Stayed here for just one night. Great hotel in a great location, 10 minute walk from Queen St in City Centre, and in the middle of the South Bank area. The shops, pubs and restaurants here are great. Great price for a great hotel, would stay here again.

One of my previous reviews for inexpensive hotels in Brisbane has mentioned this property in regretful tones - the hotel had become too expensive for me to stay here any longer, despite my fondness for it.

So I was very pleased to find that lately their rates have really come down (maybe because of the fairly new hotel on the corner across from it), and since we were going to see a comedy show (French & Saunders) at South Bank, we thought we'd stay here again.

The room was nothing special...and we were admittedly a bit disappointed with the view (the rooms are always fairly standard, though nice and more than adequate, but the views usually are quite delightful). We weren't high enough to see over the buildings in front of us to the normal view of the South Bank parklands and river. Still, it was nice to have a balcony and a view at all.

I don't even remember check in, so obviously it went smoothly. lol.

We had lunch at one of the many VERY lovely and inviting cafes/restaurants along South Bank (in this case, Toscanis), and then had a wander through the Sunday parklands markets. I thoroughly enjoyed this.

We were very tired that afternoon and had a nap on the very comfortable bed, before choosing what restaurant to try that evening. I LOVE just being able to wander around, peruse the menus of the restaurants, and then choose my favourite. We chose a DELICIOUS Turkish restaurant (I can't remember its name, but it was seriously amazing), which was right at the end of the line/walk of restaurants and overlooked the parklands. Just beautiful.

Then we made our way over to see French & Saunders, which was a hilarious and fantastic show, before heading back "home" to our room again. We slept very well that night.

Everything about this hotel is nice. Just nice. Nothing spectacular. But it's quiet at night, neither too hot nor cold, the bed is comfy, the decor is nice, the bathroom is fine...

I am thinking of staying here again when we go to see Marianne Faithfull at the Tivoli in January. I do quite like this hotel.

I spotted this hotel while I was staying in next door Rydges. The Mantra hotel looks very stylish, almost to the point of looking a bit cold. Lured by the lappool, which can be seen from the street, I booked two nights and had a great stay. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming.

Front desk staff was very friendly and efficient. When we arrived by taxi, we were met by staff who helped us with our luggage (you can never take that for granted) and check-in was very smooth.

The room was beautiful, fresh and spotless. We were on the railwayside and yes, we would hear a train or two passing by, but that was a very dimmed sound, really no problem at all. Bathroom was ultra stylish, bed and linnen couldn't be better.

Location is unbeatable, I wouldn't stay anywhere else in Brisbane. Right on beautiful South Bank, close to Queensland Museum, Art Galery, train station and only a 10 minutes walk from downtown.

The only let down was that there was no free internet. The internet that was available was expensive and practically useless because it was so slow, but that seemed to be a problem in all the Brisbane hotels.

We reviewed about 10 hotels in Brisbane before we booked to stay here and have to say it was perfect. The location is right across the road from the Southbank main markets, cafes and the big draw card, the city beach. Its perfect. Forget using the pool that the Hotel had, just use the massive resort style lagoon across the road. We had two full days of fun.

Plus this, make sure you go to the Science Museum which is near the fieriest wheel. The Science Museum is soooo interactive we spent 2 hrs seeing all sorts of things and it cost $21 for a family of four. The fieriest wheel is around $40 and make sure you go on this just before sunset.

Make sure you request a room above level 6 that way you will get a view!!! And the rooms a dead quite.

The room service is cheep and very fresh food, this was something we both noticed. The Internet is too expensive but just go across the road as its 5 times less the price of the Hotel.

Over all we would HIGHLY recommend this place. Out kids were 5 and 3.