Staff were very friendly and helpful. Bedroom was quiet, clean and comfortable and offered exceptional value for money considering reasonably central location. Heated indoor pool, small sauna and gym included in price were welcome additions.

Hit breakfast on a busy Monday morning when service probably busiest. Breakfast choice and quality okay rather than great, but based on overall hotel offer and price would still recommend.

We arrived with the duty manager, (Kenu?) booking us in; who was very welcoming and directed me for the parking. Our room wasn't quite ready; before long the housemaid corrected this and separated the bed into two singles. I personally loved our Welcome to The Rydges on the Television! Our stay was convenient for us and we were lucky to use the pool/spa and had breakfast delivered to the room; which was beyond our expectations. I will be returning to The Rydges Central in Surry Hills.

Just minor... The room wasn't ready, and I felt uncomfortable with the housemaid doing the room while we were in the room. The maid was polite and quick as possible. To my understanding booking in after 2pm the room would be ready.

Location is fantastic, nice breakfast

Door on the bathroom was in need of repair

Really comfortable bed; huge room - cannot complain about the space or storage, and plenty of clean towels etc. Daily room service was great - one suggestion though; we were happy to not have it cleaned and towels changed daily, but we did need/want to have our milk and teabag supplies topped up, but were unable to get this done without the whole room being done.

Bedside lights are useful only to help find your way to/from bed in the dark. Don't expect to be able to use them for reading Same comment as above about not necessarily needing all the daily services - could there be a way to do a "select" for only the ones needed ??

The room was very well appointed the bed very comfortable and the hotel facilities were great, breakfast was very nice and the adjoining brewery was a bonus!!

We were unable to enter our room on two evenings in a row due to a fault in the door card reader, on the second occasion our room had not been made up obviously because the housekeeping staff were not able to enter the room, we would have thought that would have been alerted to management by housekeeping, but there must have been lack of communication via housekeeping or management, as when we arrived back to our room at 10pm we were not able to enter and our room was unmade, we received $50 off our final bill for the inconvenience, but feel this could have been easily avoided by staff and management.

Great location, right in the heart of Surry Hills, minutes to Central station, buses/trams. Plenty of bars, cafes and shops nearby. Check-in and out was quick and effortless. I stayed during Christmas for a few days, and came back again in January as I'd enjoyed it the first time. Hotel is bright and welcoming. Rooms are good, beds SO comfortable, and everything spotlessly clean. Air-con is ok, a bit noisy but did the job well during some very high temperature days and nights. Rooms contain a fridge, which was useful during the hot weather to store a cold drink, however like any hotel with a mini-bar, those prices are expensive and to be avoided. The hotel has a swimming pool, jacuzzi and sauna, which I used most days, it was usually quiet. The breakfast buffet is fantastic, great selection of food, with the usual eggs/bacon/sausages on offer, and also cold cuts/cheeses and vegetarian options, and also steamed dumplings and rice, nice for a change. There is a juicer so you can make your own juices, which I loved, I haven't seen that anywhere else that I've stayed. The Sydney Brewery bar attached to the hotel is good, with great food specials and happy hour twice daily. Check-out is 11am which is great so you're not in a rush after breakfast. Overall I was very happy with my stay here, it was a super convenient location.

I stayed overnight at Rydges Central in Albion St while I attended an appointment in Sydney. It was terrific! I chose the hotel for its proximity to Central Station, so I could walk there and back with ease. I dropped into the hotel at 12.30pm to ask if I could leave my bag and I was told that my room was ready so I was able to check in early. Yay! I also walked to my appointment in Macquarie St via lovely Hyde Park, and back via the Art Gallery of NSW, St Mary's Cathedral, Cook & Phillip Park swimming pool, and the Australian Museum. I paid $219 on Booking.com and it included the buffet breakfast, which I thought was pretty good value. It was a good sized and nicely furnished room with a sitting area and blackout blinds. I loved looking out over Albion St with the autumnal trees outside. I had asked for a room with a bathtub, and appreciated that this was provided. The buffet breakfast was terrific - it had plenty of options: fresh fruit, eggs, hash browns, bacon, tomatoes, baked beans etc, dim sum, egg-rice, cereals, yoghurt etc and you could make your own fresh juice. Barista coffee was available at an extra cost. All staff at the hotel were warm, polite and professional and reception kindly and at no charge provided some ice in a bag so I could ice a torn muscle I sustained on my way out of a cinema on nearby George St. (: (:

Really, I liked everything. I did notice a bit of traffic noise down Albion St in the morning, but I still prefer looking out over the street/trees than onto a laneway/other buildings. If traffic noise is an issue for you, you could request a room at the back of the building.

Very generous room size and it was nice having a couch. The cleaners do a fantastic job, everything was spotless. The food and drinks from the bar were really good and the guys there were super helpful and nice. Location was great for getting around and doing things either by foot or train.

If you wanted a swim there were no changing facilities at poolside and no robes in the room and you had to go to main reception to get towels. Also for a double occupancy there was only one of some things. The sound proofing was good but then the air-conditioning was quite loud, luckily we filled our days up so by bedtime we crashed pretty good regardless. Luxury yes, 4.5stars nearly, they fell a little short of expectations when it came to the finer detail but we had a very comfortable and relaxing stay.

The location was great, right next to Central Station, close to trains and trams. The buffet breakfast was also really good with a lot of variety and choices. Rooms were also quite big.

The photos of the pool are a little deceiving, it's an indoor pool but in the pictures it looks a lot lighter and brighter. Becomes a bit stuffy inside. There are also signs that state if you don't want your room cleaned you'll receive $10 off your food/drinks bill so we did this but then upon check out the staff told us we could have something from the bar or restaurant to the value of $10. We were checking out already so was a bit pointless. Needs to be clearer otherwise we would have just opted for our rooms to be cleaned.

The buffet breakfast was excellent. The majority of the staff were helpful, friendly and efficient. The location was great. The beds were very comfortable.

Our check-in staff member was simply dreadful. He/they were not friendly or welcoming. No personality, no sense of humour, did not smile once & spoke far too softly. He/they clearly did not want to be there, were tired or at the end of their shift or maybe just having a bad day!? He/they did not tell us a check-out time & did not write down the Wi-Fi password on our keycard wallet. We asked for 2 single beds when we booked but were given a king. We contacted reception immediately & they did apologise and quickly fixed the situation.