Azzurro Pod Hotel - City Darling Harbour

This hotel has a great location, just across the road from the light rail & Darling Harbour, but the hotel itself is extremely run down. It's a heritage building, in desperate need of a renovation. All the walls inside are dirty & need to be painted, there's 3 floors, with only stairs access, broken banisters, holes in walls, only ceiling fans in common areas & pedestal fans in bedrooms. The Windows are filthy, old looking blankets on beds, stiff sheets, no teaspoon & tea cloth for making a coffee or tea, the bar fridge was I'll fitting & no shelves inside & ice/freezer. The first day I arrived, my room was like an oven even with the fan on & windows open. The communal toilets stank of urine, no shower caddy or shelf, or mat, & the water took ages to change temperature in the shower. You can pay an extra $7.50 here for breakfast in the dining room if you want, which is cereal, toast, coffee & juice. They also offer free luggage storage before check in, & $5 per bag after checkout. There is a back courtyard for smokers, but it's not very pleasant & very run down. I also saw a rat one night. They lock the doors after reception hours, so you have to smoke outside in the street. On the plus side, besides the good location, the hotel was reasonably quiet, & the receptionist, "Yuki", was very lovely to chat with, & always very helpful. Basically, this hotel is a very basic accommodation if you're looking for something cheap.

Pretty nice place. The TV couldn't be plugged in, the water pressure was pretty low, and the doors don't immediately lock, but overall, it red a nice place to spend a night or two. Standard facilities for tea and coffee in the rooms, along with a hair dryer for some reason. The toilets are shared, but not communal. Pretty easy and cheap to get a comfortable room and bed for a night, and easy to check out at 5 am the next morning.

Good for a cheap stay. Gave it 3 because: - Staff were friendly and very helpful - I could store my gear after checkout - The bathrooms/showers were new - I didn't hear any other guests throughout my stay I didn't give it 5 because: - The building is old, with that rising wet smell in some areas - The furniture and fittings within the rooms are old - There was no microwave and small bench space in the rooms - The wind through the air vents made a clicking sound (I'm sensitive to sound when i sleep) But the bed was super comfy, and putting all the things aside that come with an old building, it was adequate, and a good price per night. I recommend for short work trips.

Very well situated for Darling Harbour and Sydney CBD, this is a pretty basic hotel with no bells and whistles. I had a single room with a shared bathroom, which (at $87.00) was not great value considering there are backpackers with double rooms for less cost and the same, if not better, level of comfort, facilities and service, albeit slight further out. Still, considering the location it wasn't too bad. My window opened and closed, the room wasn't filthy and the shower was hot, which was pretty much all I wanted. I probably would look further afield for future short stays.

This is my second stay here. Situated on 3 levels. This Hotel is close to everything, Darling Harbour is only a 5 minute walk, and the city center is within walking distance, I stayed here 3 nights this time, the room is very average nothing fancy but comfortable and clean , great Shower, TV and Tea making facilities in the room also a small fridge. I stayed here because the price is very affordable and close to everything. As I didn't hire a car. There is Bus, train and Ferry near by. It also has a dinning room down on the lower level for breakfast, serving cereal, toast, fruit, Tea/Coffee/fruit juice. or with a short walk go to the many coffee shops that offer cooked breakfast out side the hotel, A light breakfast suited me, Just one thing though.. I wouldn't recommend it for Children under 5yrs. I will stay here again in the future.

I first stayed here almost 20 years ago with my mates from a school excursion from northern NSW. I have been back a few time with friends and family since then. They are great and affordable. Very accommodating and polite. The rooms are great. Can get a room full of bunks or just a double bed. The shared shower/toilet for the school trip wasn't the best. But the staff are all great and even let us keep our bags there after we checked out once so we could go to watch the NRL game. We came back, got our bags and left. Great place to stay. Not for the 'stuck ups' though.

You get what you pay for. The rooms and beds (which are pretty old and lumpy) aren't very clean, and my window looked into the stairwell (it was a very hot night when I stayed, so I needed to have my window open, and people could definitely see into my room). Staff were very friendly. Overall it's fine for the price point.

Pretty standard large room, sink, mirror, kettle, fridge and TV. Everything very clean and well maintained. No ironing board or Iron, but can live without that. Bathroom is shared with several other rooms. Breakfast and dinner buffet options available as well (although I didn't have them) Overall a nice hotel that provides good value for money.

I suspect that I am getting pretty close to having stayed at most of the cheap hotels in Sydney, to the point that I am going to find myself having to stay further and further afield. That doesn't necessarily mean that it is a bad thing that. This place wasn't too far away from the city, in fact it was just across the harbour. Mind you, many of the rooms were more like dormatories, but that didn't mean that I ended up having to share with people. They do have a breakfast room, but you should note that the showers are also shared amongst the occupants. However, it wasn't too bad.