lastminute lovely Kirsty discovers a new contender for her favourite Sydney hotel and two reasons why you should visit and she needs to go back!
To start with, the entrance is a stones throw away from Top Shop and nestled above Myer. I know what you’re thinking and yes, the concierge was happy to watch my luggage while I did a small detour before the shops closed. After getting over my excitement about the killer location (for any red-blooded female with a credit card) I checked into a warm and charming room with a big bathroom – including a bath tub – and a city view. Woop!
After inspecting the bathroom my next post–check-in activity is looking in the wardrobe. I was delighted to find the Swissôtel trusts its customers enough to allow us to detach the coat hangers from the rail. Nothing says “I trust you” like detachable coat-hangers.
Along with fancy trimmings and super locations, another perk of staying in a professional five-star hotel is the Executive Club lounge. It’s well worth paying for the upgraded room type; the breakfast and pre-dinner canapés are not only all inclusive, they are delicious.
When you’re travelling solo, the Executive Club has buffet breakfast, the newspaper and the morning shows to keep you occupied through breakfast, meaning you won’t run your smart phone battery flat before 10am.
Another feature of breakfast is the honey, farmed right from the rooftop where the Swissôtel’s hives live. They are part of the Urban Beekeeping program which not only helps preserve the population of bees (very important for the survival of the human race – anyone seen the movie Bees?) it also produces delicious honey.
I discovered that the Swissôtel and I have another thing in common (aside from affection for being close to the shopping action) – food! Two dining experiences that are now on my wish list are their Tiered High Tea and Chandon Seafood Sunday Brunch.
Since I returned to Australia after living in Bangkok, I’ve been dying to relive my Sundays of over-eating at a buffet and indulging in a few bevvies. The Swissôtel brunch looks set to meet all my expectations with Bugs, Prawns, Oysters, Crab, Salmon and … wait for it… a bottle of Chandon Brut NV each. That’s $125 very well spent.
A fantastic hotel, faultless location and two enticing reasons to go back – Sold!