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Sydney · Australia · Updated 5 October 2026
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An urban resort on Wunderlich Lane, with cabanas on the roof
SJB's Adam Haddow and Charlotte Wilson designed the interiors in eucalyptus and red-clay tones. The 102 rooms share a 20-metre rooftop pool.
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A Chippendale pub and a brewery office, joined by glass
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer linked the old Clare Hotel pub to the Carlton & United Breweries administration building with a glass walkway. The 62 rooms share a rooftop pool and bar.
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Australia's first 25hours, in the restored West Olympia Theatre
Two room types, Dreamers and Renegades, make up the 109 rooms, and the front desk lends VHS tapes. Mitch Orr oversees the food, from the one-hat Palomar to Monica Rooftop Bar.
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QT's theatrical design across two Market Street heritage buildings
Since 2012 it has occupied the former Gowings department store and the State Theatre building.
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Paramount Pictures' Surry Hills offices and film warehouse, now 29 suites
Golden Age Cinema and Paramount Coffee Project are downstairs. Upstairs, under a copper-clad roof, are the plant-filled suites.
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A heritage finger wharf directly beneath the Harbour Bridge
At Dawes Point, the rooms are built out over the water of Walsh Bay.
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Loft rooms in the timber Finger Wharf at Woolloomooloo
Waterfront restaurants and bars surround the hotel, on one of the oldest timber wharves in the world.
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Candy-bright QT apartments a block back from Bondi Beach
Kitchenettes come with the apartment-style rooms, which are dressed in QT's playful interiors.
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Chosen from awards, guides, press and the hotels' own information. Prices are typical nightly rates and change with the season. Book with the hotel directly.
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