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Reviews of W Sydney 5 stars

31 Wheat Road, Sydney CBD, 2000 Sydney, Australia

#106 of 325 hotels in Sydney

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 1047 hotel reviews

8.3

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    9.0

  • Comfort

    9.1

  • Location

    9.2

  • Facilities

    8.8

  • Staff

    8.7

  • Value for money

    7.8

  • Free WiFi

    8.1

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  • Reviewed: 30 April 2024

    9.0
    Our stay was awesome, great location room was amazing.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Wonderful King Room with City View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Breakfast was beautiful it had everything, and Staff were very polite and helpful.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Spectacular Double Room with Two Double Beds and Harbour View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Indoor swimming pool was very cold and my daughter catch cold that night. Also lack of any chemist around or anything we only needed children Panadol but had no success.

    I loved the rooms and how comfy/clean everything was. The view was fantastic. Food was awesome!

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 April 2024

    9.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Spectacular King Room with Harbour View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    There is a 200 dollar bond which is a joke and they don’t tell you tell you pay for the room. The 29/30 bar was closed on a Saturday and they make you line up as if want to sit and dine for dinner near a pool. It’s a waste of time using the hotel facilities.

    Room was clean

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 April 2024

    7.0
    Great location for a Darling Harbour hotel.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Spectacular King Room with Harbour View
    • Stayed 1 night

    Limited parking. Hotel parking was booked out so we had to park at nearby parking station and walk with luggage. Swimming pool on top level very small. There were heaps of kids jumping around so not enjoyable for the small size. Tiles in swimming area VERY SLIPPERY. Witnessed several people slip over. Not enough seating. No shopping in the area which was disappointing. Had to walk to Westfield.

    The bed was comfy. Our room had a great view of Darling Harbour. The bar area was great. Great outlook to Darling harbour. Excellent location in Darling Harbour. Walking distance to heaps of restaurants.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Spectacular King Room with Harbour View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Lights system was complicated

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 April 2024

    8.0
    We had a relaxing and comfortable time.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Wonderful Double Room with Two Double Beds and City View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Slightly far from Shopping area of Sydney but surrounded by great restaurants.

    Beautiful hotel with an all inclusive amenities.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Spectacular King Room with Harbour View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Although the mini bar look so beautiful, it's uncomfortable to use for family travel, and the faculties in bathroom is broken everywhere when I used, for example: the left hand tap ware at bathtub is fell off, the tap ware right hand side of shower is fell off, it's really unacceptable for new hotel?

    I like the view of hotel and the design

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 April 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Spectacular Double Room with Two Double Beds and Harbour View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The pillows, the card kept having to get re cut

    It was beautiful and unique

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 April 2024

    7.0
    Not worth it
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • One-Bedroom King Apartment with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hotel in general has a very tacky vibe. Upon arrival we had to wait for over two hours to get access to our room despite the check in time being quite late at 3pm. We didn’t get a key till about 6pm. The hotel in general is awfully dark with very bold striking colours that don’t necessarily go with a prestigious five star hotel. Would not stay here again as it has a bad vibe. Whilst the rooms were fairly clean, there was a funny smell throughout the whole hotel even though it was fairly new, the lights switches in the room were very difficult to use, And some of the taps did not work. It was also very very expensive for what it was, the stay per night and the valet parking were ridiculously priced given that we couldn’t even check in till 6pm.

    The property location is very good to see sites in Sydney.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 April 2024

    9.0
    City luxury stay in budget
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Wonderful King Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything was good

    Cleanliness, the location was great, staff and service is amazing

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 April 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Spectacular Double Room with Two Double Beds and Harbour View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    the lights control n blinds control systems r disaster

    location n services

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 April 2024

    9.0
    Such a beautiful place with the best staff ever :)
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Wonderful King Room with City View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    So clean and beautiful, great attentive staff always willing to help

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 April 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Wonderful King Room with City View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Staff member at roof top bar on the door was very rude

    Room was quiet and we were given an upgrade by the check in person who was really lovely

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Wonderful King Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The bed was uncomfortable. The light system and taps were very hard to control/get right.

    The pools, location and buffet breakfast were amazing.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 21 April 2024

    7.0
    Average
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Spectacular King Room with Harbour View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staff not very professional- no supervision or oversight . Reception crowded and inefficient. Hallways dark- bit overpriced for the level of service. Excessive fee for paying with credit card !!

