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We stayed 4 nights in the middle of August in the Junior Suite, 1 King Bed, room 207. We chose this room for the location, the separate shower and the balcony. ||The room was somewhat spacious with a large King bed, a “dining room” with a table and 2 chairs, and a kitchen area with a full size fridge, dishwasher, microwave and sink. This kitchen was equipped with cutlery and dishware, paper towels, dishwashing soap and tea towels. There was also a commercial grade Nespresso machine and we had a generous supply of pods everyday. There was also bottled water and creamers in the fridge. ||There was adequate storage with a set of drawers and a large closet with room for us to store our luggage out of sight. The bathroom had a large tub and separate shower and a long vanity with double sinks. ||The balcony had a view of the sea and was furnished with 3 chairs and a small coffee table. The balcony was about 8 by 8 feet large. The balcony was not that clean, with bird poop on some of the furniture, which was strange seeing how the rest of the suite and the hotel in general was very well maintained. There was lots of cleaning staff, so our suite was always cleaned and restocked in a timely manner. ||The hotel is located directly on the waterfront in Sidney so it is not only seconds away from the seaside promenade, but it is a short walk to restaurants, cafes and shopping. The room was quite bright when it was sunny, but cloudy days just made the dark and slightly dated interior design of the suite much more noticeable. It might be time for a freshening up of the decor and paint to make it more “now”.||We slept quite well as the bed was comfortable, the air conditioning was adjustable and the black out curtains cut out a lot of morning light. Sidney is a very quiet town, so there we never heard any street sounds during our stay. ||We would recommend this hotel to anyone coming to this area, but we would also highly recommend being extra vigilant and ask to see your bill on checkout. We only discovered a few hours later, when we got our bill in an email, that we had been overcharged about 300 dollars more than our Hotels.com reservation. Luckily we were still in the area so we could rectify this “error” over the phone and get a reimboursment on our credit card. I should add that there was no apologies for this “oversight” and no explication either. This is why we are giving The Sidney Pier Hotel and Spa 3 out of 5 stars.