Rydges South Park Adelaide

Very happy with our wedding and 2 nights stay in the spa room. Room was spacious and the bathroom was modern, with 2 person shower and a spa bath. The staff are amazing and went above and beyond in their duties. They really helped to make our wedding a success. Claire was the coordinator and planner behind all the organising of the wedding, and she really does her job well. Thanks again for making our night a memorable one and we will be back again

What a surprise. Flew in early evening and thought we'd have a quick bite at this clean and comfortable but budget hotel. And after having to wait for a table to be free we had one of the better meals in a much travelled existence. All the food was excellent, the lady serving delightful and professional-and the boss man has his own vinyard, with great quality and very good value bottles on the list. Sadly they were full on the next day and closed Sunday, but if you're in town and appreciate it when a restaurant gets it right, you couldn't do much better for the price anywhere

Easy check in requested late check out customer service very accommodating to our requests. Beautiful bar and dining with 360 views of the city. Happy hour has $12 cocktails. Room with balcony had Beautiful views of the parklands. Pool isn't heated but after a hot spa it's still nice to swim in. Buffet breakfast included bacon, sausages, mushrooms spinach, scrambled eggs fried eggs, hash brown, variety of bread, spreads like honey, jams, Vegemite, croissants, muffins, waffles. Fresh juices all absolutely delicious. Looking forward to returning. Excellent customer service.

The staff at The Rydges were so welcoming- their complimentary shuttle service to the Royal Adelaide Show made our stay even more comfortable and stress-free. This was made even better by the service being available from 7am-7pm, as our students were required to be there by 7.30am. Wonderful venue, well located and kind staff. Will definitely be back. Thank you for a great experience!

Fairly dated old building, rooms were clean and tidy , technology- as in TVs worked very well. Buffet breakfast was average at best. Food in the restaurant was fantastic.

Was a nice clean room, bed was a little hard, requested a room with a bath, didn't get one.Food was beautiful but breakfast was late, not the complete order and was cold. Bathroom electrics were a little concerning with sparks thrown from switch. Front staff were very friendly but I don't think I'd stay there again

Beautiful location and the Premium Spa Suite we stayed in was amazing. Service in the cafe down stairs was great. With a buffet breakfast.

Lovely, clean, comfortable hotel. |We stayed here as part of our trip to Kangaroo Island. Our room was spacious, bed comfortable and the breakfast was great. The hotel is 1km to the tram, there is a pub literally around the corner called The Elephant & Castle that does great food. Adelaide is surrounded by parkland, plus you can get the tram into town. We also spent a short time at Brighton Beach which was lovely. The staff are very helpful too.

I do know lots of people that have stayed here and have not heard many complaints, but also haven't heard people raving about it or anything. Most pick this place because it is affordable accomodation in the city, plus they have spa rooms. So it seems to be most of the male species think that dining at heights with great views and then back to the room with the spa is a perfect choice for an anniversary or special birthday. And granted the spa's are in the suites and they are a lot nicer than the general run of the mill rooms most people would get. Plus they have a pool, with spa, and fitness room on the roof - which I find kind of cool! Personally if I was going to pay somewhere, and it was in the city for a night out, I would pick somewhere else, purely because the whole point of staying in there is not to have to worry about getting home at the end of the night, but this is on the outskirts of the city and a little far to walk after a night out. I would prefer to stay right in the middle of the city if I am going to bother paying to stay in there at all. If it's my anniversary and I want to stay inside a room all night I would still pick somewhere else because thinking about how many people would have had sex in a hotel spa in a private room well and truly puts me off getting into one. I mean it's not like the one with the pool which has chlorine cycling through it to kill the germs. They do wedding and conference packages but I have never been to an event such as these at this venue. Info is available on their website and pics do look nice. Plus they do have parking at the Hotel for guests.

