Stayed a weekend in an exec suite. Very well appointed suite with spa and multiple flatscreens, room was very well appointed and very clean. High quality linen used and the service within the hotel was excellengt. The hotel was very quiet with virtually no outside noise. Good location walking distance to execellent shopping and dining quarters. Highly recommended.

we stayed at the stamford plaza a few years ago and it was excellent then. We have just stayed this weekend to go to a concert. Service was excellent and the room was very clean. The beds are very comfortable and there is plenty of room in your room to spread out. The wine bar downstairs was lovely and staff very friendly.Its not that far from the city centre and there is plenty of shoping on collins street. When in melbourne we differently recommend you stay at the stamford.

Stayed after Christmas 2011 & during New Year 2012 with teenage daughter & her school friend.

We booked a Twin Bed + roll-away bed room for 3 @ this Hotel through Wotif.com during the New Year period of 2011 for a total of 6 nights. The price was exceptionally good and that is another reason I chose this Hotel.

Surprisingly we were able to book in just prior to New Year however were not able to have New Years Eve at the Hotel as it was booked out, however, the WOTIF online booking service mistakenly booked us IN for New Year's Eve as well, even although we had not paid for this. We advised Management accordingly and checked out into a Youth Hostel for New Year's Eve, the only thing available that night, then checked back into The Stamford Plaza the next day for a further 3 nights = Total of 6 nights.

Luckily for us there was a room available for the first part of the stay prior to New Year. We had booked 3 -4 weeks in advance only. This room was large enough for 2 however we had an extra person (small teenager) for- roll away bed, and that sat in the lounge room making eating at the table provided a bit squishy, so we were offered a much larger room however King Bed & Rollaway. We declined as it was a trouble to move everything & the smaller room proved to be fine for 3 days as it was a great deal larger than the majority of Hotel rooms in major cities in any case.

When we checked back in for the 2nd stay we took up the offer for the larger room. It was great. I had been recovering from a major operation and had been violently ill on the trip from Melbourne to Sydney on the flight and in the car both to airport in Sydney & from airport in Melbourne.

The assistant or Manager named PRUE was exceptionally helpful and tried to accommodate us in every way possible. We were very impressed with her as a Manager & customer service agent. The Hotel staff were also top quality re service: from the chappie who made up the roll away beds to the staff who brought dinner to the room, to the reception staff and especially the staff who held our bags and loaded them in and out of Taxis=> VERY impressed!

This Hotel is located in one of the most convenient & best areas of Melbourne city, really close to Parliament Station and within a lovely shopping district. We did not expect views from the Hotel rooms as we are in the centre of town which was more important to us; don't know if they have rooms with views however if they do you should book with Hotel & request this. Not important to us.

We ate at Harry's Bar on a number of occasions- especially one night with elderly relatives who LOVED ! it. Service great and food yummy plus reasonable prices for a Bar in centre of town.

We also ate thru room service also very good.

The 2nd room we stayed in was HUGE! Loved it! Kitchen & 2 TV's , lovely bedding, clean, very quiet and snazzy glass lifts show off the lovely circular designed lobby & Hotel design.

When staying away from 'Home', atmosphere & safety is very important. This Hotel has that, plus excellent professional staff, nice food, the BEST location near railway too & best shops, PLUS VALUE! Re: The internet = we paid for this, and would have preferred free wifi as it was a problem to purchase a Modem just for this purpose.

Overall though- really recommend this Hotel. Like all Stamfords -(we have stayed many times @ North Ryde Macquarie Park Sydney as I work @ the University, the rooms are much larger than average, hence can accommodate extra people. When other Hotels finally realise that families OFTEN travel with at least ONE extra family member, and that a sofa bed or roll-away in the room is no big deal, and $50 extra is reasonable, finally, then, we may have an increase in the booking rates mid season in major cities, all I can say to those other Hotels is WAKE UP!!

To the Stamford though I say=> JOLLY GOOD JOB!

We stayed a week over Christmas at this hotel. The first room we stayed in the first couple nights faced the other hotel tower making it very dark and late at night the smokers at the hotel bar would congregate between to two towers waking us up as the noise level rose. Finally Christmas night I called and asked to be moved the next day. The front desk clerk was very accomodating to the point that he would have moved us that minute. We opted to be moved the next day but not unless we could be there because we had food in the refrigerator and we also had to repack. The next day while we were out the hotel moved us to the opposite side of the tower in a room with a magnificient view. They moved the food by not the $25 poinsettia that I had decorated to make the room feel a little like an American Christmas. When I inquired about the poinsettia a search was made and a housekeeper brought it with all the branches taped up. She said it had been placed in a storage room. It was a very sad sight.
The location was perfect both for touring the city and for going to St. Francis Church for Christmas Eve midnight Mass. Melbourne is awesome at Christmas! Parking was so expensive we gave up the rental car.