The Ultimo

A great friendly find!

Awesome hotel in Chinatown. The staff was wonderful. Self service laundry on site and Paddy's Market across the street. Had an awesome stay.

Staff and receptionist are very friendly and helpful. The only thing is that the mattress was too soft without support, the whole body literally sank inside the bed!

I have stayed at The Ultimo a couple of times now - it's well priced and a great location but a few things let them down. The basic rooms are really nice with the exposed brick, but this time I was 'upgraded' to the Courtyard rooms, which in comparison are incredibly sterile and bland. You also have to drag your suitcase up a large flight of stairs. They look out onto a rooftop, but I had a lot of trouble getting the courtyard door open, and in the middle of winter a rooftop terrace is not entirely enticing. It is also pretty bleak - just some fake lawn and the back of a bunch of airconditioners. Really not worth the 'upgrade'. Also, I was charged for the bottled water in the room - I searched the entire room looking to see if there was a charge for the water, but failed to find anything so I assumed that they were complimentary. I travel a lot for work, and it is very standard to advise on the price of any consumables in the room (if there is a cost). If it's for sale, there really needs to be a price to let people know! All in all, probably won't stay here again or advise my colleagues to stay here (as I did on this trip to my regret!).

The ultimo was exceptional it is centrally located next to china town which was very convinient for me as i like chinese food olso next to the famous paddy market where you can buy the same gifts things for less than half price and not far from central station so it was easy fo us to go to the airport two stops from circular quay which was really nice to take a short walk to the Opera House and the Harbout Bridge