5 Best Hotels in Sydney City Center, Sydney

A stylish retreat featuring a unique blend of industrial-chic design and artistic flair, the Ace offers a range of rooms and suites, each thoughtfully designed with modern amenities like high-speed Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs, and luxurious bedding. The on-site restaurant and bar serve innovative dishes made from locally sourced ingredients, while the rooftop terrace provides panoramic city views.

This serviced-apartment hotel is one of Sydney's swankiest places to stay. Suites are contained in a gleaming 42-story tower (with just seven suites per floor) in central Sydney, just a few minutes' walk from Town Hall. Two amazing penthouses offer fantastic views over Darling Harbour just to the west. The design is ultrahip, from the 18-foot rainfall chandelier that dangles above you in the lobby to the 20-meter lap pool with a glass floor looking down into the Regent Place shopping precinct below. Daily breakfast in served in the The Mezzanine and room service, from an extensive menu, is served after 6:30 pm, but there is no on-site restaurant for other meals. Of the 201 rooms, the 146 suites have a kitchenette or fully equipped kitchen, and several eateries are located in Regent Square, just a short elevator ride away on the ground floor.

At this landmark hotel in downtown Sydney you enter a spacious, light-filled lobby displaying a stunning four-story sculpture. Among the five different room types are 31 relaxation rooms divided into three zones: relaxation space, spa bathroom, and work zone. Whirlpool baths, body-jet showers, and the latest electronic wizardry are just some of the features. The Glass brassiere, run by well-known Sydney chef Luke Mangan, and trendy bar Zeta, designed by New Yorker Tony Chi, are hip places to eat and meet, but expect an expensive bar tab. The circa-1890 Marble Bar also attracts a crowd. The hotel is home to LivingWell, the largest hotel-based health club in Australia, offering group fitness, yoga, and Pilates classes, as well as a range of pampering treatments.

This hotel is the answer for those seeking color and quirkiness, teamed with style and super-efficient service. Situated in the city center, feet from Town Hall railway station, the 200-room hotel took over the former and much-loved Gowings men's department store and several levels above the (existing) and beautiful State Theatre. While waiting to take the elevator to the second-level reception, check out the quirky gowns and costumes in glass cases in the ground-floor coffee bar. The lobby has pink high-back armchairs and blue and brown low-slung ottomans, and bedrooms have polished timber floors, multicolor rugs, eclectic artwork, miniature ottomans, rich throw rugs and super-comfortable beds. In keeping with the historic building, there's an old-fashioned barbershop on the premises and vintage, art deco, and Gothic art pieces everywhere. A luxurious spa; an upscale restaurant called Gowings Bar and Grill, a casual (and very groovy) café, and the Gilt Lounge cocktail bar complete the picture. 

Situated in a perfect little pocket of Sydney between Darling Harbour, Barangaroo Reserve, and the city center, in a jewel-like building of glass panels that capture and reflect light, West Hotel offers modern, elegant rooms with luxurious finishes in marble, brass, velvets, and gem tones, and a central atrium filled with greenery.