Criterion Hotel

Will probably stay here again for my next visit!

The only downside is there is no lift but still pretty reasonable for the price.

Criterion Hotel is a Sydney Central hotel located on Pitt Street by Town Hall Station. It's about an hour from the airport but right next to Town Hall station and a 10-minute walk from the museum and art gallery. You check in through the bar at the Criterion Tavern and then the entrance is keycard triggered right next to the corner of Pitt and Park street. There's no elevator so be prepared. Most of the rooms are about 50 steps up. My room had a single bed and shower, it was really spacious with a wooden seat/table, a single seat padded chair, side table, bar fridge and then elevated bathroom unit. The shower is on the same plane as the rest of the bathroom so it can get quite wet but there's an exhaust fan. There's an aircon unit and lots of shuttered windows that don't open. There's a small light next to the bed and a USB charging cable port but it was pretty rough and wouldn't charge consistently. There's a 4-port power board next to the fridge, a tiny kettle, and then black tea, coffee and sugar. There is 1 250ml bottle of water provided per day. Housekeeping also provides a new towel, handtowel and bath mat + shampoo and conditioner + water each day outside your room in a tray. There are soaps and a small bin in the bathroom + a shower tray adhered to the wall. The room was reasonably clean - the bathroom was great but the sink didnt drain very well and the shower cover was easily deseated and wobbly so just be careful standing in there. There shower curtain can block off the area but it stops about 30cm from the ground. The bed has one pillow with a fancy cover + 2 regular white pillows then a mattress sheet, top sheet and doonah with another sheet covering it. These were stained in my room. Red marker, some yellow circle a few things like that but no hairs and the room didn't smell bad. The location was within 5 minutes of a heap of restaurants that I could eat at, very close to the Wholegreen Bakery and 30 minutes via bus to the concert venue I was visiting. It's such a good location I would consider going again - the checkin process just took like 10+ minutes and I started to get stressed and anxious.

Had aircon drip on my head in middle of night then when rang about it next morning they said they knew about it dripping but still had bed directly under didn't change our room knowing about it and hadn't said anything to us