The Interlude Hotel at Pentridge

This hotel is beautiful. It is tastefully appointed, has everything you need, is impeccably clean, and the few staff I dealt with were excellent. You absolutely feel as though you are in a much more expensive establishment. I would recommend it to anyone unless you are claustrophobic. The rooms (as advertised) are cells-it is a dark and imposing space. If what you are after is solitude, silence and peace-perfect. But if seeing daylight is important to you, this is not the right hotel. It’s a convenient location, whoever designed the lighting-inside and out-is a genius, the wine bar is divine…but you definitely know that it was built to be austere.

Would get a 5 star if the wine bar was open on a Sunday night||We stayed on one of the prison cells. Room was made up out of four cells - you realise how claustrophobic prison would have been 100 or so years back ||Real quirky. Enjoyed and have recommended friend stay there

Loved the luxurious decor and sultry feel to this hotel. Considering there isn't much to do beyond the facility, it would be nice if the hotel had catered for this and had a functional entertainment area of some sorts, even if it was just a snack / coffee bar serving cake and light refreshments, or a reading / sitting area. The cleaners need to frequent the downstairs section by the pool and gym including the toilets that are located there, its extremely dusty and a little dirty, specifically the toilets.

We absolutely loved our stay at the interlude, very peaceful and the rooms were tastefully done and clean. I’m claustrophobic but I was okay in this atmosphere. The pool was lovely and warm. One thing I was disappointed with was there was a wedding on and we were told the bar was closed to us because of the wedding which I thought was wrong considering we paid good money for and not told this. Then when we went to the bar on the Sunday night it was closed, so we never got to use the bar at all. We had to go out into the pouring rain to find somewhere to have a drink on our anniversary

The place is beautifully designed, lighting, furnitures are so beautiful. But the level of staffs and services did not match the image of hotel, akward and casual. Overall places are dark theme so cleaning not spotless I would say. Really love the places and hope more ppl get to enjoy this before its rundown. Please step up.

I was upgraded to an interlude room and it was one of the best hotel experiences I have ever had! Incredible that they cut through prison walls as wide as my shoulders to connect 3 cells together! The room was cozy, well designed and just an amazing experience. I also dined down in the bar with an excellent offering/ happy hour for Thursday night. The scallop was delicious and the oysters were excellent! Great staff as well, super on top of it! Couldn’t recommend this experience more!

The interlude experience was just perfect. Pool incredible , staff fabulous , wine bar great also , everyone was warm and the rooms were just incredible given they punched through those cell walls. Location is great for all you need in the northern suburbs - if you are looking for a city stay I’d probably stay in the CBD but if you are looking for somewhere north that is 5* it makes the perfect destination and staycation. I have previously done the H division tour and can highly recommend. Will 100% be back and will be recommending to family and friends

What an amazing hotel with an incredible history. You will not find a hotel like this anywhere. The rooms are all converted B division prison cells, ours being B106 which was made up of 4 cells. Yes the rooms are right for room but you don’t come to a place like this to stay in your room all day. You might as well go to a real prison 😄 The bar downstairs serves some amazing cocktails. Their Blood and Bacchus was incredible, my wife and I both had two of them. Breakfast at the North & Common restaurant was delicious. Highly recommend for some where ‘different’ to stay.