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Holiday Inn Darling Harbour, an IHG Hotel

4 star hotel
Connecting rooms
8.4/10 Very Good
(1008 verified Hotels.com guest reviews)
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Overview

Holiday Inn Darling Harbour offers spacious family rooms in a central location, perfect for exploring the city. Families will appreciate the convenient location near Darling Harbour, Chinatown, and public transport, as well as the delicious breakfast buffet. While some reviews mention minor issues with cleanliness and room upkeep in older rooms, the overall experience is positive, with many guests praising the friendly staff and comfortable accommodations. The hotel's family-friendly atmosphere and excellent location make it a great base for a family vacation.

Guest highlights

The large and comfortable rooms
The modern and clean bathrooms in some rooms
The delicious breakfast buffet
The convenient location near Darling Harbour, Chinatown, and public transport

About the hotel

This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a fitness center, and 24-hour room service. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a business center, a meeting room, and concierge services are onsite.

Nearby attractions

Holiday Inn Darling Harbour, an IHG Hotel is located in Sydney Central Business District, a neighborhood in Sydney, and is in the entertainment district and near a metro station. Notable landmarks in the area include Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House, and travelers wishing to experience a bit of culture can try Capitol Theatre. Don't miss out on a visit to SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium. Spend some time exploring the area's activities, including outlet shopping, golfing, and whale-watching.

Popular amenities

Family friendly

Refrigerator
Separate dining area
Soundproofed rooms

Wifi

Available in all rooms: free wifi
Available in some public areas: free wifi
Free in-room wifi has a 4-device limit
Wifi in public areas is free with a 4-device limit

Food and drink

1 restaurant
24-hour room service
Buffet breakfast available for a fee 7:00 am–10:00 am on weekdays and 7:30 am–10:30 am on weekends: aud 29.95 for adults and aud 19.95 for children

Guest services

24-hour front desk
Concierge services
Daily housekeeping
Dry cleaning service
Luggage storage
Multilingual staff
Porter/bellhop
Tour/ticket assistance
Turndown service

Accessibility

Accessible bathroom (select rooms)
Braille signage
Handrails in hallways
Handrails in stairways
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
In-room accessibility (select rooms)
Lever door handles
Roll-in shower (select rooms)
Well-lit path to entrance
Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
Wheelchair-accessible business center
Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
Wheelchair-accessible lounge
Wheelchair-accessible parking
Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
Wheelchairs available on site

Things to do

Fitness center

Conveniences

Elevator
Front-desk safe

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Smoke-free property

Nearest Airport

Airplane
Sydney International Airport
7 km from this hotel
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Reviews that mention...

Family Reviews

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4.5 out of 5 stars

13 reviews

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4 star reviews

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3 star reviews

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Latest reviews (13)

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Morgana

29 Jun 2024 - 3 Jul 2024
reviewed on expedia

4 out of 5 stars

We enjoyed our stay at the property, the only thing that we didn’t rate is the cleaning in the rooms. Attention to detail, ie vacuuming the floors and making sure the shower floors were clean were not their strongest point. Otherwise great place for families to stay at. Let’s hope now that a new hotel chain has taken over, these details will be addressed.
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Ethel Jane

15 Oct 2023 - 22 Oct 2023
reviewed on expedia

5 out of 5 stars

Loved our stay; clean large room w/ comfortable beds. Great location, safe area, close to everything without all the noise pollution or stress. Enjoyed the breakfast options and look forward to returning with my family.
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Kasia

19 Oct 2023 - 23 Oct 2023
reviewed on wotif

4 out of 5 stars

We had a family room which was spacious, but outdated. No shelves in the wardrobe so basically we lived off our suitcases. Bathroom old and a bit dirty. But the buffet breakfast was a great addition. The hotel is in Chinatown so plenty of places to eat and small convenience stores all within a walking distance. Tram stop is 5 min walk. Just over 1 km to get to the Darling Harbour a must on a Saturday for the fireworks display. Good overall.
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Karl

24 Sept 2023 - 30 Sept 2023
reviewed on wotif

3 out of 5 stars

Toilet started spraying during the night and then water came up through the bathroom floor. The buffet breakfast service was oversubscribed with long wait times for tables, our family not being able to sit together and us being asked if we wouldn’t mind leaving after a short time because the table was needed. The restaurant staff did the best they could in a tough situation. Location is great. Close to great restaurants, public transport and shopping.
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Gustavo

30 Jun 2023 - 7 Jul 2023
reviewed on wotif

5 out of 5 stars

Holiday inn I would like to send our sincerely grateful message to the Holyday Inn Haymarket of Sydney Australia hotel staff, the breakfast table and kitchen staff and the room cleaning company. Our 7 days stay has been one of the best experiences in hotel front desk, room service, lovely eating and clean room that we had in all the years of travelling in Australia and overseas We are a grownup Australian family from Argentina and as such, understand the difficulties and stress in this industry, particularly after COVID and, because of that, we value the extra effort that all the people that cross our path in the hotel at Haymarket Sydney went for. Please extend our thanks to Rosie and Amanda from the front desk as well as the new great trainee Karen (which thankfully speaks Spanish as well as Amanda), the day manager Suchev and the rest of the staff which always were attentive and smiling, helping us in all simple a important things. From the kitchen and breakfast staff, Mary and Romina (another big thanks to them spanish speakers and high educated attention to detail while serving) together with all the staff that every single morning worked they back off to serve, clean, prepare and deal with such a big task of keeping everyone happy and well fed. A great 5 stars for the Sydney Haymarket holiday inn people
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Kristian

14 Jun 2023 - 17 Jun 2023
reviewed on hcom

5 out of 5 stars

Comfortable and convenient. This is located right in Chinatown and right next Darling Harbour. The room I've got (with 2 beds) were comfortable for a family of 4 including 2 teenagers. The bathroom is also modern and clean.
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Leanne

25 Sept 2022 - 26 Sept 2022
reviewed on wotif

4 out of 5 stars

Reception staff giving inconsistent information, junior (?) staff member needing more training as they were inaudible, lacking confidence and overlooked those waiting in line. Beds were very comfy. Location great. However, doors are heavy and so make a very load noise when closed which continued well into the night. Shower could do with a more detailed clean.
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Renate

Invalid Date - Invalid Date
reviewed on wotif

5 out of 5 stars

Huge rooms, well appointed bathroom within walking distance to Darling Harbour. Staff were lovely and the hotel was very family friendly.
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30 Mar 2019 - 31 Mar 2019
reviewed on wotif

5 out of 5 stars

Clean, quiet and great location. Great value family breakfast Buffet
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13 Jan 2019 - 16 Jan 2019
reviewed on wotif

5 out of 5 stars

Central location. Twin room too small for 2 adults and a child. However hotel staff gave a bigger room with 3 beds and no charge!
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