    Rooms nice

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 21 April 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Spectacular King Room with Harbour View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    Great facilities, perfect location, awesome breakfast, and amazing view of darling harbour from the room.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 20 April 2024

    9.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • One-Bedroom King Apartment with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Toilet was still dirty

    Flash

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 20 April 2024

    9.0
    The Hotel was ideally situated. Lovely swimming pool on roof. Too expensive to eat there or use the extensive mini bar!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Wonderful King Room with City View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    A 200 dollar deposit was taken in case purchases made during stay. Slow to refund when not used

    Central location

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 April 2024

    9.0
    Excellent stay - very modern & enjoyable stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Wonderful King Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Outdoor pool closed early

    Very clean , staff very attentive

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 April 2024

    8.0
    would highly recommend this hotel perfect for a couples night away, cant wait to visit again
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Wonderful King Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night

    theres no onsite parking you have to pay alot for parking elsewhere.

    the fact that we got checked into a room as soon as we arrived at the hotel, way before check in time. the staff were very accomidating and friendly. the pool area was great pool was warm service was excellent.hotel is super close to everything

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 April 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Fabulous Large King Room with City View
    • Stayed 5 nights

    Air con was impossible to get right, too hot or too cold and always blowing even on low fan. Very allergic room with no fresh air possible. Unfortunately this detracted from our stay a lot as we were physically very uncomfortable, if not a little unwell by the end despite taking anti-histamines. Check-in experience was not great. A 3pm check-in is already cheeky since 1 or 2pm is a standard around the world. It leaves an impression of being slack or indifferent to guests. I knew this but arrived 1 hour early on the chance I could get into my room. I queued for some time, then they happily took my money in advance, THEN told me the room was unavailable. I asked for a call when it was ready which never came. I had to line up again at 3pm, half expecting it still not to be ready, but fortunately it was. Rather a bad first impression. To be fair, after this initial experience the service did meet standards. But I don't expect to queue once let alone twice when I'm paying $400+ a night. All the switches in the room could be annoying. Lights/power etc had no tactile feedback, just touch and pray, so it was difficult to operate things like the power sockets or automated blinds in the night. The blind switches next to the bed needed to be held down for 30 seconds to close or open, an annoying task in the dark when you can't even feel that your finger is on the switch. Then you still needed to get up to close the last bit yourself so what's the point of technology if it doesn't save you time and effort? I also left a phone on charge overnight only to find it had not charged at all again due to a power switch with invisible status! (who designs this stuff and makes it worse than what we already had?)

    Location and rooms were impressive. I think we were upgraded to an end room on a high floor which had 270 degree views more or less. The size of these rooms was a nice surprise. The design was very good and mostly well thought out. Generally a cut above other hotels in the area albeit at Sydney's super high prices. Casting to the TV was a little fussy but at least the capability was there.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 April 2024

    9.0
    Loved our stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • 2 Bedroom Larger Apartment, 2 King, Darling Harbour View
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The light switches in the room were a little fiddly. They were the sensor touch version and although seemed quite cool, functionally was a bit of a pain as there was no tactile feedback to indicate if you had pressed correctly or not. My husband gave up at one point and used the toilet in the dark :)

    We stayed in a 2 bedroom with our family of 4. Very happy with the size and amenities provided in the room. Had a beautiful view of the harbour. Had some trouble with the tv and iron but that was quickly fixed/replaced. The kitchen was impressive with all the necessary utensils, plates and cooking implements. There was a coffee machine, oven, microwave, fridge and freezer. Didn't use the oven :) But the microwave was very handy. Location is great as it's right on Darling Harbour and short walks to Chinatown and Darling Square. The staff we encountered were all really lovely and helpful.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 April 2024

    8.0
    Had an exceptional stay, would definitely come back again
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Wonderful King Room with City View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    No Used towel bin at pool area, only 1 robe provided, no bath salt or bubble bath included

    Outdoor pool, harbour view, friendly staff, shark pillow, comfy bed & pillow, sofa, room is well equiped with everything we need. Having indoor pool is also great during cold weather

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 April 2024

    7.0
    Pretty average for price
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Spectacular Double Room with Two Double Beds and Harbour View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Being a new property I would assume that it would be spotless and all the amenities would be in working order.

    Location was excellent.

    Stayed in April 2024

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