Rydges Hobart

What a charming hotel. Our check in was so warm and welcoming , and we were offered a ground floor room when the staff noticed we had 2 large suitcases on our 3 week roadtrip. The hotel does not have a lift. |The hotel is about 2 km from the city centre .in a lovely area of Hobart. It is full of old world charm, and a quiet calm atmosphere. |Lovely decor and the best bed mattress I have slept in , like sleeping on clouds! |The onsite restaurant was excellent , we had one of the best dinners on our trip and the small buffet bfast good . There’s also a quiet bar lounge to enjoy a quiet drink . |Free parking ! And plenty of it! |All of the staff are just so friendly welcoming and polite. | Beautiful hotel , it felt like home . |Thank you to all at Rydges Hobart.

We enjoyed another stay at Rydges. The location is slightly out of the centre but this means you get free parking and large rooms. This time we stayed in the main historical building in a one bedroom antique suite - this was $173 including breakfast. The room was large and traditionally furnished - bed was comfy but slightly too short. The breakfast was tasty. The staff are pleasant and we enjoyed our stay.

Nice old buildings full of Character, rooms had no aircon (only heating) but the room didn't need it, it seemed to keep a nice temp throughput our stay. Place made up of the main building and a series of outbuildings or bungalows, where we were. Not ideal with yucky weather, when walking to the restpurant or reception. The hotel itslef is about a 20-30min walk to the CBD, which is a hike, but only about 10mins or so to Elizabeth St where there were plenty of cafes and eating options, and the local Stare Cinema. There was no gym on site, but you could get a fob and visit the local gym, also about a 10min walk away. Not convenient but OK for the junkies and this place included an indoor heated pool, nice. The room had only tv entertainment, anything else u were expected to cast from your own device/acct which was a surprise. Service was excellent and staff very helpful with everything.

The only real question is; would I stay there again? Erh, no. I have said repeatedly, do not let architects design rooms, particularly bathrooms. A nice big room with high ceilings(+), large bathroom (+), bench with sink (+), but (many negatives), bed with huge foot end which obscures the TV, the TV is cheap & really not worth even trying to use so woeful is the menu, NO powerpoints either side of the bed head (how can any serious hotel not have phone charging points near the bedhead), the room is not private because the windows open out to pedestrians, even the bathroom (no frosted glass, only hard to use blinds), there was a great opportunity to screen off the dunny easily, but no, full excrement smell is there for all to enjoy, the bench is too high and the sink is very "architectural" meaning it is too small and wrongly oriented, another guest welcome not used is the electric kettle in a cupboard and not on the bench. (Why make it hard for tired guests), I could go on but will finish with the shower, aah the shower, yet another example of design by an architect - looks impressive but practicality nosedives; no shelf for your own soap, crappy tile work, mould on the grout, an ineffective fan that doubles for dunny duty, a useless towel rail, ........... Like so many hotels, it falls short by poor design and execution. The staff were good, the restaurant nice but food taste experience pedestrian (but so are the tastes of many guests, to be fair), but the bed was comfortable.

Lovely 1 bedroom apartment includes huge, clean and modern bathroom. Extremely comfortable king size bed with soft linen. Nice little kitchen nook and separate living area.

Quiet, roomy and immaculate, (Superior Twin), microwave and mini fridge with purchase mini-bar, plates and cutlery, basic amenities but a very, very comfortable room and stay with free parking. The 2 members of the reception staff that I dealt with were exemplary; very helpful and kind, informative and highly capable. Very high marks for them. I did find the pillows rather too high and hard, but that is just a personal preference.

A beautiful, older style building with absolute charm. Friendly and efficient team members. Nothing was too much trouble. The room was warm and very spacious. Restaurant downstairs has a great selection of meals. Willl definitely be back!

Out of the CBD, so not super close to amenities. However, the old style of the place and spacious interiors were great for our time here. Stairs were present bit nothing challenging to anyone able.