Illinois Hotel

All good

Cleanest rooms and shared bathroom I have seen in Sydney’s similar hotel. And provide coffee sachets and tea bags which is convenient for me, definitely will choose to stay in the next trip to Sydney.

Upon arrival, there was nowhere to park, even on the street, so I phoned up to be told the location of the car park - Cnr York & Parramatta Rd BTW! The staff were all very friendly and helpful though, and I was told explicitly no smoking in my room. At dinner, I nearly took my eye out, lifting myself up on a high stool and hitting my head on the corner of a high narrow shelf. Lower tables here would be much safer! My meal was great! There was a 21st on, so it was very noisy in the bar, but surprisingly it was quiet upstairs! The room smelled of cleaning products when I opened the door, and I was disappointed I couldn’t open a window to air it, so I left my door open for a while. Aside from that, the room was clean and the bed very comfortable. The shared shower was intoxicated with cigarette smoke, it was terrible! I wondered whether that was coming from the Gambling Room below. Between midnight and 1am, people were coming and going from their rooms, and since the doors atomically close and lock, the constant banging disturbed my sleep. Then around 3am, I was woken again due to the smell of cigarette smoke in my room, it was overpowering - where was this coming from? I tried to increase the temperature on the air con, but those buttons didn’t work for some reason. I was able to change the setting thankfully and finally went back to sleep. Needless to say, I had a disturbed night’s sleep and felt very tired for my course the next day. My rating is low due to cigarette smoke.

Everything seemed sanitary. Staff are helpfull. Bar is very nice. After hours access was easy. Key system seems outdated.

got what we paid for