Georgian Court Inn

For location this Inn is a great choice especially if visiting for AO tennis or any sporting events etc. Only 20 minute walk into the city, so can’t complain! However, be mindful the place is slightly outdated & does need a bit of care/updating. In saying that the bed was comfortable & we slept well (even with the noises from the train). The breakfast is basic but not bad for the price. It is an ok option if looking for affordable accommodation in the city but it could be great with a bit more love & care!

Old and run down and not very clean, also not many parking spaces for the number of rooms. Check in was pretty awful. The room was advertised for $129, but with extra charges ended up $141.50. THEN they told us we also had to give a separate $50 deposit (and it had to be by credit card) in case we lost the key AND get this, later the $50 deposit would be put back in our account after one to two weeks! And when we got the 'key' it was nothing more than a little plastic disc! We didn't give them the deposit and after discussion were still able to stay for our booking. What a scam, so they get and extra $50 deposit from each room to keep for a couple weeks from everyone who stays - I wonder if it is the interest they want from it? The location was good for where we had to go, but the rest of it was pretty awful. Grimy hall ways and dirty carpets to get to our 2nd floor room. No elevators so make sure you are able to climb steps and carry your luggage up. Room was VERY tiny, no desk and tiny square fridge not very cold. Air con sort of worked, but not well, very weak. Even set down to -16, it barely cooled the room. Beds were OK, but shower grout was blackened in many areas. Parking out back was OK once we got in, but not enough spaces for all the rooms. Trains nearby run all day and night, so be prepared for that noise too. We would never stay again.

This place is a disgrace. As we arrived we could see that the front 'garden' was completely overgrown with weeds and hadn't been attended to in many months. Inside the place was filthy. The stair carpets and sides were covered in dust and other debris. The place clearly hadn't been properly cleaned for some time. Inside the room several items were broken including the desk and a cupboard shelf that fell down as soon as I touched it. The curtains were frayed and partly torn. The shower curtains were moldy. We could feel the springs poking through the mattress. As this was supposed to be a special part of our holiday (a bucket list visit to the MCG to watch the cricket on Boxing Day), we decided to move hotels. This was late on Christmas Eve and we were very lucky to find a Holiday Inn downtown. We requested a refund and obviously none was forthcoming. Booking.com who we had booked through were barely interested and eventually sent us just over 100 AUD (which had to be spent with them of course) which was less than 1/6 of what we paid for the hotel. Do NOT consider staying at this dreadful place.

It is just terrible to see this beautiful heritage building, a grand piece of Australian history go to ruin. It is really dirty. Our shower hadn’t been cleaned because the previous guests soap and shampoo was still in the shower recess.! Breakfast was cold and really ordinary. Didn’t bother after the first morning. It would take 15 minutes to weed the garden and plant some hardy plants in the front but it was just full of weeds and the birdbath full of cigarette butts. I asked for a discount for the last night as the standard was so poor. Of course this was declined. To the owner……shame, shame, shame. Put some effort in to raise the standard or stop ripping off visitors and halve your nightly rate.

The rooms are absolutely not as depicted on their website or the booking engines used to confirm accommodation. A share bathroom on each floor for guests. Bedrooms are grotty, dust and grime on most surfaces. Floors and carpet not been vacuumed. Receptionist has dirty dishes surrounding his work space. The doonas and sweat stained and yellowing. We could not even stay for one hour. Left in search of adequate accommodation. Refund refused. Looks like a halfway house.

Warning to others of what this accommodation staff can do with your booking. I made a booking via hotels.com 3-4 months before my trip to Melbourne for a major sporting event. I had stayed there before. I chose the option for my credit card to be charged few weeks before the stay for the payment. (Hotels.com also offered option for payment to be done during check in at the hotel sometimes). I happened to call the hotel 2 days before my trip to let them know I would be arriving bit late in the evening. The man I spoke to was rude when I asked if I could confirm my booking. But what was worse, he told me that my booking was cancelled because they couldn’t charge my credit card which likely due to security settings of the card. I didn’t get any notifications about i. He said they couldn’t notify me in any way at all. I contacted customer support of Hotels.com, it turned out they didn’t notify Hotels.com either about the cancellation. The hotel staff actually was well able to notify me if they couldn’t charge my credit card via Hotels.com. I would have immediately call them to rectify the matter. I was very stressed not having any accommodation few days before my trip. Georgian Court turned out to be a lemon & a liar, which really fitting the name of the rude staff I spoke to on the phone.

ALERT! SCAM, NOT OPERATIONAL!! (if there was an option to put no stars, I would) I came to this Georgian Court Inn, after a tiring day of traveling, expecting check-in to be quick but to my surprise the entrance was locked and their given number was invalid. Despite many attempts to contact their number, it's always 'invalid'. We were there for so long that even a delivery driver who came to drop off some parcels, mentioned he has been there more than 2 times and no one was there to receive the parcels. In fact, the delivery driver asked us to open the door for him, thinking we were residents, but we couldn't! Not only did it waste my time, my energy, and my data, but also have the audacity to still put up availability on various booking platforms. How disappointing and I genuinely felt scammed. Do not bother booking!

Staff are lovely, breakfast great. Please invest in some decent cleaning staff. Our room had dust grime, bathroom had mould, light in bathroom was putrid. The bait box in the corner of the room is not welcoming either. The rooms have so much to offer but need to be looked after better - we paid way too much for what we got.