Courthouse Hotel

Stayed at the Courthouse Hotel Darlinghurst and had a mixed but generally decent experience. It’s an older building converted into a budget hotel, and the biggest plus is definitely the location. It’s very central and convenient. About 20 minutes’ walk to Central Station, 20 minutes by bus to the CBD, and around 30 minutes to Bondi Beach, making it easy to get around Sydney. The surrounding area has plenty of restaurants and bars (LGBTQ-friendly), and despite that, the room was mostly quiet. The accommodation is small, with only four rooms on the first floor sharing two bathrooms and showers. Hot water can be a bit inconsistent, likely due to the age of the building. On weekends, the atmosphere changes with more short-stay guests, which can get quite noisy late at night (around midnight to 2am) and occasionally messy. However, a cleaner comes in daily around 10am to tidy up. A convenient point is the downstairs bar, open from 9am to 2am, where check-in is done with the staff and you collect your room key (no reception desk). Lighting is good during the day with natural light, but quite dim at night. Because there are restaurants below the building, occasional bugs or cockroaches may appear, which is worth noting. There’s also a small shared kitchen/pantry area with a large fridge and basic essentials, but no stove. Overall, it’s a budget-friendly and well-located stay with some trade-offs typical of an older shared building.

Bathroom is in the hallway, so as long as you are prepared you will enjoy your stay.

Everything is there. It’s clean comfortable and hip. Great location

一人旅に良い。

Was fine considering the price. Only disappointing thing was I stupidly left my toiletries bag in the shared bathroom late at night and it was nicked. It had prescription drugs and a toothbrush. Not greatly valuable but annoying.

Beautiful area, friendly staff.

The meals were excellent and the guest kitchen was well maintained

Shared our room with the biggest roach I’ve ever seen in my life

Excellent value for money and proximity to National Art School

Very roomy, comfortable stay in a great location. Loved the old school vibes of the hotel.

The fact that is an old building and old business establishment doesn’t meat it can’t look better and cleaner.

Staff were great and accomodating during their busy hours xoxo

They don’t tell you until after check in that the bathrooms are shared with everyone else. The bathroom is gross. The building is in bad condition. The mini fridge in the room was warm inside, filthy, and something seemed to be growing inside it. There were huge smashed bug remains on the wall behind the TV. We couldn’t even sleep in the bed because there were roaches crawling out of the blankets and across the pillows. Genuinely the worst place we’ve ever stayed. We left as soon as possible.

Very clean, great central location on bus 133 and 196 routes down town or to Bondi beach. So airport is 5 subway stops and a few minutes on a bus - or walk. Easy! Extremely good value. But NB no lift, no aircon, and shared amenities. But it’s an old building and very cheap so that is fair enough.

Okay, hear me out. The location is so cool. Couldnt get a better spot, location wise. But if im going to be honest, the accomodation should be listed as a hostel. And not a good hostel. We're three young travelers, and we booked the basic 3 bed room. Kind of misleading in the booking ad, it seems like it has a bathroom in the room. Not a big deal, were no stranger to a shared bathroom. But, the noise and the airconditioner, my god. Music pounded through our room until 3am+. The air conditioner was leaking like crazy. When we checked in, the floor was soaked in front of the air conditioner/doorway. That should have been our first indicator that something wasnt right. But we dealt with it, and ended up having a a literal puddle infront of our door whenever the air was on. For the price we paid, im kind of annoyed at what we got. I basically feel like i stayed in a trap house hostel. Tldr: good location and majorly accepting for lgbtq2+, terrible place to get a good night rest and dry peace and quiet. Also, 2 flights of stairs to carry bags up, ugh. Pro - don't need rainsounds to fall asleep, the airconditioner leaking will cover it. Also, shower had toothpaste all over the wall. (Yay suprise comunal bathroom!) .... the shampoo for the bathroom was possibly dish soap. Book with caution!

Vi var tre stykker som bodde på et rom. Gode senger og greit med plass. Reint nok. Det rant vann fra aircondition og ned på gulvet som gjorde det vått. Det var ingen koketopp på kjøkkenet, kun microbølgeovn, noe som gjorde matlaging litt vanskelig.

The rooms were spacious and the bed was comfortable. The bathrooms were a little rundown but for the price it was overall a good place to stay. We were expecting it to be a bit noisy because we were staying during the Sydney Ashes Test and there is a pub downstairs, however we couldn't hear anything from our room! Staff were nice as well.

Tätä ei pitäisi kutsua hotelliksi. Hyvä, että motelliksi. Huone oli todella meluisa, enkä saanut nukuttua. Huoneessa oli paljon ötököitä, kun ikkunat oli olleet auki.

Great staff & no troubles with accommodation, it is old, but i love old, it is tidy & comfortable.. The atmosphere of the place is awesome with a great view over oxford st.. My only problem with the whole stay is, there is no parking at all & as far as im concerned, if you pay for a room, you get a space for your car aswell, city or not..

客室はとてもかわいかったですが、古いため、建付けが悪く、窓を閉めても周囲の音がかなりうるさかったです。 スタッフさんは、チェックイン時の若い女性のスタッフさんは笑顔が素敵で、荷物も快く運んでくださいました。一方で、チェックアウト時の年配の女性スタッフさんはすごく不機嫌そうで、ガンガンぶつけながら荷物を運び、命令口調で対応されて大変不愉快でした。 身長が小さいと自動ドアは反応しませんので、女性の宿泊はおすすめしません。