My partner and I stayed for one night in a standard room. On arrival, the receptionist was very friendly and welcomed us excitedly. Whilst checking us in we discussed the purpose of our visit, and the receptionist enthusiastically shared her recommendations for things to do in Canberra. The location of the hotel was just about perfect; although the area around was a little deserted (it was a weekend, I got the impression it would be livelier during the week), it was an easy walk to both the tourist attractions across the lake as well as the cafés/restaurants in the CBD.

The hotel is beautifully presented, both in common areas and the rooms themselves. The mix of old and new has been done very tastefully, with modern artistic features accentuating, rather than masking, the original Canberran architecture. The room was clean, comfortable, and everything we needed was provided. My only qualm was with the size of the room, however the description on the website had specified that the standard room was perfect for a single traveller - in hind sight I would definitely pay the additional to upgrade to a deluxe room.

In the morning we ate breakfast in the hotel buffet. Despite being the only diners in the restaurant (it was fairly early on a Sunday morning), the buffet was excellent and the staff were very polite and helpful.

The best parts:
- Beautifully presented, great combination of new, artistic features with older, charming architecture
- Extremely friendly, helpful and genuinely enthusiastic staff
- Great location, easy to walk to CBD and to lake

The worst parts:
- Room was very small, definitely pay for the deluxe room
- Bed was against corridor wall, this was frustrating when other guests were coming and going
- Bathroom is only screened from bedroom (no fully closing door), consider privacy aspects

What a luxurious stay I had in such a lovely historic building. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The buffet breakfast was lovely. Excellent position - very close to the CBD and within walking distance to ANU and the National Museum.
Free wifi and newspapers were a nice touch as I've become used to paying for Wifi even in the most expensive hotels.

We have stayed here before and enjoyed the hotel. It's in a good area and easy to get to. We stayed in a Deluxe room and it is a good size for two people.

The staff are very good here, breakfast is not included, WiFi is, there is free parking available on the street on the weekend, the restaurant is great with lots of different areas to sit, breakfast is excellent.

Unfortunately the rooms are starting to look a little tired. We were in room 203 and the marble desk in the bedroom was marked, at first we thought it was dirty with a mark from a glass, but it was etched into the surface. It was the same with the marble bench top in the bathroom. The tiles on the floor in the bathroom also had a mark which looked as though water had dried in a pattern on the floor, but this was a mark on the tiles and would not wipe away. The wallpaper on the ceiling in the bedroom is beginning to peel away, it's not visually appealing. There was a trolley for bedsheets in the corridor and the supply cupboard was open every time we went to & from the room, and makes the corridor look untidy.

I would recommend this hotel. I hope the rooms are given a refresh soon to make this a 5 star review.

My partner and i drove up from Melbourne to Canberra for one night stay, to see the Toulouse- Lautrec Art Exhibition in the Nation Gallery of Australia ACT.

On Arrival, the check-in receptionist was very excited to welcome us to Canberra and had a very vibrant & enthused attitude. we asked for a recommendation for a fine dining experience and based on mixed reviews, she reassured and recommended Sage Restaurant.

The Room was immaculately clean & fresh, crisp white sheets, comfortable lux bed, modern/contemporary furniture and very spacious bedroom & bathroom.

Before leaving for Dinner, we had a chance to meet with the Hotel General Manager, Maurits de Graeff; who was very welcoming and gone out of his was to organise our tickets for the Art Exhibition. Fabulous!!

Dinner that evening at Sage was most delightful and couldn’t be any more seamless, i will recommend this to everyone from now on.

In the Morning the Check-out Process again was very smooth and to have such a helpful enthused staff member like Daniel who helped us out, was fantastic.

All in all, We hope to return to Canberra and stay here once again soon to have this to die for, boutique experience....