The Hughenden Boutique Hotel

“Central & Comfortable”

I often stay here when I’m in Sydney. Great central location, easy to get around via bus & train or walk from here. Comfortable rooms (pet friendly!) Oxford St around the corner & Woollahra Main Street just a few minutes away.

“Great location”

I stayed with my mother in the family suite which has two bedrooms and small lounge and kitchenette. It is dark and not a nice place to spend any time in. However beds were comfortable and location excellent. The rooms in the main house upstairs are probably much nicer. Cafe does a good coffee and… more

I stayed with my mother in the family suite which has two bedrooms and small lounge and kitchenette. It is dark and not a nice place to spend any time in. However beds were comfortable and location excellent. The rooms in the main house upstairs are probably much nicer. Cafe does a good coffee and staff are very nice. Location is excellent and the restaurants and pub in Woollara are great. Love this location

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“Sadly an overall average stay- could be so much better with a few changes”

I found it difficult to write this as there were some lovely parts of this hotel but unfortunately some real negatives. Starting with the positives: - well located hotel in a nice area - period building gives an old school feel - the lady manager and barista at breakfast were super friendly and he… more

I found it difficult to write this as there were some lovely parts of this hotel but unfortunately some real negatives. Starting with the positives: - well located hotel in a nice area - period building gives an old school feel - the lady manager and barista at breakfast were super friendly and helpful - limited free breakfast which is appreciated - free access to a washer and dryer- again appreciated on a long trip. - comfy bed and although a tiny room (10sqm), I was aware of this before and the room had everything I needed. The negatives: -the biggest issue was noise. I know it’s an old building so not well noise insulated but you could literally hear everything from the lobby to other rooms. The hotel is pet friendly (which I totally support) and one night the people in a room down the hall must’ve left their dogs in the room while popping out- they were howling for ages. I. The morning the staff would be cleaning and vacuuming and the lack of noise insulation woke me pretty much every day. There are small things that could be done to try and minimise this eg blocking spaces under room doors or replacing doors or double glazing windows - mine was internal. - the hotel is only staffed from 7am to 3pm. This usually isn’t an issue as it’s a small hotel but it did mean when noise issues arose during these times there wasn’t much you could do. Usually I would let reception know about this sort of thing at the time so that they could try to resolve it. - the property is in need of a refurbishment. Windows had peeling paint, bathroom grouting was a bit mouldy, carpet in my room had an iron shaped burn on it. There was an iron and ironing board in the room (which I didn’t need but is appreciated if you do), but the ironing board cover was absolutely filthy. Had I needed an iron I wouldn’t have used the ironing board. Also in a small room, this probably could be removed for more wardrobe space. - my room didn’t have aircon which wasn’t promised to me so I was ok with it. Except opening the one external window resulted in ants and mosquitoes in the room. I know this is Australia where bugs are plenty and nothing that can be done about that but perhaps that calls for AC in all rooms- especially in a Sydney summer. - I had an issue with wifi on the first day and night. When I reported it to the male manager he loved the router and it then worked fine. His manner in helping though made it seem like I was the only person to have ever had this issue and it was as a result of something I had done. Given that the service from the other staff was lovely, this stood out as a negative experience. I really hope that the hotel takes this I. The co structure manner it is meant as I really feel like with a few small changes this could have been a 5 star review.

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