Perouse Randwick by Sydney Lodges

Location was great (easy access to the light rail), and the team was very accommodating to get me into my room early.

The compact rooms, just right for a great place to sleep rather than to stay because we were out most of the time. Bed fantastic, lovely linen, just loved the design of a tiny room with a price match.

The accommodation is extremely well located for convenience in Randwick, a very short walk to the light rail network, approx. 25 mins. journey to Sydney Town Hall while Central Station is even closer. I was in Randwick for a weeklong cinema event at the Ritz cinemas about four minutes' walk away. There are many restaurants offering a variety of food in the immediate area. Buses appeared to be frequent day and night and Coogee beach is easily accessible as well. The rooms were clean. I stayed in an apartment with a bedroom/bathroom/walk-in closet. The bedroom had a window with a roller blind and light curtains. The larger room was a living space with cooking facilities directly behind the main office, just inside the main front door. The larger space did not have a full-size window so that daylight shone through a couple of rows of small glass cubes in one wall just below the ceiling. I needed a table to spread out some work with a MacBook and this room was very suitable for that. The office was staffed by friendly and helpful people by day, perhaps till 8 pm. After hours there is a 24/7 mobile contact number which answered promptly when I needed to call them on a couple of occasions when wifi stopped on just one evening for a while. The apartment could have accommodated two people sleeping in each of the two rooms. Up to four people in fact. On a lower level in the building there is a communal kitchen which I didn't need to use. The small fridge in my apartment accommodated the bottles of milk, water and containers of fruit that I ate during the day. I didn't use the cooking facilities which appeared to be modern with a variety of utensils.

I was very impressed to see the hotel provided disability access, including a shower with no hob for wheelchair access. I'm not disabled so did not get to experience it from a wheelchair perspective, but there was also a lift platform at the main entrance and an internal lift, which is uncommon in hotels, especially smaller ones. The room itself was spacious and clean. We were provided fresh towels on the second day. There was a neat little bar fridge with the usual kettle, hair dryer and little cupboard for hanging clothes. Nice little bedside tables and a TV. It was warm enough in the middle of Sydney winter that we didn't need to turn the heater on.

Great location and friendly staffs. 3-min walk to the lightrail (Randwick station). Comfortable bed too.