The hotel's situate is superb. Great views of the botanical gardens and proximity to the river make it great for walks and access to Brisbane's greatest features. If you are going to a concert at the Riverside Stage or a show at Southbank you are in walking distance and an enjoyable walk at that.

The rooms have been renovated - great for a group of gals is the room with 3 queen beds. This is sheer joy for fun.

The breakfasts are great and the room rates are always something that offer good value.

Try for a high floor overlooking the gardens / park instead of the city views. That makes it worthwhile.

The hotel is in such a great location, we stumbled upon it while checking out the downtown core of Brisbane. The lobby and hotel from outside looks dated, but make no mistake the rooms are fantastic. Clean, up to date, roomy - I would stay at this hotel again in a heartbeat!

Very nice hotel, lovely foyer. On arrival I was upgraded to a large Park View room on 2nd floor. The room was very quiet, well laid out and had large full-length windows. The bed was extremely comfortable. Bathroom was very nice after the hotels recent renovations. The location was easily accessible by public transport as there is a Taxi rank outside and the Free City Loop Bus stopped across the road at the entrance to the Botanical Gardens. Reception staff were very friendly at check-in, and the Concierge was very helpful when I had a problem with a failed shuttle bus pick-up to the airport. He twice attempted to contact the company for me and got me a taxi to the airport. I will definitely choose this hotel in the future because of its quality, comfort, great location and excellent staff.

We arrived in the morning and requested a room earlier than normal check in time, front desk staff were polite and helpful and organised a room within the hour for us. We stayed in a deluxe garden view room, that was very clean and spacious but had a small bathroom in comparison. The beds are great, very roomy and comfortable, lots of pillows to choose from. The windows are large with beautiful views of the garden out the front and the glimpses of the river behind. There was no street noise at all and no noise of neighbouring rooms which made for a pleasant nights sleep.
The hotel was only a 10 minute walk from central railway station, it was located right next to several eateries, shops, there were taxi's waiting out the front at all times we were there but we did not need any as we were in the heart of the city to walk around and the wharf for the ferry was a very short walk away and made it extremely quick and easy to be able to explore across the river and see more of Brisbane city.
I reccommend taking up the hotels offer and requesting complimentary check out at midday.
The only negative we noticed was upon entering the foyer and lifts there was a distinct smell which was quite unpleasant because it was extremely strong scented.
Overall, I can not wait to stay here again. Great hotel, great location, with great staff!