Great Southern Hotel Sydney

3.5 star property

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Front of property
Breakfast served
Interior entrance
Interior entrance
1 bedroom, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
717 George Street, Haymarket, NSW, 2000
  • Capitol Theatre
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • International Convention Centre Sydney
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Circular Quay
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Sydney, NSW (SYD-Kingsford Smith Intl.)
    ‪9 min drive‬

Room options

Standard Twin with no Housekeeping

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Standard Twin Room

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Standard Queen Room (Queen or Zip King bedding - subject to availability)

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Standard Queen Room with no Housekeeping

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About this property

Great Southern Hotel Sydney

Art Deco hotel with 24-hour front desk and restaurant
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge and a 24-hour front desk. Other amenities include express check-in, express check-out and ATM/banking services. Housekeeping is available on request.
Great Southern Hotel Sydney offers 176 air-conditioned accommodations with a safe and coffee/tea makers. 32-inch LCD televisions come with digital channels. Bathrooms include a shower, complimentary toiletries and hairdryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Business-friendly amenities include desks and telephones. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

The shopping around Great Southern Hotel Sydney gets high marks from our customers. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Capitol Theatre. Features include a restaurant, a bar and breakfast (surcharge).
  • Free Wi-Fi (speed: 25+ Mbps)
  • Enjoy a meal at the buffet restaurant or drinks at the pub
  • Cooked-to-order breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Amenities include a lift and an ATM
  • Guests really like the accommodation for the overall comfort, comfy beds and cleanliness
  • Just a 4-minute walk from Capitol Theatre and 5 minutes on foot from World Square Shopping Centre
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Great Southern Hotel Sydney also features express check-in, express check-out, and an ATM.

This 3.5-star Sydney hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a cooked-to-order breakfast daily from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM.
1903 – This buffet restaurant only serves breakfast.
Great Southern Bar – This pub serves lunch and dinner.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps

Parking and transport

  • Height restrictions apply for on-site parking
  • Limited on-site parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Onsite parking includes off-street options

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: AUD 20 for adults and AUD 20 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • 1,903
  • Great Southern Bar

Family friendly

  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 1 building
  • 8 floors
  • Art Deco architecture
  • Banquet hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LCD TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Energy-saving switches in guestrooms
  • Iron/ironing board
  • LED lighting
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: midnight
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: AUD 30
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: AUD 35
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 2 per cent for credit card payments
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
For bookings of 14 nights or more, guests will be required to change rooms so that the property can carry out preventative cleaning and maintenance.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Deposit: AUD 100 per accommodation, per stay

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: from approximately AUD 20 for adults and from AUD 20 for children
  • Early check-in fee: AUD 30 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: AUD 35 (subject to availability)
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 2 per cent

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts major credit cards, debit cards and cash
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property. For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation.
Property Registration Number 84041067353

We should mention

  • Please note that this property can refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, which include pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.
  • Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.

Property is also known as

Hotel Great Southern
Great Southern
Great Southern Hotel Sydney

Great Southern Hotel Sydney Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 1028 out of 2123 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 821 out of 2123 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 183 out of 2123 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 55 out of 2123 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 36 out of 2123 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Ewen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The location is great when arriving by train. Also convenient for the light rail. Cannot fault the hotel from this point of view. Hotel is "old" and it has that feel about it. This is a part of its charm to present a hotel (and history) form the early 20th century. Floors are a bit of a rabbit warren and rooms (at least 'my' room) are a little dull.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Joshua

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Step Back in Time! Truly Wonderful!

This is a really historic building and the room furniture all dated back to 1903, which I found amazing and really added to the ambiance to the place!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great Value in a Big City

Loved the beautifully maintained/restored Art Deco ambience of the lobby and public spaces. Reception staff were pleasant. One of them went the extra mile in helping us carry out baggage down a flight of stairs to the Uber pick up point at the back of the hotel. Vehicles cannot stop at the front of the hotel. We were able to extend our checkout to 1pm for a reasonable charge Our room was small, it was clean, the bed was comfortable with safe, tea/coffee tray, frig, desk, one chair, iron, and blackout drapes. The air-con was good, silent on low and with a ceiling fan we kept very cool. There were no luggage stands. There is no light in the entrance which complicates setting up the safe which is at floor level in wardrobe. Bathroom with walk-in shower is also small but functional. A grab bar in the shower would be a good improvement. One tiny bottle of hair shampoo/conditioner in a room for two people is inadequate. The hotel is an easy walk to Asian eateries in Haymarket and to Central Station, light rail and buses.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice place overall
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tegan

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Couldnt rate this place high enough! Excellent location! Clean, spacious rooms. Quiet! Couldnt hear a thing! Everything you need! Very comfortable stay, thank you!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Patricia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good price and convenient location to central station.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Travelled with partner
Loved the location. We walked everywhere in Sydney. The staff was very friendly and competent. The room was very comfortable and quiet. We would come back!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Guido

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Good, but not great

Decent hotel in a good (for me) location, the room was relatively small, the bathroom very small, I really dislike uncovered blankets on the bed, breakfast was soso - not great selection, but workable. Overall good, but not great.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Vinh

Travelled with partner
Safe and shopping
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Diana Janice

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Convenience to everything but the hotel needs updating.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Colin

Disliked: Staff & service
Don’t accept a room on top floor (level 6) at the font of the hotel and particularly Room 616A as there is an exhaust outlet close to the room that emits a loud throbbing sound which the front desk did nothing about when reported close to midnight. The room is small, the bath towels had holes, there were no hand towels and only 1 tiny tube of shampoo, 2 small bars of soap and the paper facial tissue box was nearly empty and there was no replacement. There was also a small sliver of broken glass and fluff around the edges of the fitted carpet.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Conna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a portable electric scooter too wide for one of the hall turns. They promptly found us a room with easy elevator and room access
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Peta

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Rex

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The central railway station was a block away and extremely convenient for travel throughout the city. Location was very very busy but overall it was a very good stay staff was helpful and friendly.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Peta

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Booked for my friends. Her husband went to reception to report that not all the lights and air conditioning wasn't working either. Nobody came to see what t problem was. Next morning they handed the card for any maintenance problems to the man at reception he said did you put the room card all the way in she didn't know that and had only just put it in the slot. This could have been fixed if only the person had come to see what might have been the problem. Apart from this the had a lovely stay and said if they were to come to Sydney again they would be happy to stay there again.. Nobo
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

ray

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
So handy to Light Rail, buses & trains.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Beverly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location with the tram station opposite. Many dining options.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Beverley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great for a stop over
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

DOMINIQUE

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness

Nice stay

À Little effort regarding the room cleaning.Could be better.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Our stay was very good and met all our needs we could have had a breakfast sized in between the two meal sizes as the blg breakfast was just two large for us
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Cristina

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Hotel demasiado viejo

El hotel es muy muy viejo y se ve sucio
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025