I visited Sydney for 2 days with my 8 year old son. The location is great for the underground but nothing is very far away on foot. Clean rooms, friendly staff, good breakfast and good value for money in what can be an expensive city. Recommend a trip up the Sky Tower which is close and a trip over to Manly on the ferry.

We chanced upon this hotel for its competitive rates as compared to other hotels in the Sydney CBD.

W had a very pleasant and comfortable stay, and we loved the fact that the hotel is strategically located just at the tip outside the city, giving us the peace and quietness we need for a good night's rest.

The room was a little small, and the twin beds were really small. But nevertheless, we still managed to catch a restful sleep every night. The rooms had really big windows, literally from the ceiling to the floor. We had to keep our blinds down as we could look into other guest rooms from our window, and in full view seeing what the guests were doing. And because the rooms were surrounded by plants and trees, we found traces of ants coming into our room and on to our luggages. Also, because the rooms were fairly small, we had to lock/keep our luggages in a standing upright position everytime we're done using them. Just to avoid an accidental trip and a fall! Just a note though, the rooms had PAPER-THIN walls.

The shared toilets were cleaned, but now that i know, i'll spend a bit more to get a ensuite toilet in my room. there's more privacy and you wouldn't need to queue for the toilets and showers.

On our second night, we were awaken by a smoke alarm trigger, with all guests of the hotel evacuating early in the morning due to an inconsiderate guest who smoked in the room. but within 30-45minutes, we were allowed back to our rooms. However, no updates/compensation/apology were instructed nor given to us by the hotel staff. When I asked, she mentioned it was a guest who smoked in the room, but everything is okay now. And that was it.

It was definitely an interesting stay despite the drama that happened.

We stayed in this hotel over New Year and so probably the most expensive time of the year. The location was very good being only a 10 minute walk to Darling Harbour, and a 2 minute walk to the railway station, we even walked back from the botanic garden on New Years in under 30 minutes so it was very accessible. The room was ok, reasonably sized with a tv but a shared bathroom. they do have private rooms too but they were more expensive and to be honest it was already more expensive than I wanted. You did also get free breakfast (restricted to cereal, toast, croissants) but better than nothing. I'm not sure if i'd stay here again or not but it would be dependent on the price really. Also there was a lot of street noise from the window despite it being firmly closed.

Stayed at Y Hotel Hyde Park for 6 nights in Jan 2012. It was very well located, a very short walk to Museum train station which meant we could get the train to and from the airport. Our twin room (no ensuite) was relatively big compared with other CBD hotels, and included a bar fridge. The ensuite bathroom was clean, and we never had to wait to use the facilities. The breakfast was fantastic, juice, tea/coffee, cereal, toast & croissants (pay a litte extra for fruit salad, cooked breakfast etc.) and was served in their cafe downstairs. Would recomend requesting a room on one of the igher floors as noise traffice is an issue. We were on 6th floor and found the first night to be very noisy but got used to it after then and was not an issue.