The Kentish Hotel

The area was awesome

Renovations were underway leaving hall and common areas dusty and unsafe with exposed wire being worked on, walls knocked out and painting being done during the time of our stay. There were two shared showers for the hotel. One had no hot water and the other only barely hot enough after being left running for a long amount of time. Noise from the venue below was understandable but still not ideal. Light fittings in the room were not fully functional, carpet was stained and bed squeaky and old. Other than a hook on the back of the door there was nowhere to actually hang clothes. The jug could only be plugged in by leaving it sitting on the floor. My partner has allergies and was unwell, we tried to make the best of it but ended up leaving without staying the night. This was backpacker style accommodation at $128 for a Queen which is not worth it. When I raised these issues with staff (we left without staying the night) a refund was not forthcoming even though all of the issues can be easily verified. With renovations I am sure this place has potential but this is not how you treat paying customers.

Check-in was all good, the lady was nice and friendly, as were all staff I met, bar staff, waitstaff and housekeeping. There is a $20 refundable deposit for the room key. Heading up the stairs to the room I’m greeted by a long hallway the well underway being renovated. Not sure I was aware this was happening, but by recent reviews it was well overdue. It will look incredble once done and will still be in keeping the historic charms that made me book in the first place. Carrying on down the hallway, checked in on the shared toilet facilities, looks they were recently upgraded and look great. The showers are still old, dusty and still without hot water. I’m sure they’ll be updated in due course. The room was fine, minimally appointed as expected. The sink also had no hot water either, and unfortunatley the room was also situated above the sports bar. This means the loud thumping music was felt and heard till just past 12. I was more aware of this before arriving than the renovation. At 6 I went to the bar and ordered a drink and burger from the bar which arrived very quickly. Wow it was so good! Sat by the warm wood fireplace and watched the Warriors get absolutely dismantled on the big screens at the bar. The next downside was that the cleaners arrived around 6:30am crash banging around and thowing large bags of beer bottles out from the previous night, maybe celebrating the Blues win? Perhaps they aren’t used to people staying at the hotel - I’m fairly sure I was the only one staying that night so was pretty unnerving at first. In any case don’t expect a good night sleep staying here. All in all I knew what I was getting myself into but was overall pretty happy as I got to stay in the historic Kentish Hotel. I would echo another reviewer though - I wouldn’t bring wifey here, she appreciates her sleep far more than I do.

Basic.. wouldn't take my wife.

Disappointing stay at the Kentish, staff were unfriendly, room was hot and stuffy and shared facilities were dirty, with a cockroach greeting us on arrival. Broken toilet, no toilet paper or new towels after staying for three days. Wouldn’t recommend.

Small poky room Other neighboring rooms geusts load and abusive yelling Load noises from outside until rarly hours of morning