Hobart Hotel Tips by Openseas

Hotel Grand Chancellor – Hobart.

The hotel is situated across the road from the Waterfront, the building is large and imposing with little warmth or character. It has a large conventional lobby area with a restaurant and café bar attached. Our room, decorated in mix match pink and grey, is on the second level and looks directly across to the Waterfront, marina and harbour. It is spacious but is very mundane, an ordinary run of the mill room, which is in need of a complete revamp...

There is a mini bar, working desk, internet connection, small couch and coffee table. Overall, the room lacks any atmosphere or style; it is your typical comfortable hotel room. Thank God for the view, this is highly appealing and interesting. If staying here, only ask for harbour views, otherwise you will be looking at just the back streets of the city.

The bathroom also needs a major makeover but it is roomy with good make-up mirrors. This hotel really caters for conferences and tour buses. There are some very up-market hotels opposite which cater for tourists looking for something more intimate and personal.

The hotel is in a good position close to all the major restaurants, cafes and bars in Hobart. There is a bottle shop next door selling all sorts of refreshments, a hairdresser is also located in the building. The indoor swimming pool and gym area is very boring and again needs a major overhaul and refurbishment to bring it up to a reasonable standard.

There are plenty of restaurants across the road at the Waterfront. I ordered in house dining and waited one hour for it to be delivered. It would have been quicker walking across the road to buy fresh fish and chips at “Flippers”.

Unique Qualities: If looking for something special, I suggest having a look at Somerset on the Pier and Somerset on Salamanca, they have lovely apartments perched on the harbour with waterviews of the Derwent River and Historic Sullivan Cove.

The others, which look impressive, are Henry Jones Art Hotel and Zero Apartments, all are within a few minutes away. It is a ten-minute walk up to the main shopping area of Hobart. All tours and cruises operate from the Waterfront.

I have given this hotel a three star rating, due to its uninspiring, dreary and boring interior, which needs a complete new face-lift.

Dinner: Dine at Henry Jones Art Hotel – excellent food, service and atmosphere, bookings are essential.

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Prices: US$80-120  » Currency Converter
Address: 1 Davey Street, Hobart, TAS 7000
Directions: Opposite the waterfront.

The Lenna is situated in Salamanca nestled beside the harbour which caters for one of Australia's best sporting event; the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
I loved Hobart, I think its one of the nicest cities in Australia after Sydney. The harbour is extremely pretty and the foreshore and pier area impressive. Salamanca is interesting area with restored stone warehouses converted into trendy restaurants, cafes, shops and art galleries. It also has a great market on Saturdays with over 200 stalls selling all sorts of arts and crafts articles.

PROS: Good position in old building. Rooms spacious with normal hotel facilities. Our room had a lovely view of the garden. Staff friendly and helpful. Quite area in weekdays but fires up on weekends. Good cafe, pub and waterfront restaurants near by. Parking provided.

CONS: a bit of a hike into town up the hill. Hotel also on a hill...but good if excerise is required. Not suited for handicaps.


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Prices: US$120-180  » Currency Converter
Address: 20 Runnymede Street Battery Point TAS 7004, , Hoba