 09/11/2017 00:25
Great hotel with spacious clean rooms. Very comfortable and was happy with stay!
Great value of money, friendly accommodating staff and hotel in great position in city! Highly recommend this hotel / perfect for any stay!
Ordinary accommodation
Elizabeth O on 08/05/2017 05:01
1 towel and 1 bathmat for a 6 night stay is sub-standard. Bathroom design is not adequate for two people as the floor has no fall (did it pass council building approval)? A fire evacuation on our last evening was an absolute fiasco with nobody knowing what the heck was going on?! Would not recommend this hotel.
Apartments in great location
Novaturient on 30/04/2017 14:34
I returned for my fifth stay in a one bedroom apartment while working in the area.
The apartments can be quite different and this one was located on the second floor facing the street. This apartment did not have a balcony but there were some views out the lounge room windows.
As always, apartments contain what you need to enjoy a self contained stay. The rooms are not serviced during my 4 night stay, but I often prefer to not have my room serviced anyway.
I noticed a change of reception staff on this visit, and felt they were less friendly than the previous ones. Parking is expensive, but I have always parked in the street as I am away from the apartment during the parking meter times. I really like the location of these apartments as there are plenty of dining options in the surrounding streets, and a just a block back from a beautiful walk along the water.
No Love In The Room.
dalekate777 on 30/04/2017 08:19
We were offered an upgrade which is always much appreciated but declined,we preferred the quiet room above the room with a view coming from Newcastle.
We choose wisely because from getting out of the lift for the first time we met a permanent resident who was leaving the building because the street noise was too much.
We had issues with the fridge door not closing properly staying open and the toilet seat moving all over the place.
Both issues were dealt with promptly but re-occurred within 24 hrs.
My wife and I are house sitters travelling with more stuff than most needing a trolley to move to our room without multiple journeys but none was found.
It really annoys me that some "executive suites" costing many multiple millions to build "cannot afford" to spring for even a basic trolley.
Yes we were given a huge plastic tub on wheels which the room staff use for moving sheets and towels around which is better than nothing although being very very deep risking a potential back injury.
Please spend the money and buy proper trolley so that the paying public can move in with ease.
Would we stay again - Probably not.
Duration of stay - 6 nights.
D & K.
No refund if you've booked the wrong Chifley!
Megz W on 29/04/2017 11:41
After a very stressful day, I got online to book somewhere to stay in Newcastle forfeiting the accommodation booked in Sydney. Found the lovely Chifley which I had stayed in previously and was excited about being across from honeysuckle restaurants etc. get there and find out I've booked the wrong Chifley, so we go to the Chifley on Scott st and explain that 10 mins ago we booked online and sorry but we've booked the wrong one ( simple mistake right? Wrong! They make us stay there or no refund!!! So I burst into tears because of my bad day and simple mistake. No sympathy from staff, just wanting a signature and credit card details. So we reluctantly took the room card, head up to the room and at bed time could not sleep because of the orange lights beaming in to our faces from the street, there were only pull down blinds to block out light which do not do much at all and if you open your window for fresh air all you hear on a weekend are hoons and cars. I will not be recommending this hotel to our friends and family. Oh and to top it all off, no servicing of the rooms, no fresh towels, coffee, milk etc and by request,( or we had to pay a fee), we had to remove the rubbish and put the dishes in the dishwasher and turn it on or we will be fined!!!!!! I could not believe my eyes when I read that! What do you pay your cleaners to do??? We paid you $430 for a big waist of time and no sleep and dirty towels and cleaning our own room! Absolutely ludicrous!