The Skyline Restaurant was the venue for the Christmas in July dinners that the motel has been marketing. A waiter greeted us and took us to the table by the window. A live band was playing for the background music and for those that wished to dance. The wine list was extensive although no sparkling red by the glass. The bottle of red we did get costs about $10 in the bottle shop and was marked up steeply to $48. As it was Christmas in July it was a set menu with tiny freshly baked bread rolls to start with salted butter. The entrees were a choice of three. I had the pork belly which was divine and my husband the prawn cutlets. Even though it was an entree only three prawns on the plate seemed skimpy. Perhaps he should have gone for the warm caramelised shallot & Woodside ashes goats cheese tart (v), baby herb salad with white balsamic glaze. We asked the waiter to light the candle on our table as ours was the only table not alight. Mains were a choice of four. I had the rump which was cooked the perfect medium. My husbands turkey was a disappointment. His serve was large but the turkey was processed and not 100% turkey meat. Other choices were seared Tasmanian salmon fillet (gf), crushed peas, roast spices potato, crisp pancetta with tomato oil, and the meal of semolina and ricotta gnocchi (v) mushroom ragout, thyme, parmesan cheese. All mains are served with sides of table fresh garden salad with balsamic dressing and steamed seasonal vegetables. However, neither the salad and vegetables were given to us and we didn't realise until dessert was served so it was too late. My husband mentioned it to the waiter, and he acknowledged it was forgotten but did not make amends with the offer of anything complimentary. Dessert was a choice of three. I had the passionfruit meringue smash and didn't like the pieces of coconut in the smooth coconut cream. My husband was again disappointed with his third course of plum pudding as it was half the size of a cupcake and didn't taste as nice as mine. Perhaps again he should have chosen the chocolate and cherry trifle with toffee and custard bubbles. The atmosphere was nice but the difference in meal quality ranged from excellent to pretty average, so I wouldn't go back in a hurry, especially due the wine prices.

I loved aspects of this place, but also am not sure if I would go back. The view is amazing. A night time view of the lights over the city-very romantic!! But service was very slow and half way through sitting there the aircon gets put on full blast- it was only 18 degrees during the day and very nippy outside. No need for the aircon. We had to put our big jackets on until they turned it off. It took about an hour for food to come out to the table even the the restaurant was half full. They have an extensive wine list including local and international wines. Their menu has many varieties including seafood and vego options. I ordered the beef cheeks for my main, which was cooked perfectly. I couldn't have been happier with my meal.

If I could do 0 stars I would. Absolute worst hotel I've stayed in for some time. Loud, filthy, the gym is a joke. They had drilling going on for hours, rooms are small and outdated. Staff seemed unhappy and were unhelpful. I've stayed in several hotels and this tops them all for worst stay.

I thought that I might be being too harsh by only giving this place one star, and I'll give them a break, but my experience here was not in the same league as my experiences at other Rydges hotels. It lacked the class and sophistication of the ones I've stayed at in Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Sydney. Maybe they've upped their game since then. It also didn't help that when I was there, there were some serious renovations being undertaken. These started very early, were extremely loud, and was exactly the sort of disturbance you don't need before you take an eight hour drive to Melbourne. No apologies, no explanations, no warnings. It's a good location, but I'm really very disappointed.

I love Ridges, so maybe I had high expectations when I stayed here, but they are lucky I can't give no stars. The room was dated and had an odd smell to it. The bathroom was old and dirty, and the room was tiny. Such a huge contrast to all my previous stays in other Rydges Hotels. The only plus was the fish and chips room service I ordered which was sensational.

Horrible sleep. The garbage pick up must have happened under my room at 3am then 4am, and then couldn't get back to sleep. Room was old and tired looking, and the whole place smelled really bad. Avoid!

My friend and I stayed here in the middle of Adelaide's winter 1 August 2014 in room 602. The heater was broken and they sold us the room! The thing was, we were patient and waited for the room to warm-up but it never did. So we called the reception and they provided us with 1 small heater, than we asked for a 2nd because there were only 1 other power point available. Through out the night, we were frozen. The wind and the cold breeze through those big glass windows were horrendous. The room should not have been sold in the first place! In the morning we reported to the reception about our bad experienced. I was told that the manager would ring but I never received the phone call. A very disappointing stay. Bad management practice and bad quality control! We are off to Canberra in September and will not be staying with the Rydges again!