Rydges Camperdown would have to be the oldest looking of any Rydges Hotels I have stayed at. The look on my face when the lift arrived at my floor and the doors opened would have been priceless. That said, the room I stayed in on Level 4 was large, clean and nicely decorated without being over the top and unlike so many Rydges Hotels the bathroom was actually fairly modern. The view of the city skyline was an added bonus and quite impressive considering the location. As with all Rydges Hotels the bed was extremely comfortable. Being located next to Parramatta Rd there are numerous buses running to the city but remember that they are prepay only between 7am and 7pm weekdays. Taxi fare from city is about $15.00. Rydges Camperdown is very much a case of looks can be deceiving and is a really nice place to stay with prompt check in and check out. The best thing is I paid alot less than I would have at an equivalent city hotel and this included a full buffet breakfast. I also didnt have to take a loan out for car parking. Overall I was more than happy with my stay here and would not hesitate staying again in the future.

Handy location transport- buses in to city. Handy to King St Newtown restaurants and university buzz. Rooms and beds comfortable, if not glamorous.

Stayed 1 night as an emergency stay for a family member who was undertaking a operation the next day at RPA and saved fighting the abysmal peak hour traffic. Clean and comfortable. Good value. If you need to be at RPA early on a week day do what we did, drive in and check in early evening the afternoon before and then you are close-by next day. As for parking, RPA and surrounds is a horror story, expect to pay more for the parking than the room the night before. The only issue was that Rydges charged a parking fee for the overnight parking so we parked in the lane beside for free. Why pay for night-time parking when there is ample on-street parking at night? I noticed the carpark was only about a 1/3rd full anyway.

We chose this location over the city hotels as we were bringing a car and wanted to use the car for a couple of side trips (the city hotels charge you daily to park, but also charge you whenever you take your car in and out of the parking lot). The location was nice and close to the city as well as Newtown and all of it's eateries. We had our kids with us too and so having a pool was a must which many of the city hotels didn't have either.

We got a good "3 nights for price of 2" deal which made the stay really affordable.

The foyer and our room was nice and clean and modern, other parts of the hotel though were a bit dated.

My only issue was the underground carpark - OK if you have a small car and there isn't alot of others staying at the time, but if you have a 4WD or van or larger, or the car park was packed - it would be a nightmare trying to park as the carpark is full of poles and the car spaces insanely small, however, they do have some spaces out the front that larger cars could use - but those car park spaces aren't secured.

We stayed in a city view room which had a really nice view and worth the few extra dollars I think.