Suzie L.
Yelp
Perth CBD Stay
This is our second stay at this hotel - we stayed here on our previous visit to Perth in August 2016 and liked it so much that we chose it for our stay in May 2021. We booked a Queen Studio for our 5-night stay in Perth and the room suited us perfectly. The studio was a little old and tired, and the air conditioner in our room was ill positioned and noisy, but it was well designed and had a well-equipped kitchen, flat screen TV, good bathroom and a comfortable bed. There were laundry facilities - free of charge on Level 5 which was really helpful as we have been travelling for a while. It's in an excellent location - just a couple of minutes' walk to the Murray Street Mall and opposite a Red CAT (free bus service). Although there was no on-site parking, there is parking at Raine Square - the shopping centre right across the road from the hotel. As always with stays at apartment hotels, we were unsure whether our room would be serviced so we clarified this with reception when we checked in. We were told that our room would be serviced, and our bedsheets would be changed after the third night. However when we returned to our room after our day out (4th night), we discovered that our room had not been serviced at all! We discussed this with reception who informed us that housekeeping had left for the day. They gave us clean towels and teabags and assured us that our room would be serviced the next day. Imagine our surprise when we returned to our room to find it had once again not been serviced! The staff at reception were super apologetic - they offered us complimentary drinks (which we declined) and provided us with more teabags and linen. We were contacted by the Front Office Manager after our departure. After we made it clear that we would not be returning to Perth in the near future, she very reluctantly offered us a refund of $40 (being a room service charge of $20 per day). We felt that this was a surprisingly small amount to recompense us for the extraordinarily poor service from a hotel of this calibre!
August 2016
We really enjoyed our stay at the Mantra on Murray. Our room was spacious and well appointed and the staff were helpful and friendly. The room configuration could probably be improved upon - the lighting was inadequate and the air conditioning unit was a bit noisy and located right next to the bed. Overall we were really happy with our room and the hotel location right in the centre of the CBD!!