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114 Darlinghurst Rd, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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Ranked #191 of 209 hotels in Sydney
1.5 of 5 stars 70 Reviews
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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“Disgusting place.. Please do NOT book”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 March 2011

It was my first trip to Sydney and I regretted that I spent money to book 3 nights in a disgusting hotel and my mom had to suffer that with me. All the pics on Wotif were wrong and misleading.. there is no such boutique hotel but a ugly super old pig hole.
The hotel is small. The reception is just a tiny alley. The room is old and disgusting. The tower is so so old as well.
The Asian guy who is the owner was so unhelpful and unfriendly.
There is a bar next door and on Saturday night, the music was so so loud that even my room was on 2nd floor, I still felt the wall was shaking like in an earthquake. My mom and I couldn't sleep till 2am then had to call the police. Luckily music stopped after 4mins.
I would never step back to that place anymore. Even I'm from a much poorer country, the no-star hotels in my country are much much better than it.

  • Stayed February 2011, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Cairns
1 review
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“What a con and disgrace to Sydney”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 February 2011
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This is truely the worst hotel I have ever seen, No bar No restaurant. (faulse advertising) I have stayed in hotels all over the world and Australia and this place is nothing other than filthy. The bathroom OMG.

Anyway, you get the picture. I stayed 15min.

Don't book !!!!!!

  • Stayed February 2011, travelled on business
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 February 2011

I believe that positive opinions about this place can be added only by the owner of l'otel. There is no posibility that someone could possibly like staying at this place!!! It was dirty and disgusting. Fangus in bathroom. Dirty sheets-we had to ask the receptionist to change it. When he saw it, he took us to another "bigger" room. The "bigger" room was 0,5m2 bigger from the first one. Walls looked like painted by drunk person. Air conditioning was working just in one hour mode: after one hour it was turning off. There was no window, which we could open to breathe... This place should be shut!

  • Stayed January 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Hookers, drugs and pimps. This hotel books by the hour. DO NOT stay here!!!!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 January 2011

Before I went a friend passed comment about staying at L'Otel. She said that it was where the drug dealers hang out and the rooms are rented by the hour. When we arrived the asian guy that owns it was so rude and lead us down the road and across a carpark where our bags would not roll. He was too fat to carry the bags and threw the key at us and told us the room was at the top of the stairs. The photos are misleading they were taken years ago in fact the paint was peeling off with dirt and marks on the wall. I would be happy to take this guy to the cleaners for misleading advertising. He was rude and clearly could get the room rented by the hour after we left for a better hotel. The people at Quest in Potts point are lovely and the hotel is great. It is not much more in terms of cost.

  • Stayed January 2011, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Should be called L'hole!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 December 2010

This was the worst experience i've ever had! I've travelled the world and stayed at some run down hostels, i'm by no means a fussy person; my friend and i lasted 15 minutes before we left this hell hole! Please note, i have never written a review before, but i feel that i owe it to my fellow travellers...
Firstly, we were walked out of the hotel reception (a hallway) through a vacant lot over a metal chain (we weren't offered any help with our bags) and into what felt like a brothel on back side of the first entrance. We weren't even walked up to our room, just handed a key and told to leave it in the room upon checkout.
The room was tiny with a view of a brick wall and dirty ally. The room smelt musky and like cigarette smoke. There were dirty tissues and a condom wrapper under the bed and cigarette stains on the bed frame. I doubt the bed sheets had been changed before we were there. There was no ironing board but they offered tea and coffee (as if i would drink out of the cups). There was a flood light above the bed that was probably suppose to add to the "boutique-ness" of the place - it felt like a place you would shoot a personal 'home video' if you get my drift.
I didn't want to touch anything in the place - the room had a horrible vibe - felt like some horrible weird things take place there. I complained to wotif and the lovely guy i spoke to arranged another hotel for us and managed to at least convince the owner of L'otel to refund us for the second night - i happily paid an extra $180 to stay at a decent place in the city, the Grace Hotel (great hotel). Seriously, L'otel is disgusting! Don't do it to yourself.

  • Stayed December 2010, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 114 Darlinghurst Rd, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
Price range (per night):* INR4,761 - 8,009

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