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Establishment Hotel

5.0 star property

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Loft Penthouse

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Room service
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning

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5 Bridge Lane, Sydney, NSW, 2000
  • Circular Quay
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Pitt Street Mall
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Sydney Opera House
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Sydney, NSW (SYD-Kingsford Smith Intl.)
    ‪11 min drive‬

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Establishment Room

Establishment Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(11 reviews)
  • 50 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Loft Penthouse

Loft Penthouse

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 100 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Duplex Penthouse

Duplex Penthouse

  • 120 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Studio

Studio

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(17 reviews)
  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the area

Sydney

With a stay at Establishment Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Sydney, steps from Australia Square and within a 5-minute walk of Macquarie Place. .This luxury hotel is 0.2 mi (0.4 km) from Museum of Sydney and 0.4 mi (0.6 km) from Chifley Plaza.

What's nearby

  • Circular Quay - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Pitt Street Mall - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Sydney Opera House - 12 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Royal Botanic Gardens - 12 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Sydney Harbour Bridge - 15 min walk - 1.4 km

Getting around

  • Sydney Circular Quay Station - 5 min walk
  • Wynyard Station - 6 min walk
  • Sydney Airport (SYD) - 22 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Australia Square - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Marlowe's Way - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Ryan's Bar - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪The Grand Palace - Indian Restaurant - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Mr Wong - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Establishment Hotel

Luxury hotel with 3 restaurants and bars
Establishment Hotel offers 31 accommodations with iPads and minibars. Pillowtop beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. 45-inch flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels and Netflix. Refrigerators and coffee/tea makers are provided. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, bathrobes, slippers, and designer toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and complimentary newspapers, as well as phones; local and long-distance calls are complimentary (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include safes and complimentary bottled water. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily. Amenities available on request include in-room massages.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 31 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Your pillowtop bed comes with Egyptian cotton sheets. Satellite programming and iPads are provided for your entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities including a nightclub and a fitness center. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.
Grab a bite at Sushi e, one of the hotel's 3 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Relax with a refreshing drink at one of the 4 bars/lounges. Full breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include limo/town car service, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours).
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Establishment Hotel has 3 restaurants serving lunch and dinner.
Sushi e - This restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine. Reservations are required. Open select days.
Mr Wong - This restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required. Open daily.
Hemmesphere - Onsite cocktail bar. Open select days.
Tank Stream Ber - This bar serves lunch and dinner. Open select days.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.

Awards and affiliations

Establishment Hotel is listed in the 2011 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay.

Languages

Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, Finnish, Indonesian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Offsite parking available (AUD 69 per night); reservations required
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Limo/town car service
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily full breakfast available 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee: AUD 18 to 30 per person
  • 3 restaurants
  • 4 bars/lounges
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Hemmesphere
  • Mr Wong
  • Sushi e
  • Tank Stream Ber

Things to do

  • Gym
  • Nightclub

Family friendly

  • Free cot
  • In-room babysitting
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Turndown service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Conference space
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Spa

  • In-room massages
  • Manicures/pedicures

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Accessible airport shuttle
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 5 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 2000
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Free cot
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Dressing gowns
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 45-inch flat-screen TV with cable/satellite channels
  • IPad
  • Netflix
  • Streaming services

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar
  • Refrigerator
  • Restaurant dining guides

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Electrical adapters
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Free local calls
  • Free long-distance calls
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 1.05 percent for credit card payments
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately AUD 18 to 30 per person
  • Airport shuttle fee: AUD 120 per person (one-way)
  • Airport shuttle fee per child: AUD 120 (one-way), (up to 15 years old)
  • Nearby parking fee: AUD 69.00 per night (164 ft away)
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 1.05 percent

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector

We should mention

Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
Some facilities may have restricted access; guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Establishment Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 433 out of 645 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 133 out of 645 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 44 out of 645 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 17 out of 645 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 18 out of 645 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Tammy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

andrew

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Establishment hotel is wonderful! The hotel has so much character and The location is absolutely perfect.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Colleen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Lovely old building and big room.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mary Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Always a memorable stay at The Establishment!

We have stayed here a number of times and we cannot fault the team at The Establishment. It’s certainly a favourite of ours in Sydney. Thank you for making our stay so memorable yet again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kari, Wellington

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent property and would be even better if they had noise control or insulation in walls and windows so you don’t hear everything.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stratton

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing staff, could not ask for a better location in the city, surrounded by phenomenal bars and restaurants. Our corner room was very noisy, could hear all the street noise and everything from the hallway and adjacent rooms. Would definitely stay again
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Great looking room.

Nicely furnished room with an excellent mini bar and sound system. Quite noisy as rooms are not sound proofed. Problematic hot water as takes about 3 mins to get hot and not much pressure. Nice bathtub but took too long to fill so could not use it. Mattress was a bit past its prime and the flashing smoke alarm was mounted directly above the bed so was annoying while trying to sleep. Woke at 7am on Saturday morning to the sound of a jackhammer in the laneway...but this was not the hotel's fault apart from the non soundproofed windows.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tobias

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Jason

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joanna, Parkville

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very sophisticated hotel in the restaurant precinct. Staff really lovely. Breakfast delicious (in room dining). Bar on site. They gave us champagne on arrival because it was our wedding anniversary. Absolutely loved it. Will return.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Unusual and interesting boutique vibes, liked the Palmer and Co bar and Kid Kyoto restaurant being basically next door. Some street noise audible on a Saturday night but earplugs provided if you need them. Endearingly oddball selection of free movies on the telly.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hidden Gem

Great boutique hotel in vibrant location. Super bar and club attached (no sound issue), eclectic common areas with large, comfortable rooms and furnishings. Walk to the Rocks, Opera House, trains and ferries.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel was convenient and centrally located. Several eating and coffee options. Plus close to the ferries.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

laily

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the vibe and style of this hotel, breakfast was nice and high quality, our only issue was that if our next-door neighbor closed doors or talked you could hear. and since our room view was a company office, their commute in and out of offices at night could interrupt our sleep
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Catherine

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was clear this used to be a lovely hotel, but it seems it has been badly neglected. Chipped bathroom tiles that could easily be repaired, rusted bathroom ware, doors don’t close, light swtiches worn and don’t work. There were spiders on the bed and seriously noisy neighbourhood with a loud club next door that played loud music until 2am, and after that the noises from delivery trucks and people preparing in nearby restaurants. We wanted to change hotels in the middle of the night as we were not able to sleep at all due to the noise and fear of more spiders that might crawl in bed again. Such a shame and disgust for a Merivale hotel which is supposed to be a 5-start hotel. I think they should shut down and renovate as they are misleading guests. To add to the bad experience, access to the hotel reception was hard to find. There should be proper access from the bar off George St or at least signs from George St leading to Bridge Lane. We checked in on a Sunday and the Est Bar was closed and we struggled to find the hotel lobby looking for signs from the Est Bar door but there was none! I gave my feedback to the reception staff, they apologised and said the next time I come back they will put me in higher floors. Note this is a low rise building and the only you won’t hear that noise is if you were on level 20 or higher! Absolutely lacking sufficient comprehension of the severity of the problem and our experience. Not good enough Merivale!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Rick, MINNEAPOLIS

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Close to local tram
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Fuad

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful room. Very friendly staff. Perfect location.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

David

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

William

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great service from front desk, beautiful rooms
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Sylvia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spacious. Comfortable bed. Great for transport and a good choice of restaurants nearby.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024